Tsawwassen’s David Brown and Hector Diakow helped Canada strike gold at the 2017 World Team Disc Golf Championships in Colchester, Great Britain.
The emerging sport is currently played in 47 countries by individuals or teams.
The World Championships, which is overseen by the World Flying Disc Federation and Professional Disc Golf Association, was held at Essex University, brought together 10 nations with Canada defeating Finland in the final.
The Canadian team featured 10 players — six professionals, two women and two juniors. The talent came from B.C, Alberta and Ontario.
On completion of the round robin section of the championships, which consisted of two doubles matches and one singles match against each country, Canada stood in third place and qualified for the elimination playoffs.
First up was reigning champion USA in which Canada won all three matches. Next up in the semi final was number two playoff Estonia, and Canada prevailed 5-4.
Disc golf sees players aim from a tee area to a basket and record how many throws it takes for each hole. There is a disc golf course throughout Metro Vancouver, including Winskil Park in Tsawwassen.
