Player feedback suggests that Graves Park was a fine addition to this year's BDGA Tour. This was the first time a tournament had taken place in Sheffield.

This new course and event was co-ordinated by the BDGA's Development Officer, Simon Luard, with the full co-operation of Sheffield City Council. They are one of five councils in England to approve a disc golf event in 2001. other councils

A challenging 12 target disc golf course was designed and introduced to the park for the duration of the weekend only.

Players report that the park was a great location for a course, and Simon had created a good mix of holes. There was also plenty of interest from other park users, intrigued by the new activity taking place in the park.

16 players took part in the two-day event and the results are below.

The closing positions were as follows:

1 Charlie Mead (Open Div)
2 Del Robins (Open Div)
3 Jester (Open Div)
4 Si Luard (Open Div)
5 Bud Tilton (Open Div)
6 Ivan Bromage (Open Div)
7 Rob Capper (Am Div)
8 Tony Wakeford (Open Div)
9 Ben Foxall (Am Div)
10= Sue Underwood (Am Div)
10= Steve Jones (Am Div)
12 John Turner (Am Div)
13 Steve Rees (Am Div)
14= Gwyn Wilden (Am Div)
14= Tim Foxall (Am Div)
16 John Bell (Am Div)

To check the current player standings for this year's BDGA Tour check out Powerstats.co.uk

Tournament Review by Steve Jones:

Foxall Squeaks Out Am Division, Mead & Cropper Take Sheffield
In a dramatic finish to this year's Amateur Division title race, Big Ben Foxall overtook Steve Jones by a mere (unofficial) 7 overall points for the 2001 Amateur Division Championship. Coming down to the last holes of the year, Foxall, in the final analysis, probably made about one less mistake than Jones over the course of the year, in what many have dubbed the closest rivalry in contemporary British Sport. ** sigh **

Also last weekend at the lovely Graves Park in Sheffield, Simon Luard's well-TD'd event gave Charlie Mead the chance to comfortably add another notch on his putter, as well as setting the course record twice in one day, with only 33 strokes over 12 holes.

Rob Crapper stormed the Ams by 12 strokes. Mr. Capper, who reportedly feels under-represented in these tournament reports, won't have to worry about that next year if he continues to golf as well as he did this weekend.

Hats off to Big Ben Foxall, Charles Langdon Mead, and Rip Crepe-Paper, the Shining Star of Milton Keynes.