The Drumheller Disc Golf Association hosted an event to demonstrate that their sport is for almost everybody, and everybody experiences it differently.
On Sunday, May 25, the Club hosted the Play In My Shoes Disc Golf event at X-Crosssing Disc Golf Course south of the community of Riverside. This event coincided with Accessibility Week in Canada. It is designed to actively promote inclusion and accessibility.
“We were contacted by Alberta Disc Golf to represent the Play in My Shoes event, which is going nationwide to promote accessibility in disc golf. We are here doing our part to give people an accessibility experience,” said Cameron White of Drumheller Disc Golf.
He explains they have five stations set up, each with a different disc golf experience. One station was playing from a wheelchair, another was a wrong-armed throw. There was a blindfold throw, an earplug throw and and a hole that participants played with a taped hand.
A steady stream of players took on the course for the experience. DARTS and Special Olympics were also on site and were raising money for their Special Olympics program.
Kelti Berry of DARTS and Special Olympics Drumheller explains that because Disc Golf is growing at such a rate, there are no Special Olympic events for the sport.
“In Drumheller, we do already have a bowling team, a cornhole team and the skiers, but disc golf there hasn’t really been anything yet.
She got into the sport over COVID-19 and shared with DART Clients.
I thought this was really fun and really easy, I want to teach it to my guys,” said Berry.
They have a dedicated group of players who come out to take on the course, and each year, they are itching for the weather to improve so they can play.
