On par with old boys

• Published date: 26 January 2023
• Publication title: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)

Invercargill disc golfer Alison Tweedy (12) picked up the sport around two years ago when her stepfather Geoff Lewis, also a keen player, started taking her along to social rounds with his workmates

Over the school holidays, she has played all 18 hoops of the Queen’s Park short course at least once a day, and is now six under par, sometimes heading to the championship-level course after.

Mr Lewis said Alison learnt the sport quickly and often held her own against some of the veteran players, beating them frequently.

After being spotted by a fellow sponsored player during a disc golf tournament, Alison’s name was put forward at Throw Pink, an American non-profit that encourages women and girls to be more physically active while supporting the fight against breast cancer, which she then registered for and was subsequently accepted as a sponsored disc golfer.

The organisation now supplies Alison with sportswear and discs sent from the United States.

Alison said she had played in about five disc golf tournaments so far, including the Global Women’s Competition in Wellington, Moonbase in Twizel and Tucker Beach Rush in Queenstown. She will also be competing in the upcoming ILT...