Edmonton's Ice Bowl was a smashing success once again!  This year's event saw 28 participants hit the course to raise money for the Youth Emergency Shelter Society.  The event started off rather cold with a temperature of -12C (with a windchill of -17C) but by the middle of the second round the temperature had risen to 0C (with a windchill of -4).  The cold temperature and the 28" of snow did little to quell the enthusiasm of the players though and their heartiness helped raise $375 for YESS.

EDGA would like to thank all those who came out and participated in the event as well as a special thanks to all those who donated their time, energy and prizes to make this event possible.

A likely controversial and polarizing rule for this year's Ice Bowl event will be that some sort of ribbon or some other form for easily identifying a buried disc will be mandatory.  With an average of 2 feet of snow covering the entire surface of the course it will be simply too time consuming to search for every disc after every throw.  During a few practice rounds over the last couple weeks even unmarked putters were getting lost on missed 30 foot attempts as they would bury in and slide below the surface.

With those experiments in mind EDGA has decided that ribbons will be mandatory.  For those concerned about the change in disc characteristics you need not worry as many players have experienced just a slight decrease in range as a result of the drag caused by the ribbon but nothing that can't be adjusted after a few initial throws.

Through the process of trial and error the best method for attaching a ribbon to a disc is by centering the ribbon on the underside of the disc and securing with a light weight but waterproof adhesive tape.  Tuck Tape is a strong choice as it's extremely sticky, waterproof and does not leave any sort of residue when pealing the tape off later.  Discs secured in this manner (see picture) have held up to 25+ throws and have not shown any signs of weakness.

Walter Fredrick Morrison, whose post-World War II invention of a 'flying' plastic disc became the American recreational icon known as the Frisbee, has died at age 90 of age-related causes. Wham-O Inc. has sold more than 200 million Frisbees since Morrison sold the company the rights to what he called the Pluto Platter in 1957. The roots of today's aerodynamic Frisbees go back to 1937, when Morrison and his future wife tossed a large popcorn can lid back and forth for fun during a Thanksgiving party.

EDGA is sad to announce the passing of Maurice "Mo" Robillard, a great person, friend, and an individual who made everyone at the course smile and make a round of disc golf that much better, not to mention the amazing art provided for our events through out the years.  You will be dearly missed by all, and hope that the stars around you help you find your destiny.

On Sunday November 29th 2009 the EDGA Annual General Meeting was held and a new EDGA Executive was elected. Wally Ovale will remain president of EDGA but his new second in command is Shayne Bundus. Alyson Fraser will be taking over as Secretary.

We would like to inform everybody that the EDGA 2009 Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Sunday November 29th. at the A.C.T. lunch room, the meeting will begin at 12 noon.

We encourage everyone to attend as we will be selecting a new board for the 2010 Edmonton Disc Golf Association season, and we need all who are interested in becoming part of the growth of the sport to be there, and we also need to hear your opinions on what we can improve for next year as well as your support.

Please make the time to attend this meeting as we want to make 2010 the best year in EDGA history, as we will be officially be having a grand re-opening tourney for our new course, and celebrating the 30th. anniversary of the Rundle Park Disc Golf Course.

This Sunday October 4, 2009 will be the last EDGA event of 2009.  This event is open to all EDGA members and is entirely free to participate.

The last event will be the "Mark Chopp Memorial Tourney" which will consist of 3 rounds. The event will open with a doubles tournament at 10:30am, a few holes of minis, and a singles round to close it out.  Please arrive no later than 10:00am so that the logistics can be figured out quickly and the event can start on time.

The final Singles League will take place on Thursday September 24th at 6:00pm not the typical 6:30pm!