Buddy Pack program benefits from 17th annual Ice Bowl

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Disc golfers from around the area participated in the 17th annual Ice Bowl Jan. 28 at the Don Crane Disc Golf Course in Huckleberry Park.

Winners in the various divisions were:

Women’s Division

• 1st: Virginia Polkinghorne of O’Fallon
• 2nd: Angela Rueter of Marion, Ill.
• 3rd: Debbie Polkinghorne of O’Fallon

A Flight

• 1st: Jonathan Sidell of Quincy, Ill.
• 2nd: Rodney Schild of Quincy, Ill.
• 3rd: CJ Krigbaum of Quincy, Ill.

B Flight

• 1st: Brad Fink of Hannibal
• 2nd: Daniel Soebbing of Quincy, Ill.
• 3rd: Gary Polkinghorne of O’Fallon

C Flight

• 1st: Geoffrey Taylor of Columbia
• 2nd: John Shoemate of Fort Madison, Iowa
• 3rd: Zack Burling of Carthage, Ill.

The Ice Bowl mission is to increase local awareness of disc golf by raising funds for local and regional charities, with an emphasis on fighting food insecurity. In Hannibal, the Ice Bowl donates to the Buddy Pack program, which benefits more than 400 Hannibal public and parochial schoolchildren each week. The program allows children to take home backpacks full of free food each Friday.  The goal is to make sure low-income children stay fed, healthy and productive.

Brad Fink, an avid disc golfer from Hannibal, said though the tournament was fun, he especially enjoys supporting the Buddy Pack program. In a press release, Fink said, “It’s all about our disc golf community coming together for our community.”

The event was sponsored by the Hannibal Parks and Recreation Department and Excitement Disc Golf with additional financial support provided by Peters Heating and Air Conditioning and Quincy Disc Golf Club.