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A Revival of the Plum Creek Disc Golf Course
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Chris and Vail take us into the second half by having a conversation with Kip Jones, a disc golf representative of Plum Creek Disc Golf Course. Plum Creek is located in Seward, NE. They chat with Kip and talk about his disc golf story and how Plum Creek is making a revival due to a group of hardworking volunteers. Check out the episode for a coupe of upcoming events, including a pop up event in Seward at a new proposed beginners course.
You know, good time from for nostalgia.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Um, and a reminder that I will never make a weather decision or disc golf again. So um, yeah, thanks to real quick throwback. Disc Gauntlet Radio is back for season five, and we're excited to bring you all the news and information regarding Disc Gauntlet, Disc Gauntlet events. Along the way, we'll also share a few opinions about what's going on in the disc golf world. So, again, thanks for tuning in. We hope you enjoy. Well, we are back after a little break. Well needed. We haven't Vale, we haven't uh spent that much time on a podcast, I think, in a long time. Like we're we're pushing.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we were we were rolling, which uh I mean that happens when we gotta recap that many events, and when you know one one of the events alone had 17 divisions that we gotta highlight winners of. Yeah, good problems to have.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I yes, good problems to have. Uh, and um, but speaking about our events uh and recapping uh the ones we have run, we want to be able to talk about some upcoming events um that are on the schedule. And again, this coming out here the next few days. Uh, we have the month of May um chock full of some amazing events. Um first off, in May, um we have the ever-popular Roper throwback. So, Vale, any quick words on the OG?
SPEAKER_01I mean, it's just uh getting to throw it back to to how it used to be. So I'm sure most people know know the story behind it, but if in case you don't, uh Roper West uh used to be a 27-hole layout um before the redesign that turned it into the 18. So uh uh one thing that Discountlet has done to continue pointing out the gems that have been in Nebraska is we paid for being able to have pin sleeves in to set the course back to a 27-hole layout. Um, and instead of bringing out tent baskets, we've got it set up where we can actually put all eight all 27 baskets in the ground. So um just a you know, good time from for nostalgia.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Um and a reminder that I will never make a weather decision for disc golf again. So um, yeah, thanks to Roper throwback. And so month of May, we kick off uh in Lincoln. Um, we'll be in Lincoln a few times through the month of May because they're not quite up on disc golf scene yet. They may be when this comes out, they may just be a couple days after when this comes out, but you should be able to find some Star City Classic preview events. Bale, give us a quick rundown.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So uh May 23rd, uh, we'll have the Star City Classic preview at Beale Slough. Uh that one will be a non-sanctioned event, um, but it is a non-sanctioned fundraiser for Star City Classic. So every player who registers for that event will receive one of the um Star City Classic uh DGA discs as a as a player pack item. Um, and then a portion of your entry fee will go towards payouts as well. So uh a little uh a nice nice seats here where you get the one round, but you're getting your uh player pack um and getting to play the layout. So the way that we do the the preview events is we work with the Star City Classic uh tournament staff and get the layouts, and we do everything we can to set the courses as close to what the layout would be for those events. Um, and then I believe it's looking like May 30th. Uh we'll do the same thing. It seemed like it worked well last year, uh, where we'll do uh sanctioned one round in the morning um at one of the roper courses and then sanctioned one round at the other roper course in the afternoon. So those will be two separate C tiers, um, one-rounders, but we'll get those get those up. So uh if if everything works well, yeah, by the end of the weekend we have all three of those events up and ready to go.
SPEAKER_00So our you know month of May, like I said, is um filled with quite a few events in Lincoln, which is great because the Lincoln community uh comes out and supports us and supports uh disc golf in Lincoln um as well as any community here in the state. But in the month of May, May 9th, uh we make a slight detour from Lincoln, um, but close enough to be supported by our Lincoln Disc golfers, we head to Seward. And so as we get ready to talk about Seward and our event at Seward, um, we have Kip Jones with us. Kip, how are you?
SPEAKER_04What's up? Good.
SPEAKER_00So uh if you uh are not on social media, um Kip is a representative, if you will, of the Seward disc golf community, uh and and probably wears a few different hats along with that um when it comes to the course and whatnot. And so uh what we wanted to do is just have an opportunity to talk about Seward because there's a lot of cool things happening, and who better than to relay that information than Kip, um, who's one of the main individuals behind those changes in driving force in Seward. So, Kip, I think it would be nice first if uh you introduced yourself in a sense, like disc golf-wise, we always have our guests just give a little bit of a background of how you got into disc golf, um, and what got you hooked, and um if there's that one disc that when you got hooked, that you just remember whether it was your first ace disc or just that one that flew just right to start with. Um, what was your uh disc golf origin story?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, man, I uh I started back in 2011-ish. Um back in Grand Island. Um, me and a buddy would hit hit Stolly Park up every day, and that's still one of my favorite nine hole courses in the state. Um and we we were fortunate enough to learn from Joe Rivera, Joe III. Um, he was he was a he was a baller. Um and um we uh well I suppose my favorite my favorite disc back then was was a nuke, and I had no idea how to throw it. I could probably throw it like 200 feet, you know. I'd I'd throw it on a hyzer and I thought I was just chucking it.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it's all it's it's it's all relative, right? To what you know. You're like, ah, this looks like it goes far. And and you throw with someone like Rivera who's like, oh, let me give a light toss to this putter and it goes a hundred feet past yours, you know.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_00So you got started in uh Grand Island. Um is actually quick funny story is I ran into Kip's dad randomly uh out at Hall County. We talked about Hall County earlier uh in the podcast. Uh he's just out riding his bike, doing his thing, and we started chatting, and and I didn't know who the guy was. I was just chatting and he's talking about his son disc golf. I'm like, oh yeah, who's your son? Like, I don't know who you're talking about. And then he said your name. I was like, oh, I know Kip. I was like, uh just putting the connecting the dots, but um that's cool starting Grand Island, and so you know, you you moved, um obviously ventured away from Grand Island um and East. Are you you live in Seward now or just outside Seward?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah, we live in Seward. Um yeah, and I'd quit I quit playing for four or five years. I was just playing too much and trying to play too competitively and just lost lost the love of it, um, but picked it up about two years ago. Um and not pay playing as competitively, but focusing more on the community side of things. And I I love it more than ever.
SPEAKER_00Awesome. Yes, that it's it's one of those sports where you can find a balance or you can find your your your space within it. Like there's plenty of competitive disc golfers who you know do it for X, Y, and Z, but I think there's something really special about what you're doing, and I think what we do too, in the sense of uh community is a strong component of it. Um, and I know that because we see out and about, you're always helping us out. Um hanging out with Vale uh for Star City Classic uh last year, wasn't it?
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah, sorry, not Vail.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so um so you took a break for a while, um, but you like you said, you played with Rivera. So, real quick, I mean, Vale could speak on it too. This is kind of disc golf royalty in Nebraska. So like when you first played with him, was it uh a league round? Was it like you ran into him? And like, how did he influence your game or or make an impact on you? Because I know the Rivera family, they've made an impact on quite a few individuals.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, for sure. Um I was a brook high schooler, I I couldn't afford discs, and so he would hook us up. He'd he'd sell me and my buddy discs for like 10 bucks a piece, or even just give us a few. Um, and they were brand new discraft, which was sweet. Um, and then of course, uh we play Steve Stump too, and we'd play league rounds out of Staly. Um, but I think most of the rounds we played were were casual with with Rivera.
SPEAKER_00Awesome. Vale, you got any quick uh Rivera stories? Because I know I mean you had dad and sons and cousins, so I'm I'm I I don't know you know quite the backstory and history of disc golf in central Nebraska.
SPEAKER_01Um yeah, I spent I spent a good amount of time. I mean, anytime you're out uh out central for sure, if you're if you're I remember really seeing them all the time in Carney uh at Cotton Mill, but um Joe Rivera, the dad, Joe Jr. Uh Rocky, I think was the cousin. And like my goodness, were those guys just an absolute riot, like a ton of fun. Uh you know, uh a little bit uh a little rough around the edges, but once you, you know, one of those guys that once you get on the inside and figure out uh like there's just a little bit of a shell, and these guys are great. Um, you know, they're gonna welcome you in. And uh just like any any disc golfer is doing, if if if you make a repeated appearance to to their home course, then they're happy to see it. But yeah, there were uh very few dull moments around that crowd.
SPEAKER_04Man, I remember he would he would uh Joe Jr. would race people in his minivan. That's the type of dude he is, he's awesome.
SPEAKER_00Oh man. Well, you you you like you said, you got your start in Grand Island um and took a break, um, and in that process of life, moved out and east to Seward. Um what when you decided to get back into it, what got you back? Like um, what was kind of the moment that you're like, hey, I'm gonna give this a another shot, or I wanna um come back to this?
SPEAKER_04I don't I don't know exactly. I think I just went out for a casual round, and it was the first round I'd played in at least a year, and I went out to Roper East and played the Reds, and that was it back in. And then I found out about yeah, I found out about Beale. Um, and I was like, you're kidding me? You had at the time 88th best course in the world. I was like, I gotta I gotta go check that out, and yeah, I was just just back into it.
SPEAKER_00Hey, according to Jake, do you know what the 87th best course in the world would have been at that time? It's an inside joke, but it's tiara.
SPEAKER_04Sorry, I'm not a tier guy.
SPEAKER_00That's that's perfectly fine. Uh how to throw a uh a little quip out there for Jake. But um, um so didn't tell him I said that. Oh no, he we'll we'll tell him, but he won't care. Um the uh so just getting back into it, throwing East, playing Beale, um obviously playing in Lincoln. What um what got you throwing in Seward then obviously being in Seward, then you just kind of this is a local course I'm gonna go play. Um what was your first when did you first play Seward, which might have been years ago, but uh did your thoughts change about Seward from that point to when you got back into disc golf? I guess we're gonna get to Seward, so I'm just curious on you know your thoughts on Seward as a course.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, first time first time I played Seward, I think, was 2012. Um was with a church group, and it was in July, and I the only thing I remember about it was the mosquitoes. It was it was horrendous. Um I remember we most of us like quit halfway through. Um and then and then just living in Seward, obviously, I just I started going back out there and it wasn't it wasn't very enjoyable. And so in the in the spring of last year, I started working on it just a little bit, like clearing up whole um what is it, 15, 14, and 15. I started working on a little bit, and then didn't do anything for the through the summer. And then picked it up big uh big time again in the fall, and that's where I met Tony and Phil. And now it's now it's us three that are primarily doing the maintenance work out there. Um and we just we just know that that course is a hidden gem in Nebraska, and um and it shows in the plays now. We we have if you look at the U Disc statistics, hundreds of new players out there this year, new to the course, or not new to the course, but new um not new, just a hundreds of variations of players on the course. And if you look at previous years, it's it's not even close. Nobody's out there. There's a couple spikes where I think you guys had a tournament, was it in 2022 or 2023? Um uh it would have been 2023, and I will tell you that that's a spike right there, and that's like the only noticeable spike of of course usage, and that's just skyrocketing.
SPEAKER_00I yes, Seward uh and Vale is definitely played Seward long before I have uh Seward. Um my I'm gonna say love for Seward, but my like memories of Seward are tied to like that. That's the course Nick and I go play if we want something different than what we normally have around us, but is still in a shorter, you know, you know, drive time. So we can get to Seward in about 45 minutes. And that's heading west, that's cotton mill. And so if we're like, yeah, let's do something different. So um we played we play Seward maybe a small handful of times um in a year, and that'd be kind of our break. But uh I just remember the first time I played it, I was just like, this is what unfortunately happens when a course just isn't maintained. Because up to that point, I was playing in the park courses like Hastings and Kelly Park, and those courses are really well maintained because they're in a park, but it's like Seward's not necessarily right, it's it's its own thing, so uh it was this kind of like, oh bummer, like this could be so much more, but this is still pretty cool. Um, and when I first played it, you were able to play uh 13 and 15, which I'll know you'll talk about here in a little bit. Um, like how it's supposed to be played. Um, and I know for a while that was kind of um that kind of disappeared. So, Bale, when when did you first play Seward?
SPEAKER_01Uh first time I played Seward was probably 2010. Was yeah, probably because I think 2010 is when I really started playing tournaments. Um, and that was like my my earliest claim to fame was beating Brendan Oatman in in the same division, not just shooting better score, but in the same division beating Brandon Oatman out there. Um, and that course, yeah. I mean, like you said, mosquitoes, gosh, like if you got off the rough there, holy smokes, was that was that bad. But even even in all of that super fun course.
SPEAKER_04That would have been when it was pretty much a brand new course, too. Right around that time.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so all right, so I gotta tell my Seward story because Seward as a course holds a special place in my heart, quite literally, um pun intended. I don't know if I told you this story, Kip. Um, and I don't know if anyone really knows besides a few disc golfers, but uh so before Disc Gauntlet, or as far as me and Disc Gauntlet, you had Union Disc, you had plenty of other entities running events, but I know Union Disc was trying to run an event in Seward uh called the Plum Creek Classic. And so when I got on board with Disc Gauntlet, I said, Hey, let's get back to Seward, right? There's a history there, people love Seward, maybe we can get things cleaned up a little bit. Now, when I say cleaned up a little bit, nothing like the work you guys are doing now, but just enough to like, hey, this is a tournament worthy course. So I'm going out there in 2023, I'm going out there with um Trevor Wilkerson, and we're doing um course maintenance. And Kip, you know, like some of that stuff got really long, right? And so we're I'm digging out teaps because you know, mud is getting washed over on tea pads, and we're doing some weed eating, and I've talked to the city about what they're gonna do, but it's a hot day, get to hole three, we're almost done, and you know, hole three, that tall stuff on the left, like it can kind of creep in towards the basket, and all I was trying to do is open up like a circles edge, you know, green around the basket, and all of a sudden my device went off. I have a heart device, I have an ICD, and so I went into ventricular tachycardia and my heart rate spiked about 250 beats per minute, and my device shocked me. And it was that's been that was the most recent, and it's been a while, but that was like like a just a whoa moment. And so I spent a day in Seward Hospital. Um So uh congratulations, Seward Hospital. You got a nice$2,000 from me. So uh that's great. Um, but yeah, so like regardless of like whatever happens to Seward, Seward is quite literally like has a place like in my love for disc golf, whether good or bad, that I just I'll always remember. Um so then the doctor said you should take a break, and Bail wouldn't let me come help run the tournament.
SPEAKER_01No way. Had to had to help you take care of you, because uh there's those times where you're a little too stubborn. So that began the that was the beginning of learning what the warning signs of uh in and for me I had no clue of any of this stuff. So it was like it was a full learning period, and I was terrified to like I was like, I I wouldn't be able to look at Haley if I if I was responsible for you for you going down again.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. So I just bring that up, Kip, because I know Vale, but along with myself and and just others, like we wanted to see Seward be what it was when it was first put in and be what it's capable of being. And we were hoping that that event would do it. And so we actually, after that event, we kind of looked at, well, let's scale back a few events because we don't want to push me, but we also understand what our capabilities are with helping courses and sewer just needs some work, and so we're very grateful for you and the rest of the Seward crew who's taken the mantle of like this is our course, like this is our our home course, and let's make it the best we can. So thank you. Um, but I think this is a great opportunity to go, okay, you're out now back playing Seward. What were some of the things that you noticed that really needed to be addressed right away?
SPEAKER_04Well, I think the obvious thing that people see when they come out there is is the tight fairways. It's basically like one or two paths in the woods, anyway, are mowed down, and that's it. Um, so we really took the time to, and I mean hundreds of hours of of weed whacking um to expand the fairways out because nobody's having fun when you throw a little bit, little bit of too much of a hyzer and you end up in the rough and you spend 10 minutes looking for your disc. That's just that's not fun. So that's that's much more limited now. And then another thing is uh tree trimming. Um just over time, trees have really started to to uh weigh down, the branches starting to hang low, getting those trimmed up, um logs laying in the fairways, getting them all cut up and moved off to the side. Um and then there's those, what is a locust tree? Is that right? They're all over the not locusts, anyway. The one to the thorns, they are all over the place out there, and they are nasty. So we've gone around with small saws and tried trimming, um trimming off all of the spikes that are less than six foot tall. Um yeah, that's that's been most of it though, maintenance-wise.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so you know, the the day in and day out maintenance that is needed, but um, if you don't have a organization or community, it's it's tough you know to see it done. Now you're doing this with, I assume, the support of the city, like saying, hey, because when we talked to the city, they were very much like on board with the disc golf course, but they just weren't going to do the work, not in a bad way. They just they were busy and they couldn't do some of the things. So um, how's that relationship been? You've been building it. Um, what are they, you know, what are they doing with you? Um, and um, how are they trying to support you in the future with it?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, that's that's that's a tough thing, though, disc golf is there's no there's no grains fees, which is it's a great and it's bad. Where you know, Seward also has a golf course in town, but people pay to play it, so they're able to take care of it very nicely. Um, and I'm not pushing for that with disc golf whatsoever, but because of that, we as a community need to step up and actually take pride in the courses that we have. Um, and the city has been very receptive of what we've done. Um, to basically tell us to have at it and um do what we need to do with the course. And we've we've toured the course with the city and shown them around, showing them where we would like them to mow, you know, push this grass line a little bit further this way. Um if there's if there's widow makers up in the trees, they'll come and clean them up for us. Um, they've they've been exceptional to work with.
SPEAKER_00So, and and they you mentioned the the trimming and and kind of some of the necessary maintenance. They've been you know perfectly fine with that. Like, hey, like because I we've dealt with in some communities, like, no, you can't touch this tree, like you can't trim this, like everything has to be done through the city. So they've been pretty open to letting you make those, you know, very carefully um planned decisions.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah, very much. They've been they've been very chill with us. They're just happy to see people take pride in it. Um, because they know that they're not going to be able to do it all, and then the course just won't even be playable.
SPEAKER_00Gotcha. When Vale, we've we've gone back and played. Um, and I know Kip, we met you out there, but um, we've I'm actually planning on going out there very soon um to play. But when you've gone back, Vail, like what do you see with the course and it's cleaning up that really sticks out to you as far as the playability or certain holes or just you know, your overall experience?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I think uh I think that course has just a few there's a few holes there that it offers a shot shape and experience during a hole that you don't get uh I think almost anywhere else in the state. Um so I think hole 11 is the first one that on the uh on the blue tea bag. Yeah, yeah. So hole 11 when you get a play through the trees, um is this really nice first left moving, and then it could be straight, but it kind of feels like you got to move left and then move right at the end of the shot. Um and that hole just when it was totally overgrown became terrible because you just played the T that was outside, and it's just a relatively easy hyzer around all the trees. Um, but it forces a shot shape that you're not really throwing otherwise. Um, and then when we were out there, uh, I think the hole that we met Tony on was on hole 14. Um hole 14, the shot again, you get to go through the trees. It's on I guess it's only like 302 feet, I guess, to the basket, but being able to to throw through the trees uh just a really beautiful tunnel shot. Um, and then you know, if the course were ever to have a ton of water, um that that hole then has the fear of potentially having water that runs right through the middle of it, um, and just a just a super awesome, super awesome short shot, um, but very, very, very technical. Because if you miss that shot left or right, there's pretty much no shot you're saving par. So seeing those, I think those are the the first two that really come to mind for me. Um, you know, hole 13 is one where it's like a you really you pump your drive for all that it's worth, it feels like, and then and hope that you can even see the basket for your second shot. Like just a few of those where it's you know, the the it's kind of like that old school course design. Um, but you know, the the changes that you guys are able to make to bring a little bit of the new the newer course design flair. Um, yeah, just a an absolutely beautiful property that uh yeah, I I mean I'm I'm so thrilled that you guys are getting out there and taking care of it because it was it was such a bummer to see it go away for a while because there was just there was no one who was willing and or able to put in the work that's needed uh to help the city take care of it. So yeah, super confident.
SPEAKER_04And on hole six off the pro teapad, they they complimented how well it looks, and then they did a flashback to two years ago when they played the course, and it was a total 180. There was six-foot-tall weeds on both sides of the fairway. You had like a a 10-foot wide strip going down the center to the basket. Um, it's it's amazing, it's just like a total 180.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I mean, it's awesome to see that work put in because I for a long time, like uh Vale mentioned uh hole 11. Um, obviously hole 15 is another one of them where you you basically couldn't play down under, like you just couldn't play inside, so it was another big hyzer shot outside. Um, but we would play six. I didn't even know the blue pad existed for for six because it's just so unplayable, like that that gap because of everything was so tall, you're gonna lose your disc. So we only played six from the short pad majority of the time. But then again, once you guys are going out there and you're it's kind of like this like not seek and find, but it's kind of like, oh, what did what did they do next? And we'd come back out and be like, oh, this hole's clean, and and seeing it for um hole uh 11, like Bale said, like once you're able to play that blue pad on 11 and really get that unique shot, um it just makes you want to play that course so much more because like a lot of courses, there's holes out there that kind of get you from A to B. Like they're they're kind of your standard stock holes that um are fun, but they're not the ones that get you coming back. But man, once you get in that hole six, I'd even I like five. I know I I I personally like five a lot, so I would say five. Once you get to five, five to thirteen is like like that's awesome. And 14's great, you know, with that gap now, 15. Like, I'd say honestly, once you get to five, you have in and out of the woods the rest of the way. Um, and then you have the signature bomber 18, let it rip.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and wait until we add uh some more tea pads or the holes that do not have a blue um teapad, those are gonna be phenomenal.
SPEAKER_00Awesome. Yeah, so talking about that, what are some um changes you're looking to make? Obviously, just mentioned T-pads. Uh is there anything you can share with us that you know is in the works this year that you we may see or are on the wish list?
SPEAKER_04For sure. Yeah, the wish list is huge. Um, I can if I had an limited budget, man, it it'd be up there with Beal. Um the first the first thing though is number one is keeping up with name maintenance. Um, but number number two, the the big goal is we need to replace the baskets. Um there's a few of them that are tilted, there's kind of outdated at this point, too. Uh we just gotta get new baskets, new signs. Those are those are the two primary focuses right now, and we're we're fundraising to do to do that.
SPEAKER_00Um I'm gonna I'm gonna quick interject. I've said this for years, so I'm not letting Jake take it from me because I think he thinks that this is his idea. I've said it, you gotta get those red, white, and blue veterans.
SPEAKER_02Agreed.
SPEAKER_00Like that's the goal. We'll see though. The suit, like somehow there has to be a committee, a grant committee, some sort of community improvement committee in sewer that would be like, oh, like this is a thing. Yes, this is a thing.
SPEAKER_04Well, for those that don't know, Seward is the 4th of July capital of Nebraska. So the red, white, and blues would be perfect.
SPEAKER_00But yes, new new baskets for sure. Um, you know, I think any course that has been around for quite some time is gonna have that naturally. So I mean, Seward. Um, and real quick, I want to give uh little um kudos to like Dan Molson and others that were like you know, fighting the battle of like people vandalizing baskets or doing things and and just always letting the city know or trying to make uh shine light on the course, but like, hey man, we we need people to come out and play this course and and have interest in it. Because if we don't, not only does the city, you know, have a harder time taking care of things, but people are abusing it. And so um, yeah, baskets would be would be awesome. So T signs, baskets, um, what else? Uh immediate future.
SPEAKER_04Immediate future. Uh that's that's that's immediate. Um, next we'll be adding we have a we have a temporary layout right now or trial layout rather, um to finish out the blue teapads throughout the course. Um and that that will come very soon after we get we get uh baskets.
SPEAKER_00I I'm I'm excited. It's we've we talked about, you know, we've worked with you and and talked with you about getting event back uh seward. Um, you know, we'll be honest, uh Dylan and Sam kind of beat us to the punch this year, um, doing their little early uh season event, but you know, we've the something we've been trying to work with you on to really showcase what Seward uh has and and the potential for it to even grow. So um what uh what can you know uh just the casual disc golfer or uh maybe Lincoln Disc golfer or someone in the area be able to do to help you guys and help Seward with their disc golf course?
SPEAKER_04Come and play it, come and play our leagues. We have leagues uh Wednesday night um 5 30. Uh we we do shotgun start. We really like the community aspect of disc golf, so we don't do flex start. Um, we want people there, we want people playing together. Um it's six bucks for non-club members, five dollars of that goes to payout, one dollar goes to the club, five dollars for members, it's 25 bucks to join the club. Um and when you come out and play, leave a review on an honest review on UDISC. You know, if if you think we need new baskets, let us know on UDISC. The city sees that stuff. Um we bring that to them. And if people because they they like uh if they like Seward and they give it a five star because they like Seward, that doesn't really help, honestly. Leave an honest review. Um and then this upcoming week is uh Seward County Gives. And we are setting up a temporary course at Centennial Park that's at the fairgrounds, and it's where we are looking to build a new course in town. Um, it's gonna be a uh Bethany style course, the the Bethany course in Lincoln. It's gonna be similar to that, um, in my opinion, better. Um I'm I'm very biased. There's old growth trees in there. There's not nearly as many cars driving by, it's quieter. You have a a river flowing by. Um so May 2nd, come out and come play that course, support us right after, right after you guys play the rope or throwback.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that's that's awesome. I mean, it's it's cool to see the snowball effect, you know, just from of say from a distance, like you know, and I know you and Vail, that conversation started again, Star City Classic, right? And then knowing that there's other guys involved, um, guys that were there when the course was put in, right? Um, sorry, I blank on the name. Um Phil. Yeah. Um, but then all of a sudden it's like, well, now we have the space, and the city sees there's interest, and maybe there's this course that could be put in. And then when we got putting league, like I think there was three putting leagues in the state, and one of them is in the tiny town of Seward. So, like, just the the community that you guys are fostering is awesome.
SPEAKER_04So the putting league was such a good time, too. We set up a bottle rocket every Thursday night, drink some beers, ate some pizza, putt it around. We had we had Thursday night football on the on the big projector. It was awesome.
SPEAKER_01That was a super awesome space. I love that they give you guys access to that back room where like just if they gave you a space where you guys totally belonged. And man, it was it was a ton of fun coming out the few times I was able to make it out there.
SPEAKER_00So um again, saving Seward as far as our conversation, because May 9th, we're we're coming out, right? Like the whole conversation of can we get back to Seward and run an event, and and that's what we'll be doing on May 9th. Uh, plenty of time to sign up. We talked about our refund policy and and registration close date and time, so plenty of time for all that. Um if someone's coming to the event or just coming to play a casual round for the first time, what what's something you want then to take away from playing Seward? It's like, you know, what's a goal that you would like for a disc golfer to kind of take away after they play Seward?
SPEAKER_04It's it's gonna be fairly challenging, um, but stick with it and enjoy the nature. Tonight at Leagues, we saw I think seven deer um just running right across right across Plum Creek. Um we see all sorts of nature out there, owls, um, blue heron. It's it's a beautiful, it's a beautiful place. So just really enjoy, enjoy the surroundings. Um, and then tournament-wise, uh, I guess this probably hasn't been publicly announced yet, but we are we've got a band lined up to play following the tournament. Um, and that's gonna be that's gonna be free to to hang out and watch the band afterwards. And then we're working on getting some food trucks there too.
SPEAKER_00Awesome. Back to your nature thing.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00So my Old man adventure of being a bird watcher. Uh it's there's a fulfilling thing about playing at Seward. And like every hole, I think I was stopping Vale and everyone, I was like, oh yeah, that's this bird. Like, oh, I haven't heard that one before. It's like, listen to that blue jay. Sounds like an asshole. But and he really is one. But yeah, it is, it is just this kind of like slice of like you feel like you're outside of the city in a sense. You're outside of Seward for a short while. And then you kind of come back in and you know, you connect with the the sidewalk and trail area. But there's a good chunk of that course where you're like, we're we're out doing our thing, um, and really feel like this is you know that um I want to say personal experience, but you're not bombarded with the the roads and the busyness and and park goers and all the other things that um go along with shared spaces.
SPEAKER_03Absolutely.
SPEAKER_00So, Vale, I think we need to do our triples challenge, Vale, at uh seward. Okay, get Jake out. Jake, Vale, and Ivers.
SPEAKER_04Chuck was talking smack today.
SPEAKER_00Oh I don't he talks he wants that money, Vale.
SPEAKER_04He wants that money.
SPEAKER_01Hey, he he is welcome to just keep putting his money into my pocket and I'll keep accepting the challenges.
SPEAKER_04The way he played tonight, I think you'll be alright.
SPEAKER_01I still like my chances. I think um, you know, I don't I don't I don't get out to play very often, but uh I th you know when it's against Chuck, I think I step up to the plate pretty well.
SPEAKER_00Well, Kip is the you know, we got you on. We're gonna I'm gonna ask you another question too, but as far as Seward um goes, uh is there anything else that you would like to share um in regards to the disc golf club, community, course, um anything that would be worth sharing about Seward?
SPEAKER_04It's it's growing. We have a very small club right now, but it it's been growing. It's it's been really nice getting the college students out to our leagues and getting them involved. Um and we would we would sure love support with uh getting this new course built. So come out and come out to the trial period. Um, you know, Plum Creek Park is not a beginner-friendly course. It's it's it's called the Seward Family Disc Golf Course. And I have seen families out there, but it's it's not beginner-friendly at all. And so if we're able to build this um, this new course, I think it would be it'd be the right stepping stone for disc golf in our community and getting getting people started. So come out, come out and support that.
SPEAKER_00I don't know the name of it, but you guys have a pretty good uh Mexican restaurant downtown. La Casina, yes, yeah, that is the stop every time. It's like, yeah, we're hungry. Where do you want to go? It's not even a choice, let's go.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Vale, we're reaching the end here. It's been a long, long night for the podcast. So we usually finish kip, and I want you to join us with this too. But uh, Vail, uh, you got anything uh inspiring, anything you'd like to share as we close it out. Yeah, I mean, I guess I can something you're grateful for, like me, still around after my seward experience. That's right.
SPEAKER_01Seward has Seward has tried to take some of the greatest things from us. Oh wow. No, I'll I'll say to uh to keep it seward themed and inspirational is um you know you could be you could be in a community uh where you might feel like you're alone um with a course that that you might feel a certain way about. Um and with tons of hard work and dedication, you can really turn around and change the trajectory of where your course is headed. Um and you can you can bring it back to life um and and see things uh hopefully. Uh this is the start of of Seward getting the disc golf course to a place it's it's not yet been. You know, we've talked a lot about some of the excitement is the the the opportunity that is there. Um, and you know, having walked the grounds and seen the course in in a lot of different conditions, um, being able to tell people that currently this course is in the best shape it has ever been in is pretty awesome. Um, and just knowing that uh you guys are just getting started um and hearing you talk about like you know, you're already reaching out and getting college students involved, and um, you know, just the the direction of where seward disc golf is is headed is is uh is super awesome, super encouraging. Um, and we're we're just happy to get to play a small part in that.
SPEAKER_00Kip, what do you got?
SPEAKER_04I cannot do that. That was that's spot on. I'm serious, I cannot do that. You nailed it.
SPEAKER_01You could do like just just something uh something in life that's encouraging you right now.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, something you like to have to be disgulf-related, yeah, acknowledge that's positive in your life, finishing on a positive note. We've had a great positive conversation, but one last thing you like to share.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, shout out to my wife for being super flexible with me always being out at the course working on it. She's amazing.
SPEAKER_00What's your wife's name?
SPEAKER_04Anna.
SPEAKER_00Anna. Thank you, Anna. It will it will pay off in the long run. He will be the greatest uh landscaper you'll ever see at your own house, you know, over time. He's just practicing those skills so you you got them in the future. No dad jokes unless Kip has something amazing and up the sleeve.
SPEAKER_02I'm not a dad yet. I got I got nothing.
SPEAKER_00Well, I mean, we'll let that slide, but I mean, that hasn't stopped Vail from letting some fly. But we we really don't know if Vail's not a dad or not. I mean, secretly, who knows?
SPEAKER_04He thinks he's Chuck's daddy.
SPEAKER_01That's right. And soon Chuck will start to admit that.
SPEAKER_00Oh all right. Well, thanks for joining us, Kip. I had a great conversation. Um, wish you and the sewer community all the best. Um, Vail, always a pleasure.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, thanks for having me. Thanks for having me on, guys. I really appreciate it and just appreciate the support too. Of course, yeah.
SPEAKER_00So check out Seward this weekend for the temp course. Following weekend, we'll be out at Seward uh hosting uh a return for us to Seward. Um, I'm gonna be there this time, hopefully. So we'll hopefully see you there.
SPEAKER_01On your feet, not on your back.
SPEAKER_00Yes. PTSD right now. All right. Thanks for listening, everybody. See you next time. See ya.