Notable pending changes include lengthening portions of the course, as well as new playing infrastructure.
“We’re renewing the whole course, replacing the tee pads and the baskets and also doing the plantings, so some little bits of restoration here and there as well. We’re removing some larger areas of invasive plants,” Davis said.
With technology advancements over the years, discs now travel much further, which Davis said warranted the need for adjustments to make portions of the Bowen Park Disc Golf Course more challenging.
The City consulted with Nanaimo Disc Golf Club and also hired a special designer with experience in disc golf course design and implementation.
“We’re working very well with the disc golf club. They’re keen and passionate volunteers have great ideas, and we’ve also hired a very well-known disc golf designer to make this course the best it can be.”
An important pending improvement, Davis said, will be addressing known conflicts between disc golfers and volleyball players in the lower portion of Bowen Park above Wall St.
“There’s been a number of incidents and close calls,” Davis said. “We’re completely reworking the course in that area so that we don’t expect to have that conflict in the future.”
Davis expects a contractor to be hired shortly and ideally work to revamp the Bowen Park Disc Golf Course to begin in April.
Additional information on the project is available here.
Davis said the 45,000 estimated players at Bowen Park Disc Golf course annually is based on the number of users on a popular app who check in, stating based on the metric, the course was the second and sixth busiest in the province and Canada, respectively.
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