Springfield is almost ready to install 18 hole disc golf course in Klutho Park!

[sheclown]

My guess is that Springfield provides a natural selection unavailable to the general woosiness of living in the fat suburbs, and that rhyno and his crew would most likely be handed an easy ass thumping.

indeed.

[rhyno]

I played in lots of youth leagues growing up and it is very commmon the pay a registration fee.  The person we have to help establish and manage the youth league has his own business here in Springfield working with local youth.    That is what he does.  He is not just coaching.  He is going to be establishing and managing the league as it develops.  He has been working with the youth here in Springfield for some time and has an excellent reputation for not only coaching kids in sports and athletics but teaching them life skills as well.  This is his business that he does 7 days/week.

Stop trying to find something to complain about.  Just accept there is going to be another disc golf course in town.  Springfield has gone out of its way to work with Rivercity and it is clearly evident you don't want to work to build a network of disc golf courses in town unless you are in charge of them all.  Competition is a good thing and its great for people to have lots of options to choose from. 

You sound like a whiny kid not an adult.  That's boaring and I am sick of reading your posts about it.  There's another disc golf course being built and that is great news for that sport in NE Florida.  end of story.  stop drumming up negative drama.

No complaints... just very surprised!  I've never been associated with any youth league that paid their staff!!! 

As for your negative comments...  please be sure to get your facts straight before you post.  Not sure who you are or care to know who you are. 

With all that being said, I think the youth league is awesome.  However paying someone to organize that league is not at all what Disc Golf or Disc golfers are all about!!!  Look at all the FREE clinics RCDGA has provided over the past years.  Look at all the money donated to Charity over the past few years... all that with Volunteers!!!  Yes... I repeat Volunteers! 

Good luck to Springfield Disc Golf, I wish them well.

By the way.. here is some drama for you... ask Kim how the councilman in your area pushed through the approval for your course in Springfield.... It was by the request of the Executive Director of RCDGA calling in a favor ... not by anything Springfield or any organizers there has done.

First of all, neither AVS or anyone for that matter said it was scouts, they said a youth league, which are two different things...so you jumping in to say how the scouts were taught for free is irrelevant and your argument is without merit. The general tone of your posts are negative, and is more in line with sour grapes on your behalf.

Trying to make it seem that it's so unheard of for kids sports to have paid registration....take a look at the football and baseball leagues, those registration fees are very high. It's also irrelevant as to any trophies or how they would be funded. Again, you show an ignorance of the subject area.

Just as it doesn't matter whether Gaffney was supportive to Kim's request or you "calling in your favor"...it really doesn't. All you're doing is making an effort to try and discredit Kim and our hard work in getting this course approved and in place, and make yourself out to be our saving grace. Well guess what...we're making it happen, and we're doing it in spite of your efforts to insult, undermine and belittle our hard work. We'll have our course in place.

I never said it's unheard of for having a youth league pay for registration... I get that... I've been part of many youth leagues as child and as unpaid volunteer.  Maybe it's semantics here... maybe I'm all caught in the fact it's being called a youth league... when in reality it's not really a youth league if you pay someone to coach... call it what it is... it's like paying for Karate or Gymnastics classes... or Competitive Cheerleading.   So call it Disc Golf instruction for kids... that seems more fitting...  In actuality I guess it doesn't matter what you call it... as long as the kids out there and playing... AWESOME.  I will be sure to solicit the kids on the other side of Klutho where the wooden bridge was torn down and let them know about the "FREE Scholarships" that are being offered to those who can't afford to participate.  I know when we first went out there to look at that property, those kids were full of questions and wanted to play.  I commend Springfield on offering that assistance to them.

In regards to my ignorance, you truly don't know me nor my intellect... I can same the same for you... I don't know you nor your intellect... I have not, nor will I ever state my opinion by belittling or name calling on this forum or any other forum.

I do wish Springfield Disc Golf the best of luck with this course.  It is something that is needed for the Park.  Kim's passion and drive for installing this course are unprecedented from someone who has never played the game before.  I commend her on her efforts.   

Springfielder, I wish for you to find peace in your life as well... hopefully the parked filled with disc golfers will do this for you.

[rhyno]

It is pretty unseemly for a competitor operation to spend time on a public forum talking about how bad the neighborhood is, how sub par the instruction is, how the whole damn thing in general is just no damned good.

I suppose when the time comes, we will just have to see which team is made of the better stuff after all the chest thumping is finished.

My guess is that Springfield provides a natural selection unavailable to the general woosiness of living in the fat suburbs, and that rhyno and his crew would most likely be handed an easy ass thumping.

But then again, one supposes that they would have to be brave enough to venture the wilds of the springfield badlands, which theyve already said that they dont have the personal courage to do.

Stephendare... you crack me up!!!  I look forward to seeing the residents of Springfield utilize the new disc golf course!  Hey... GREAT NAME for the Disc Golf course!!! Springfield Bandlands!!!! That is awesome!!!!

[Springfielder]

I played in lots of youth leagues growing up and it is very commmon the pay a registration fee.  The person we have to help establish and manage the youth league has his own business here in Springfield working with local youth.    That is what he does.  He is not just coaching.  He is going to be establishing and managing the league as it develops.  He has been working with the youth here in Springfield for some time and has an excellent reputation for not only coaching kids in sports and athletics but teaching them life skills as well.  This is his business that he does 7 days/week.

Stop trying to find something to complain about.  Just accept there is going to be another disc golf course in town.  Springfield has gone out of its way to work with Rivercity and it is clearly evident you don't want to work to build a network of disc golf courses in town unless you are in charge of them all.  Competition is a good thing and its great for people to have lots of options to choose from. 

You sound like a whiny kid not an adult.  That's boaring and I am sick of reading your posts about it.  There's another disc golf course being built and that is great news for that sport in NE Florida.  end of story.  stop drumming up negative drama.

No complaints... just very surprised!  I've never been associated with any youth league that paid their staff!!! 

As for your negative comments...  please be sure to get your facts straight before you post.  Not sure who you are or care to know who you are. 

With all that being said, I think the youth league is awesome.  However paying someone to organize that league is not at all what Disc Golf or Disc golfers are all about!!!  Look at all the FREE clinics RCDGA has provided over the past years.  Look at all the money donated to Charity over the past few years... all that with Volunteers!!!  Yes... I repeat Volunteers! 

Good luck to Springfield Disc Golf, I wish them well.

By the way.. here is some drama for you... ask Kim how the councilman in your area pushed through the approval for your course in Springfield.... It was by the request of the Executive Director of RCDGA calling in a favor ... not by anything Springfield or any organizers there has done.

First of all, neither AVS or anyone for that matter said it was scouts, they said a youth league, which are two different things...so you jumping in to say how the scouts were taught for free is irrelevant and your argument is without merit. The general tone of your posts are negative, and is more in line with sour grapes on your behalf.

Trying to make it seem that it's so unheard of for kids sports to have paid registration....take a look at the football and baseball leagues, those registration fees are very high. It's also irrelevant as to any trophies or how they would be funded. Again, you show an ignorance of the subject area.

Just as it doesn't matter whether Gaffney was supportive to Kim's request or you "calling in your favor"...it really doesn't. All you're doing is making an effort to try and discredit Kim and our hard work in getting this course approved and in place, and make yourself out to be our saving grace. Well guess what...we're making it happen, and we're doing it in spite of your efforts to insult, undermine and belittle our hard work. We'll have our course in place.

I never said it's unheard of for having a youth league pay for registration... I get that... I've been part of many youth leagues as child and as unpaid volunteer.  Maybe it's semantics here... maybe I'm all caught in the fact it's being called a youth league... when in reality it's not really a youth league if you pay someone to coach... call it what it is... it's like paying for Karate or Gymnastics classes... or Competitive Cheerleading.   So call it Disc Golf instruction for kids... that seems more fitting...  In actuality I guess it doesn't matter what you call it... as long as the kids out there and playing... AWESOME.  I will be sure to solicit the kids on the other side of Klutho where the wooden bridge was torn down and let them know about the "FREE Scholarships" that are being offered to those who can't afford to participate.  I know when we first went out there to look at that property, those kids were full of questions and wanted to play.  I commend Springfield on offering that assistance to them.

In regards to my ignorance, you truly don't know me nor my intellect... I can same the same for you... I don't know you nor your intellect... I have not, nor will I ever state my opinion by belittling or name calling on this forum or any other forum.

I do wish Springfield Disc Golf the best of luck with this course.  It is something that is needed for the Park.  Kim's passion and drive for installing this course are unprecedented from someone who has never played the game before.  I commend her on her efforts.   

Springfielder, I wish for you to find peace in your life as well... hopefully the parked filled with disc golfers will do this for you.

Um....if you had actually read my post, then you would've noticed that I said ignorance on the subject, I didn't call you, per say, ignorant...and I stand by what I said. You jumped in to try and belittle what was called as a proposed youth league, and that there's a registration fee...saying how that's unheard of, etc.. I wanted to explain that it's not unheard of, as you suggested, even though you tried using scouts as an example, which I'll say again, is completely different.

[rhyno]

I didn't try to belittle anything... I called it like I saw it... I have never been associated with any organization that pays a coach unless it is like I stated... Karate, Competitive Cheerleading or gymnastics of some sort... but they aren't called youth leagues now are they? 

It's all semantics...  call it what you may... just get the kids out to play!  Ultimately that's all that matters right?

I would much rather prefer this discussion in person then in this medium... written text doesn't allow for the ability to qualify any statement until after the other person has responded...  at least in person you would have known that my only goal was to understand why someone was being paid to teach disc golf to kids.  Now that I see it really isn't a youth league I understand completely. 

I do wish all of you well with this endeavor.  It would be great to see disc golf in Klutho.

[Doug V]

To Ccinjax,
As the chair of the Springfield area's Sheriff's Advisory Council, I'm a little concerned about your note that "According to JSO, this area is not safe."  I'm not aware that JSO has designated this area as having any special safety problems.  I'd kind of like to get a little clarification on what JSO is saying to you.  Can you help me on this?  Can we start with, who at JSO is saying this?

Doug Vanderlaan

[acme54321]

The more activity at parks like this helps make them safer.  This course can only do good.

[Doug V]

I certainly agree, acme.  Confederate Dogpark has shown that very clearly.

[BridgeTroll]

To Ccinjax,
As the chair of the Springfield area's Sheriff's Advisory Council, I'm a little concerned about your note that "According to JSO, this area is not safe."  I'm not aware that JSO has designated this area as having any special safety problems.  I'd kind of like to get a little clarification on what JSO is saying to you.  Can you help me on this?  Can we start with, who at JSO is saying this?

Doug Vanderlaan

Could it be the ants?

[sheclown]

I certainly agree, acme.  Confederate Dogpark has shown that very clearly.

It brings people from all over the city.  I love talking to the dog owners and finding out where they live.

[kjheyde]

The dog park really was a great addition.  I take my dog there and I won't know a single person.  Also happens to me at Uptown all the time.  I love seeing all the new people coming to Springfield.  I am sure the disc golf course will do the same thing!

[avs]

This is the first time I have looked at metro since last week.  LOL

Quote from: Doug V on Yesterday at 10:30:40 AM

I certainly agree, acme.  Confederate Dogpark has shown that very clearly.




It brings people from all over the city.  I love talking to the dog owners and finding out where they live.

Indeed!

[rhyno]

I haven't been on in a while.  Can anyone provide me with an update on the course?  We had had a few inquiries.

Thank you!

[Ernest Street]

My news years resolution....Start playing Frisbee Golf again. I have friends on the street facing the band pavillion...... plenty of parking.
Just got to get some more discs. 

[dougskiles]

My son and I played the course last week.  Loads of fun.  First time playing disc golf.  Looking to get some disc catchers installed at Alexandria Oaks Park (formerly FEC Park) in San Marco.