Hosting a PDGA (Professional Disc Golf Association) "B" tournament in Sudbury for the very first time ever, avid locals Alicia and Thomas Hums were hoping for perhaps a little drama as they welcomed some 70 participants (including 45 from out of town) to the newly-created Twin Stacks Disc Golf Course in early November.

The Hums' may have got more than they bargained for.

At the end of day one, exactly one shot separated the top four players in the MPO (Men's Professional Open) division, with Thomas Gilbert and Calvin Roorda sitting at 60 and Conall McLeod and Luke Levesque one stroke back.

And while Levesque would maintain course on day two, carding a 62 and ultimately posting a 7 shot victory, the battle behind him was absolute chaos.

"I started off really poorly (on day 2) and found myself in a bit of a hole - and then kind of eased my way into my round," noted 27 year-old Toronto native and former competitive ultimate frisbee talent Calvin Roorda.

Through his first nine holes on Sunday, Roorda was looking at a scorecard that included two double bogeys, three bogeys and a pair of birdies. He was, as the numbers suggest, all over the place.

But after recording a birdie two on eleven, Roorda ran a string of seven consecutive par holes, enough to allow him to climb back into second place, one shot ahead of McLeod and two up on Gilbert.

"I pride myself on being a very level-headed player," Roorda noted. "On the second day, I think that really helped me. I made sure not to fall apart and post some big numbers. As others made mistakes, I started catching up."

For many of the top players on hand, the Nickel City Open constituted their very first peak at the latest addition to the disc golf venue listing in Greater Sudbury. While that may have been part of the attraction, the fact is like so many other sports, it's the people who make disc golf what it is.

"Coming here was all about supporting Thomas and Alicia," said Roorda. "They do so much for the disc golf community in Ontario. They have come down to play all of the tournaments that we have run."

As has been noted previously, Twin Stacks offers a vastly different look than the Lions Club of Sudbury Disc Golf Course just off Frood Road, the latter a wooded course versus the version in Coniston that is built in tandem with a standard golf course.

"I had heard some good things about the course and was excited to see how it looked," said Roorda. "The water features were great to see for scoring separation and big scoring swings."

"As a competitor, you are looking for that."

Calvin Roorda is indeed a competitor.

It was as a member of the Guelph University Ultimate Frisbee Team that he was initially introduced to disc golf.

"When Covid hit, this was a way for me to continue throwing frisbees because I knew that I wanted to go back to ultimate - but I kind of fell in love with this sport and never looked back."

A total of ten different divisions were contested at the inaugural event, with category winners as follows:

Female Professional Open - Colleen McInnes (Burlington)

Men's Professional - 40+ - Nathan Kaye (Huntsville)

Female Professional - 40+ - Lisa Eschli (Burlington)

Men's Amateur 1 - Noah Roode (Sault Ste Marie)

Men's Amateur - 40+ - Shayne Rogers (Sudbury)

Men's Amateur - 60+ - Vern Lepine (Sebright)

Men's Amateur - 70+ - Dan Gilbert (Midland)

Men's Amateur 2 - Joshua Saxe (Markham)

Female Amateur 2 - Chelsea Pike (Sudbury)