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2009 Ice Bowl Disc Golf Event to be Held at Big Sioux Recreation Area

BRANDON, S.D. – Try out the new disc golf course at Big Sioux Recreation Area and give to the local food bank at the 2009 Ice Bowl Disc Golf Event on Feb. 22. Registration starts at 11 a.m. with play under way at noon.

The cost is $20 per person, plus non-perishable food items. Your entrance fee includes an ice bowl disc and a $5 donation to the Brandon food pantry. Discs are guaranteed for the first 35 entrants. In addition, participants are encouraged to bring food for a potluck.

Everyone will play 18 holes. Divisions include: competitive divisions (open, advanced, and intermediate) and a recreational division for new players/families. Prizes will be awarded for winners in each division. There will also be a $2 ace pool with added prize. Additional contests to be held include a putting contest, closest to the pin, and a ham toss (closest to the ham wins the ham).

“We have 9 of the new 18 holes completed at the new Big Sioux disc golf course,” said Jason Baumann, park manager at Big Sioux Recreation Area. “So we will play these holes plus the original 9 for this event. It’s the last time these holes will be used, as the new course will be completed this spring.”

The Ice Bowl event is held in parks all over the country during January and February and allows disc golfers to raise food and money for their local food banks while getting out in the wintertime to play a round of disc golf.

“Our motto is ‘no wimps and no whiners,’ as this event will not be cancelled due to cold weather or snow,” added Baumann.

A park entrance license is required to enter the park. For more information, contact John Wheeler at 605-336-5040 or chainbangers@yahoo.com.