Amador County – Amador County Recreation Agency this week announced plans for a ceremonial ribbon cutting for its new flying disc golf course at Mollie Joyce Park in Pioneer.

The ribbon cutting is set for 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, and precedes the planned first tournament on the new course, which has nine holes.

ACRA Director Tracey Towner-Yep announced the ribbon cutting, and said “a lot of good work is happening up there.” The ceremony includes coffee, hot chocolate and donuts, “along with enthusiastic disc golfers.”

She said “making the dream a reality,” and the course a reality, merited thanks to the Jackson Rancheria Hotel & Casino, Keith Lynch, Merzlak Signs, Play It Again Sports, Ferguson Plumbing, Augustin Custom Cabinetry, Disc Golf Association, numerous unnamed volunteers and ACRA Program Director Matt Nestor.

Nestor planned the Martin Luther King Disc Golf Tournament as part of the grand opening of the course. Registration begins at 9 a.m., the ribbon cutting is at 9:30 a.m., a players’ meeting is at 9:45 a.m. and tee off is at 10 a.m.

The 76-acre park was deeded to ACRA by Fred Joyce on February 5th, 2008, on condition the park be maintained for public recreation use. Towner-Yep, Nestor and others at ACRA have worked with local disc golfers, who volunteered to help design the course around Mollie Joyce Park’s hilly and wooded terrain. In addition to golfers, two Little League Baseball fields have been revitalized, and ballgames have become a regular fixture at the park again, after years of non-use.

The park is on Woodfern Drive, off Carson Drive, in Pioneer, about 15 minutes from Jackson, and 40 minutes from Kirkwood.

For information, call Matt Nestor at (209) 223-6349, or go online to goACRA.org.

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