Baskets to be pulled...

[REDFIVE]

Riverside disc golf course in Sumner Washington will have all the baskets removed on Sunday August 1st.

There were five baskets stolen from the park and four more look prepped for taking. Not really sure what else to say that isn't made of purely curse words and insults, bitches! Most of the baskets are disc catchers with the thick yellow band. There are blue and red paint squares on the bands with the number of the hole for that course painted in the colored area. Not sure why someone that is a part of the community would steal baskets but if they are they will be caught. Riverside has a tight knit group of core golfers that have a good idea of who might be responsible. When they are caught they will be prosecuted, publicly ridiculed and shunned from every golf course we can get the word to.

On a side note please support this event being held on Private SECURE piece of property so we may be able to get a course that is less likely to have this sort of bull shit happen. (http://www.nwdiscgolfnews.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5334)

[Ken Smith]

Chris: Five baskets were stolen! I'm very sorry to hear that. Who's pulling all the baskets tomorrow? The city? Not sure if they stole the baskets before the city was to pull them all? I'm sorry ... I'm way behind the game here. Why are they being pulled? Ken

[REDFIVE]

The baskets arebeing pulled by the club to teach a lesson and to make them more theft proof. Not sure how long they will be pulled for but as of now don't expect them back any time soon.

[The Ombudsman]

Say say it ain't so, MoFo
:mad:

[Toby Puttzinski]

Very sad to hear this...
Stealing five baskets would take at least one big truck, possibly two. There's only a few ways in and out of the course-- perhaps the police could check a traffic camera or ? The club should definitely try to get the police to give a strong effort to find these criminals. Were the culprits that stole baskets from Steily ever found? Surely someone in the disc golf community has to at least heard rumors, have potential suspects/shady characters they wouldn't put it past-- disc golfer on meth?, disgruntled club member? Clues? Let's catch these MoFo's Say-Say?

[Toby Puttzinski]

...guess that's one advantage ball golf has over disc golf... cleptomaniacs don't go stealin' cups.:chinscratch::mad:

If everyone who catches wind of this crime spreads the word and is vigilant in trying to find those responsible, I'm fairly confident they'll be caught.

[REDFIVE]

it was six baskets, not five.

[Ol' Bob]

This bums me most severely, as I have such good Riverside friends. These people I know love their disc golf to the maximum. The news makes me feel sick.

[Ken Smith]

The baskets arebeing pulled by the club to teach a lesson and to make them more theft proof. Not sure how long they will be pulled for but as of now don't expect them back any time soon.


:(

What an absolute bummer. I think Toby has a good idea ... perhaps there is some traffic camera on a road leading out of the the park. Again, sorry about this.

[sillybizz]

Yes, someone had to have seen something. Six baskets stolen is a lot of baskets for an overnight theft. Makes me think it was an inside job...

[Rolly]

This is some bad news, for disc golf in general. Sorry to hear about your loss guys. Perhaps their is a way to set up these fools up?

[Boosh Dag]

Sorry to hear the news.

-G. Lyman

[White Buffalo]

Horrible news, Riverside is one of my favorite courses. I just played there last Tuesday. I hope the baskets are recovered.

[mine all mine]

Sorry to hear about this. Sadly, I am not in utter shock at this news. I used to think that all disc golfers were the coolest of people, but lately I have had to rethink my beliefs due to lots of theft and vandalism. Good luck on the man hunt!

[rockhound]

:rockon:POUR HONEY OVER THEM AND TIE THEM TO A TREE AT STILLY AND LET THE ANTS TAKE CARE OF THEM:rockon:

[Ol' Bob]

Save your money and use high fructose corn syrup.

[Parks]

Check Craigslist and eBay, and anywhere else they could sell a basket. Get the police involved if you haven't done so already.

Someone stealing this many baskets is either looking to sell them or start their own private course.

[Tim]

...or start their own private course.

That's what I've been thinking. First the ones from Steilly, and now these, it's making me wonder where the underground course in Pierce County might be.

[Parks]

If only this were a movie, you could write a script to find congregations of circular objects approximately the size of a basket top using Google Earth, and then tell it to enhance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk) a few times until you could tell if they were baskets or not. Then you could find your thief and his secret course.

[Discgolfingkilmers]

Yes another sad day for Disc Golf in Pierce County. I can not keep wondering why any one would steal that many baskets from our courses. The players have paid to put those baskets in, maintaned the courses(heck Riverside looks unreal right now NICE JOB GUYS), and have had more players out weekly then in many years. So much for that. Its not like you have to pay to play. Its just wrong to take things that belong to ALL the players. I hope we can find the PEOPLE involved with this - This would be a tough one man job. The only reason to steal that many baskets is to put in a course, or sell them and that would be hard. They have enough for 9 holes now, and if they can not steal from Riverside or Steilacoom any more then I guess the other local courses should keep their eyes on their baskets too. Its my understanding that they did not take Charlie or Daves basket, thats a plus, and shows some kind of respect?!? Lets find these SOBS. -
Alisa

[DMAILMAN]

To our fellow clubs in the Puget Sound Region. It is apparent that we have a new course going in ......somewhere.....

If you dont want your baskets stolen too, you may want to enquire with the tacoma club in regards to purchasing a set of collar sleeves from us.

When we secured the baskets at Steili we had them make us a few extra sets. Riverside today, could be your course tomorrow. Lockem up biotches!

[REDFIVE]

Two days after the course is finally mowed properly the baskets have to be removed, lame. Thanks to everybody that helped mow on Saturday, and dig and lift on Monday.

[puyallupean]

so what happened in steily? Did you shut that course down too(probably not) so why shut the entire course down. Unfortunately this crap happens everywhere but as a regular at riverside along with some of my other friends what options do we have to keep our course there. Driving to tacoma or auburn sucks and is just as riddled with douchbags. To just yank them without giving us any options is as much a crime as taking them in the first place(and those douches will be found).....sucks for us all but dont flex muscle come up with a solution

[Tim]

Baskets were pulled at Steilly and it was shut down too. Some also got upset about the decision. But, now that they all have their protective collars and no further baskets have been stolen, it seems like everyone got over it.

[puyallupean]

okay,thanks for filling me in. I would like to help and so would a few others in any way we can in replacing these and installing the protective collars, if you have any heads up on info i will pass it around....my buds are pretty happy their saysaymofo sign was still standing,that was their contribution to the course

[REDFIVE]

The best thing for the future of the course is to become a member of the club and attend meeting and other events.

[puyallupean]

The best thing for the future of the course is to become a member of the club and attend meeting and other events.

can you give me a quick link to the club to join?

[Burge]

I'm curious...did you wind up pulling the baskets? It seems a rash and non-productive act to shut down an entire course just because half a dozen baskets were ripped off by some group of f-ups. If such a tradgedy occured at one of our courses, I imagine the club response would be to get some temporary targets set up at the victimized holes until new baskets could be installed.

Why make all suffer further? What's the point?

[mazza]

if they are gonna do the same thing that they did at steli its not suffering.
when they pulled all the baskets at steli it was to do work on them. they made steel lock covers and ordered a bunch of barrel locks. so for maybe a month some us suffered not having a course to play. but the final out come was securing the baskets for the future of our course. so i say go ahead pull the baskets and start doing the work needed to secure the baskets for the future

[REDFIVE]

can you give me a quick link to the club to join?

Check your PM.

[REDFIVE]

if they are gonna do the same thing that they did at steli its not suffering.
when they pulled all the baskets at steli it was to do work on them. they made steel lock covers and ordered a bunch of barrel locks. so for maybe a month some us suffered not having a course to play. but the final out come was securing the baskets for the future of our course. so i say go ahead pull the baskets and start doing the work needed to secure the baskets for the future

This is what is happening. The course will be reinstalled once the baskets are more secure.