Join us for league on Tuesday night

Join us for league this Tuesday night at 5:15 (get there earlier though to sign in). Some top pros are scheduled to roll in Tuesday afternoon and may join us, so don't get too nervous.

Click for a complete schedule of events for this week (including NT Pro Clinic, Dubs Finals, tee times, long drive and putting contests, and more).

Volunteer staff needed!

We are still looking for dedicated staff to help with the event.

We need spotters, servers, runners, shuttle drivers from local airports or hotels, and various other things. For special skills, let us know if you are good with a camera, a mop, a computer, a ladle. Anything that might prove useful. Everyone gets a Staff Thank You Pack and a firm handshake from Steve.

• Sign up to volunteer here.

Let's face it, we need all the help we can get!

Ace!

Rumor has it on the NEFA boards that Shane Peters aced hole 8 on the blues today with a Teebird. Congrats Shane, but be sure to save some for next weekend!

• Check out hole 8

The Final Battle Workday, Sunday @ 8AM

If you own a weedwacker, come on out and help buff the course. If you don't, come on out and help us put the finishing touches on one heck of a rebuilding year.

As an added bonus to the pizza or sub lunch, everyone who helps out will get a free raffle ticket to win stuff at the finals on Sunday. Doubles follows lunch.

Buzz, buzz, buzz

Maple Hill was buzzing with activity this morning as several golfers turned out to get one last competitive round in during the weekly MH 5-0. Not sure who ended up winning, but going by some of the faces, the course was taking its toll on a few. Greg W mumbled something about an unpleasant encounter with a stick or rock.

Over on hole 16, Tom and Joel were working on improving the tee pad by extending it a bit for follow-throughs. Meanwhile, Steve and Vin were making their way around the course installing the new tee signs.

All in all, things are coming together and the course is cleaning up good! There are also new benches on several holes for your sitting pleasure.

Greg putts the Castle

Your TD Steve hard at work

Don't mess with Joel and Tom

Sandy, Mike, Shane



Joe, Dave, Josh, Pat

This week's schedule

The Vibram Open at Maple Hill is the final event of the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) National Tour. Held on August 14-16, the event brings together the world’s top seeded players of the season and offers a purse of over $45,000 with the top finisher receiving $2,500.

• World champs Avery and Val Jenkins will be there, along with several other top-rated Pros.
  
• Don't miss out on seeing some really good golfers up close. Free, free, free!
• Come support disc golf in New England!

The richest National Tour event of the season lives up to its motto, paying out 72 open players, more than any other tournament. A beautiful, challenging championship-caliber course with multiple ponds, long fairways, wooded holes, open fields and a clever use of elevation, Maple Hill offers three configurations: Red (5041’), White (6089’) and Blue (8105’), to challenge amateurs and touring pros.

Thursday, August 13

• Dubs - Come watch the best in the world play Skins Doubles on the Maple Hill Blues. (Teams)
• NT Clinic - 6:30-7:30 at Maple Hill - Avery, Valarie, McCabe, Feldberg. Come learn the game from the best in the world.
  
• Meet the Champs - 7:00-8:00 at Maple Hill. Meet 2009 Worlds champions and last year's Vibram Open winners Avery and Valarie Jenkins. Disc signing, chat, photos ...

Friday-Sunday, August 14-16

• Friday at 1:00: Past Champions and the top rated players are grouped together. This should be fun to watch.
• Saturday: Lead groups go off between 12:30 and 3:00
• Sunday, Finals Day: Top cards tee off for the Championship between 11:00 and 12:00

The Vibram Open is one week away!

The world’s best disc golfers are coming to Leicester, MA August 14-16 to play in the final National Tour event at the Vibram Open. That's just one week away!

Members of the media are invited to test their disc golf skills on Media Day, Thursday, Aug. 13 from 3-5PM.

• Test skills at putting and driving
• Receive tips and lessons from a pro and try again
• Observe the famous “Ace Dubs” Tournament. The best three players in the world are paired with three people who played a qualifier the day before for a Doubles game. They play a modified Skins format that keeps things exciting and encourages the players to go for big shots.
• Interview the “aces” and other players and spectators
• Get a review of the course from Tournament Director Steven Dodge
• Test the new Vibram putter made of a rubber hybrid instead of the traditional plastic for a better grip and more durable disc.

WHEN: Media Day is Thursday, August 13, from 3:00 – 5:00 PM

The Vibram Open, open to the general public, is August 14-16.

WHERE: Maple Hill Disc Golf Course (132 Marshall St., Leicester, MA) at the Maple Hill Farm (1/2 mile west of the Worcester Airport)

WHAT: Spectators are invited to support their local community with a donation of canned goods for the Worcester County Food Bank. All donators will be entered to win a daily drawing of a Vibram disc golf package including a driving putter, straight putter and mini.

For more info, contact:

• Anne Tommasi, Tommasi PR, 603-893-5878

• Steven Dodge, Maple Hill Open, 508-421-6621