Ice Bowl at Salt Creek Golf Course – Feb. 21st
That’s right… a chance to play at the Salt Creek golf course!
Click the link for information on the upcoming Ice Bowl at Salt Creek brought to you by the San Diego Aces.
Kit Carson Park To Get New Disc Golf Course!
- from the San Diego Union Tribune Feb 6 2010 – 
ESCONDIDO — Disc golf, a sport that’s played with a Frisbee-like disc, is coming to Escondido’s Kit Carson Park.
The City Council this week agreed to let the San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club install and maintain an 18-hole disc golf course on the northern end of the park near the amphitheater, with Bear Valley Parkway as its eastern boundary.
Ryan Meyer, a San Diego Aces representative, said his club chose Escondido because no disc golf courses exist in the city and because the north end of Kit Carson Park is underused, unlike the south end, where families like to picnic near the ballfields.
“This is one of the fastest-growing sports right now, and it’s inexpensive. You can spend $10 on a disc and play,” Meyer said. “It’s not as frustrating as golf — you don’t have your whole life savings invested in tools. You’re just out there having a good time.”
Disc golf, however, isn’t just about whipping a disc over treetops and hoping it lands in the chained nets that are the equivalent of the hole on the green.
“The challenge is in the flight of the disc,” Meyer said. “We carry different discs in our bags just as you would golf clubs. We have over-stable discs, under-stable discs, stable discs. They turn differently. It has to do with your release point.
“People get attached to disc golf because when you throw a disc and see it flying, you almost feel a portion of yourself flying; you feel a connection. It’s almost spiritual for some.”
Meyer said his nonprofit club spent three years working with the city and sponsors, and received a donation from the Escondido Rotary Club to install the $17,000 course next month. He expects a grand opening April 27, and the first tournament May 1.
The public, which will play free except in tournaments, should be able to use the course beginning May 2.
Escondido Boy Scout Troop 649 will build a small pedestrian bridge near Hole 1 to provide a crossing over a creek, Meyer said.
“It’s a sport that the whole family can play, young and old,” he said.
Sun Valley Melee – Tomorrow!
Sorry for the late notice San Diego Aces members, but tomorrow Sun Valley will be holding a bagtag challenge with tee times starting 1:00pm. Please arrive no later than 12:45 to check in. Remember this is a staggered tee time event, you may NOT enter the course until your given tee time. It will be two rounds of 9 holes with different tee locations for the second round. Membership signup and packages will be available before the event. Hope to see you out there because who really watches the Pro Bowl anyways????
Sun Valley course rep. – Aaron Van Matre
It’s Ice Bowl Season in San Diego!
The San Diego Aces will once again be sponsoring two Ice Bowl disc golf tournaments in 2010, with the 3rd Annual San Marcos Ice Bowl set for Saturday, February 13th and the San Diego Aces Ice Bowl at Salt Creek scheduled for Sunday, February 21st. Ice Bowl tournaments have been held for over 20 years across the U.S. during the first two months of the year, with the emphasis on fun and fellowship. Ice Bowls are always charity events, with a focus on feeding the hungry. The Angel’s Depot, an organization that provides “emergency food packages” for local seniors is the charity for the San Marcos Ice Bowl, while the Salt Creek Ice Bowl will benefit the San Diego Food Bank.
The San Marcos Ice Bowl is PDGA-sanctioned, and will consist of 27 holes at Montiel Park in San Marcos. The entry fee of $20 and five cans of food gets you a tournament-stamped disc (Star Classic Rocs or Star Makos), an Ice Bowl mini, and three combination mulligan/raffle tickets. CTP’s, a free basket for a hole-in-one, a putting contest, Disc Golf Bingo and over twenty raffle prizes will be part of the fun. Last year’s tournament maxed out with 54 players and raised over $500 for The Angel’s Depot and the Open division champion (Nikko Locastro) went on to win the United States Disc Golf Championship later that year.
More information about the San Marcos Ice Bowl, including an entry form, can be found at: http://teamrizbee.com/icebowl2010.htm.
Current registration for the tournament and some smack talk can be found at: http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/3rd_Annual_San_Marcos_Ice_Bowl_2010.
Even more smack talk can be found at: http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=32923.
Details for the Salt Creek Ice Bowl are still being finalized, but one thing that is known is that it will be played on a brand new disc golf layout on the grounds of the Salt Creek Golf Course in Chula Vista. Contact Aces Vice President Randy Wylot at wylot@sbcglobal.net for more details.
Both the San Marcos and Salt Creek Ice Bowls are part of the Golden Sombrero Series – a collection of five Ice Bowl Tournaments (including Chavez Ridge, Redlands and Palm Desert) that have joined together to crown a champion. Points are awarded for each player you beat in a tournament, with your best three tournament point totals counting towards the championship. A Discatcher Traveller portable basket will be awarded to the series champion, and there will be raffle prizes given to participants from all five events. The Golden Sombrero will be awarded at the Salt Creek Ice Bowl, once play has concluded.
Don’t wait until the day of to sign up, as these events will sell out!
San Diego Aces Bag Tag Challenge – Montiel Park 1/10/10
It was another beautiful day in paradise on Sunday at the Challenge. With 46 players showing up for a full round of golf, there was a full women’s card with 6, and 40 men. It was warm enough to run out of water and wish that you had brought a second bottle. Chris Vilmorin led the way with a -12, and Allison Wylot for the women with a -3. There were plenty of dogs (4 legged at the dog park and the hot variety on the grill) and burgers awaiting us after the round. There was a memorial picnic for Daniel, who disc golf lost in 2009, and his friends and family shared cake (for his upcoming birthday) with the golfers. Jeff gave an update on the exciting new courses going in around town and a good time was had by all.
Click here for results
Aces BBQ / Bag Tag Melee
This Sunday, January 10 the Aces will be hosting the year’s first bag tag melee, BBQ and will be presenting the 2009 points awards. This is a great opportunity to renew your membership for 2010 and play a round for one of those low bag tag numbers. Even if you don’t plan to renew at this event, come join the fun and have lunch on us.
The melee starts at 10am at Montiel Park with the free food to be served around 12:30. For directions to Montiel visit http://www.teamrizbee.com/montieldirections.htm
This BBQ is our way of saying thank you for supporting the club and our mission of installing more courses. Your support in 2009 helped raise funds for the CSU San Marcos course that is now fully funded and is expected to open this spring. Your 2010 membership will help us fund the Kit Carson course, which will also open this spring if we can get enough members.
New 2010 Board Members!
Thank you to all the members who voted for the new Board of Directors, the election was a great success! Your new 2010 Board of Directors is:
President – Jeff Nichols
Vice President – Randy Wylot
Treasurer – Michelle Chambless
Secretary – Carl Renda
Membership Director – Donny Olow
Morley Field Course Representative – Daniel Lichtman
Montiel Course Representative – Allen Risley
Sun Valley Course Representative – Aaron Van Matre
Emerald Isle Course Representative – Position is still available!
Any interested members in providing the Board with updates, upcoming events and information on Emerald Isle, please email Jeff Nichols at: jeffnichols@cox.net
Thank you all again for voting and we look forward to serving the San Diego disc golf community in 2010! Happy New Year!
SD Aces BOD Election Results
San Diego Aces Board of Directors (BOD) 2010 Election Results:
The election results are final. After two weeks of on-line voting and two days of ballot voting at Morley Field, Sun Valley, Montiel and Emerald Isle, the results are as follows…
The names are in descending order of votes received:
Jeff Nichols
Randy Wylot
Allen Risley
Daniel Litchman
Aaron Van Matre
Carl Renda
Michelle Chambless
Donny Olow
The amendment to change the by-laws to include a Membership Director passed overwhelmingly. Since the amendment was passed during the BOD election process, the membership director will be appointed by the 2010 BOD for the 2010 year.
Thank you all for participating in this year’s election. The on-line voting proved successful, increasing the membership voting by 20%.
North vs. South San Diego Disc Golf Battle
Congratulation to Team South County for their victory. It was a much tighter match than last year. It ended up no surprise that both teams won on their home courses, but the South’s dominance at Sun Valley carried the weekend. Congratulations to Team North County for charging back and nearly erasing a 14-point deficit coming into the final day.
Thank you to Daniel Lichtman, Allen Risley, and all those who committed their weekend to this great event.
To view the complete weekend matchups click here
SD Aces Board of Directors Nominees
As we end the 2009 San Diego Aces calendar year, it is time to elect the Board Of Directors for the 2010 year. A list of nominees with a brief bio is provided below. Please take the time to read through them to familiarize yourself with each candidate and their backround. There will be an on-line vote for all current Aces members. For those who do not have access to the internet, you will be able to vote Dec.19 and Dec. 20 during the North and South Team Challenge {place and time to be announced}.
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Allen Risley
Hello fellow San Diego Aces, my name is Allen Risley and I am running for re-election to the San Diego Aces Board, where I would like to continue as Course Representative for Montiel Park.
I have been playing disc golf for over 30 years and have been a PDGA member for 30 years (PDGA #1752). During that time I have seen many changes and recently, much growth in our sport and therefore have a lot of experiences to draw from. Back in the 1980′s I ran tournaments and designed courses in Tallahassee, Florida, and self-published the first PDGA Course Directory, but I stopped playing for several years to raise a family. I have lived in North County since 1994 and have served on the City of San Marcos Community Services Commission (Parks and Rec Board) for the past eight years. I returned to playing disc golf a few years ago when my son showed an interest in the game and I was re-bitten by the bug.
Over the past three years I have spearheaded the development of disc golf courses at Montiel Park in San Marcos, Sunset Park in San Marcos (opening March 2010) and Cal State San Marcos (opening early 2010) and have served as the Course Representative for Montiel Park. I have also served as Tournament Director for three PDGA-sanctioned events (2 Montiel Ice Bowls, 2009 EIEIO), two Ace Races and several other charity fundraising tournaments. I work hard at promoting our sport, hold strong opinions about what is best for the game and prefer to put up rather than shut up. Above all, I love playing disc golf and enjoy seeing more people play this great game. I hope you’ll return me to the Aces Board so I can continue to serve. Thanks!
Patrick Paramore
A big fan of disc golf with the goal to build more courses in San Diego and have members actively involved in the growing success of disc golf. I enjoy playing in Socal, PDGA, and local San Diego events. You can find me volunteering at events I play at to make these events a success. I have a true passion to always give everything my best and I look forward to making a huge contribution to the San Diego Aces and its members.
Daniel Lichtman
http://morleyfield.com/2009/01/27/morley-player-profile-”big-d”/
Steven Thomas
Hi. My name is Steven and I represent the Emerald Isle Golf Course. I was born and raised in North County and have been playing the game of disc golf for over 10 years and have been playing competitively in the last 2. Disc Golf is my main hobby and I will do whatever I can to promote it and help in the expansion of new courses in San Diego County .
Donny Olow
http://morleyfield.com/2009/05/07/morley-player-profile-donny-olow/
Aaron Van Matre
I am running for another term as course representative for the Sun Valley disc golf course. I have volunteered at Sun Valley for the past two years moving baskets, setting up event layouts, and lobbying for course improvements. I feel this course holds great potential for a “regular” monthly event, even if it is only bagtag melees. Please consider me for a board member position for the San Diego Aces, I appreciate your vote. Thank you.
Michelle Chambless
I am currently a Controller for a large landscaping company and have an Associates in Accounting. I will be beginning school at the University of Phoenix to get my Bachelors in Accounting in the beginning of 2010. I have been in administrative and financial roles for over 10 years and really enjoy what I do. I would love the opportunity to be the Treasurer for the Aces because I want to help support my local disc golf club. Thank you.
Carl Renda
Jeff Nichols
As the incumbent Aces president, I have volunteered much my time in attempting to meet club goals, and would like the opportunity to serve another year as a club director. I have served the Aces in the positions of Secretary, Treasurer and President and have been one of its directors since its formation in 2007.
The Aces were formed with the primary goal of getting new courses in the ground. Next year will be the best year San Diego has ever seen for new course development. We all will reap the rewards from the groundwork that was laid in 2009 in the form of three new 18-hole courses being installed in 2010. I look forward to being a part of seeing our hard work come to fruition.
As an organization, I think we can improve in the areas of membership involvement and communication. In 2010 I would like to set as a high priority goal to get more Aces involved in our events and projects. This will be an essential part of getting the new courses installed as well as running successful events at them. The web site remodeling in 2009 should also pay off in improved membership communications. Our blog-based web site now makes it quite easy to post information about upcoming events and club news. I think we can continue to improve communications through the use of the Aces web site.
Lastly, I’d like to thank the Aces for their support in 2009. I was quite impressed that when we needed a new Treasurer, several qualified people stepped up and volunteered for the job. This speaks well for the quality of our members and makes me want to volunteer for the club another year. Together we can continue to grow our club, our enthusiasm, and our ability to promote this great sport.
Randy Wylot
My name is Randy Wylot and I am running for a position on the San Diego Aces Board Of Directors. I have been involved with the club since it began, as a member, volenteer, and Board Of Director. For the past two years I have been the clubs Vice President. As a club event, I have been the Tournament Director for the San Diego Ice Bowl at Sun Valley. I also have been teaching disc golf at the local elementry schools to help promote the sport of disc golf and to help offset the lack of State funds for the Physical Education classes.
I have been involved in the disc sports world since 1982, competing in Freestyle and Overall events on a local and nation level. As a board member I hope to promote more courses in the San Diego County area, as well as run events for club members.
