The Sandy Hollow Disc Golf Course and Barrie Tennis Club both received another five years from city councillors on Monday night.
The disc-golf folks had their land-use agreement extended for the property above the Sandy Hollow Landfill at the top of Ferndale Drive. The deal is for another five years beginning in January 2018.
Meanwhile, the Barrie Tennis Club’s facility agreement allows members to use the Queen’s Park Club House for another five years, beginning this month. There is also an option for another five-year extension.
The Queen’s Park agreement includes the tennis club paying no rent during the term of the agreement in exchange for the Barrie Tennis Club funding capital and operating costs for the downtown facility, which has washrooms and a small gathering area for club members.
Queen’s Park and its tennis courts are located at the corner of Ross Street and Parkside Drive, near Victoria Village.
The tennis club has existed since the early 1960s and has 125 members.
The disc-golf course, which features 18 holes and is located on city-owned land south of Benson Drive, is maintained and operated by the Barrie Disc Golf Association with help from city staff.
The outdoor disc-golf facility attracts players from around Simcoe County and the Toronto area as well as local high-schools students. Innisdale, Bear Creek, Eastview and St. Joseph’s all have disc-golf clubs that use the course.
The game’s rules are similar to golf, but players use a plastic disc and try to toss them into metal baskets in the fewest number of throws.
