03/28/2018
This is the passion and fun we are about to experience here in Ontario and Canada, let's grow the sport
A typical day working the SHAPE America Physical Education Convention consists of eight hours of standing, demonstrations, making personal connections, disseminating information about the virtues of disc golf, EDGE, and the Professional Disc Golf Association. After a long day of all things DG, with barely an hour and a half of sunlight left, what to do next becomes the question? More disc golf, of course! We rallied the booth crew, grabbed a few 135 gram Educational Disc Golf Experience (EDGE) Skeeters, and hit the nearest disc golf course. A fun challenge round at Shelby Park Naval Hill DGC in Nashville ensued. Naval Hill is a picturesque course, open with rolling hills, views the Cumberland River, and it’s just minutes from downtown. The round burgeoned for us at hole 11 when we stopped to let another group play through. Our birdie putts were suspended on the green as the group passed, slowed, and then had that “Aha” moment when they recognized who they were playing through. The local group consisted of members of the Music City Disc Golf Club who were playing a family and friends round while spot checking the course for an upcoming event. Our groups merged for the next few holes where stories were shared, putts missed, birdies made, pictures taken, and when we parted ways Des gave her only disc away to the kids. And that is how you close out a successful day at the National PE Convention!