Black & White

Randy Gallagher   June 15, 2013 at 6:13pm

Ludington is cancelled

Gentlemen save yourselves gas and play local. We'll be getting together just somewhere else.

Randy Gallagher   June 1, 2013 at 6:06pm

May Match Play

The May Match Play Tourney went swimmingly at Addison Oaks. It was a little bit smaller of a turn out than one of usual tournaments but nonetheless we were in good company as always. Trying out our new handicap system, implemented by Leonard Johnson we found two very close rounds of match play golf. Each match up finished with just a couple hole deficit to the losing player keeping things interesting the entire way. This scoring system should give the club an interest fourth season of disc golf. ... more

The May Match Play Tourney went swimmingly at Addison Oaks. It was a little bit smaller of a turn out than one of usual tournaments but nonetheless we were in good company as always. Trying out our new handicap system, implemented by Leonard Johnson we found two very close rounds of match play golf. Each match up finished with just a couple hole deficit to the losing player keeping things interesting the entire way. This scoring system should give the club an interest fourth season of disc golf.

After the first round of golf Mike Wolters, our previous tournament winner came out on top followed by Kyle Jansen and Jimmy J. With a tie breaker of most birdies the two facing off in the top card were Kyle and Mike for a very close final match.

After all was done Kyle worked the course with his long arm and beat Mike by a point and won the state finals berth as well as the cash prize for the day.

Overall the course was beautiful as it usually is even though the pollen was out in attack mode. Next on our schedule we will be heading up to Ludington for a couple rounds, one at Leviathan and another in the Mason County Park. After that please join us for your annual trip up to Traverse City for our weekend of golf. Six rounds, lots of prizes, and camping. For that weekend we will be giving away our last four state finals berths.

Randy Gallagher   April 16, 2013 at 1:57am

July Trip Booked

Last weekend the Traverse City Road Trip was officially booked. We have 2 sites at the Interlochen State Park one for the motorhome and another for the tents. Overall we should have enough room for 3 tents but lets try to consolidate as much as we can to save some room. The weekend still stands as July 13-15 and we will be beginning our weekend of 6 rounds in Grayling at the Hanson Hills Recreation Area.

As always to stay on the route of conservation we will have a car from each side of the s ... more

Last weekend the Traverse City Road Trip was officially booked. We have 2 sites at the Interlochen State Park one for the motorhome and another for the tents. Overall we should have enough room for 3 tents but lets try to consolidate as much as we can to save some room. The weekend still stands as July 13-15 and we will be beginning our weekend of 6 rounds in Grayling at the Hanson Hills Recreation Area.

As always to stay on the route of conservation we will have a car from each side of the state traveling up so car pools will be available if needed. Randy Gallagher will be running the car pool on the west side and at this point I am unsure of who will be on the east side. Either way get together and save some gas.

This weekend will finish up our Season 3 and our career of playing skins matches. After this weekend the club will be transitioning to Match Play. Keep in mind after the weekend of golfing the golfer with the most skins will be rewarded with a Michigan State Finals Berth as well. All in all 4 berths will be awarded on the trip, one for each league, and one for the winner of the weekend. We hope to see everyone out there and anyone that is not a regular member is always welcome to join.

Randy Gallagher   April 16, 2013 at 1:43am

Robert Morris & Company

The Kalamazoo event was a fun event this past weekend starting at Robert Morris Park. The forecast had shown that it was supposed to be a warm day but the first round was full of precipitation. The first round started off a little shaky by both teams with a few great shots here and there to make up for a couple rough ones. Overall the newer golfer Randy Sr. showed great improvement through the day making long putts and having great proximity with up shots. The first two CTPs of the day were at h ... more

The Kalamazoo event was a fun event this past weekend starting at Robert Morris Park. The forecast had shown that it was supposed to be a warm day but the first round was full of precipitation. The first round started off a little shaky by both teams with a few great shots here and there to make up for a couple rough ones. Overall the newer golfer Randy Sr. showed great improvement through the day making long putts and having great proximity with up shots. The first two CTPs of the day were at hole 8 and 9 and were won by Kyle Jansen and Randy Gallagher respectively. For this round the score was for once proportional to the stroke play. The round ended with Kyle/RG playing even for 12 skins and Dirk/Mike at four over with six skins.

In between rounds we sampled the local Kalamazoo brews and food at Bell’s and planned out our trek to the unexpected change of Oshtemo Park.

Oshtemo Park was where the singles round where the upsets happened. Mike came home with the most skins, winning 9 with a +5. Scoring the best for the day with a 57 and tying with Kyle, RG took home 5. The last 4 skins were split by Dirk and Kyle. The CTP prizes of hole 6, 8, and 18 were taken home by Mike and Kyle with Kyle winning hole 8.
Our next event will be our Match Play tourney at Addison Oaks on May 26th registration is still open with plenty of spots available and a few players packs still available.

Randy Gallagher   March 24, 2013 at 9:19pm

Traverse City & More

So it looks like we will be heading to Interlochen State Park for some camping for our Traverse City trip. We had a 4-1 vote. I will be making reservations next weekend or so and will be collecting deposits from everyone starting at our Deerfield event. If everyone puts in a $20 for this we should be fine on the reservations and anything that is left over will be used for food, firewood, or beer..the essentials.

I will also start collecting for the MiMPA registration next weekend as well. $3 ... more

So it looks like we will be heading to Interlochen State Park for some camping for our Traverse City trip. We had a 4-1 vote. I will be making reservations next weekend or so and will be collecting deposits from everyone starting at our Deerfield event. If everyone puts in a $20 for this we should be fine on the reservations and anything that is left over will be used for food, firewood, or beer..the essentials.

I will also start collecting for the MiMPA registration next weekend as well. $34/person will get us into the association as a club and will allow four players to each event for free. Anyone else that comes along on those days we will split the cost among us that day.

One more thing to think about before next weekend is that we are missing 3 course choices from our west side members.

Jimmy Jean
Mike Wolters
Randy Gallagher

These players need to have their courses in for the new season by tee time at Deerfield.

Randy Gallagher   March 9, 2013 at 8:24pm

Traverse City Trip

Alright gentlemen the Traverse City Trip has been added to the schedule all we have to do now is figure out where we will be staying for the weekend and book it. I looked into the two state parks that are close to the courses that we will be playing and here's what I found:

Interlochen State Park
2 Nights-2 Tents-2 Sites
$50/Per Site

Traverse City State Park
2 Nights-2 Tents-2 Sites
$62 Per Site

I have placed a poll on the home page for everyone to vote and the poll will be cl ... more

Alright gentlemen the Traverse City Trip has been added to the schedule all we have to do now is figure out where we will be staying for the weekend and book it. I looked into the two state parks that are close to the courses that we will be playing and here's what I found:

Interlochen State Park
2 Nights-2 Tents-2 Sites
$50/Per Site

Traverse City State Park
2 Nights-2 Tents-2 Sites
$62 Per Site

I have placed a poll on the home page for everyone to vote and the poll will be closing in two weeks from now. Please make your selection and once the poll closes I will book the sites for us. Once I have the final total I will divide the amount up of how much each of us should throw in and the deposits will start to be collected at our March event at Deerfield.

If anyone else has any suggestions for a place to camp and has the data for that in terms of costs etc. please get them to me ASAP so that it can be included in the poll.

Randy Gallagher   February 25, 2013 at 6:58am

Seymour-Ice

Seymour Lake was a fun course that was new to some of us and home to others. The expansive course offered a great mix of holes and challenges but the most prominent challenge of the day was getting a good foothold on the large sheets of ice. There were several shots that quickly became dangerous as our players slipped around on their follow through. Even the trek from hole to hole was a bit slippery.

Overall we had the usual crew out there with Kyle dominating the course with his long open d ... more

Seymour Lake was a fun course that was new to some of us and home to others. The expansive course offered a great mix of holes and challenges but the most prominent challenge of the day was getting a good foothold on the large sheets of ice. There were several shots that quickly became dangerous as our players slipped around on their follow through. Even the trek from hole to hole was a bit slippery.

Overall we had the usual crew out there with Kyle dominating the course with his long open drives. Through both rounds the course seemed favorable to his long arm and allowed a great chance for skins. Once the short and slippery holes came into play everyone else came alive but didn't necessarily cash out the skins bank.

Most improved this round is Randy Gallagher Sr. learning the ins and outs of his BP Stalker getting some good distance and control. For his second time out in the league he even took home skins in the singles match beating out Seymour veteran Dirk JvG.

CTP winners were Tim Burton, Randy Gallagher II, and Kyle Jansen.

The Seymour event was one for surprises with massive winds and slick terrain. In march we will be traveling to Deerfield in Mt Pleasant, MI. See you on the course.

Randy Gallagher   February 21, 2013 at 7:53pm

Dinner & A Meeting

To all of those that are planning on attending the Seymour Lake event this weekend we would like to invite you all to dinner afterwards at Kyle’s house. There we will all gather, eat, drink & be merry. Also there will be a meeting to discuss several issues that are happening inside the organization that require a vote. We request that everyone that has an interest in participating in Season 4 be present and take part in the discussion as we like to hear from you.



T ... more

To all of those that are planning on attending the Seymour Lake event this weekend we would like to invite you all to dinner afterwards at Kyle’s house. There we will all gather, eat, drink & be merry. Also there will be a meeting to discuss several issues that are happening inside the organization that require a vote. We request that everyone that has an interest in participating in Season 4 be present and take part in the discussion as we like to hear from you.



The issues on the docket include:



Participation with MiMPA

Fundraising for MiMPA Membership

July’s Emergency Changes

Course Nominations for Season 4



We hope that everyone can be in attendance and that we can accomplish everything and keep the club development moving.



See you Saturday.

Randy Gallagher   February 17, 2013 at 5:57am

Black & White Season 4

Season 3 is almost in the books and its time to start thinking about what's next! With that said we ask that everyone starts putting up courses to nominate for the next season so we can get everything up for a vote and ready to go.

To cap off the third season we will be heading to Lemon Lake for a weekend of six rounds of golf and camping. To keep the tradition of one travel weekend per season Highbridge in Wisconsin and Idlewild / Lincoln Ridge of Kentucky have been put up for a vote. ... more

Season 3 is almost in the books and its time to start thinking about what's next! With that said we ask that everyone starts putting up courses to nominate for the next season so we can get everything up for a vote and ready to go.

To cap off the third season we will be heading to Lemon Lake for a weekend of six rounds of golf and camping. To keep the tradition of one travel weekend per season Highbridge in Wisconsin and Idlewild / Lincoln Ridge of Kentucky have been put up for a vote. This poll will be posted and everyone will be informed when the voting starts.

Other changes for the new season will be that the club will be converting to Match Play with handicaps to even the playing field for everyone a little further. Also instead of a formal league our events will be consist of tournaments in which points will be able to be accrued for an overall points fund. Points will be awarded once a month for a Black & White event or MiMPA event.

These changes should be great for the club and if there are any questions or concerns on the changes please feel free to contact us!

Please email course nominations to [email redacted]

The cutoff for nominations will be March 31.

Randy Gallagher   February 7, 2013 at 6:44am

May Match Play has been posted

The tourney is up and the paid registration should be up in the next day to guarantee your spot on a card. There is a limited field so make sure you get your spot before its full.

Randy Gallagher   February 2, 2013 at 5:10am

Black & White Off Weeks

For those of you that are looking for some great golf on the Black & White off weekends I would recommend you to follow this schedule. This is the MIDGC club schedule that is run by the good doctor Leonard. This club plays the match play format and will be the club that we semi-merge with in the next season.

Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:00am Chippewa Banks
Saturday, February 23, 2013 2:00pm Tittabawassee Park
Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:00am Grand Woods Park
Saturday, March 23, 201 ... more

For those of you that are looking for some great golf on the Black & White off weekends I would recommend you to follow this schedule. This is the MIDGC club schedule that is run by the good doctor Leonard. This club plays the match play format and will be the club that we semi-merge with in the next season.

Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:00am Chippewa Banks
Saturday, February 23, 2013 2:00pm Tittabawassee Park
Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:00am Grand Woods Park
Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:00pm Sleepy Hollow State Park
Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:00am Bertha Brock County Park
Saturday, April 13, 2013 2:00pm Fallasburg Park
Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:00am BlueGill Disc Golf Course
Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:00pm BlueGill Disc Golf Course

Randy Gallagher   January 29, 2013 at 6:01am

Frankenmuth Snowfest

The Frankenmuth Snowfest trip was a good one. I have never seen so many people in that town as I did that weekend and after wading through the many people in the town for the Snowfest we also had to wade through all of the sledders on the hills at the disc golf course, some applauding, some heckling.

Among the usual suspects of golfers we also had a couple of new guys. Mike Wolters made the trek across the state to join us again and we were happy to have him as he’s a grea ... more

The Frankenmuth Snowfest trip was a good one. I have never seen so many people in that town as I did that weekend and after wading through the many people in the town for the Snowfest we also had to wade through all of the sledders on the hills at the disc golf course, some applauding, some heckling.

Among the usual suspects of golfers we also had a couple of new guys. Mike Wolters made the trek across the state to join us again and we were happy to have him as he’s a great addition to the crew. At the end of the day after joining the Bag Tag League Mike walked away with the number one bag tag. Another newer player was Randy Gallagher Sr., a new golfer in the sport.

During the doubles round we had two father-son teams, the JvGs and Gallaghers. The third team was comprised of Mike Wolters and Jimmy Jean. The round was a competitive one going back and forth the whole time pushing skins for big cash-outs. The round came down to a throw off after the final hole where a putter throw won the match, with Randy Gallagher I & II won with 9 skins.

The singles round was also a competitive one. Jimmy, Randy & Mike hashed it out keeping the skins pushed for 6 holes at a time with Mike coming out on top in the end with some consistent throwing and a 12-6-0 win. Kyle JvG overpowered the other card with a 14-4-0 win. One noteworthy play that shouldn’t be overlooked for the round would be Dirk’s 100’+ putt. That was the longest putt for the day and best shot by far.

Coming up next month is Seymour Lake and that date WILL BE CHANGED to Saturday rather than Sunday. Please make sure that you note the change and plan accordingly. Also in the works is the May Match Play Tourney and the July Lemon Lake Trip. Keep in tune for those as they will be developing quickly. Thanks to all for coming out and we hope to see you next month.

Randy Gallagher   January 29, 2013 at 5:45am

May Match Play Poll Needs Votes

The May Match Play tourney poll has been posted and we need you to get out and vote. We have nominated 3 different courses to hold the tournament: Goldenrod, Addison Oaks, & Vicksburg. Each golfer will have one vote on which course we will use and the poll will end Friday February 1, 2013. Once the poll is over and the course has been determined the date and rules will be posted. For this tournament there will be a limited field and custom dyed discs so be sure to register early. Cashless Pr ... more

The May Match Play tourney poll has been posted and we need you to get out and vote. We have nominated 3 different courses to hold the tournament: Goldenrod, Addison Oaks, & Vicksburg. Each golfer will have one vote on which course we will use and the poll will end Friday February 1, 2013. Once the poll is over and the course has been determined the date and rules will be posted. For this tournament there will be a limited field and custom dyed discs so be sure to register early. Cashless Pre-registration will put the golfer on the waiting list only, it will not guarantee a spot in the tournament.

Vote at bwcreate.org

Randy Gallagher   December 23, 2012 at 5:40am

Merry Christmas! Yes Merry Christmas!

Christmas is almost here and BWI wanted to wish all of you a great Christmas with your families and hope all is well. With that said the New Year is coming and since we all survived the apocalypse we should be looking ahead to the great shindig in Frankenmuth, MI.

Our next meet will be at Memorial Park in Frankenmuth but that weekend will be much more than that. The day before our golf outing a few of us will be enjoying the Frankenmuth Snowfest and a famous chicken dinner. I would like to i ... more

Christmas is almost here and BWI wanted to wish all of you a great Christmas with your families and hope all is well. With that said the New Year is coming and since we all survived the apocalypse we should be looking ahead to the great shindig in Frankenmuth, MI.

Our next meet will be at Memorial Park in Frankenmuth but that weekend will be much more than that. The day before our golf outing a few of us will be enjoying the Frankenmuth Snowfest and a famous chicken dinner. I would like to invite everyone to join us through the Snowfest and to dinner. I will be trying to make a reservation for dinner at the Bavarian Inn for us so anyone that knows they will be joining in please make sure that you give me a heads up so I can make sure you are accounted for.

Also I have a couple of rooms at the Country Inn & Suites reserved if anyone wants to room in the same place.

I hope to see you all there to have another great day of golf as usual.

Randy Gallagher   December 22, 2012 at 6:44am

Berth Discs

Our berth discs will become available for pickup on 2/2/13 and we have 6 coming this year.

The berths will be given out as follows:

Winner of Big Bend Double Stroke: Mike Wolters
Winner of Next TBD Tourney
Winner of Singles League
Winner of Doubles League
Winner of Bag Tag
Winner of cumulative points of our Lemon Lake trip in the summer

That's six!

The next issue is: Can anyone pick these up in Milford, MI?

This is not a big issue, I can have them shipped but I would r ... more

Our berth discs will become available for pickup on 2/2/13 and we have 6 coming this year.

The berths will be given out as follows:

Winner of Big Bend Double Stroke: Mike Wolters
Winner of Next TBD Tourney
Winner of Singles League
Winner of Doubles League
Winner of Bag Tag
Winner of cumulative points of our Lemon Lake trip in the summer

That's six!

The next issue is: Can anyone pick these up in Milford, MI?

This is not a big issue, I can have them shipped but I would rather have someone represent us and go pick them up if it is not an inconvenience to you. If you can make it on the 2nd of February please let me know so we can get this squared away. If I don't hear anything I will assume I need to arrange for shipping.

Thanks guys in advance for any help that we get and for your continued support.

Randy Gallagher   December 18, 2012 at 5:13am

Wethall Discgolf

Another fun day out on the disc golf course with the Black & White crew. Yesterday was a little short of players but none the less it was a great day out in the woods as always. In the first round Big Bend Double Stroke winner Mike Wolters and Randy Gallagher were teamed up against team Jim Tim, not to be confused with "Moonshiners" Jim Tom. Both teams shot well keeping it a fairly close match in stroke play the entire team cashing out skins only in opportune moments. The round was ... more

Another fun day out on the disc golf course with the Black & White crew. Yesterday was a little short of players but none the less it was a great day out in the woods as always. In the first round Big Bend Double Stroke winner Mike Wolters and Randy Gallagher were teamed up against team Jim Tim, not to be confused with "Moonshiners" Jim Tom. Both teams shot well keeping it a fairly close match in stroke play the entire team cashing out skins only in opportune moments. The round was very competitive with Mike winning the first CTP by a disc flip between Tim and himself. Both golfers were at the exact same distance from the basket. Also something worth mentioning is the use of Jimmy's Black Beauty. The Crystal Z Flex Buzzz that found it's way into his bag seemed to sneak through the most narrow of spots and got him here he needed to be. This round was a little wet but nothing too bad to complain about.

During the second round we got back out and were playing just as well as the first round keeping things real tight until the rain came down a little more and made the discs start slipping quite a bit. The second round CTP went to Randy Gallagher due to another long pace off decision that resulted in half a step distance. Talk about close. The main highlights of the round was the consistency of Tim through the rain, keeping his composure through most of the round and a couple of MASSIVE putts by RG. One put was just a long hyzer that dropped in on deep 9 one. The other was an "act of god" putt on hole 9. From about 35-40 feet the putt hit the basket and almost bobbled out and due to a gust of wind it hopped right back in the chains and came to rest in the basket to push the skins to the next hole.

Everyone had some really awesome shots out there and we all had a good time, and for the first time both rounds were decided on the last hole with no playoff holes for skins.

Next round will be at Frankenmuth during their Snowfest weekend. There will be a few club members that will be in town for the Snowfest on Saturday with dinner and golf on Sunday. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to join us for this fun weekend. Hopefully Snowfest will include snow.

If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to email us.

Randy Gallagher   December 15, 2012 at 6:38pm

Made In America

Just last week Black & White recovered some real estate from China when we purchased the newly available bwcreate.com. In the future you will now be able to use both the .com and .org extensions when trying to go to our site and you'll get to the same spot. It took a little bit of waiting for bwcreate.com to be released by its previous owner across seas but it is now ours and it will stay a part of our empire indefinitely.

Also for those looking for some winter golf tomorrow the grou ... more

Just last week Black & White recovered some real estate from China when we purchased the newly available bwcreate.com. In the future you will now be able to use both the .com and .org extensions when trying to go to our site and you'll get to the same spot. It took a little bit of waiting for bwcreate.com to be released by its previous owner across seas but it is now ours and it will stay a part of our empire indefinitely.

Also for those looking for some winter golf tomorrow the group will be traveling to White Hall MI for two rounds of golf, doubles and singles. We hope to see you there, tee off 10AM.

Randy Gallagher   December 3, 2012 at 6:12am

Blank Disc Inventory

Our blank inventory has been updated! As of now all of the discs that are ready to dye have been added to our Disc Inventory list that can be found by clicking the Disc Inventory tab on our website bwcreate.org.

None of these discs can be found in the disc store individually other than under an item called “Blank Disc.” If one wishes to purchase a blank disc without a dye please use the “Blank Disc” item and add the notes to wh ... more

Our blank inventory has been updated! As of now all of the discs that are ready to dye have been added to our Disc Inventory list that can be found by clicking the Disc Inventory tab on our website bwcreate.org.

None of these discs can be found in the disc store individually other than under an item called “Blank Disc.” If one wishes to purchase a blank disc without a dye please use the “Blank Disc” item and add the notes to which disc is desired in the notes section of order.

As always for a custom dye for a customer please contact us via email: [email redacted] and we will work out the details of the order and provide an accurate quote to the project.

There is one more update coming to the site for inventory and that is the used disc section and that will be happening in the near future.

Randy Gallagher   December 3, 2012 at 6:11am

Winter Golf

December is here and I just wanted to remind everyone that we will be taking the trek to Whitehall for our skins league on December 16th for a couple of rounds of disc golf. The first one as always will be a doubles round to get everyone warmed up and used to the course for the second round of singles. We will be playing all 18 holes as well as the coveted Deep 9 to cover the entire course both rounds as it would be a shame to pass up any of the cool holes that the course has to offer.

Both r ... more

December is here and I just wanted to remind everyone that we will be taking the trek to Whitehall for our skins league on December 16th for a couple of rounds of disc golf. The first one as always will be a doubles round to get everyone warmed up and used to the course for the second round of singles. We will be playing all 18 holes as well as the coveted Deep 9 to cover the entire course both rounds as it would be a shame to pass up any of the cool holes that the course has to offer.

Both rounds will be for skins points in our leagues, however we encourage everyone to come out and enjoy a round of golf with us whether you are a part of the leagues or not. No cash is needed except if one would like to play for the CTPs, just a smile and a bag of discs. While at Whitehall there will be at least 2 CTP competitions, there may be more based on the amount of people that turn out for the event.

For those looking to come out and play we look forward to your company and if anyone needs to carpool just ask on the talk board. In most cases we have players coming from each edge of the state so carpool is never out of the questions. Grand Rapids and Detroit are the main hubs for getting together for a park and ride.

If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us in one of the many ways via facebook (Black & White Interactive), Twitter (@bwcreate), email ([email redacted]), or DiscGolfScene.com (Black & White). See you on the course.

Randy Gallagher   November 23, 2012 at 5:35pm

Store updated on bwcreate.org

Its been a while since I have been able to add anything to the store so I just took the time to add some of the dyes I made for the Big Bend Double Stroke tournament. They are all priced at $10 per disc with the tourney dye on them. There is a variety of different molds including the Buzzz, Dart, Hornet, Beast, TeeDevil. Take a look and try out the new store as we continue to update it.

The way the store is used will be changing a little bit but that isn’t really of concern ... more

Its been a while since I have been able to add anything to the store so I just took the time to add some of the dyes I made for the Big Bend Double Stroke tournament. They are all priced at $10 per disc with the tourney dye on them. There is a variety of different molds including the Buzzz, Dart, Hornet, Beast, TeeDevil. Take a look and try out the new store as we continue to update it.

The way the store is used will be changing a little bit but that isn’t really of concern right now. Whatever is listed in the sotre is ready for shipping, just simply add the disc to your cart and go to checkout and from there you will be directed to Paypal.

There will be some more discs coming soon and hopefully inventory will be updated rather soon so the blank discs will be able to be dyed for custom orders.

If there are any custom orders that need to be made or questions please feel free to click the EmailBW link or drop me a line at

[email redacted]

Randy Gallagher   November 19, 2012 at 5:00am

Stroked at Big Bend

Today was a great day for disc golf. We had two cards at Big Bend and everyone was new to the Black & White group. Temperatures in the 50s and sunny with a great course for disc golf not much could have been better. Instead of playing static doubles teams we decided to score the tournament as singles playing as doubles, flipping for a new team for each round.

Everyone had a great time with Mike Wolters coming out on top shooting 3 down for the combined rounds followed closely by Bud Parr ... more

Today was a great day for disc golf. We had two cards at Big Bend and everyone was new to the Black & White group. Temperatures in the 50s and sunny with a great course for disc golf not much could have been better. Instead of playing static doubles teams we decided to score the tournament as singles playing as doubles, flipping for a new team for each round.

Everyone had a great time with Mike Wolters coming out on top shooting 3 down for the combined rounds followed closely by Bud Parrish with 2 down. Rounding out the rest of the top 5 respectively was Jayson Chapin, Chad Hutchinson and Cody Duggins. It was a great turn out and I hope to get back out on the course with you guys soon.

Next month we will be at Whitehall on Sunday the 16th and we hope to see you guys out there with our regular Black & White guys.

If there are any questions about the next round send them this way and we'll get them taken care of.

There are also still more of the Big Bend dyes available and those will be posted soon. $10 each plus shipping.

Randy Gallagher   October 20, 2012 at 6:40pm

Facebook Sale Still Pending

We are still looking for more likes on our Facebook page. There will a large one color custom dye sale once that page reaches 40 likes. Currently we are sitting at 22. Thats only 18 likes away!

Upon reaching that coveted four we will allow each person that orders to take advantage of the sale once at 2/$25. Make sure that you are passing this word along to all of our friends, and let everyone know about the great work that Black & White Interactive does, your help is greatly appreciated and we want to give back to you!

Randy Gallagher   October 20, 2012 at 6:30pm

Season 3 Membership Deadline

For all players that are planning on paying into the prize fund for Season 3 Skins the deadline will be on the date of our December outing. So far we have 4 players entered if you are unsure if you are one of those players please email us and we will let you know whether or not you are paid in.

Please keep in mind if you are a little behind in points that anything is possible in this league especially around the time of the league trip. This year it will be to Lemon Lake for six rounds of di ... more

For all players that are planning on paying into the prize fund for Season 3 Skins the deadline will be on the date of our December outing. So far we have 4 players entered if you are unsure if you are one of those players please email us and we will let you know whether or not you are paid in.

Please keep in mind if you are a little behind in points that anything is possible in this league especially around the time of the league trip. This year it will be to Lemon Lake for six rounds of disc golf fun.

The membership fee is $25 and all money paid in will be paid back out in either cash or prizes. The prize packs will be decided after the membership deadlines.

Please feel free to email any questions or concerns.

Randy Gallagher   October 20, 2012 at 6:23pm

Screen Print Order

With the embroidery order in progress I will start compiling a screen print order. I am looking to hear from you guys on what kind of gear that you are looking to have done. Screen printing includes things like towels, sweatshirts, t-shirts, dry-fits etc. Anything with ink on it. I will leave this inquiry open until our tournament in November, after that I will make the order.

Please let me know what kind of merch you'd be interested in getting and I will get the quotes together so we can make this order.

Randy Gallagher   October 9, 2012 at 4:48am

Frankenmuth Snowfest

For the outing that we will be having in January we have scheduled it during the same weekend of the Snowfest that will be going on. The Saturday before the outing a few of us will be going thought Frankenmuth and probably grabbing a classic Frankenmuth chicken dinner if anyone wants to join.

Randy Gallagher   October 9, 2012 at 3:44am

New Dates will be coming

Sorry for not having the rest of the dates on the season they will be posted by the end of the week. The December event will be in one of the first two weekends of the month. Please keep this in mind and sorry for the delay.

Randy Gallagher   September 18, 2012 at 2:21am

Embroidery Order Being Placed in the Next Two Weeks

I am going to be placing an embroidery order for various items in probably two weeks. This going to be a by order shipment so if there is some merch you're looking for please let me know and I will make sure to get it quoted and made for you.

Requested so far:

Polos - Long/Short Sleeve
Beanie Hats


There are a bunch of other things that can be done, if you have something in mind let us know.

Randy Gallagher   August 24, 2012 at 6:58pm

Dri-fits

There has been a request to get some more dri-fit shirts, however we need to be able to make a large otherwise it will not be cost effective. Is there anyone that would be looking to make an order for a BWI dri-fit shirt or two?

We can also order other shirts, sweatshirts, etc.

Either email Randy or post in the talk board. Once I hear back from a few people I will be able to determine if we can make an order.

If anyone wants a normal t-shirt I have plenty available $10 each.

Kyle Jansen van Galen   August 20, 2012 at 6:50pm

Gettin' some! Cass a big success!

Season 3 started off strong with 10 players competing! In the doubles round there was only a 3 stroke difference between 1st and 4th place and the 3rd and 4th place teams struck at the right time to take home the majority of the skins! In the singles round, many players shot their best rounds and we had some players shoot even or under par. All players took home skins too

CTPs were split between Randy and Dirk
Doubles round was won by Ted and Joe
Singles round was won by Kyle
Metal struck ... more

Season 3 started off strong with 10 players competing! In the doubles round there was only a 3 stroke difference between 1st and 4th place and the 3rd and 4th place teams struck at the right time to take home the majority of the skins! In the singles round, many players shot their best rounds and we had some players shoot even or under par. All players took home skins too

CTPs were split between Randy and Dirk
Doubles round was won by Ted and Joe
Singles round was won by Kyle
Metal struck by Randy and Joe

Thanks to everyone that made it out we look forward to another big crowd 9/9 at Victory park!! Also note the change in date for sleepy hollow to accommodate the national collegiant qualifier Ferris will be competing in 10-20 and 21

Kyle Jansen van Galen   July 21, 2012 at 6:03am

First 3 Season 3 dates posted!

Everyone interested in playing season 3 please take note of the posted dates for the August, September, and October meets.

August 19th: Cass Benton (Northville) **Note since sun is up and course has more traffic this one will start at 9am (an hour earlier)
September 9th: Victory Park (Albion)
October 21: Sleepy Hollow (Laingsburg)

Other dates of the schedule are in the works and will be posted soon. This includes a tournament in November most likely in the northwest part of the state, 6 more meets in the state, and one trip to Lemon Lake (Indiana)

Randy Gallagher   July 20, 2012 at 5:49am

Summer Skins Success

I just wanted to say thanks to all that came out to play in our first ever disc golf tournament “Summer Skins 2012.” We had a blast and we hope that you did too. Not only did we have the usual group out there we got to see a lot of new faces and have some new competition.

The Top 5:
Joe Paczwa
Stephen Eby
Nate Defrain
Tim Burton
Josh Frisinger

Out of the top 5 we only had one regular Black & White member to place, Tim Burton.

Over the course of ... more

I just wanted to say thanks to all that came out to play in our first ever disc golf tournament “Summer Skins 2012.” We had a blast and we hope that you did too. Not only did we have the usual group out there we got to see a lot of new faces and have some new competition.

The Top 5:
Joe Paczwa
Stephen Eby
Nate Defrain
Tim Burton
Josh Frisinger

Out of the top 5 we only had one regular Black & White member to place, Tim Burton.

Over the course of the 3 rounds that we played we had 6 different CTP prizes with each prize being given to a different winner.

Overall I believe that Summer Skins was a great success and I plan on hosting one more tournament before the end of the year. As of right now I have posted a poll on our website to determine the format of the next tournament. The poll will be open until Friday the 27th of July so get your vote in while you can and after this poll closes I will post the next one. Keep your ears open, we want to hear from you.

Randy Gallagher   June 23, 2012 at 7:39pm

Last Day of Bag Tag

The last day of Bag Tag will be on the Summer Skins Tourney. At the end of that day Bag Tags will be paid out. The new season will begin with the new season of skins. If you want to participate in the new season you may keep your tag with your bag until the first event of season 3. On that day everyone that wants to buy in will put the tags in a hat and play for them, scoring to be determined that day.

$5 for first match (league entry), after that normal fees apply. All money goes to the final prize.

Kyle Jansen van Galen   May 8, 2012 at 5:27am

Almost on our way!

First of all thanks to everyone who is participating in voting for next season's courses. I fully expect next year to be our best yet! With players from Big Rapids, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, and the greater Detroit areas, our course spread is going to cover a large part of the state next year allowing us to play courses that weren't on our radar for seasons 1 and 2.

We have one more vote between Deerfield, Seymour Lake, and Victory parks available on bwcreate.org until Friday May 11 to ro ... more

First of all thanks to everyone who is participating in voting for next season's courses. I fully expect next year to be our best yet! With players from Big Rapids, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, and the greater Detroit areas, our course spread is going to cover a large part of the state next year allowing us to play courses that weren't on our radar for seasons 1 and 2.

We have one more vote between Deerfield, Seymour Lake, and Victory parks available on bwcreate.org until Friday May 11 to round out our Michigan course line-up. Currently the club is planning on Robert Morris (Kalamazoo), Whitehall DGC (Whitehall), Leviathan/Mason County (Ludington), Memorial Park (Frankenmuth), Cass Benton (Northville), and Sleepy Hollow (Laingsburg) for meets.

Remember to sign up for the Summer Skins tourney (July 15th at Kensington Metropark) for $25 so we can work on dyeing your custom tournament dye!

Then for Season 3, $25 will cover both of next year's singles and doubles leagues and can be paid to Randy or Kyle.This will go towards prizes for end of the year winners in April. If you want to be included in the skins hunt for prizes, league fees will need to be paid at or before the first meet in August. IF ANYONE HAS ANY WEEKENDS THAT ARE ALREADY BOOKED, PLEASE LET KYLE KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE!

As always if there are any questions feel free to run them by the Black and White crew

Kyle Jansen van Galen   May 3, 2012 at 2:26am

SEASON 3 update

Good ideas guys! We hear you loud and clear!

I heard Deerfield and Lakeshore have been dropped as possible courses from my previous posts (Jimmy and Luke) so I looked at the course spread and will have a vote so that courses are evenly distributed across the state and will be:

West MI:
1.Robert Morris (Kalamazoo) 18 holes
2.Whitehall (Whitehall) 27 holes
3.TBD: Vote to be posted on B&W website [bwcreate.org] 5/3 to 5/6 between:
->Mason County Park (Ludington)
-&g ... more

Good ideas guys! We hear you loud and clear!

I heard Deerfield and Lakeshore have been dropped as possible courses from my previous posts (Jimmy and Luke) so I looked at the course spread and will have a vote so that courses are evenly distributed across the state and will be:

West MI:
1.Robert Morris (Kalamazoo) 18 holes
2.Whitehall (Whitehall) 27 holes
3.TBD: Vote to be posted on B&W website [bwcreate.org] 5/3 to 5/6 between:
->Mason County Park (Ludington)
->Leviathan (Ludington)
->Northend (Big Rapids)
->Big Bend (Newaygo)

East MI:
4.Memorial Park (Frankenmuth) 18 holes
5.Vote to be posted on B&W website [bwcreate.org] 5/6 to 5/8 between:
->Cass Benton (Northville)
->Ponds at the Lakeshore (Ypsilanti)

Central MI:
6.Sleepy Hollow (Lansing)

7. Miscellaneous course: Vote to be posted on B&W website [bwcreate.org] 5/8-5/10 between:
-> East Michigan-Seymour Lake (Oxford)
->North Central MI- Deerfield (Mount Pleasant)
->South Central MI- Victory Park (Albion)

8. Trip possible locations include and please continue to nominate (it's your March or April vacation!)
->Highbridge Hills (Highbridge, WI)
->Joliet, IL (West, Highland, Oak, Community, Eagle Ridge)
->Lemon Lake (Crown Point, IN)
->St. Louis (Jefferson Barracks, Endicott Park, Siouxx Passage, Quail Ridge)
->YOUR VOTE???

Kyle Jansen van Galen   May 1, 2012 at 9:44am

SEASON 3 Tentative Schedule

Format will be the same as Season 2: 7 meets in MI (1 each month) and 1 trip out of state

Next year, it looks like we will have players from all over the state including new players from Big Rapids and Saginaw so the course spread across the state will be bigger. The plan is to have meets in various locations:

Southwest: ROBERT MORRIS, Meyer Broadway, Fort Custer
Central: SLEEPY HOLLOW
Northeast: MEMORIAL PARK (Frankenmuth)
Southeast MI: CASS BENTON
Northwest MI: Leviathan, Mason Coun ... more

Format will be the same as Season 2: 7 meets in MI (1 each month) and 1 trip out of state

Next year, it looks like we will have players from all over the state including new players from Big Rapids and Saginaw so the course spread across the state will be bigger. The plan is to have meets in various locations:

Southwest: ROBERT MORRIS, Meyer Broadway, Fort Custer
Central: SLEEPY HOLLOW
Northeast: MEMORIAL PARK (Frankenmuth)
Southeast MI: CASS BENTON
Northwest MI: Leviathan, Mason County Park, Northend, Big Bend, Hickory Hills
West MI: WHITEHALL
Another central or east MI meet: Deerfield, Victory, Independence Lakes, Lakeshore, Seymore Lake


The recommendation in BOLD are for courses with nominations from various players, however, I didn't get everyone's input so let us know if we are overlooking something or would prefer other courses in the area!!!

Randy Gallagher   April 2, 2012 at 2:52pm

Season 3

We keep getting closer to the wrap of our second season with two more events to go so we should start thinking about our third season. We will need seven courses and one destination for a weekend consisting of a few rounds. Let's start the nominations and see what we get. Remember we have people from all across the state of MI so lets make it accommodating for everyone. July will be our first tourney so the third season will not begin until August and if all goes well there will be another ... more

We keep getting closer to the wrap of our second season with two more events to go so we should start thinking about our third season. We will need seven courses and one destination for a weekend consisting of a few rounds. Let's start the nominations and see what we get. Remember we have people from all across the state of MI so lets make it accommodating for everyone. July will be our first tourney so the third season will not begin until August and if all goes well there will be another tourney somewhere in there. Each member gets one nomination and then we will go from there. The end of April will be the cutoff for your picks.

Randy Gallagher   April 1, 2012 at 5:37am

DGLA

The club leagues have been officially added to the DLGA schedule. Any points earned here I believe goes towards your DGLA score. All of this fun starts with our league day at Burchfield tomorrow.

Kyle Jansen van Galen   March 28, 2012 at 3:40am

MAY TRIP APPROACHING!!!!!

The Black and White trip in May is quickly approaching. 2 rooms (each with 2 queen size beds) have been reserved for our club to stay at. Contact Kyle if you have any questions. Below is the weekend itinerary (however time of the second round is not necessarily accurate as we won't have a good idea on transit time and the time it takes to finish the first course.

Friday May 11th
-Leave Michigan
-10am- Great Blue Heron (Norwalk, OH)
-1pm- Roscoe Ewing (Medina, OH)
... more

The Black and White trip in May is quickly approaching. 2 rooms (each with 2 queen size beds) have been reserved for our club to stay at. Contact Kyle if you have any questions. Below is the weekend itinerary (however time of the second round is not necessarily accurate as we won't have a good idea on transit time and the time it takes to finish the first course.

Friday May 11th
-Leave Michigan
-10am- Great Blue Heron (Norwalk, OH)
-1pm- Roscoe Ewing (Medina, OH)
-Drive to Cranberry Twp, PA to spend night
Saturday May 12
-10am Knob Hill (Warrendale, PA)
-1pm Deer Lakes (Tarentum, PA)
-Drive to Newton Falls, OH to spend night
Sunday May 13
-10am Hudson Springs (Hudson, OH)
-1pm Veteran's Memorial (Parma, OH)
-Drive home to Michigan

Good friends=good golf

Randy Gallagher   March 15, 2012 at 4:42am

Course Nominations for BWTourney

The first BWTourney is in the planning stage and we want to know where you want to play it. For the next week I will be taking nominations for the BW Dying to Disc Tournament. Each member is entitled to one course vote and may make it anywhere on one of our message boards. The best place to reply would most likely Disc Golf Scene.

For this tournament we will keep our same format playing a two round skins singles. The entry fee is TBD by you guys and a poll will be put out very soon on the BWS ... more

The first BWTourney is in the planning stage and we want to know where you want to play it. For the next week I will be taking nominations for the BW Dying to Disc Tournament. Each member is entitled to one course vote and may make it anywhere on one of our message boards. The best place to reply would most likely Disc Golf Scene.

For this tournament we will keep our same format playing a two round skins singles. The entry fee is TBD by you guys and a poll will be put out very soon on the BWSite. This will be a fundraiser tournament for the club and for each person that preregisters will get a custom dyed disc of their choice. The tournament will take place in July so we have plenty of time to plan for it, buts lets get started working on to get it ready to go.

We look forward to seeing this tournament take shape so let us know what you think!

Nominations end on Wednesday the 21st.

Kyle Jansen van Galen   March 13, 2012 at 8:57am

Over the hill in Hastings

The Black and White crew hit the halfway point in the season at Hammond Hill. With the biggest showing to date the club continues to gain speed and nearly saw its first league aces over the weekend. With Kris chaining out Saturday during a bag tag match and Jimmy chaining out at Hammond Hill the crew is playing some great golf.

Round Highlights
Doubles:
-Kyle, PJ and Randy had a commanding performance shooting -5 followed by Mitch and Jimmy with a -3
-Tim and Kyle's drives for birdies ... more

The Black and White crew hit the halfway point in the season at Hammond Hill. With the biggest showing to date the club continues to gain speed and nearly saw its first league aces over the weekend. With Kris chaining out Saturday during a bag tag match and Jimmy chaining out at Hammond Hill the crew is playing some great golf.

Round Highlights
Doubles:
-Kyle, PJ and Randy had a commanding performance shooting -5 followed by Mitch and Jimmy with a -3
-Tim and Kyle's drives for birdies on 11 sparked an impressive push on a long hole
-Kris' initial CTP on 16 was bested by Justin. Both of them landing inside the circle.
-Jimmy chained out on 1 as it was used to determine skins that hadn't been dished out after hole 18

Singles:
-Mitch shot the hot round with a 57 for his debut in singles
-Tim snagged both CTPs on holes 2 and 18, edging out Justin on 2 and Jimmy/Randy on 18
-Dirk played a very competitive and consistent round, allowing him to move up to the #1 bag tag in the side challenge
-Kyle grabbed the most skins with 10 by bringing home the most birdies on the day

Thanks everyone for coming out. Meet us April 1st at Burchfield in Holt for the next event! Also remember to check out the site because an order of 40 discraft discs came in for custom dying!

Kyle Jansen van Galen   February 14, 2012 at 2:15am

And the good times keep rolling in Ypsilanti

The Black & White disc golf club was out in full force on Sunday at Rolling Hills County Park. With seven players, we went out for some gang golf and enjoyed the course from longs as well as shorts. The course was great even with the recent snowfall, the snow impeded tee shots in the doubles round but it definitely won't scare us off. You may remember in the past when the club played in tornado weather, we are diehards.

During the doubles round the teams consisted of Dirk & Randy ... more

The Black & White disc golf club was out in full force on Sunday at Rolling Hills County Park. With seven players, we went out for some gang golf and enjoyed the course from longs as well as shorts. The course was great even with the recent snowfall, the snow impeded tee shots in the doubles round but it definitely won't scare us off. You may remember in the past when the club played in tornado weather, we are diehards.

During the doubles round the teams consisted of Dirk & Randy, Jimmy & Tim, and the JvG brothers. The brothers came out on top with their first run as partners with Dirk and Randy cleaning up the last 6 skins.

During the singles round on the shorts the club was starting to light up the tee-pads throwing some amazing shots. Kyle, Kris and Dirk all had some great ace runs while Tim and Randy sank some great putts to keep the skins pushed in a couple instances. The most notable shot had to be the 100 ft anhyzer putt out of the woods for deuce by Randy Gallagher. That shot broke a lot of hearts and pushed the skins to the next hole. Jimmy had some beautiful par saves and newcomer PJ had some great drives and is quickly improving!

As a club, we would like to say thanks to Foz Miller for welcoming us to the course and being accommodating during the Ypsi doubles league day. It was nice to meet you and thanks for sharing the course, we know others that wouldn't be so kind.

Coming up next is Hammond Hills in Hastings, MI. We hope to see you all there again. Rolling Hills was a great time like always with everyone that showed up. Black & White still abides by its motto and Rolling hills was no different, good friends = good golf.

If you haven't already seen it, a new black and white video is out (look under the bag tag page). Also footage was taken of the club at Ypsi and the next video is in the works. There is a lot going on with the black and white club so keep your eyes open!

Kyle Jansen van Galen   December 15, 2011 at 10:53pm

MAY TRIP DATE ANNOUNCED/JANUARY DATE CHANGED

I haven't heard any conflicts, so the trip has been scheduled for Friday May 11 -> Sunday May 13

Friday: Roscoe Ewing Park + Great Blue Heron
Saturday: Knob Hill + Deer Lakes
Sunday: Parma DGC @Veteran's Memorial + Hudson Springs

Get ready for an intense trip filled with lots of disc golf and some great courses chosen by yourselves!

As for JC Park on 1-14 Black and White has decided move our date to Sunday the 15th instead and still play JC. If their are any conflicts wi ... more

I haven't heard any conflicts, so the trip has been scheduled for Friday May 11 -> Sunday May 13

Friday: Roscoe Ewing Park + Great Blue Heron
Saturday: Knob Hill + Deer Lakes
Sunday: Parma DGC @Veteran's Memorial + Hudson Springs

Get ready for an intense trip filled with lots of disc golf and some great courses chosen by yourselves!

As for JC Park on 1-14 Black and White has decided move our date to Sunday the 15th instead and still play JC. If their are any conflicts with the new date, please let us know soon and we can change the course instead of the date. Your cooperation is appreciated

PS As always bag tags will be up for grabs so bag tag members feel free to join in the fun!

Kyle Jansen van Galen   December 14, 2011 at 6:24pm

B&W May Disc Golf Trip Leg 2 Poll Closed early due to BLOW-OUT

Saturday's courses will be around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been narrowed to Moraine State Park (Portersville, PA), Knob Hill Park (Warrendale, PA), and Deer Lakes Park (Tarentum, PA). Now go to bwcreate.org to choose the 2 courses you would like to play. The poll will count up to 2 votes (2 checkmarks on a single ballot) so let us hear where you would like to play. THE POLL HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO A 5-5-0 VOTE IN FAVOR OF DEER LAKES AND KNOB HILL

In the first poll the results w ... more

Saturday's courses will be around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been narrowed to Moraine State Park (Portersville, PA), Knob Hill Park (Warrendale, PA), and Deer Lakes Park (Tarentum, PA). Now go to bwcreate.org to choose the 2 courses you would like to play. The poll will count up to 2 votes (2 checkmarks on a single ballot) so let us hear where you would like to play. THE POLL HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO A 5-5-0 VOTE IN FAVOR OF DEER LAKES AND KNOB HILL

In the first poll the results were as follows: Roscoe State Park (5), Great Blue Heron and Parma DGC (3), and Hudson Springs (1). We will have to make a call on the Great Blue Heron and Parma tie for 2nd, but in the meantime vote for your favorite in Pennsylvania! Proposed date of the trip dates have been narrowed to May 11-13 and 18-20, so if there are any conflicts or preferences let us know soon!

Kyle Jansen van Galen   December 14, 2011 at 6:13pm

Snow at Firefighters - Skin Event 2 Recap

Doubles Highlights:
-Both teams shot under par or better, Randy and Kyle with -6 and Tim and Kris with E
-Kyle hit metal on 5 for an easy tap-in birdie
-Tim and Kris started to mount a massive comeback pushing the last 6 skins to basket 18, where Kyle and Randy took it all back to finish 17-1
-CTP went to Tim on hole 6 with a hyzer drive at the basket

Singles Highlights:
-As the wind picked up so did the B&W members strokes initially
-Kyle picked up skins early as consistent pa ... more

Doubles Highlights:
-Both teams shot under par or better, Randy and Kyle with -6 and Tim and Kris with E
-Kyle hit metal on 5 for an easy tap-in birdie
-Tim and Kris started to mount a massive comeback pushing the last 6 skins to basket 18, where Kyle and Randy took it all back to finish 17-1
-CTP went to Tim on hole 6 with a hyzer drive at the basket

Singles Highlights:
-As the wind picked up so did the B&W members strokes initially
-Kyle picked up skins early as consistent pars were the deciding factor with the strong winds
-Tim finished on top with 12 skins, 10 of them were on 18 alone to wrap up the day
-Kris got the round CTP on 17 with a hyzer drive with a Tracker that narrowly avoided trees
-Randy and Kris both birdied 13 to keep skins alive

Kyle Jansen van Galen   December 6, 2011 at 9:43am

Black and White May Disc Golf Trip

It's official! B&W's disc golf trip this year will be to Pittsburg, PA

Now the process of choosing courses begins. This year it is in the hands of the B&W members. We will play 2 courses on Friday, 2 on Saturday, and 2 of Sunday on a weekend to be determined in May.

Friday's courses will be in northern Ohio on the way to Pennsylvania and have been narrowed to Great Blue Heron (Norwalk), Roscoe Ewing (Medina), Parma DGC @Veterans Memorial Park (Parma), and Hudson Spr ... more

It's official! B&W's disc golf trip this year will be to Pittsburg, PA

Now the process of choosing courses begins. This year it is in the hands of the B&W members. We will play 2 courses on Friday, 2 on Saturday, and 2 of Sunday on a weekend to be determined in May.

Friday's courses will be in northern Ohio on the way to Pennsylvania and have been narrowed to Great Blue Heron (Norwalk), Roscoe Ewing (Medina), Parma DGC @Veterans Memorial Park (Parma), and Hudson Springs (Hudson). Now go to bwcreate.org to choose the 2 courses you would like to play. The poll will count up to 2 votes (2 checkmarks on a single ballot) so let us hear where you would like to play. The poll is open from now until 12-14, so don't wait!

Look for posts in the future to vote on leg 2 and leg 3.

Randy Gallagher   November 20, 2011 at 4:49am

Battle in the Creek

Doubles Highlights:
-Both teams shot under par, Randy and Kyle with -3 and Tim and Justin with -1
-Kyle sniped a 125 foot Rhyno approach for a birdie on hole 2
-Justin also connected with a Rhyno putting in a 75 foot jump putt on 17
-Tim and Justin mounted a massive comeback after being down 7 skins to win 10-8
-CTP went to Tim on hole 14 with a drive straight up the middle.

Singles Highlights:
-As the wind picked up so did the B&W members strokes initially
-Kyle finished E to take ... more

Doubles Highlights:
-Both teams shot under par, Randy and Kyle with -3 and Tim and Justin with -1
-Kyle sniped a 125 foot Rhyno approach for a birdie on hole 2
-Justin also connected with a Rhyno putting in a 75 foot jump putt on 17
-Tim and Justin mounted a massive comeback after being down 7 skins to win 10-8
-CTP went to Tim on hole 14 with a drive straight up the middle.

Singles Highlights:
-As the wind picked up so did the B&W members strokes initially
-Kyle finished E to take home 12 skins and the round CTP
-Tim's drives were great throughout the round but it took until hole 16 until he was able to put in an unmatched birdie for 3 skins
-Justin parked the playoff hole with a triple skip Rampage shot to wrap up the skins for the day
-Randy "Chain-out" Gallagher started the singles round slow but made up some ground on the back nine with a +1

Randy Gallagher   November 5, 2011 at 9:10pm

CTPs for November 19th

There is a poll on the website for the format of how we will run the CTPs. The two options are to run it like we do now or to issue a credit to the store. If the poll doesn't pop up right away just refresh the screen until it does. The poll expires in 10 days.

Randy Gallagher   November 5, 2011 at 4:54am

News from HQ

For those of you that don't catch the news from the website itself I figured I would throw this in here so everyone is informed for upcoming club decisions, I don't want anyone to be left out:

There has been a lot of new things happening on the site lately and all for the better. We have added a bunch of new discs and some new ones with custom dyes as well. Right now the dyes are on their way out but we are still perfecting the process. The gang is testing when we can to make the pr ... more

For those of you that don't catch the news from the website itself I figured I would throw this in here so everyone is informed for upcoming club decisions, I don't want anyone to be left out:

There has been a lot of new things happening on the site lately and all for the better. We have added a bunch of new discs and some new ones with custom dyes as well. Right now the dyes are on their way out but we are still perfecting the process. The gang is testing when we can to make the process work flawlessly and learn every step of the way while having fun. Anyone can have a custom dye done, just send an email or hop on the forum.

Also right around the corner is the start of the Skins Seasons 2. November 19th we will be getting together to set things off for another great season of skins disc golf. With bigger numbers the prizes will be larger and the competition will be tougher we hope to see everyone out there to play in the challenge. Also with the talk of the season starting up soon there is a Bag Tag tournament in the works to keep an eye out for. It is in development and will require input from the members on. When more details are available they will be posted.

I wish more updates could happen more frequently but I find myself disc golfing more than I probably should. Definitely more to come…as long as the golfing isn’t good!

Kyle Jansen van Galen   October 11, 2011 at 6:33am

River Bends Finale

Season 1 concluded with a showdown at River Bends. With 4 people trying to place it was a great day for competition:

Doubles Round:
-Both teams (Randy/Kyle and Tim/Justin) shot under par
-Randy/Kyle shot a -3 to take 19 skins and 5 won holes
-Tim/Justin shot a -2 to take the remaining 5 skins and won 4 holes
-Kyle had the CTP on 24 edging his partner out by less than 5 ft

Singles Round:
-Good round led by Justin shooting a +2
-Kyle took CTP on 11 with a far but errant throw to the le ... more

Season 1 concluded with a showdown at River Bends. With 4 people trying to place it was a great day for competition:

Doubles Round:
-Both teams (Randy/Kyle and Tim/Justin) shot under par
-Randy/Kyle shot a -3 to take 19 skins and 5 won holes
-Tim/Justin shot a -2 to take the remaining 5 skins and won 4 holes
-Kyle had the CTP on 24 edging his partner out by less than 5 ft

Singles Round:
-Good round led by Justin shooting a +2
-Kyle took CTP on 11 with a far but errant throw to the left of the basket
-Justin led in skins with 13, followed by Tim who got most of his 7 with a nice deuce on 24
-Kyle, Justin, and Tim are carded a birdie with great forehand drives on 7

Season Winners:
Singles: Kyle, Kris, and Justin
Doubles: Kyle, Randy, and Kris

Good discing and come out for Nov 19th at Begg Park where Season 2 begins!

Kyle Jansen van Galen   October 3, 2011 at 2:31pm

Season 2

Season 2 singles and doubles begins Nov. 19th at Begg Park. Season continues through June '12, the first 3 dates are posted on the league pages, later dates will be released soon

Randy Gallagher   October 1, 2011 at 6:00am

Official rules of Bag tag

Located at on the club website under Disc golf

Kyle Jansen van Galen   September 30, 2011 at 3:35am

Black and White Bag Tag

This league begins Oct 1, 2011 until the end of the 2012 season.

Contact Randy about getting a tag: $10 for a tag ($5 returned with tag return) and $1 for each bag tag match you challenge. Funds go to pay out the top contenders and for 'random draw' prizes (see below) at the end of the season. For more information contact Randy, Justin, or Kyle

Random Draw:AT THE CONCLUSION of the bag tag league, all players who have:
1)Returned their bag tag
2)Paid all fees and challenge fees ... more

This league begins Oct 1, 2011 until the end of the 2012 season.

Contact Randy about getting a tag: $10 for a tag ($5 returned with tag return) and $1 for each bag tag match you challenge. Funds go to pay out the top contenders and for 'random draw' prizes (see below) at the end of the season. For more information contact Randy, Justin, or Kyle

Random Draw:AT THE CONCLUSION of the bag tag league, all players who have:
1)Returned their bag tag
2)Paid all fees and challenge fees to Randy (in hand by that day)

.. are entered into a 'random draw' for disc prizes. The returned bag tags are placed into a hat. Randy or I will draw out bag tags. If your tag (your last rank at the end of the season) is drawn, you get to pick a single disc as a prize. This drawing process continues until all prizes are dispersed.


This random draw is separate from the cash and/or prizes given to the top finishers of bag tag.

Kyle Jansen van Galen   September 11, 2011 at 7:10pm

Fallasburg Discing

Another great turnout this time. 8 players meant two groups for doubles and singles.

Doubles Round Highlights:
-3 of the 4 teams finished under par
-Justin hit a nice jump putt on 7
-Combining Randy's putts and Eric's drives resulted in a -5 round
-CTP disc went to Eric
-CTP cash went to Mark

Singles Round Highlights:
-Dirk had a nice birdie on 14 in his group
-Kyle shot an even par
-Kris, Tim, and Kyle all got a birdie in their group on hole 10
-CTP disc went to Eric
-CTP cash went to Tim

Look in October for the B&W grand finale match at River Bends in Utica

Kyle Jansen van Galen   September 1, 2011 at 9:50am

2011-2012 Season

B&W is putting some finishing touches on the season for season 2, including costs, courses, and dates.

Some of the PROJECTED costs per player are:
-$30 for everything (singles, doubles, bag tag)
-$25 for singles and doubles
-$15 for either singles or doubles by themselves
-$10 for bag tag by itself

Some of the PROJECTED courses include:
Begg Park (Battle Creek), Firefighters Park (Troy), JC Park (Grand Rapids), Rolling Hills (Ypsilanti), Robert Morris (Kzoo), Burchfield (Lansing), ... more

B&W is putting some finishing touches on the season for season 2, including costs, courses, and dates.

Some of the PROJECTED costs per player are:
-$30 for everything (singles, doubles, bag tag)
-$25 for singles and doubles
-$15 for either singles or doubles by themselves
-$10 for bag tag by itself

Some of the PROJECTED courses include:
Begg Park (Battle Creek), Firefighters Park (Troy), JC Park (Grand Rapids), Rolling Hills (Ypsilanti), Robert Morris (Kzoo), Burchfield (Lansing), Shore Acres (Saugatuck), Holly Woods (Holly), and a trip probably in May

Dates right now are projected to run once a month from November to June

Note all information is SUBJECT TO CHANGE but should be finalized soon. And this does not include $1 skin side bets and CTP prizes.

Kyle Jansen van Galen   August 19, 2011 at 6:13am

Addison Oaks Outing

Good turnout as we had three teams in the doubles round.

Highlights:
Two of the three teams finished under par
Kris blew up some chains on hole 10
Tim earned the round CTP

Singles Round included two groups of 3 with 5 players looking for skins which increased competition

Highlights:
Randy's clutch putting (even a blind shot) earned him the most skins for the day
Tim earned his second CTP of the day

Next in September B&W look to blow up Fallasburg in Lowell