La Gazonne Leisure Area - Disc-golf and footgolf

... or how to play golf with a frisbee or a ball. Whether you are an expert or a beginner, this activity is open to everyone, in the heart of La Gazonne Leisure Area down below Sauveterre-de-Rouergue.

Discover these unusual sports in a nature course of the Lézert Valley, close to the Royal Bastide.

Concept:

They are multigenerational sports one can play alone or with opponents.

> Disc-golf:

This is a variation of golf you can play with a frisbee. It consists in reaching each basket with a minimum of tries. For more information, you can visit the French website www.disc-golf.fr.

> Foot-golf:

It is also a variation of golf you play with a ball this time. The aim is to reach the hole, with a minimum of tries too. To learn more about it, visit this sport's official French website.

Course of the La Gazonne Leisure Area:

You can download it thanks to QR codes on the notices directly on site. You access it freely all year round.

The one for disc-golf is made of 18 stages, for a total distance of 1,901 metres. Regarding footgolf, it includes 6 stages.

Equipment:

It is possible to rent frisbees at the Tourist Information Centre in Sauveterre-de-Rouergue during opening times or directly on site in summer, at the La Gazonne swimming pool.

No ball renting : you need to bring your own.

Additional information:

You can get in touch with the association Au fil du Lézert for more information about introduction to disc-golf, organisation of trainings or events, if you want to come with a group or simply if you wish to practice regularly.

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General information:

The course can be done without following the order. You can adapt the "launch area" according to your abilities... or your wishes !

It can't be done without a mate because you need to look for the frisbee into thickets, alongside the river or in very muddy areas.

To be noted : the landscape maintenance is done betweem april and septembre. Out of these months, the ground is mown only on coming and going areas : thus, some places are not easily accessible to pick up the frisbee.

To whom ?

• The course is fully accessible for joëlettes*, partly-sighted, blind, deaf or amputated people who are not using a wheelchair. (*all terrain wheelchair with one, two or three wheels that works with 2 guides at least).

• All terrain wheelchairs: baskets 15, 16, 17, 18, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14. between some baskets, you need to go round steep slopes.

• Manual or electric wheelchairs: baskets 15, 16, 17, 18. Attention : the path is grassy, it's quite sporty !

Accessible equipments you can find on the La Gazonne Leisure Area:

• Picnic tables

• BBQ (pbring your own gril)

• Pétanque field

• Swimming pool accessible through an outside gate

• Toilets open dutring Summer time (upon request to the town hall the rest of the year)