It’s important that players stay off the course during this time to protect and maintain the land. Just as we ask members to pack out our trash when we play or support local businesses like the Waterbury Center General Store, we’re asking everyone to work together with the community to keep the park healthy and beautiful. Thanks in advance for respecting this seasonal ban.

See you on the course in May!

Click here to see photos from the Ice Bucket.

37 Players Braved -5 Degrees for Charity

The GMDGC 2010 Ice Bucket Tournament and fund raiser was a huge success raising $3,665 for the Chittenden Emergency and Waterbury Area Food Shelfs! Thirty-seven disc golfers arrived at Waterbury Center by 9am on January 30th to brave the -4 degree temperatures for two rounds of play on the snow covered course.

It turned into a perfect day with a beautiful blue sky, lots of sun shine and not much wind. It even warmed up to a “balmy” 8 degrees mid-day. But by the end of the day, the results were clear. Anne Lewis, Pete Hess and Al Rosa we’re the big winners.

Although oddly, not one of them took home the snowboard!

THE WINNERS!

Overall Winner of the 2010 Ice Bucket – Anne Lewis with a total cumulative score of 86. Coming in 5th in the first round and first in the second round worked out for a big win.

First Round: Singles. Pete Hess with a 41! Everyone played from the white tees. Players were encouraged to purchase “mulligans” in advance for $1 each (it’s for charity!!) and use as many as they want on any throw during the round. Rumor has it that Pete spent 10 on one hole alone. It worked out well for Pete since he won and Vermonters most-in-need thank him for his generosity.

Second Round: High/Low Best/Worst Disc Doubles. Anne Lewis and Al Rosa got 13 under par also, with a 41! Players were matched up based on the results from the first round. Highest score player with the lowest score player, then the second highest with the second lowest, and so on. Half the holes during the round are called Best Disc holes. After each player throws their tee shot, players on the same team decide which of the team’s throws was best and then throw their next shot from there. The other half are Worst Disc holes. After each player throws their tee shot, players from the other team decide on the team’s worst throw and make the team throw their next shot from there. In other words, not easy.

There was one three-person team for doubles this year and rumor has it they spent 50 mulligans (hey, it’s for charity!) to come in with a 46. Alright, it’s not a rumor. My team spent 50 mulligans… and I used 14 of them on one “tin cup” putt that was a maximum of 20 feet. I’ll admit it.

Everybody Wins! Thanks to our incredible sponsors every single player who came out to brave the cold won something! Players chose their prize in the order they placed overall.

The GMDGC thanks the Skinny Pancake, Waterbury Center Gen. Store, Magic Hat, Disc Caddie, Dave Jackson, Starbucks, Johnny Betts, 10Down Disc Golf, The Alchemist, Mad River Glen Ski Resort, Albin Family Foundation, Sugarbush Ski Resort, Sunflower Natural Foods, Haloran’s True Value, Umiak Outdoor Outfitters, Todd Holmes & Marshall Street Disc Golf, Burton, Matt Morro and Smuggs Ski Resort, City Market (Onion River Food Co-Op), The Cheese Outlet Fresh Market, 3 Penny Tap Room, and Onion River Sports in Montpelier for their generous donations!

Raffle Winner for the Burton 2010 Clash Snowboard: Jed Hock who donated $20 online when he realized he wasn’t going to be able to make it out to play.

Winner of the Burton 2010 Blunt Snowboard: Christian Keidel

Christian takes 8th place and Wins the Snowboard

THE MONEY!!

The event raised real money for the Waterbury Area Food Shelf and the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf and 20 pounds of food. Our total haul came out to $3,665, which is likely to put Vermont in the top 10 of official Ice Bowl fund raisers around the country this year. And it wasn’t just the players who showed up who brought in the donations. Jeff Spring for example not only contributed for himself, he got three other people he knew to sponsor him and donate too. Jed Hock won the raffle after donating online once he realized he wasn’t going to be able to play.

Here’s how it broke down:

$1420 raised day of from 37 total participants
$780 from the Albin Family Foundation ($1000 – $220 donated to player’s lunch at the Waterbury General Store).
$965 in online donations and player sponsorships
$500 from anonymous donor who match online donation at 50% and then rounded up
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$3665 total

And don’t forget, Starbucks donated 10 pounds of coffee to each of the two food shelfs. Great work by the whole GMDGC team.

And did I mention it was a beautiful day?  For the full results click here. For more photos click here.

More info about the event to be posted soon…

Can we get the online donations to $500 by next Saturday?
CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE RIGHT NOW

One way to raise money is to ask your friends and family to sponsor you just like people do for Beast Cancer awareness every year for the “Walk for the Cure.” That’s what Jeff Spring did. He pre-registered for the Ice Bucket and got 2 friends (so far) to sponsor him — raising an extra $100. Another player has 8 sponsors so far averaging $20 each.

Don’t forget that everyone who gives online is eligible to win a Burton 2010 Clash 158 snowboard too. The odds to win have never been better. Let’s get to $500 by Saturday. It’s up to us to help as many Vermonters in need as we can.

And the best part – you don’t even need to brave the cold for a chance to win. Just donate $20 today and you’ll automatically be entered into the raffle. All money raised will be donated directly to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf and the Waterbury Area Food Shelf.

Please make a donation of $20 right now.

It doesn’t matter if you are going to the Ice Bucket this year or not. What matters is that we raise a ton of resources for Vermonters most in need. So not only does your donation go to help a great cause and enter you in a raffle to win a Burton snowboard, but a generous donor is offering to match 50 cents on the dollar for the first $1,000 we raise from people who aren’t playing but want to support our fund raising drive.

Don’t let this opportunity go to waste. Contribute $20 today and make a difference for those in need.

A generous donor is offering to match 50 cents on the dollar for the first $1,000 we raise from people who aren’t playing but want to support our fund raising drive for the Waterbury Area Food Shelf and the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. This is an awesome offer and gives a real incentive for those who can’t play on Jan 30th to still support our cause.

Contribute at this link: http://gmdgc.org/ice-bucket-iv-donations/

After you contribute, pass the link on to friends, family, co-workers, and other disc golfers. These charities do great work and the always need our support. Help make this drive a huge success and get the word out.

And since the point of the player prizes is to encourage turnout and increase how much we raise for those in need, as an extra incentive to give the GMDGC will reserve one of our donated prizes for a raffle for those that donate a minimum $20 and cannot come play.

MORE PRIZES FOR PLAYERS:

Several new sponsors are donating great prizes for players. Right now, there are 13 people registered and 8 sponsors. Some of the sponsors are donating multiple gifts. That means a lot of players are going to win. And check out some of these cool prizes lined up by Club Members:

Skinny Pancake : $20 Gift Cert.
Waterbury Center Bakery and General Store : Discs, Discs, Discs!
Magic Hat: 2 Magic Hat stamped Drivers, 1 Magic Hat stamped Putter, bottle opener, key chain, tin sign, and 2 T-shirts
Disc Caddie: Prize Packs
Starbucks: Player Prize Package of Tazo Tea Assortment and 4 Toki Tea Mugs
Black Falls Disc Golf Course: 2010 Season Pass
10Down Disc Golf: Merchandise

And Starbucks is also making a donation of 10 lbs. of Starbucks coffee to the Waterbury Area Food Shelf and the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.

That was a great score. Thanks to everyone who has helped raise prize for players. What else can we raise gang? The more prizes we have the more golfers are likely to bare the cold to play. And since the rules only allow one award per person, it would be great to have a prize for every player.  The more players we get, the more money we raise for charity. Everybody wins! If you can donate a prize or get one donated, please contact Chris Young at chriskyoung@hotmail.com and let him know.

DOWNLOAD THE FLYER!

And did I mention that we now have a really great flyer you can download and print out. You can hand it out to friends, post it at work, or even post it around town. The more people hear about this the better. It’s for a great cause and we need you to spread the word. You can download it by clicking here.

Here’s a preview of what the flyer looks like:

Now, don’t forget to renew your membership or join for the first time.

It’s worth it. Annual membership in the GMDGC is $35 for folks 16 and older. For juniors (under 16), the cost is $20.  Everyone who becomes a members gets a bunch of cool stuff. For a list of the cool stuff we gave out to members last year, just click the button above.

Consider this your save the date warning: This year’s fun in the snow fund raiser will be on January 30^th, 2010 at Center Chains in Waterbury. The event will be an official Ice Bowl Tournament.

Now, since I have nothing else to really tell you as yet. Here is a photo from last year’s Ice Bowl.

2009 Ice Bowl at Center Chains

And may I suggest you check out other photos from the event at the Photo link from the above Community tab.