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New Disc Golf Course Opens in Portland's Payson Park

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A group of local disc golf enthusiasts, Joyswich, has created a nine-hole course in Payson Park after volunteering their time to clean up the area and add physical features. The course was made possible thanks to the efforts of Adam and Mae McHugh and Matt Carroll, who run Joyswich, a group for disc golf enthusiasts. The course was built with minimal cost, with the metal baskets provided by the manufacturer, Dynamic Discs, and the rest of the materials supplied by the city. The total cost for the project was approximately $2,000.

Key Takeaways:

  • The nine-hole disc golf course at Payson Park was created by the local group Joyswich, led by Adam and Mae McHugh, and Matt Carroll.
  • The course was built with minimal cost, thanks to the provision of metal baskets by Dynamic Discs and the supply of other materials by the city.
  • The total cost for the project was approximately $2,000.
  • Volunteer labor saved several hundred dollars, with plans to build an additional bridge.
  • Signs will be installed on the course at every hole in about a month, and a map can be found on the UDisc app.
  • Joyswich has run disc golf putting leagues at local breweries and venues, hosted pop-up disc golf events, and assisted with women's clinics and disc golf modules at Gorham Middle School.
  • The group has hosted 32 pop-up 18-hole disc golf tournaments for free on the weekends since 2022.
  • Instructional clinics are being planned for this summer at the Payson Park course.
  • Singles night is every Tuesday at 5 p.m., and doubles events are expected to start soon, also on Tuesdays.

Statistics:

  • The total cost for the project was approximately $2,000.
  • Volunteer labor saved several hundred dollars.
  • The group has won a contest by Dynamic Discs, providing metal baskets worth approximately $4,000.
  • The metal baskets would have otherwise cost roughly $4,000.
  • Joyswich has hosted 32 pop-up 18-hole disc golf tournaments for free on the weekends since 2022.
  • The group has been running disc golf putting leagues at local breweries and venues since its creation in 2021.

Sources:

  • "Portland Press Herald" (Portland, Maine)
  • Dynamic Discs
  • UDisc app
  • Joyswich (in its entirety, as mentioned in the original text)

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