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The possibility of establishing a nine-hole disc golf course at Goodall Reserve in Snells Beach is being raised with the Rodney Local Board.
The sport is gaining popularity with 30 courses in Auckland already. While similar to golf, it uses frisbees instead of clubs and balls with a basket on a pole instead of a hole in the ground. It’s appeal is that it is easy for any age group or level of fitness.
The courses require little infrastructure so are easy to set up and are relatively inexpensive, needing no more maintenance than the park would already receive through normal council maintenance. After looking at four different parks around Warkworth, course designer Haydn Shore says Goodall Reserve is the only one that he would recommend for a course.
His evaluation considers how many other park user groups there are, and possible safety issues for players and other park users.
He says the course should also be interesting with trees and other obstacles rather than a big flat open green space.
Warkworth resident Alison Wech is driving the project after seeing how much fun her son Trevor and his friends were having playing the game. However, the closest course to Mahurangi is at Rosedale.
Boundary maps have been requested from Auckland Council with the next step being to submit a plan of the course, Wech says. She hopes to raise funding from North Harbour Sport if the plan gets off the ground.
Local Board deputy chairperson Beth Houlbrooke is personally supportive of the project. She says there will need to be community buy-in for the project and, as the landowner, Council approval will be required. The project will also need the approval of an umbrella entity such as the Snells Beach Ratepayers overseeing fund raising.
Haydn Shore says given that there is no other alternative park to Goodall Reserve, fundraising ahead of Board approval would be premature.
