In total we had an impressive turnout of 61 players taking part in the 2014 Chilly Chuck at QP on 22/23 February. The Open division champion is Chris O'Brien who won by 3 shots from Derek Robins and Dan Ryan. The Amateur Division Champion is QP's own Gary O'Malley, who won after a play-off with Neal Clifton. The Intermediate Amateur title went to Nick Blakehill.
Conditions were very testing with high winds and slippery ground. Players came from far and wide, including Cornwall and Scotland, but the furthest travelled were 4 friends of mine who came from the Bergen club in Norway. Big thanks to Bruce for being Tournament Director. The full results are posted on the PDGA website.

What an amazing summer we had at Quarry Park. The great weather, and booming worldwide interest in disc golf, resulted in a record numbers of visitors to the course, in some months we had a 100% increase in rounds played!

After 23 consecutive years as UK Tour Champion I have finally relinquished my crown to Dan Ryan, but hopefully I won't be hanging up my disc golf bag for many years yet! In the QP Club, Jon Tweed is starting to snap at the heels of the title contenders and has finished 4th in the last 2 British Tour events. In his first full year of playing, Lloyd Jacques has been improving at an astounding rate, winning the Intermediate Amateur title in his last 2 tournaments.

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The 19th Quarry Park Open was contested by a record 73 players from all over the UK, and won by Dan Ryan from London. Dan was the only player to shoot under par in all 4 rounds, and won comfortably from Hamish Blair in 2nd and Quarry Park locals Derek Robins and Jon Tweed in 3rd and 4th spots. The full provisional results are available at the PDGA website. The other divisional winners were Sophie Southgate from Essex (Women), Sam Stevens of the Croydon Club (Advanced Amateur) and Quarry Park's Lloyd Jacques (Intermediate Amateur). It was a fantastic weekend of disc golf and thanks to all th eplayers who took part and also to Neil Webber who was tournament director.

During the summer the short course is generally dry, but on the main course Hole 5 is perpetually wet. The situation is always liable to change depending on the level of rainfall in recent days, so if we do have a rainy spell, walking boots are recommended. The fairways are generally clear of nettles, but you will inevitably stray from fairways on some occasions, and you may well encounter nettles when you do so, for this reason I would advise wearing socks or trousers to at least cover your lower legs.