Melville’s Dan Coomber makes a putt during the opening of Melville’s Frozen Chains Putting League play on Jan. 8 in Melville, Sask. A total of 17 players participated, with a further 33 playing in Vernon, B.C. as part of the OKDS Frozen Chains League circuit. Balcarres, Sask.’s Gage McKay Broke through to lead Week 1 of the inaugural Frozen Chains Putting League presented by OKDS on Jan. 8. A total of 17 players participated in the opening day of the putting league season, the first ever to be held in Melville. McKay nailed 60 per cent of his putts for 123 points. His lead was toppled by Vernon’s Donnie Siddall who sits with 177 points and a 49% hit-rate after two weeks of play there. McKay slid to fifth in the infancy of the national rankings, falling behind Siddall (152/50%), Jonny Munke (149/39%), Jordan Mazereeuw (145/44%), James Ware (144/37%) and Stephen Porcaro (125/41%), all from Vernon, British Columbia. The OKDS (Okanagan Disc Supply) Frozen Chains Putting League was es...

WBDGCU title holders Gage and Ian McKay with Tournament Director Chris Istace (centre) For the first time tournament history, the World Bush Disc Golf Championships of the Universe (WBDGCU) has repeat title-holders after a tight shoot-out at Rocanville Trail Disc Golf Course on Oct. 1. Two years after claiming the WBDGCU belts, the father-son doubles team of Ian and Gage McKay from Peepeekisis First Nation hoisted the leather and brass trophies again, posting the top score of minus-20 through two 18-hole rounds of golf. The McKays sat in a three-way tie for first place at minus-eight after Round One with Ryan Tardif/Andrew Savage and Evan Drader/Dan Fortier. The ultimate champs had more to say in Round Two, however, blasting a minus-12 and taking the championship by two strokes over Drader and Fortier (-8, -10/-18). Rocanville Trail representatives Josh and Chris Istace rounded out the podium in third place at minus-14 after defeating Tardif/Savage on a scorecard countback. A birdie on...

Disc golf is one of the fastest growing sports in North America. A pair of facilities in at the Moosomin Regional Park and at the Rocanville Cross-Country Ski Club are bringing this simple, fun, relaxing activity to this area. (Above picture taken at the Rocanville Cross-Country Ski Club facility) Are you tired of spending hundreds - if not thousands - of dollars on equipment and membership fees to play the game of golf? Are you frustrated with the amount of time it consumes; the packed courses; the less-than-courteous actions of some players; the lack of facility availability? With the establishment of one course at the Rocanville Cross-Country Ski Club just south of Rocanville, and the scheduled development of another this spring at the Moosomin Regional Park (MRP), disc golf will be quickly catching the imagination of residents in the area. Both facilities have been designed by members of the Parkland Association of Disc Golf , of which I am a foun...