2285) "Disc Golf," Aland Island (Finland): "Posten Aland" (Aland Post) has issued a Stamp featuring the popular game in Finland/Aland Island: Date of Stamp issue: 25.03.2022:
Ever heard of a game called "Disc Golf"?
"Disc golf" is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf.
Most "disc golf" discs are made out of polypropylene plastic, otherwise known as polypropene, which is a thermoplastic polymer resin used in a wide variety of applications. Discs are also made using a variety of other plastic types that are heated and molded into individual discs.
The sport is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes. Players complete a hole by throwing a disc from a tee pad or area toward a target, known as a "basket", throwing again from where the previous throw landed, until the basket is reached.
Usually, the number of throws a player uses to reach each basket is tallied (often in relation to par), and players seek to complete each hole in the lowest number of total throws.
The game is played in about 40 countries and, present day, with about 80,000 active members of the PDGA worldwide.
Evolution of Disc Golf:
Disc golf was first invented in the early 1900s. The first game was held in Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1927.
Ronald Franklin Gibson and a group of his Bladworth Elementary School buddies played a game of throwing tin lids into 4-foot wide circles drawn into sandy patches on their school grounds. They called the game "Tin Lid Golf" and played on a fairly regular basis. However, after they grew older and went their separate ways, the game came to an end.
Modern disc golf started in the early 1960s, but there is still an on-going debate over who came up with the idea first. Gazebos, water fountains, lamp posts, and trees were all part of the course.
About Disc Golf, Aland Island:
On 25.3.2022, Posten Aland (Åland Post) has issued the world’s first stamp featuring disc golf designed by Finnish illustrator Sanna Mander.
One of the oldest active courses in Europe is the 9-hole disc golf course in Badhusparken in Mariehamn, which in 2022 is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Today, Åland has the highest density of disc golf courses in the world, and an ambition of turning the island realm into the world’s largest disc golf park.
It is estimated that over the past year or so, over 120,000 rounds of disc golf with some 6.0 million throws have been played in Åland.
Disc golf is the fastest growing sport in Finland, and the commitment to turn Åland into the world’s greatest disc golf park with 11 courses being inaugurated in 2020 itself, on a single day, a record of sorts.
Presently, there are 14 courses of 9 to 18 holes on mainland Åland and in the archipelago, and more are in the planning stages already.
The Stamp:
The stamp is a tribute to the happy 1980s and the jubilant course, showing the fifth disc golf basket on the Badhusberget in Mariehamn, overlooking the entrance to the western harbour.
Illustrator Sanna Mander has previously illustrated stamps for Posti Finland and has now designed this Stamp for Åland Post.
Technical details:
Issue Date: 25.03.2022
Designer: Sanna Mander
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Process: Offset
Colours: 4 Colous
Size: 40.00 mm x 26.00 mm
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