Spinlab (Knollwood)
Club News
Corey Nufer December 19, 2012 at 5:33pm
Vibram Birdie Bash at Knollwood!!!!
http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Vibram_Birdie_Bash_at_Knollwood_2012
Follow the link to check it out, the tournament is on May 11th, it costs $25 and you get two discs and a t-shirt just for playing! The grand prizes are definitely worth checking out, one of them is a spot on the Vibram Tester Team!
Corey Nufer December 17, 2012 at 8:03pm
Help us clean Knollwood!
Hey everyone! We here at Knollwood are trying to raise money for merchandise to sell for our cleanup and improvement efforts. Follow the link at the bottom of this message for a full description, a short video presentation, and the opportunity to either donate, or share my message with others.
I have just heard that the director of the City of Kalamazoo Parks department has resigned, so we have a new opportunity to truly change the image of Knollwood.
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Corey Nufer October 14, 2012 at 5:32pm
Next year's Tourneys
If anyone is interested, I already have the tournament pages put together for the 2013 Worst Shot Dubs http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/3rd_Annual_Worst_Shot_Doubles_2013
and the 2013 Spinlab Backwoods Open
http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Spinlab_Backwoods_Open_2013
It's always nice to sign up early, I will be activating early pay a few months prior to the tournaments, also, for those interested, I will be running a large fundraiser that will hopefully also be a Discraft Ace Race.
Corey Nufer October 14, 2012 at 5:23pm
Tournament Season Ends With Grand Prix Action!
First, I must thank our sponsors, without whom we would not have had those sweet player packs for everyone! To the innovators and pillars of our sport, Mark Roberts, Larry LaBond, and Joe Gill, we definitely could not have done this without you guys, your contributions are very much appreciated and I hope we can work together in the future. We were also generously sponsored by Innova Champion Discs, Millenium Golf Discs, and Gateway Disc Sports.
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Corey Nufer September 16, 2012 at 3:49pm
Disc Golf Element Discovered!
Thanks to the professors down at the Spinlab, we now have synthesized and cataloged and now has a name. The element that causes our discs to smack into trees is now number 31 on our table of elements and is aptly named "Treesmackonium". Treesmackonium is the disc stamp for our 2013 Worst Shot Doubles and will grace the front of the discs made for that tournament. Due to this year's results, I will be separating this one into two divisions, open and recreational.
Corey Nufer January 10, 2012 at 7:45pm
Welcome to our disc golf laboratory!
The purpose of the new Knollwood Spinlab is simple, to maintain regular games on a weekly basis and to develop new formats and keep this ever-growing sport evolving!
The Spinlab is a sister organization to the K'wood Chiefs, which is now mainly a staging group for our volunteer cleanup efforts. On Monday evenings we will continue to host our random partner doubles event for $5 per person and there will be a regular match play event every week on a day to be determined.
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Corey Nufer January 5, 2013 at 9:30pm
HUGE YEAR FOR KALAMAZOO DISC GOLF!
So I met with the new director of Parks and Recreation with the City of Kalamazoo and we have come to agreements on several issues. First, they will be providing support via trash bags and implements to help keep our garbage cans from being dumped. Next, we have a green light to begin an actual fundraising campaign to provide park improvements and renovations, these improvements will be overseen and managed by the city, however, we will have our say in what improvements are made and we will have ... more
So I met with the new director of Parks and Recreation with the City of Kalamazoo and we have come to agreements on several issues. First, they will be providing support via trash bags and implements to help keep our garbage cans from being dumped. Next, we have a green light to begin an actual fundraising campaign to provide park improvements and renovations, these improvements will be overseen and managed by the city, however, we will have our say in what improvements are made and we will have an opportunity to participate in their installation, mostly through the grunt work. Another point touched upon was the possibility of changing the layout of Knollwood to move the action away from some of the muddier areas and utilize more of the open space.
Now this is where it gets real, this year, we need to rally every single person that has an interest in making Kalamazoo a disc golf landmark toward this goal. We have been invited to represent the disc golf interest to several groups and entities within the city that make long term decisions. The disc golf community must assemble to show that we are numerous and that we are all interested in the growth of disc golf in this area. What we do now can have an impact on future generations that can include the creation of new, professional level courses, the institution of disc golf education curriculum in different programs, and could turn Kalamazoo into a major hub of professional disc golf.
I have created a new group that I trust will be fundamental to achieving this goal, every one of us, from the two year old with a mini to the 65 year old with a trolley full of discs, will benefit from banding together. We can show this city, this state, and the world that disc golf is a socially and physically healthy activity that can increase morale, create community awareness, and yes, even bring money into local economies.
I will be organizing meetings of this group to go over our goals and aspirations, to inform members of ways to help and create awareness, and to organize representative groups to go into our communities to spread the word of disc golf. This group is not just for people from Kalamazoo, I strongly urge people from other cities, municipalities, and states to come and see what we are doing. I hope to create a model of cooperation that can be used in clubs and cities all over the country.
To join the Kalamazoo Disc Golf Consortium, please go to this page: https://www.discgolfscene.com/clubs/Kalamzoo_Disc_Golf_Consortium
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To the future of disc golf in Kalamazoo, because it would be nothing without you!