Baskets stolen from Ft Steilacoom!!!!!!

[DMAILMAN]

On Sunday, January 24th, overnight the thieves struck again. Our club spent over 1000.00 dollars in 2009 to replace stolen baskets. Its only January and the #@$%!!*&^% thieves stole three more baskets. Thats right! Three more baskets were taken over night.
We will begin pulling all baskets in the park today. The Southeast course will be the first course to be pulled today. Until we can get the county to help us secure the park at night, the baskets on the southeast course will remain in storage.
Our sincerest appologies to all of our honest park users who will be affected by this blight on the community. If you are the one who has taken one of the seven baskets stolen over the last 2 years, we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
A reward will be offered to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of the individuals responsible for theft of our equipment.

Sincerely,

a golfer who cant golf at his home course anymore!

[DMAILMAN]

You can contact us at robd@discgolftacoma.com with any information regarding these thefts.

[The Ombudsman]

F@(#ers!!

[ericedge]

That really stinks Rob. I hope those responsible are caught. I'm sure there will be many local disc golfers watching out on Craig's list etc...

[Nathan]

Dangit. I love Steily. Sucks that people have to do that.

[JR Stengele]

That is weak. Hope you find those bastards!!!

[mazza]

OMFG.. u r fucking kidding me. again some one person( or 3 persons) have to go a ruin the whole fucking thing for everyone else.... i say we find them. shoot them.. and let god sort out the details

[Chad_from_BC]

that's terrible.

[olydiscgolf]

Its a constant battle!

[sillybizz]

I'll stand out there with a shotgun at night, that would make them think twice.

[mazza]

i wounder if they are gonna pull every basket or just the s.e. course

[SPIDER-DAN]

You know mazza.........some are are simply alive cause it is against the law to kill em. Basically two kinds of people in the world: People that society can do without (which is everyone) and people that society is better off without (which is those dirtbags).

[DMAILMAN]

The sw was pulled today and the northwest will be pulled on tuesday..

[olydiscgolf]

Which baskets were taken?

[Rideout]

pro 3, pro 4, & pro 6

[KCrabtree]

That really blows. I just got here, & now have to travel else where to play.

[maynard]

That is terrible, sorry to hear it.

[DMAILMAN]

OK so here is whats going on at Steili right now. After the theft we made the decision to pull the southeast baskets today and the northwest baskets on saturday after doubles.

But after some soul searching and meeting with the board, it was decided to pull them all ASAP. So all baskets will be pulled by the end of the day Tuesday.

Out of the bad we have found some good though. An opprotunity to repair and secure our baskets will be undertaken. While the baskets are in storage, to teach the bad boys a lesson, we will weld the basket heads, baskets and collar sleeves to the pipe itself. This will prevent our little thieves from stealing any additional parts that they may require to complete thier personal golf course.

Second, we are contracting with Six Roblees to purchase 40 something case hardened barrel locks to be installed when we decide to put the baskets back in the park again.

Personally, it breaks my heart to have to close the park temporarily but let me put this in dollars and cents terms. Each basket costs about 350.00 delivered. takes about a half hour to assemble. Then you gotta dig the hole in the ground and secure the collar. Thats another hour. My time is worth around 30.00 per hour. ( I know, ime cheap labor) So any way thats about 400.00 per basket installed. Multiply times seven because that is how many have been stolen over the last 18 months.

So now we must order up 3 baskets and purchase the locks. Should total up around 2000.00. Say goodbye to the capital buget for improvements for 2010. That is what really sucks! What could you do to your course if you had an extra 2 grande. I hope the park closure shows the multitude of golfers at Ft Steilacoom how much of a good thing we have and now dont have.

To the thieves who stole our baskets: Sooner or later we will find you. Now that everybody is looking for the stolen baskets you will not be able to sell them. A reward has been issued for information that leads us to you. Once we find you, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Everyone will know that you are a thief. You will be exiled from the disc golf community. So I hope you get some good use of those baskets until we catch you.

Donations for new baskets and the reward fund can be given to Ray Seick or any of the board members. Once again, we apologize to our club members and all the casual golfers that call Ft Steilacoom home. This includes you Kyle. Hang in there man.

[Sky Pilot]

Sorry to hear about the theft.
This makes me wonder if it would be possible to buy insurance for a disc golf course. Has anybody ever heard of a company that would sell a reasonable policy?

Jeff Crum
Steward
SDGA

[DMAILMAN]

We currently carry insurance on the courses we have which are Steili and Riverside DGC. Our insurance covers liability for the players during club sanctioned events but not the contents of the course. This is a sketchy area because once the baskets are put in the ground technically they become the property of the county that the parks are located in. The county wont replace the equipment because our club pays land use agreement fees to operate on their property. So I dont think you can get insurance for items that are left in a county park for extended periods of time. I do believe that we can insure our portable baskets though because we take those with us when we are done at the end of the day. Great question!