The Vortica Disc Golf 2025 Paradise Plates

PDGA C-tier

Fri-Mon, March 14-17, 2025

Hosted by Disc Golf Wanaka Incorporated

Schedule

Divisions

MPO Mixed Pro Open NZD149
FPO Women's Pro Open NZD149
MP40 Mixed Pro 40+ NZD149
MP50 Mixed Pro 50+ NZD149
MA1 Mixed Am 1 NZD129
FA1 Women's Am 1 NZD129
MA40 Mixed Am 40+ NZD129
FA40 Women's Am 40+ NZD129
MA50 Mixed Am 50+ NZD129
FA50 Women's Am 50+ NZD129
MA60 Mixed Am 60+ NZD129
FA60 Women's Am 60+ NZD129
MA70 Mixed Am 70+ NZD129
MA2 Mixed Am 2 NZD129
MJ18 Mixed Junior 18 NZD99
FJ18 Girls' Junior 18 NZD99
MJ15 Mixed Junior 15 NZD99

About this tournament

Event organised and hosted by Disc Golf Wanaka

www.paradiseplates.co.nz for some pics of previous events!

The 25th Anniversary of The Vortica Disc Golf 2025 Paradise Plates. An event on the NZDG Tour.

General registration open now at dgscene.com/pp25

Paradise is an exceptionally beautiful area and is recognised with World Heritage status. The Paradise Trust property, on which you will be playing, has been hosting tourists since the mid-1880s. In more recent times it has become well known as a location for many scenes in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies.

Tournament Info:
Friday
Doubles Players Meeting at the Tournament barn HQ - 11am
Best Shot Doubles (no modification) - 18 holes - Flex start from 11:30am to 3pm

Course open for practice from 11am (please give way to doubles pairings)

Saturday
Players Meeting at Tournament barn HQ - 10am
Singles - 18 holes - TD Draw
Shotgun Start - 11am


JUNGLE OF FAME - Garden Of Eden from 8.30pm
Dress up party. After a shared dinner, we encourage you to dress up as your spirit animal in some way or form and come along to The Jungle of fame party (jungleoffame.com)

Sunday
Singles - 18 holes - Divisional Seeding
Shotgun Start - 11am

Sunday night
RPM Pyramid Shootout - from 5pm by the Big Cottage
then....
**Moonlight Disc Golf - at 8:30pm by the Big Cottage

Monday
Singles - 18 holes - Divisional Seeding
Shotgun Start - 10am

Prizegiving at HQ after everyone has finished and all first place divisional ties have been broken.
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The organisers reserve the right to remove divisions and place players in the nearest appropriate division.

The price of entry includes a players pack tournament disc for amateur players and hot lunches for all players who select this option at registration on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday plus moonlight disc golf on the Sunday night.

Accommodation payment covers you for the four nights of the tournament - Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. You don’t need to stay for all these nights but the payment is required regardless of how many nights you stay due to new rules set by the Paradise Trust.

Please contact Disc Golf Wanaka ([email redacted]) for accommodation enquiries.

Other accommodation options are available in Glenorchy and there is some camping at the nearby DOC campsite at Diamond Lake.

Also you may want to try airbnb.co.nz, bookabach.co.nz or holidayhouses.co.nz

Refund policy

Disc Golf Wanaka Incorporated is responsible for all refunds/cancellations.

Players who officially request to withdraw from this event at least 30 days before the start of the event (before or on 13th Feb 2025) will receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee (minus PayPal, discgolfscene fees and a $10 admin / refund handling fee).

Players who officially request to withdraw from this event 15 to 29 days before the start of this event (14th to 27th Feb 2025) will receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee (minus PayPal, discgolfscene fees and a $10 admin / refund handling fee) only if their spot in the tournament is filled by a player who is on the waitlist at the time of the withdrawal request. If the player’s spot is not filled, the player will receive a 50% monetary refund.

Players who officially request to withdraw from this event within 14 days of the start of the event (on or after 28th Feb 2025) will receive a 100% monetary refund (minus PayPal, discgolfscene fees and a $10 admin / refund handling fee) only if their spot in the tournament is filled by a player who is on the waitlist at the time of the withdrawal request. If the player’s spot is not filled, the player will receive a 25% monetary refund.

Players who request withdrawal within 48 hours of the start of play, or who request withdrawal after the published close of registration and the published end of waitlist replacements, are not entitled to a refund.