Battleford hosts Saskatchewan’s first national disc golf championship

“We were approached by the NADGT director, Kevin King, since we’ve always done qualifying for the Nationals for the NADGT and we’ve always gotten good turnouts in that. He thought it would be a great idea for us to put a bid in for Nationals and they accepted our bid and that’s what got it out to our area,” he said.

Tenetuik said he would typically have to travel around the country for an event like this, making the opportunity to compete on his home course a special experience.

“I helped design our course in Battleford that we played on. So, to be able to showcase that design to people across Canada and get a lot of good feedback from that, makes a guy feel pretty good about himself.”

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When designing the course, Tenetuik said he specifically considered the terrain to create championship-level opportunities in the Battlefords.

“We definitely looked for property that would allow us to be able to get the length we need to be able to host pro championships and stuff but also has the trees and everything to make it very technical,” said Tenetuik. “That’s pretty much what that whole area brought to us to make it both a long bomb course and a very technical course, which is ideal for hosting these types of events.”

(Image Credit: Battlefords Disc Golf/ Facebook)

Overall, Tenetuik said the championship was a great success.

“We didn’t get the numbers that we were hoping for unfortunately, but for the people that came, I heard nothing but good things out of them and they really enjoyed their time in and around the Battlefords, taking in what we had for tourism and of course our course.”

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Alyssa.rudolph@pattisonmedia.com

by Alyssa Rudolph

Battleford hosts Saskatchewan’s first national disc golf championship

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