Disc Fanatics of Kansas
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Kevin RevKev Clark September 27, 2013 at 8:43pm
Only 16 registered so far for the 2013 Ace Race. 48 registered last year. Please pass the word, registration deadline is Monday!
Mark Kewley September 27, 2013 at 6:01am
Rick Petrie, thanks for putting together the DFOK meeting at the Manhattan Public Library tonight!
If anyone would like to help build Disc Golf courses and plan events, please keep an eye on this site for future meetings.
Ben Nispel September 26, 2013 at 8:10am
A little local disc golf exposure in Tim and I's home town. Thought you guys might enjoy it, http://imgur.com/a/LawWl
Mark Kewley September 26, 2013 at 3:31am
ACE Race Reminder: You need to sign up by the 30th to play. That is 5 days!
http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/2013_Manhattan_Area_Ace_Race
Alan Fox September 25, 2013 at 6:48pm
LOST DISC ALERT! If anyone gets bored hole 9 at Warner I tried aceing the practice basket and my Nuke got stuck on top of the pavilion
scott collins
September 25, 2013 at 1:05pm
So you can swim but not climb.....huh, who would have thought... lol
Alan Fox
September 25, 2013 at 10:43pm
lol i had to meet a guy this morning to go to work i didnt have the time.... i guess we will see if others are as honest as me and give thibgs that dont belong to them back
Rick Petrie September 20, 2013 at 10:17pm
Anybody interested in helping install the final two pin placements at Fairmont Park tomorrow morning?
It would be nice to finish up that part of the Fairmont Park couree expansion project.
It's going easy work, plus it is supposed to be nice and cool out, so it should take long at all.
How about starting around 10am? That should get us done by lunch time.
Rick Petrie
September 22, 2013 at 9:56am
It went well. We installed #13 short & #16 long ground sleeves, thus we're finally done with that part of the project.
Rick Petrie
September 22, 2013 at 10:02am
While we were in the concrete mixing mood, we also repacked the dirt around the Practice Basket, then added a 60 pound "collar" of concrete around the top of the base to stabilize it for the
Rick Petrie September 20, 2013 at 7:29am
It's shaping up to be fun & busy fall season of disc golf activities in the Manhattan area.
Something for everyone...
I'm loving it!
Mark Kewley September 20, 2013 at 6:23am
I noticed that Manhattan KS is one of the latest additions on the ACE Race site: http://discgolfacerace.com/index.html Thanks RevKev!
If you would like to help set up the modified Fairmont ACE Race course and / or have a portable basket that could be used, send me a message through this website with your email address. Start thinking of some good holes we could set up!
Dimond Cutter September 19, 2013 at 11:07pm
Lost my phone at Fairmont last night (WED 18th)
Rick Petrie
September 19, 2013 at 9:07pm
Played Fairmont 1 thru 10 tonight. Did not see any phone. I'm out there a lot & will keep my eyes open for it.
William Mitchell September 15, 2013 at 1:51am
Anyone want to play a round around 5:30 pm? The only catch is I need a ride to and from home...Anyone?
Troy Pike September 12, 2013 at 7:37am
Hey does anyone around here plan on playing in the Mighty Shunga Tournament in Topeka on September 21-22?
Rick Petrie
September 12, 2013 at 7:37pm
BTW, be careful about carpooling on the day you play Shunga & Crestview. The temp. Shunga course is far enough away from Crestview that you have to drive to it, then swap after the lunch break... It could be a problem if you're not playing the same course at the same time.
Mark Kewley
September 12, 2013 at 8:34pm
And don't carpool to the tournament with Rick unless he brings a sack lunch.
Rick Petrie
September 12, 2013 at 9:10pm
LOL. Ya there's not a lot of places to grab a [quick] lunch on the east side of Lake Shawnee. (Ooops last year)
Rick Petrie September 12, 2013 at 6:42am
I have a Fairmont Park on Disc Golf Scene question.
In my opinion, the way discgolfscene.com shows a course with alternate pin placements is kind of "messed up". More specifically, when it comes to displaying fairway lengths... if you take a look, it only lets you enter one fairway length per fairway, even if you rotate baskets around from time to time.
The only way around this is to have a course layout to choose from for every possible combination. Yikes!
With that in mind, ...
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September 12, 2013 at 1:45am
In my opinion, i'd prefer to remove all the distances from score card if it's confusing. Simple is better.
Rick Petrie
September 12, 2013 at 7:30am
Daisuke, I like that idea. We will eventually have the tee box sign artwork posted, which will show all the fairway distances. Not ideal, but like we said that's not exactly the focus of this site anyway.
Jon Tveite
September 17, 2013 at 11:00am
Yeah, I agree with Daisuke. We should just post a picture of the various position distances and not try to cram that information into the website's format.
Robert Adams September 11, 2013 at 6:40pm
Hey everyone, saw something over here that I thought I'd share. So I'm coming back in from a mission and I'm on short final returning to base. I'm looking around to clear the aircraft of obstacles, and off to the left, something catches my eye...something unmistakable for people such as us. I'd recognize that shape anywhere...Lo and behold, there's a home made basket sitting on the taxiway on a crappy little base in the middle of Afghanistan, haha. So after we shut ... more
Josh Parker Rick Petrie
September 11, 2013 at 10:04pm
Cool. You could host a Disc Fanatics of Afghanistan event. If that were actually important over there. Godspeed.
Rick Petrie
September 11, 2013 at 10:14pm
Kewley, Did you hack into my computer and watch my key strokes or something?
Mark Kewley September 11, 2013 at 6:46am
Discraft ACE Race
Earlier in the year there was a scheduled event in the Manhattan area (Tuttle Creek, River Pond). Now that event is not on the Discraft site and nothing has been posted about the event. If there is enough interest in a local ACE Race we could still put this together. RevKev and LCM are on board again if people want to do this. We are almost out of time though. It is looking like either the 19th or 20th of October. This would allow the time for registration and shippin ...
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Travis Bailey September 11, 2013 at 1:13am
I'm just saying, but keep 11/9/13 open on those calendars. ;)
A.J Cruz Rick Petrie September 7, 2013 at 6:03pm
Anybody interested in a quick workday at Fairmont tomorrow (Sunday)?
We need to do a little brush clean-up along the edges of short pin placements for #2 & #6, then move the pile of logs off #5 to edge the fairways of #2 & #6.
It should go quick. I'm guessing 2 hours tops.
Jon Tveite
September 8, 2013 at 1:53pm
Sorry -- I got distracted by non-disc-golf life stuff. I guess 11 is not happening, since it's almost 1 now. Anyone still want to haul logs today?
Mark Kewley
September 8, 2013 at 2:35pm
I went to the park earlier and got a couple hours of work in.
Mark Kewley
September 8, 2013 at 2:38pm
I need to get some things done this afternoon around the house. Like Jon, I have ideas about what needed done so those logs might still be there.
Mark Kewley September 6, 2013 at 5:22am
I just scheduled a round for 5:30 at Fairmont tomorrow night. There are a few holes that I would like to try with a tee pad.
Rick Petrie
September 6, 2013 at 12:15am
Cool. I might have to attend... I did use #4 for the first time tonight. It was my 2nd best drive ever from up there and it happened in my work clothes & my first throw of the day.
Rick Petrie
September 6, 2013 at 6:01pm
I'll be there ASAP. My apologies if I'm a couple minutes late.
Kevin Clouse September 5, 2013 at 6:46pm
So what's the status on Fairmont tee pads? I haven't been out there in about 3 or 4 days....are all the tee pads poured and are they playable?
Michel Buchheister
Josh Carroll William Mitchell
September 5, 2013 at 7:01pm
Yeah I was out there this morning and they were back filling the rest. I only got to play on the last 4 though
Rick Petrie
September 6, 2013 at 12:13am
Also of note, the Riley County Parks staff also plans to seed & mulch (with straw) the disturbed soil. Hopefully mother nature cooperates for that process...
Rick Petrie September 4, 2013 at 7:59am
The more courses I play (now approaching 60 in 6 states) and the more courses I help design/build/maintain, the more difficult it is for me to rate courses. IMO, people should not rate all of them against each other. After all, none of them have the same geographic or political restrictions holding them back, nor are all courses blessed by the same geographic or budgetary potential fueling their up-side.
Meanwhile, I realize it's nice to have some sort of baseline or point of reference w ...
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Alan Fox
September 5, 2013 at 7:02pm
why do other peoples opinions bother you? I have read bad reviews on multiple courses however it does not keep me from trying them out and giving my own opinion. Peoples opinions are their own it just gives people an idea of how others think of it.
Rick Petrie
September 5, 2013 at 11:56pm
It's my opinion that other peoples opinions do not bother me... (ha) as long as they have all the facts (oh). I was just rambling on about how in some ways not all courses should be compared against each other on one big scale.
Rick Petrie August 30, 2013 at 6:04pm
As the tee pad construction continues at Fairmont Park, please keep the following in mind.
The burlap blankets are on the concrete to help slow down the drying process in this extreme heat. The slower the concrete dries/cures, the stronger and longer lasting tee pads we will have.
Please do not remove any of the these blankets in order to use a tee pad. Also, if you see a fellow player removing a blanket, feel free to tell them them to change their ways... and the pads will be playable ver ...
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This is pretty awesome.