Oxdisc at Essex

Chris - Int. Ams. winner

Three oxdisc-ers (Andy, Ben & Chris) went to the Essex Open this weekend.

Chris stormed the Int. Ams with a consistent set of good rounds. His six hole final didn't go so well - though a comfortable lead and awesome caddies (Andy and Ben) meant he still came out on top.

Ben was playing rubbish disc golf, throwing the cornerstone of his game (a 'perfect' roc) into a lake after 4 holes. Andy got a birdie on some hole and then; umm… other things happened.

The whole weekend was a lot of fun. Good chats, beer and disc golf. We're unlikely to make the next tournament (on the isle of Mull) - so it's back to the oxdisc summer league till June!

Interested in playing disc golf?

So you want to know more about disc golf? Well, here's a video from a couple of years back that gives you more info on the sport:


In Oxford we play on Sundays throughout the year. We tee off at 10am, so get there about 10 minutes early. During summertime, we also play on Wednesdays, teeing off at 6.30pm. If you want to come and try it out, email Andy (andy.cotgreave@gmail.com) beforehand to be sure someone will be there, and so we can bring some spare discs for you to try out. We meet in Headington Hill car park.

If you get keen, there's a UK tour and plenty of other courses around the UK. Quarry Park in Leamington Spa is the best disc golf facility in the UK, and only just up the road.

Here's another that shows you what a full-on championship tournament is like:

2011 league has started

Four brave souls managed to squeeze in the first round of the summer league yesterday. We're off! Contact us if you want to play. We tee off promptly at 6.30 on Wednesdays and 10am on Sundays. We meet at the HEadington Hill car park: click here.

2010 Summer League results

Click here to see the results of the 2010 summer league.

Summer league scores - interactive!

Click here to see the latest situation in the Summer League!

2010 league is go!

The first round of the 2010 league took place today. Jonny, with a hangover, still beat the rest of us. Updated scores and dashboards to come a little later in the year...

Oxdisc celebrate their summer league

George was presented his trophy last night in style - photos here at Flickr

Oxdisc summer league: George storms it!

Click on the image on the left to see the final results of the Oxdisc 2009 summer league. George stormed it!

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George storms ahead

George got an average score at the weekend. But that knocked out one of his poor South Park scores - and now he's 4 points ahead of Jonny with one week to go. Jonny would have to smash a course record to win!

One month to go...

With one month to go:
Jonny leads George by one point. Andy, Steve and Neal can't even score under par for the year.

And Jonny needs to play one more round in South Park to make his rounds eligible!

inFlight: testing Google's embedded PDF viewer

Here is last year's InFlight magazine, in the browser, with no annoying PDF downloads to worry about...

Who are the main time wasters on the BDGA forum?

Shockingly, I'm number 7....:

New playing times

Just a small but important point - we now start on Sundays at 10am, not 10.30 (as I told a potential new player today in South Park!). We normally meet in the Car Park in Headington Hill Park.

Jonny

The Oxdisc trophy

Here's the trophy we're playing for, in it's fourth year:

Summer league is go!

It's the summer of 2009. Already, Oxford's Summer League is on the go. Three weeks in, and only George has managed to make anything near a decent score. Last year's winner, Steve, is on a slow start.

Your summer league organiser, Andy, is about to have a second child (not me, my wife!). And so, we've gone very hi-tech this year.

Scores are entered by players via a Google form, which feeds into a Google Spreadsheet. The details to the right of this page will update automatically as the scores are added. Cool, huh?

QP Open Entrants (by division)

Here is the chart of entrants:

Final score time!

And our winner is....

Steve! Congrats to him; it was a strong finish to the season. Steve gets to hold onto to the Oxfisc egg cup for the next year.

Oxford player leads in the European Open 2008

Look who's leading the European Open!

13 August update

Steve's consolidating his lead....

21 July - the lead is SHARED!

Well, the lead is shared. Steve Pearce, welcome to the number one spot. And you've still got lots of scope to further your lead: anything under par in either course will score you points. So there is lots of opportunity to overtake Mr Morris!