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WHERE TO PLAY: Rocanville Trail Disc Golf Course

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The beautifully terrifying tunnels of Rocanville Trail DGC.   Disc golfers of all levels will, at some point, be humbled by the challenge presented by the Rocanville Trail Disc Golf Course's 18-hole track. But once you get on it, you will be back to defeat it. Tight lines through narrow fairways lined with thick bush will bring your game to its knees. It's 18-holes of delicate driving and finesse approaches. Your short-game will improve here. Rocanville Trail is located about two kilometres south of Rocanville, Sask. along Range Road 1314 (Webster Cemetery Road). The course runs through a substantial part of the Rocanville Cross Country Ski Club's system of ski trails. Disc golf arrived at the facility in 2013 with the help of the Parkland Association of Disc Golf out of Yorkton, Sask. A few adjustments were made to the course through the following four years under the guidance of course director Chris Istace. One advancement - set to arrive in 2023 - is an alternate, par-...

McKays reclaim Universal Bush disc golf belts

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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: A new, faster, funner way to play

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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...