rockford's anna page park

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[up guts]

Whofarted? Hell, who posted crap?  Anyway, it'd be nice to limited the number of consecutive photos to download.

Todd and GRABM- Anna Page is one of the premier courses within Illinois, if not the best.  It is nice to have a course without other conflicting activities.  It is shameful that the new Illinois courses installed outside of maybe Mokena seem to be pitch and putt courses and poorly designed.  Have a disc, design a course syndrome.

Your club runs excellent tournaments such as your 12th Artic Blast. Keep up the good work!  Rockford has always had good tournaments. The only critique would be to work out the schedule as to not conflict with other regional tourneys. This would certainly increase participation.  I suspect that this is more important than whether it is PDGA-sanctioned and subject to the PDGA taxing body.

[Jon Brakel]

Whofarted? Hell, who posted crap?  Anyway, it'd be nice to limited the number of consecutive photos to download.

Todd and GRABM- Anna Page is one of the premier courses within Illinois, if not the best.  It is nice to have a course without other conflicting activities.  It is shameful that the new Illinois courses installed outside of maybe Mokena seem to be pitch and putt courses and poorly designed.  Have a disc, design a course syndrome.

Your club runs excellent tournaments such as your 12th Artic Blast. Keep up the good work!  Rockford has always had good tournaments. The only critique would be to work out the schedule as to not conflict with other regional tourneys. This would certainly increase participation.  I suspect that this is more important than whether it is PDGA-sanctioned and subject to the PDGA taxing body.

Welcome to the message board up guts! Any other hot buttons you'd like to push while you're here?    

[CEValkyrie]

I suspect that this is more important than whether it is PDGA-sanctioned and subject to the PDGA taxing body.

I think you will be surprised at how many people  will drive to play this tournament since it is sanctioned compared to nonsanctioned events.

[shawn]

I accually thought that the anna page course was VERY poorly laid out...  all that land and you still have to be worried about getting hit whenever you tee off or are putting.  I hope some thought goes into that problem before the concrete is laid on the new course.

I do like the fact that both courses are right there with no other activities going on.  I have never heard "fore" so many times at an event... and it was not even full.

Think I should add what holes I'm referring to...  hole 1, I like this hole but a tee box is 30ft from basket and my drive went right past it..  and the last 3-4 holes, all the same and even used some of the others fairways.

it would be better to take out 2 of those holes and utilize some other area for a better layout.  Up and down through that valley with the same shot... boring.

[whofarted]

i'd like to think we did the best we could with land we were given.   i do agree that the last four holes are close together but thats just the way it worked out.   i will bring something up to the club because i completely agree that before we lay concrete that we should step back and think about these things, but that's the club's decision - if you want to become a member call carl spray at 815-239-1811.

[whofarted]

hello all, as some of you may know i am taking a little vacation to europe for the next few days.  i will be back come april 2nd and would really like to see you folks come back to rockford for our doubles on sunday, april 3rd.  i've been putting up posts inviting neighboring clubs to come and play that day so if all goes well there should be a good mixture of people from all around the area, stretching into mid wisconsin and as far west as the quad cities.  hope to see you all there!

[Brian]

Is Carl doing World's Biggest this year?

[whofarted]

i havent heard anything yet but im assuming he will since he has done it for the last few years and some.  i will ask tomorrow for a definite answer.

[whofarted]

brian - yes we are doing world's biggest this year.  it is 12 dollars which gets you a stamped frisbee, shirt, and other various prizes.  if you put in a request now i can get you your choice of weight and color on the disc and what kind of t shirt you want.  

this applies to anyone else that may be intrested in participating in the worlds biggest at anna page, send me a pm or a e mail and ill try my best to hook it up to what you want...

[Brian]

Is it the first weekend in May again?

[Chainmeister]

When is this "world's biggest" ? and what is that avatar??  How was the eurotrip???

[whofarted]

worlds biggest is a promotional thing for disc golf.  the way we do it in rockford is we have a pro-am so newer or less experienced players can see the potential for growth in the sport and included in the twelve dollar fee is a shirt, disc, and other prizes.  we normally pay top third and for the pro-am but the last place folks get something to for the efforts.  after the round is over we have jumbo tosses and normally everyone sticks around for a casual game/ course clean-up round.  i've been participating in it for three years now and it is a really good time, lots of give aways and lots of newbies on the courses.   i do think it is the first week of may this year, but i'll get a definite answer for you within a day or two.

not quite sure of the avatars origins, i just thought it looked bad ass!  i'll probally swap it for the homer one again soon but i thought i'd switch it up for a couple of days.

the euro trip was everything it should of been.  lots of imperfections, but those imperfections made it perfect.  i went skiing for about a third of the time and sight saw the rest.  salzburg was one of the coolest places i went, its hard to believe that i was drinking in pubs there that were older than our country.  the skiing was a bit wet but when you only get four days in a year, doing three of them in a foreign country is alright with me, no matter what the conditions.  i tried my damndest to hook up with some juliper but i could not find it in anyone of the five countries i visited, sorry mirth.  i did however bring back a phatty tour de' france poster from the thirties which will be framed and hung in all its glory near my entertainment center.   as soon as i unpack the digital i'll throw some pics up for your veiwing pleasure....

[mirth]

hey, its alright..... you had to have actually gone into Belgium to find it.

[whofarted]

you should of said something, that'd been two reasons for me to go to belgium, the other being a b-tier tournament held on the grounds of a two hundred year old castle!  maybe next time bro...

[mirth]

hey, its all good....

[whofarted]

brian - gave you some bunk info on accident.  the worlds biggest is the second weekend in may.

[whofarted]

thanks to those that showed up for world's biggest, i hope you all had a good time!  

over the weekend a crew of ten helped in manicuring the courses and picking up peoples litter.  i can say with a hundred percent assurity that if you havent been to rockford in a while you will notice a difference, especially in the wooded areas -we made pathways and took out loads of dead brush.   we will continue to make the park better in the coming months in preperation for july's Forest City Frenzy event.  hope to see you all in attendance - remember, a free specialty-stamped disc for all preregeistered players.

also, we have started a summer league on wed. nights at 6pm.  it is a typical 5 buck random draw doubles.  we have been getting about 10 to 15 weekly, but every week seems to get just a bit larger....

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