Motor City Chain Gang   December 31, 2014 at 12:04am

Reflection of 2014 ...

As the sun sets on 2014, we can take a look back at the club's 25th Anniversary season. Our tournaments were all amazing and we have goals set to make them even better in 2015. Our Monday night league play has been just as successful with more sponsors on board providing more free prizes for you players. Discraft, Innova, and Dynamic Discs are now weekly prizes (CTP's) to go along with the MCCG. Some new events were added like the River Bends Fundraiser, the 3 Sport Challenge, and the Tournament of Champions and each of these brought a certain level of success with them. A new local course opened at Bonnie Brook and River Bends (27 holes) and Stony Creek (2 18-hole layouts) are very close to completing their expansion projects. Also, the Sterling Heights project has started which took a lot of planning to get this far. Wolf Pack Discs has been a nice addition to our local community sponsoring players and our big events. The Sunnybrook Putting League is still a place to be during the Monday winter evenings. The BOBIS Saturday Doubles is going stronger than ever. The Wednesday Metro Detroit League is also seeing players attend in record numbers. The Tuesday (Brys), Thursday (Royal Oak), and Friday (Discin' at Stony) leagues are all bringing in record numbers and providing more opportunities for players to continue to improve their game every night of the week during the summer. Our Ice Bowl, coming up on January 11, 2015 found us finishing 7th in the world at $6400 last year. That number may be eclipsed this year. Total numbers we expect to surpass with this years' donations are to top $40,000.00 and 23,000 pounds of food. AMAZING!
So, to wrap this up, we would like to thank of course, all of our sponsors and local cities for allowing us to do what we do. None of the above could have been achieved without the people and supporting staff running the leagues, tournaments, clubs, or companies week in and week out. As a player, when you attend any of these disc golf gatherings, please be sure to thank those sitting in line for donating so much of their time organizing then posting the results so you can track your disc golf achievements. Finally, to you the Motor City Chain Gang club members, Happy 25th Anniversary! Thank you for helping make the Metro Detroit area become such a disc golf force wherever you travel. Have a safe and Happy New Year!

Matt Oller   December 30, 2014 at 2:07pm

Great message John. Thanks to you and Chris Leo for all of your hard work. Let's have another great season in 2015!

Jeff "Heyman" Schropp   December 30, 2014 at 3:20pm

Well said, John. and thank you too for all that you give to the sport!

Craig Clingan   December 30, 2014 at 4:03pm

You guys rock and set the bar pretty high for us younger clubs. Thank you!!

Fred Vocino   December 30, 2014 at 4:53pm

Time will pass where only a few clubs and leaders are named by our grandchildren on the courses. MCCG and those of John's ilk will remain as models for a long time.

Timmy Redman   December 30, 2014 at 6:11pm

Chaaaa!

Brian Wolf   December 31, 2014 at 8:24am

Very Well Said!

Samantha Gilbert   December 31, 2014 at 10:27am

Well Said for sure! Happy 25th and Happy New Year everyone! :-)

Nick Oliver   January 1, 2015 at 8:08am

Major respect for setting the standards, guys. This is why Michigan is THE disc golf capital. Keep up the good work.

John Minicuci   January 6, 2015 at 11:29pm

Thank you to all above. Those are some pretty strong words coming from some very well respected people, in and out of Metro Detroit.