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Walrond Park reviews
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Roanoke's Family Course 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 21, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
Short course, good for beginners or families.
Tee signs on every hole.
Mostly open course with some elevation change on the first few.
Nice park and pretty easy to get to off of I-81.
Tee signs on every hole.
Mostly open course with some elevation change on the first few.
Nice park and pretty easy to get to off of I-81.
Cons:
Tee pads are gravel, most have been dug out causing bad footing. I teed from the nearby grass on several.
There are several places where you could lose a disc on this otherwise beginner friendly course. The layout tries to stay away from those areas, but a wild throw could get lost.
A couple of the baskets (#7 and #8) are placed behind/beside thick bushes. I guess they needed to create some obstacle, after playing through one time, you know where the basket is.
Passes real close to or over the walking path, be careful on those holes!
There are several places where you could lose a disc on this otherwise beginner friendly course. The layout tries to stay away from those areas, but a wild throw could get lost.
A couple of the baskets (#7 and #8) are placed behind/beside thick bushes. I guess they needed to create some obstacle, after playing through one time, you know where the basket is.
Passes real close to or over the walking path, be careful on those holes!
Other Thoughts:
As I mentioned, this is a very nice, multi-use park, ball fields, walking path, tennis courts and ... a soap-box derby track!
Would be nice to play a quick round when the kids are at ball practice.
I'll bet this park gets really busy on weekends and evenings so it could create some delays on the course.
As The VK mentioned in his review, this may be the only course next to a soap-box derby track. It runs parallel to #2 and much longer than the hole. It appears the track is still in use, nice shelter at the top of the hill, good blacktop surface and lane numbers freshly painted. Really takes me back to my childhood.
WHY DIDN'T I LAUNCH A COUPLE DOWN THE TRACK!!!
Would be nice to play a quick round when the kids are at ball practice.
I'll bet this park gets really busy on weekends and evenings so it could create some delays on the course.
As The VK mentioned in his review, this may be the only course next to a soap-box derby track. It runs parallel to #2 and much longer than the hole. It appears the track is still in use, nice shelter at the top of the hill, good blacktop surface and lane numbers freshly painted. Really takes me back to my childhood.
WHY DIDN'T I LAUNCH A COUPLE DOWN THE TRACK!!!
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Am I To Old To Enter The Soap Box Derby? 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Aug 15, 2016
Played the course:once
Pros:
Walrond Park is a good sized park with many activities going on including ball fields, soccer fields, tennis courts, pickleball, picnic areas and a soap box derby track.
The area where the course is located seems mostly disc golf exclusive except for a walking/jogging path where you might encounter some folks on their morning walk. The course has nice little metal tee signs showing a map, hole #, par and distance. The tee pads are crushed rock and the course has Discatcher baskets with the yellow rims and #'s.
The course is recreational length with distances ranging from # 5's short (150') blind, anhyser shot to # 3's listed length of 263'. However, I think some of the baskets have been moved to longer, deeper, more difficult positions in order to increase the over all challenge of the course. Most of the baskets are set in and around trees adding some line shaping and interest to the course.
I actually liked the shorty hole, # 5, the best here. It's a 150', slightly downhill, blind anhyser throw. Just a cool little touch shot.
The area where the course is located seems mostly disc golf exclusive except for a walking/jogging path where you might encounter some folks on their morning walk. The course has nice little metal tee signs showing a map, hole #, par and distance. The tee pads are crushed rock and the course has Discatcher baskets with the yellow rims and #'s.
The course is recreational length with distances ranging from # 5's short (150') blind, anhyser shot to # 3's listed length of 263'. However, I think some of the baskets have been moved to longer, deeper, more difficult positions in order to increase the over all challenge of the course. Most of the baskets are set in and around trees adding some line shaping and interest to the course.
I actually liked the shorty hole, # 5, the best here. It's a 150', slightly downhill, blind anhyser throw. Just a cool little touch shot.
Cons:
# 9 does finish out past the tennis courts giving you a decent little walk back to your car.
I played early in the morning and the grass was 3-4" long and wet. This area was in need of a mowing.
There are some low lying areas which were soggy. Boots might be advised after any recent rains.
I played early in the morning and the grass was 3-4" long and wet. This area was in need of a mowing.
There are some low lying areas which were soggy. Boots might be advised after any recent rains.
Other Thoughts:
# 2 is just a 210', slightly downhill, straight shot. However, just right over the fence is a soap box derby track. Some discs will find it's way over this fence. In my disc tossing career I've thrown discs into oceans, rivers, creeks, ditches, swamps and beaches. I've thrown into corrals, pens, school yards, back yards, front yards, stock yards, court yards and alleys. I've thrown into tennis courts, bocce ball courts, basketball courts, handball courts and the occasional picnic. I've thrown onto highways, freeways, byways, thruways and toll roads. I've throw over fences, buildings, barns, sheds, shacks, sleeping dogs, cows, sheep and assorted other farm animals but I've never, ever thrown onto an Official Soap Box Derby track. I should have fired a disc over the fence just to add it to the list.
And what is it with having a soap box derby track anyway? Wasn't soap box derby an event that was popular with American kids back in the 1930's? Is Hollins, Virginia stuck in some kind of time warp? Did "The Twilight Zone" film an episode here?
Addendum added 2020 during the Corona Virus quarantine,perhaps owing to boredom. The Soap Box Derby was started in the the mid-1930's when a gentlemen observed boys racing their hand built racing carts down hills. The premise of Soap Box Derby was that boys would build these cars by themselves, and then race them down hills with only gravity power. It quickly became a national phenomenon drawing 100,000 spectators to one of the earlier events. Scandals erupted when engineering fathers "helped" their sons create aerodynamic cars. Although, not nearly as popular as previously, Soap Box Derby lives on today.
And what is it with having a soap box derby track anyway? Wasn't soap box derby an event that was popular with American kids back in the 1930's? Is Hollins, Virginia stuck in some kind of time warp? Did "The Twilight Zone" film an episode here?
Addendum added 2020 during the Corona Virus quarantine,perhaps owing to boredom. The Soap Box Derby was started in the the mid-1930's when a gentlemen observed boys racing their hand built racing carts down hills. The premise of Soap Box Derby was that boys would build these cars by themselves, and then race them down hills with only gravity power. It quickly became a national phenomenon drawing 100,000 spectators to one of the earlier events. Scandals erupted when engineering fathers "helped" their sons create aerodynamic cars. Although, not nearly as popular as previously, Soap Box Derby lives on today.
