June 28-29th 14th Quarry Park Open

This is the second of 2 BDGA Tour events to be held at Quarry Park. Players from around the UK will come to compete, but we would love to see lots of local players too. There is always a wide range of standards, and there will be divisions for Open, Amateur and Novice. Details here

July 20th - Monthly Handicap

Players of all abilities are welcome. Great chance for newcomers to play with more experienced players....and beat them! Please arrive by 1.45 so that we can start at 2p.m.

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PAST EVENTS

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May 31- June 1 30th British Open

YES! The PDGA European Tour came to Quarry Park. More than 70 players from 10 countries competed for €2000, which is more than £1500!! Read all about it.

March 1-2 Spring Fling

This was the first of 2 BDGA Tour events to be held at Quarry Park. 58 players from around the UK will came to compete, making this a record filed for QP. The Open division was won by Derek Robins; Advanced Amateur division was won by Chris O'Brien; and Intermediate Amateur Division was won by Ben Goeckner. Jon Lee was on hand to take some photos. Results

March Handicap 2008
Great weather and a great turnout of 24 players, including many people making their first handicap appearance. For the purpose of handing out prizes we sorted people into 5 bands according to their target score. Whover beat their target by the most shots in their band, got a free disc. The winners were: -

Band A - Frank Redmond with a 57 (target 58)
Band B - Richard Hatton with a 65 (target 70)
Band C - Paul Holden with a 67 (target 72)
Band D - Andy Steeds with a 79 (target 83)
Band E - Cheryl with a 88 (whopping 11 shots ahead of her target of 99!!)

October Handicap 2007
Paul Holden had the standout round. His target score was 80, and he got 12 better with a 68. Adam Willetts beat his target of 85 by 7, with a 78. Amongst those with a handicap of 18 or less, Phil Willetts took the prize with a 64 which was 4 better than handicap.

July 7-8 - 13th Quarry Park Open
BDGA National Tour Event #7

The highlight of the year at Quarry Park, with players travelling in from around the country. We even had 3 Swedish players taking part - friends and family of Gabriel Samuelsson who got married to Amanda Brown on Friday. Apparently Amanda didn't want to start her honeymoon at Quarry Park, so Gabriel missed the tournament.

The draft results in Excel format can be downloaded here.

I've jotted down a few notes on the rules, so that you know the main things to bear in mind.

"Worlds Biggest" Charity Fundraising Participation Event
Sunday, May 13th, 2007

***** WE RAISED £479.06 *****

*** For Myton Hamlet Hospice ***

This is all about getting as many people as possible to try out disc golf, and help raise money for Myton Hospice. It's not a competition, just come along with your friends and there will be experienced players on hand to give you advice and guide you round the course.

Here's the deal - you buy a specially hot-stamped commemorative golf disc for the regular price of £7. All the profit goes to charity, and Quarry Park guarantees that will be at least £3.50 per disc. The disc is your free entry ticket to Quarry Park on Sunday, May 13th, where you can play the course with guidance from experienced players.

There's no better way to start playing disc golf!
You get a quality disc, a free round of golf, free coaching and you get to feel good about helping raise money for a really worthwhile cause!!

You can help publicise the event by printing off posters and displaying them in local shops, offices and clubs etc. There is a poster with green background, and one with white background in Word, and same but as jpg file. You can also download some flyers as jpg or word to hand out to people.

“One of the great thing's about World's Biggest is just the fun of getting people together to play for the love of the game, not for money or prizes. So get out there and enjoy it, and tell the world how great our game is”. Special Message to the UK disc golfers from the WB founder, John Houck

April 14-15 - QP Spring Fling
BDGA National Tour Event #3

Summary results are shown here and there is a link to a spreadsheet with full results. Jon Lee has posted a video on youtube.

October 21-22 - BDGA Nationals (Matchplay) + Handicap

The 2006 Matchplay Champion is Jester Wilson, who beat defending champion Derek Robins in a tense finish on the 18th hole. Jester got off to a flying start with birdies on the first 3 holes, to go 3 up. Derek clawed his way back into the match, to draw level after 11. Jester went 1 up on 15, and held that lead going onto the last hole. Derek had a good birdie opportunity to take the match to a play-off, but hit the chains and dropped out. Jester had a nervy putt for par, which hit high and dropped onto the rim before tipping into the basket.

3rd was Fernando Brown
4th was Simon Luard
5th was Bruce Webber
6th was Chris Rivera

Handicap winner on Saturday was Giles Richardson from Oxford

Handicap winner on Sunday was Luke Hillson from Leamington Spa

October 8th - Beginners Afternoon
Twenty people turned up for a great afternoon of disc golf. We started with 12 holes, followed by a team putting contest, and then had a lot of fun trying to get a disc round a 12 hole course in as short a time as possible, using as many people as possible. Wherever the disc landed we had someone nearby ready to take the next throw. It took about 7 minutes to play 12 holes (I'll update with the exact time). By popular demand we then had a go at the top 9 holes and managed a time of 4mins 55 seconds.

September 2-3 - Quarry Park Extra
BDGA National Tour (Event 9)
Saturday 2 x 18, Sunday 2 x 12 plus 9 hole finals.
Cost is £18, less £2 for BDGA touring members, less £2 for QP members, less £2 students; junior fee is £12 less £2 for BDGA Touring members
You can download the invitation from the BDGA website
Register now!
List of registered players

11th Quarry Park Open: June 25-26th 2005 (BDGA National Tour).

Flooding on the Saturday meant that the format had to be altered -
Round 1 was back to back rounds of 9 holes (1 to 4 then 14 to 18)
Round 2 was 16 holes, omitting 8 and 11
Round 3 was a regular 18
Round 4 was 12 holes including 4 jungle holes

The final was 6 holes, all but one jungle.

Top 5 Open and top 5 Ams played the final 6

Open Division Final Placings were:
Patrick Blake 220
Derek Robins 229
Fernando Brown 213
Peter Monk 219
Scott Reek 226

Amateur Division Final Placings were
Hamish Blair 224
Peter Dawson 230
John Bruce 233
Bob Brooke 237
Woody Harding 237

Other Divisions 4 round total

Am Master winner was Angus Bruce

Junior placings were
Hamish Blair 202
John Bruce 208
Peter Dawson 212

Junior Junior
Ben Bruce 222

Women
Sue Underwood 228

Spirit votes were collected and the peoples choice was Sue and Ivan. They did a fantastic job.

CTP winners were Bruce Webber and Jonnie Burden
Longest putt was by John Bruce - a very worthy winner with about an 80 footer on 18.
First in the Avon was the appropriately named Chris Rivera.

Highest non-BDGA member might be Andy Solomons (surely he would have won that one before?) or Bill Ferguson.

The course was left in very good condition - thanks to all players for taking good care.

Congratulations to Patrick Blake, I have no good excuses to offer for my defeat. He beat me fair and square with some great play. His 6 under on the Saturday afternoon 16 was superb. I couldn't have lost to nicer guy. Anyone who has the opportunity to go to Wisconsin should seek out the awesome Highbridge Hills mega disc golf complex where Pat is a pro. They will shortly have 7 courses in the complex!

The Ullapool contingent won all the divisions in which they competed: Amateur, Am Master, Junior, and Junior Junior. Hamish and John made it into the top 10 overall. This bodes well for the juniors in Finland.

Ben Bruce continues to amaze. There were half a dozen slightly shorter tees for the JJ's but even so it was quite an achievement to finish in the top half of the whole field. After Conor's comments about the long trip to Ullapool, it may have added a little extra smile to Scottish faces when Ben finished one shot ahead of Conor!

Thanks to everyone who made the tournament. It was gratifying to hear from many that you enjoyed the course and the event.

2004 BDGA Matchplay Championships 23-24th October
The climax of the season where the top 16 players from the 2004 tour battled it out for the title of BDGA Matchplay Champion. The BDGA Annual Dinner & Awards took place on the Saturday night in The Cottage Inn, Stoneleigh Road, Kenilworth.

July 24-25 BDGA BRITISH OPEN (Eurotour)
With 60 players!

Also held at Quarry Park in 2004....

February 29th, 2004 - Doubles Matchplay (part of the Doubles Matchplay Winter Tour).
March 13-14 BDGA Doubles Matchplay Championships
Won by Fernando Brown and Scott Reek.
April 17-18 Quarry Park Handicap
July 10-11 Sport Relief Charity Event