A very interesting article has come to us recently from the Live Journa.
Apparently in the good old days in the Soviet Union there were enthusiasts who were trying to play Disc Golf and make it popular.
The picture on the left taken in 1979!
Isn’t it an awesome news!
Let’s see if we can get an interview with the person on the picture.
Traveling to St.- Petersburg, Russia? Grab your discs with you! Now you can play disc golf in Russia.
First Russian disc golf course “Dunes” is located on the beautiful shore of the Gulf of Finland. Just some 40 minutes from St.-Petersburg and right after Sestroretsk as you you drive towards Finland. Make your way to the resort and the country and golf club “Dunes” and here you are – 9 holes, Discmania Discatchers pro-baskest, fantastic scenery of the Karelian peninsula.
Our Finnish friends will find a slight resemblence to the famouse sandy Yyteri course from the west cost of Finland. “Dunes” course is also build on sandy soil with natural tees. It is beginners friendly, but we are sure that experienced players will also find it very interesting if not challenging.
Want some company? Drop us a line, give us a shout and we will be happy to show you around.
Welcome to Dunes! First ever and the only disc golf course in Russia.
(Detailed map of the course and “how to get there” instructions in English are coming very soon. But if can read russian, you can find all information here)
Dear discgolfers! We are on the edge of the great happening!
Thanks to the efforts of the “Flying Steps” frisbee club (St.-Petersburg) and personally Alexey Zhebel (RusDGA representative), and in cooperation with the “Dunes” resort, on July 25 we will be opening a very first in Russia disc Golf course. It will be a 8 hole course, but it promises to be divers and challenging for both beginners and advanced players..
To mark this ocasion on July 25-26 we will run a tournamen “Dunes Open 2009″. Registration is open in the special topic of our forum.
No fees, no restrictions! Welcome!
Attention! Today, June 7, the first batch of 2009 Russian Disc Golf Championship fundraiser discs came out of print. In the words of “DiscNation” who produced the disc: “The artwork for this disc is, in a word, stunning!”
At the moment only 50 Millennium Omega SS were stamped with blue foil on yellow and white foil on black! We are expecting Millennium Q-OLF dirvers to be spamped shortly.
Each disc has a an RusDGC header attached to the packaging, along with a certificate of authenticity! Hurry up and order yours!
Last weekend was marked by the 1 tour of RusDGC 2009.
There were not that many pkayers but it has in no diminished the competetive spirit of those who played. And a strong wind on day 2 has only added to the excitment.
Places were distributed like this:
1. Mikhail Krivyy 280
2. Iosif Yusim 287
3. Yuri Zelentsov 293
4. Janne Resanen 303
5. Aleksey Zhebel 304
It was expected. INNOVA, the biggest manufacturer of discs and equipment for the sport of Disc Golf from USA, has started it’s official expansion to Europe. It was a matter of time, since about 75% of the marked belong to them anyway.
As for today, there is now production of discs in Europe and probably this expansion will bring disc molding machines to Europe which should in theory make discs cheeper and will finally balance prices on both sides of the pond. But for now it is just a speculation.
So far the official INNOVA EUROPE web page was launched. Operations director and a contact person is well known in Europe and Russia. It is our partner and an owner of DISCMANIA company Jussi Meresmaa from Tampere, Finland. (Both DISCMANIA and MILLENNIUM, produce their discs on INNOVA machines).
In any way it is yet another positive and big step in promoting sport of DIsc Golf in Europe.
FSDGS Tour2 is over!
Winner – Iosif Yusim.
Results and feedback (in Russian) on the Flying Steps club web page.
Pictures are here.
Wecome to the English version of the Russian Disc Golf Association web page! We hope you will find in informative. Click around and let us know what you think or what is missing that you would like to know about RusDGA. There is an English line at the Forum where you can leave us a message or just take a direct contact!
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