Pogis
Jun 13 2008, 06:41 PM
Thought I would post this hear for you guys as well! You can find the thread here. (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=839377&Main=839377#Post8 39377)
This is something that myself and several others have been working on for the last few months. And I want to share it with all of my disc golfin friends!
I have a very rare opportunity to introduce our favorite sport to a country! On the 27th of June, myself and some friends are headed over to the Philippines this summer on a mission trip to do basketball camps, talk in the schools, and help out a few needy communities. We are planning all this through my uncle who is a missionary over there. He found out I played disc golf and informed me he could get baskets made there and that I could introduce disc golf to the people by running a few clinics. So naturally I jumped on this in a heart beat!
While there I will be doing 2 to 3 clinics at different locations. My goal is to introduce the sport and teach as much as possible with my time there. We are expecting a lot of people for the clinics, hopefully I will have the be able to show disc golf to several hundred people! I have been there before for basketball games and it is not unusual to draw crouds as large as 500. So with the promotion that is already taking place, the media being involved, and word of mouth, the stage is set!
One of the schools I am sharing at has a large campus. And my uncle has informed me that they are wanting me to design the first course in the Philippines on their campus! So if everything goes as planned, by the end of July the first course in the Philippines will be in the ground!
I am so happy to be doing this and cannot wait to get over there! However, I could not have made this happen without some help. EDGE played a HUGE part in helping me get things together that I needed. Without EDGE this would not be taking place. I would also like the thank Rusco of Dynamic Discs for his help as well. You can bet that D's will be thrown on all kinds of stuff in the Philippines! I do want this to be a group effort and not just me. I cannot express enough thanks to EDGE and Dynamic Discs. But if you are reading this and are curious about helping out, I could still use stickers, minis, hats, anything I can hand out to the people who attend. The discs will be staying at the schools with the baskets so the can use them for the kids and for anyone who wishes to play. So I dont want anyone to leave empty handed! Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I will be updating this thread while I am there with pictures and words of how things are going. Its just going to be awesome! :D
This is something that myself and several others have been working on for the last few months. And I want to share it with all of my disc golfin friends!
I have a very rare opportunity to introduce our favorite sport to a country! On the 27th of June, myself and some friends are headed over to the Philippines this summer on a mission trip to do basketball camps, talk in the schools, and help out a few needy communities. We are planning all this through my uncle who is a missionary over there. He found out I played disc golf and informed me he could get baskets made there and that I could introduce disc golf to the people by running a few clinics. So naturally I jumped on this in a heart beat!
While there I will be doing 2 to 3 clinics at different locations. My goal is to introduce the sport and teach as much as possible with my time there. We are expecting a lot of people for the clinics, hopefully I will have the be able to show disc golf to several hundred people! I have been there before for basketball games and it is not unusual to draw crouds as large as 500. So with the promotion that is already taking place, the media being involved, and word of mouth, the stage is set!
One of the schools I am sharing at has a large campus. And my uncle has informed me that they are wanting me to design the first course in the Philippines on their campus! So if everything goes as planned, by the end of July the first course in the Philippines will be in the ground!
I am so happy to be doing this and cannot wait to get over there! However, I could not have made this happen without some help. EDGE played a HUGE part in helping me get things together that I needed. Without EDGE this would not be taking place. I would also like the thank Rusco of Dynamic Discs for his help as well. You can bet that D's will be thrown on all kinds of stuff in the Philippines! I do want this to be a group effort and not just me. I cannot express enough thanks to EDGE and Dynamic Discs. But if you are reading this and are curious about helping out, I could still use stickers, minis, hats, anything I can hand out to the people who attend. The discs will be staying at the schools with the baskets so the can use them for the kids and for anyone who wishes to play. So I dont want anyone to leave empty handed! Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I will be updating this thread while I am there with pictures and words of how things are going. Its just going to be awesome! :D