Northeast Junior Disc Golf Classic- A Throw Pink Event

The Northeast Junior Disc Golf Classic is a Junior only C-tier PDGA-sanctioned singles tournament taking place at Dacey Fields, in Franklin MA on Sunday October 15th, 2023.

Eurodisc has very generously offered their support as a Birdie sponsor. All of the tournament discs are Eurodiscs. The players pack discs, the award discs and I will be including a couple of their discs in the raffle.

Register by 9/13/23 to secure division awards.

Kids of all skill and experience levels are welcome and encouraged to participate. If there is interest in a skills clinic, let us know during registration and we will add that to the schedule. We have added a RAG division, for kids who may not be experienced enough to play the rounds required by their age based division. RAG awards will be broken down by M and F, and further as is dictated by the number of entrants.

Cost to play is $23.00, with no additional fees for non-PDGA members.

Tournament proceeds will be donated to Throw Pink to help Grow The Sport.

Registration will automatically qualify all players for the $50 Ace pot. If no ace is hit, the $50 will be donated to Audubon. Raffle tickets are available on tournament day for $5.

09:00-9:45am Meet and Greet (Check-in)
10: 00-10:10am Players Meeting
10:15- 12:15pm Round One
12:15- 12:45pm Lunch (for now bring your own)
12:45- 1:00pm J06, J08, FJ10, FJ12 and RAG awards and raffle.
1:15- 3:15pm Round Two for MJ10, J12, J15, J18
3:30pm MJ10, MJ12, J15, J18 awards.

Players pack will include 1 custom mini, 1 event disc. The first 30 players to register will receive a custom NEJC disc, those registered beyond 30th will receive a non-custom disc.

Additional items may be added to players packs based on registration levels and sponsorships.

Per PDGA: Every child under the age of 13 must have a parent or legal guardian accompany them on the course. Most cards will be arranged by division. If you are a parent with multiple children playing, please let me know by 10/13 and the cards can be planned to accommodate.

We will be following PDGA rules and utilizing PDGA Live scoring. Hoping to have two players/parents keeping score per card. Paper score cards will also be available. Play will begin promptly at 10:15am.

Layouts:
J06, J08, FJ10: One round on "Hatchling".
RAG, FJ12: One round on "White".

J06-J08, FJ10, FJ12, RAG Awards immediately after the lunch break.

MJ10: Two rounds on "White".
MJ12: Two rounds- 1st on "White" 2nd on "Blue"
J15 and J18: Two rounds on "Blue"

MJ10, MJ12, J15, J18 Awards 15 minutes after the last card finishes.

If you have questions or suggestions, please reach out privately to [email redacted]

Please be sure to register for the age that the player will be at the end of the calendar year, or an older division if they wish to play the longer layouts.

Juniors will compete for custom award discs. Those divisions populated by 9/13/23 will receive their award discs on tournament day, any divisions added later will receive disc with no division or may receive their award discs post-tournament. Top-3 places will receive awards as long as there are at least 3 people in the division.

Snacks and a water fill station will be provided. Plan to bring water bottles and lunches.

The Dacey Market is right down the street: https://www.daceysmarket.com/ They have a really good selection of sandwiches, plus the kind of last minute groceries kids/family might need. Water, sports drinks, granola/nutrition bars and parent beverages.

Please do not allow economic reasons to prevent you from playing in NEJDGC. Reach out to me privately and we can figure out a way to make participation affordable.

Disc Golf Zen is responsible for all refunds/cancellations.