{"id":114398,"date":"2025-07-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=114398"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:49:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:49:37","slug":"disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/","title":{"rendered":"Disc sports make a splash at ‘Big Wet’"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALLARAT ultimate frisbee and disc golf players excelled on home turf in The Big Wet at Victoria Park last week Run by Ballarat Disc Sports (BDS) \u2013 a club that includes both Ballarat Ultimate and Ballarat Disc Golf \u2013 the annual tournament attracted more than 150 competitors from across Victoria, Sydney and Mount Gambier.<\/p>\n

Equal emphasis is placed on competition and the social side of sport, encouraging participants to catch up with friends and make new ones.<\/p>\n

The Big Wet disc golf tournament director Reece Surkitt said the event is strategically staged in the middle of winter, in a bid to coincide with potentially the harshest weather.<\/p>\n

While it wasn’t overly wet this year, the cold conditions were tricky enough to make hucking discs a challenge.<\/p>\n

“We were pushing 30-kilometre winds the whole day and it spiked up to about 56 at one point,” Surkitt said.<\/p>\n

“In a sport where it’s all about throwing stuff through the air, the wind is a pretty determining factor. It did play a bit of havoc.<\/p>\n

“But to be honest, I wouldn’t have minded if it snowed.<\/p>\n

“Typically, the only places in Australia you get to play in the snow are on the ski fields.<\/p>\n

“The opportunity to play disc golf or ultimate frisbee in the snow is quite limited.<\/p>\n

“It probably wouldn’t happen in Ballarat \u2013 we get a bit of heavy sleet here every two years \u2013 but it could (snow).<\/p>\n

“I do hold on to the hope that we will one day host a tournament and it will snow.<\/p>\n

“It will be an experience you won’t get anywhere else.”<\/p>\n

Event organisers were stoked with the number of participants.<\/p>\n

“We had players travel from all over the place \u2013 Geelong, Melbourne, a few from Sydney,” said Surkitt, also BDS’ disc golf chairperson.<\/p>\n

“For disc golf, we had some interstaters coming across from Mount Gambier.<\/p>\n

“We hosted our disc golf and our ultimate frisbee tournaments on the same day.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Some of the action in last weekend’s ultimate frisbee tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

“We are one of the few clubs that are dual code, most are either ultimate (frisbee) or disc golf.<\/p>\n

“We embrace both codes and pride ourselves on running events on the same weekend if possible.”<\/p>\n

Home team Ballarat Rebellion reigned supreme in the ultimate frisbee competition ahead of five others.<\/p>\n

Adleys the Best finished as runners-up, with another Ballarat team Pioneers in third.<\/p>\n

RMIT, Ravens Ultimate and Eastern Ultimate filled spots four through six.<\/p>\n

A field of 72 players across 11 pro and amateur divisions competed in disc golf, with Ballarat players enjoying good success.<\/p>\n

In the pro events, Tim Bohan, from Geelong, won the mixed pro open, while Josh Smith, from Melton, won the mixed pro 40+ division.<\/p>\n

Flying the local flag, Meagan Joy won the women’s amateur three division, Wayne Govan claimed the mixed amateur four title, and Linda Nailon prevailed in the women’s amateur four.<\/p>\n

Also known as frisbee golf, disc golf is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target, using rules similar to golf.<\/p>\n

The sport is usually played on a course with nine or 18 holes, each consisting of a teeing area and target, or basket.<\/p>\n

It has seen a significant surge in popularity, becoming one of the fastest-growing sports globally, with an estimated 20 million regular players across the world.<\/p>\n

The Big Wet is one of two major events run by Ballarat Ultimate each year. The other, the Golden City Classic, is held mid-January.<\/p>\n

For more on Ballarat Disc Sports, visit ballaratdiscsports.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BALLARAT ultimate frisbee and disc golf players excelled on home turf in The Big Wet at Victoria Park last week Run by Ballarat Disc Sports (BDS) \u2013 a club that includes both Ballarat Ultimate and Ballarat Disc Golf \u2013 the annual tournament attracted more than 150 competitors from across Victoria, Sydney and Mount Gambier. Equal […]<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":114402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-114398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDisc sports make a splash at 'Big Wet' - Ballarat Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ballarat Disc Sports shines at The Big Wet tournament, drawing 150+ players in ultimate frisbee and disc golf competitions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disc sports make a splash at 'Big Wet' - Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ballarat Disc Sports shines at The Big Wet tournament, drawing 150+ players in ultimate frisbee and disc golf competitions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-51.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kieran Iles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kieran Iles\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kieran Iles\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/648f33b474e59aed09644feca1d7a318\"},\"headline\":\"Disc sports make a splash at ‘Big Wet’\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T18:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":604,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-51.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/\",\"name\":\"Disc sports make a splash at 'Big Wet' - Ballarat Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-51.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T18:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ballarat Disc Sports shines at The Big Wet tournament, drawing 150+ players in ultimate frisbee and disc golf competitions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-51.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-51.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Winners: The Ballarat Rebellion team, which defended its home turf to claim the Ballarat Ultimate honours as part of the Big Wet. Photos: SUPPLIED\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/sport\\\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Disc sports make a splash at ‘Big Wet’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"width\":739,\"height\":98,\"caption\":\"Ballarat Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/648f33b474e59aed09644feca1d7a318\",\"name\":\"Kieran Iles\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/author\\\/kieraniles\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Disc sports make a splash at 'Big Wet' - Ballarat Times","description":"Ballarat Disc Sports shines at The Big Wet tournament, drawing 150+ players in ultimate frisbee and disc golf competitions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Disc sports make a splash at 'Big Wet' - Ballarat Times","og_description":"Ballarat Disc Sports shines at The Big Wet tournament, drawing 150+ players in ultimate frisbee and disc golf competitions.","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/","og_site_name":"Ballarat Times","article_published_time":"2025-07-25T18:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-51.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Kieran Iles","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kieran Iles","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/"},"author":{"name":"Kieran Iles","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/648f33b474e59aed09644feca1d7a318"},"headline":"Disc sports make a splash at ‘Big Wet’","datePublished":"2025-07-25T18:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/"},"wordCount":604,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-51.png","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/","name":"Disc sports make a splash at 'Big Wet' - Ballarat Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-51.png","datePublished":"2025-07-25T18:00:00+00:00","description":"Ballarat Disc Sports shines at The Big Wet tournament, drawing 150+ players in ultimate frisbee and disc golf competitions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-51.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-51.png","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Winners: The Ballarat Rebellion team, which defended its home turf to claim the Ballarat Ultimate honours as part of the Big Wet. Photos: SUPPLIED"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/disc-sports-make-a-splash-at-big-wet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Disc sports make a splash at ‘Big Wet’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","name":"Ballarat Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization","name":"Ballarat Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","width":739,"height":98,"caption":"Ballarat Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/648f33b474e59aed09644feca1d7a318","name":"Kieran Iles","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/author\/kieraniles\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114398"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=114398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}