FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SUBJECT: ‘2002 ICE BOWL’ CHARITABLE DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT

LOCATION: CENTENARY PARK (WEST END OF ZOO), CALGARY, AB.

TIME: SATURDAY-FEBRUARY 9, 2002 FROM 1100 AM to 2:30 PM

THE CALGARY DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION (affiliated with ADSA) INVITES EVERYONE TO ATTEND ‘2002 ICE BOWL’; THE OLDEST AND BIGGEST CHARITABLE DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD.

AS PART OF THIS EVENT, THE TOP DISC GOLFERS IN CALGARY WILL TAKE PART IN A TOURNAMENT WHICH DETERMINES WHO IS THE TOP ‘WINTER GOLFER’ IN OUR ‘WINTER CITY’. SPECTATORS ARE VERY WELCOME TO WATCH THIS TOURNAMENT.

ON FEB. 9 CALGARY DISC GOLF WILL ALSO BE COMPETING AGAINST DISC GOLF

CLUBS IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, THE OVERALL WINNER BEING THE CLUB THAT RAISES THE MOST MONEY AND/OR DONATIONS FOR THEIR LOCAL FOOD BANK.

PRIZES WILL ALSO BE AWARDED (INTERNATIONALLY) IN SUCH CATEGORIES AS: MOST MONEY RAISED FOR A FOOD BANK, BEST MEDIA COVERAGE, BEST INNOVATIONS FOR PLAYING IN WINTER, WORST WEATHER CONDITIONS, ETC..

WE INVITE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO BE ‘PART OF THE GALLERY’ AT THIS EVENT TO COME TO CENTENARY PARK (WEST END OF ZOO) BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 2:30 PM WITH A GENEROUS DONATION FOR THE FOOD BANK.

THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE COMPETITORS HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE WILL BE ‘NO WIMPS!’ AND ‘NO WHINERS! ( ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSES FOR NOT ATTENDING)

CALGARY DISC GOLF NEEDS PUBLIC SUPPORT IF WE ARE GOING TO BEAT LAST YEARS ‘ICE BOWL GRAND PRIZE WINNER’ THE HOUSTON TEXAS FLYING DISC ASSOCIATION. (WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO HOUSTON, WE DON’T REALLY THINK THEY HAVE A CLUE IN TEXAS ABOUT PLAYING DISC GOLF IN THE WINTER.)

WHATEVER THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, PLEASE COME TO CENTENARY PARK ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9 WITH A FOOD DONATION, CHECK OUT SOME TOP NOTCH DISC GOLF COMPETITION, AND HELP CALGARY DISC GOLF WIN THE ICE BOWL.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT CONTACT EITHER

SHAWN NICOL CDGA PRESIDENT AT 670-5224 EMAIL: ssnicol@hotmail.com OR

CRAIG BURROWS-JOHNSON PDGA/ADSA, REP AT 282-2530 EMAIL: bjfam@telusplanet.net