For the past fifteen years the Whatcom Disc Golf Club (WDGC) has worked hard to ensure our local disc golf courses stay groomed and ready for players. Within the past three years they’ve seen immense growth, held fundraisers, tournaments, and volunteer work parties.
Ryan Klassen is the current president of the club and provided some great insight into the standard club events, “In a normal year, we run a number of disc golf events. During the week we usually have a random doubles tournament, weekly singles events at various courses, and a few larger tournaments like the Cornwall Classic at Cornwall Park, the Battle at the Border in Blaine, and we usually run a fundraiser for a local charity or food bank called the Ice Bowl.”
With the Whatcom Community College cross-country team’s season just around the corner, a group of young athletes are preparing to compete for the first time as an Orca runner. A collective of fourteen athletes make up the team, six on the women’s and eight on the men’s.
Since the unexpected outbreak of COVID-19, they had to adjust to the uncertainty and possible disappointment of their season. Intended to begin in Fall 2020, the cross-country season was postponed. Last August, was supposed to be their first meet, but also was cancelled due to safety and precautions.
Coach Jay Sloane said that with the circumstances of this year, there have been a lot of obstacles to face.
