The Commando Mini - Sundays at Spring Valley

[frisbeeguy]

Hmmmm, not to take anything away from one of the nicest throws I've ever seen but the tee sign says 303'. (I don't think anyone of us on the card can throw a 400' tunnel hyzer shot)
WOW - What a shot!
Thanks again Larry for running the mini...any chance of starting at 9am?

[ching_lizard]

Yessir Alex!

Commando Mini North Battalion start time will be at 9:00 am !!!

This is effective as of: April 20th, 2008.

BTW - I used the distance listed on the scorecard for #17, but I think the course layout changed since the cards were originally printed...that or maybe the repeated rains and drying out have shrunk the fairway on it.

See you folks out there next week at 9:00 am

[ching_lizard]

The Commando Mini will be running at the North Side location of Spring Valley at 9:00 am.

I'm hoping that if anyone from out of town is visiting us over a weekend, they'll come out and check out a little friendly competition on Houston's best disc golf course!

Cost is still just $10 - which includes all green fees, Ace Pot and Mulligan.

[atxdiscgolfer]

slight possibility that I may be coming to Houston this weekend, will you have a mini anywhere this weekend? if so where, it would be real cool to setup King Quail or Valley course at Quail Valley.

[jakewalsdorf]

Come to Brooks Sunday afternoon. We'll take your money...

[ching_lizard]

Come to the North side Commando and you might WIN some money!

I'm out of town this weekend, but Matt Stillwagon usually covers for me if I'm not there. (I haven't missed very many of them though!)

[atxdiscgolfer]

I am playing in the C tier event at Twin Parks but if I wasnt then I would play the Commando Mini.

[the_kid]

Mini tomorrow? [img]/msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[ching_lizard]

The Commando Mini goes down every Sunday!

Weather looks to be good too! 82 degrees to start.

[rocknhardstx]

Riverside Disc Golf and 3rd Coast Disc are pround to announce.....

RIVERSIDE RUMBLE
PDGA C TIER EVENTS

Riverside Park- Victoria, TX
Saturday, August 2nd

Amateur Day- All divisions will be offered for men and women.

Two rounds of 21 holes. No on line registration for this event. If you intend on playing please contact tournament director, listed below.

First round will begin at 9:00 am. Registration will be taken at the park from 7:00 am until 8:30 am.

Second round will start at approximately 2pm. Awards ceremony will take place at approximately 5:30 pm.
Advanced- 35
Intermediate- 25
Recreational- 20
Novice- 10


Sunday, August 3rd

Pro and Advanced Divisions
All divisions will be offered for men and women

$500 Added to the pro divisions!!!

Two rounds of 21 holes. No online registration available for this event. If you intend on playing please contact tournament director, listed below.

First round will begin at 9 am. Registration will be taken at the park from 7am until 830 am.
Second round will start at approximately 2pm. Awards ceremony will take place at approximately 530 pm.
Pro- 45
Pro master- 45
Advanced- 35

Registration fee includes $5 for acepot. You may email resealking@yahoo.com if you plan on attending either or both days or you may call Mike at 361 947-2498 or Kevin at 361 212-1751.

[anarak82]

Will there be people there this sunday? I'll be in Tomball this weekend, and I think I can fit this one into my schedule.

Yep...it is starting to sound like we might have another good turn-out this weekend too!

Last weekend we had 16 players - 8 Open, 6 Rec., 2 GM

For some reason, most everyone of INT through Advanced always play Open at the Commando...but I am always willing to open up a 1 player division if desired...I'm always very appreciative of everyone supporting Texas State by just playing in it.

Grab your discs Anarak and meet us out there just before 9 am on Sunday!

[ching_lizard]

The Commando Mini will be running again this Sunday (tomorrow) at Spring Valley at 9:00 am!

Cost is still just $10 including Ace Pot, mulligan and green fees.

[frisbeeguy]

Does this thing still exist?

Almost 2 months since last post & with weather / flooding delays the past few weeks I'm kinda wanting to go play a round.

Anybody headed to Spring Valley this morning?

[ching_lizard]

Alex - shame on you!

The Commando Mini has run every Sunday except for the two Sundays surrounding Worlds this year!

I usually post up the most current info on the HFDS.org message board. The only thing that has changed about it lately is that the start time is back to 10:00 am on Sunday mornings!

The proceeds from these Minis go to Texas States - so it is a worthy "cause"!!!

[ching_lizard]

Holy smokes!!! I can't believe it's been almost 4 months since I've posted here!

I want to inform any of our out-of-town PDGA members, that they are always welcomed and encouraged to come play a single-round mini on Sundays if they find themselves in Houston over a weekend. It costs only $10 and it covers your green fees for the day. We feature one of the largest Open field of players at anything short of Texas States! We are averaging about 20-25 players each week. Last week we had 12 Open players of a total field of 22, and the week before, there were 16 Open players!

Spring Valley is the BEST disc golf course in Houston and open to the public!

It runs every at 10:00 am every Sunday morning! It is a fund-raiser for Texas States.

[ching_lizard]

The Commando Mini
at
Spring Valley
every Sunday morning at 10:00am

Benefits Texas States!!!

Cost is only $10 (includes green fees, Ace Pot and Mulligan)

To date:
Total number of players: 437
Amount raised in $1 fee: $437
Amount raised via Mulligans: $287 ($150 used for BS tourney at Spring Valley in Sept.)
Total Texas States contribution: $724

We still have 7 weeks of Commando Mini play left before States...and I think with a few more high turn-out weeks we might be able to match last year's sponsorship level of $1,000!

[ching_lizard]

The Commando Mini
will be running tomorrow morning.

Weather forecast looks beautiful but a brisk 51 degrees...better dress warm folks!

Hope to see a good crowd out there in the morning...we had a record turn-out for this year's Ice Bowl today at 117!

[ching_lizard]

The Commando Mini

WILL NOT BE RUNNING on the weekend of February 27th and March 1st due to most everyone playing in Texas State Am Doubles at the Snow Farm this weekend!

We will resume the following Sunday - March 8th at 10:00 am.

[ching_lizard]

3/15/2009 - I just called the Spring Valley Pro Shop and they reported to me that they are OPEN for business this morning!

The Commando Mini is ON.

Hope to see you folks up there this morning!

[ching_lizard]

Thank you Houston area players!!!

With your support and the generous donations of prize winnings and some outright cash contributions, the players of the Commando Mini were able to write a check for $1,000 to Texas States last night! We made it!!!

Yesterday, Thomas Burks donated $15 of his prize winnings, Mr Ed donated his $10, Steve Dufrane donated $5 of his winnings, and Mr. Matt Stevens pulled out a $20 from his pocket and donated their winnings to the Texas States fund in an effort to see us reach the $1,000 mark.

You guys rock!!!

[ching_lizard]

It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway...

The Commando Mini is cancelled for Sunday April 4th due to Texas States tee time conflicts. We'll resume the usual Commando on Sunday April 12th!

[ching_lizard]

Wow! We never get wind like that back in the woods of Spring Valley!

The Commando Mini 4th season is going to begin this Sunday, April 12th!

Wasn't Texas States a great experience? Come on out and help us kick off the start of our 4th season working toward the 2010 edition of Texas State!

Hope to see everyone out there this Sunday!

[ching_lizard]

Yes...The Commando Mini is running again.

Welcome to the 2009 edition of the Commando, raising money for the 15th Annual Texas State DGC in 2010.

[ching_lizard]

Dang! I never remember to promote The Commando Mini on the PDGA message board regularly.

If you are visiting Houston over the weekend, then I highly encourgage that you chase down the Sunday morning Commando Mini at Spring Valley Disc Golf Course on the northside.

We are averaging between 15 and 25 players every weekend and are seeing the largest field of Open players than anything else in town. And here's the bonus: It's played on the best (and shadiest) course in the county!!!

It starts at 10:00 am every Sunday and costs just $10 including green fees, ace pot and mulligan. All cash payout.

[ching_lizard]

The ever fun Commando Mini
wants to announce that on the second Sunday of every month, we'll be running a best disc doubles format instead of the usual singles.

8/2/2009 <-- First weekend of August is singles
8/9/2009 <-- Second weekend of the month is DOUBLES!!! (random card draw)
8/16/2009 <-- Third weekend of the month is singles
8/23/2009 <-- Fourth weekend of the month is singles
8/30/2009 <-- Fifth weekend of the month is singles

Entry fees for every week is still $10 and includes Ace Pot and Mulligan.

Please support The Commando Mini and our efforts to support Texas States as well as the Spring Valley Spectacular!!!

[ching_lizard]

At the suggestion of a few of our players, we've begun running a random, card, draw-doubles on the second Sunday of every month.

We've been playing best shot doubles every round so far - but we may experiment around with other formats in the future.

Come on out to the Commando Mini Doubles on the second Sunday of every month!

Be there before 10:00 am and you'll be in!

[ching_lizard]

This is the final weekend before the big B-tier tournament at Spring Valley.

I encourage everyone that is planning on playing in the Spring Valley Spectacular to come on out and log a practice round at the Commando Mini!

It ain't quite a tournament, but we've been averaging between 20-30 players per week lately, and your attendance is sure to push it to new record levels.

The cost is still just $10 - which includes your green fees for the day, a buck for Texas States, Ace Pot entry and a mulligan.

For those that might be wondering about the details....this is how it works: I take signups at just before 10:00 am. I will make out cards based on your division and I try to assign you to a card of folks in your division. I'll figure out starting hole assignments depending on how many cards we have - last weekend it was 8 cards so we run a shotgun start across about 6-7 different holes. I give everyone about 15 minutes to get to their starting holes before I signal 2 minute warning and then a start.

The ponds and wet areas back on the Finesse course will be strung for the tournament and Commando Mini players tomorrow will be playing with the strung OB as OB to simulate the tournament conditions.

Please plan on arriving just before 10:00 am.

[ching_lizard]

The Commando Mini runs a random-card draw doubles round on the second Sunday of each month. With Texas States only being a couple of weeks away, this will be one of the last two weeks you'll have to help us raise money for Texas States.

We are also planning on holding a disc exchange this weekend. Bring one new, premium plastic disc to trade with another player. We'll be running it sort-of like a white elephant gift exchange thing.

The Ace Pot stands at $119.

I think that I may have some Texas States stamped Rocs available for sale at the Commando too! All proceeds will be going to Texas States.

Hope to see you out there this weekend for a little doubles action!

Larry

[ching_lizard]

bump this puppy up!

The Commando has lots of action happening this weekend with only two weeks left before States. I'm hoping that with a good showing, we might be able to push the Commando sponsorship up enough to get the TxStates added cash up to the $6,000 mark! Grab your friends and bring an extra disc for the exchange and show up this Sunday for some Commando Doubles!

Hope to see ya there!

Larry