Sunday’s intense heat couldn’t deter some local disc golf enthusiasts from gathering at Rideau Park, where they focus-tested a course that could be set up in Brandon all year round.

This proposed course consisted of five baskets and nine tees, which gave participants the opportunity to play throughout the entirety of the park outside of the Kinsmen Centennial Pool area.

According to Sharon Enns, a local member of Disc Golf Manitoba who is spearheading this campaign, Brandon is in desperate need of a permanent disc golf course right now, especially since the city’s multimillion-dollar outdoor sports complex (located at the corner of First Street and Veterans Way) is a couple of years away from being completed.

“But we’re looking to get a course installed before then so we can use it as a stepping stone to then do a more intermediate course perhaps at that location,” Enns said on Sunday.

“Brandon has more than enough of a population to support more than one course, and this location [at Rideau Park] is ideal.”

Enns told the Sun she has been obsessed with disc golf since the summer of 2018, when her brother gave her a crash course in the sport after years of playing ultimate frisbee.

The game uses similar rules as golf. Several players compete by throwing a disc from a tee area toward a basket that’s made of hanging chains.

Whoever places their disc in the basket in the fewest possible throws over the entire course is the victor.

“The great thing about disc golf is that you can play in any season,” Enns said.

“You stay warm [in the winter] as you’re moving. So it’s not just a two- to three-season sport. It’s a four-season sport.

Despite the growing enthusiasm for disc golf worldwide, Brandon still doesn’t have a permanent course to speak of, forcing people like Enns and her friends to visit nearby communities like Neepawa or Minnedosa to get their fix.

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