The first course was laid out around the Tuhua Domain with the first hole teeing off from P.C.'s front doorstep, across Golf Road and into the Domain. This course was used for about ten years and the game was played with the large frisbees, commonly known as floaters and used in the sport of Ultimate.

In 1982 Pete went to the States, and while there he was introduced to the sport Ultimate and also discovered that he could purchase frisbees specifically designed for Disc Golf. He bought a few of these back to N.Z. along with an address where more could be purchased. The boys were suitably impressed, sent away for more, and the game took on another dimension when played with the designed Golf Discs, as they could be sent out a lot further.

In the late 1980s while cycling past the Polocrosse Grounds at Manunui, Dave  realised that this would be an ideal venue for a Disc Golf Course. He convinced the others and over the next six months or so with the help of Pete and the rest, 'the 40 holes' evolved. These were played regularly over the next couple of years.

Over the years the faces of those involved in the sport have changed. P.C. moved to Auckland and found the sport alive there. Dave still has the occasional game but is over committed to his furniture making business. Jeremy has a young family which takes up all his spare time. Other people have been introduced to the game. The active players now include Pete, Blair Joines, Arthur Pengally, Paul Northwood, Gene Tutaki, Mike Demanche, Kill Ruruku, Albie Rooney, Des Cooper, Victor Kereopa, Shane TeWiki, Sherie Blackburn, Dylan, Bruno and Dino Wi.

Interest is also being shown by a number of children at schools in Taumarunui and the club has laid out courses in the grounds of the schools for the children to play during lunch breaks, using floaters.

In the early 1990s  Pete and Blair amalgamated many of  'the 40 holes' at the Polocrosse Grounds to form a "big 18". A "short 18" was laid out by Paul and Blair in 1996 to introduce new players to the sport.

Blair, Gene and Paul designed 18 holes on the Murray Soar's farm behind the Freezing Works on Racecourse Road in 1995-96. This is known as "The Hill" course and provides opportunities for some huge downhill shots.

We also have a course in National Park. You can contact Des at Discovery Lodge in National Park.

In 1995, current New Zealand Men's Open Champion and New Zealand Flying Disc Association (N.Z.F.D.A.) President, Bob "the voice" Gentil heard that Disc Golf was alive and flicking here in Taumarunui and paid us a visit to play in our first invitation tournament. Bob has been involved in this sport for many years. He has played professionally in the States in was responsible for initiating the sport in Auckland.  He was absolutely amazed at the way we played this sport here in Taumarunui, which is markedly different to the way the sport is played  anywhere else in the world.

Our main course, the "Big 18 "at the Polocrosse Grounds, is a very technical course incorporating a large number of compulsory gaps and mandatory doglegs, which severely punish the slightly wayward shot. It requires a high degree of 'mental' application as opposed to other courses that require the 'muscle' application or 'brute force'. Most visitors find our 'big 18' very difficult and do not enjoy it.

The other marked difference is our throwing style. Pete decided that the usual throwing style, the backhand flick, was too physiologically stressful on the joints in the arm and developed the forehand or sidearm flick which has been adopted by many of our members. This method of delivering the disc is not generally used in this sport anywhere else in the world but here in Taumarunui, and while it is not as effective in terms of distance gained it is very accurate.

At the end of our first tournament Bob remarked that we were just like a lost tribe out of the Amazon Rain Forest because of the way we had developed this sport, on our own, unbeknown to us of the way it is played through-out the rest of the world. Hence our name "Lost Tribe Disc". The rest of the world is slowly catching on to our unique style of throwing and course design.

We are very proud of our whakapapa (the history of our club) and our achievements in this sport. One of our junior members, Billy won the New Zealand Under 18 Championship in 1997 and retained his crown in 1998. In 1998 Blair was runner-up in the New Zealand Men's Open section. Blair also teamed up with Neil Ramsey to win the New Zealand Doubles Championship in 1998, and 1999. Blair also took the New Zealand Men’s Open title in 1999.

Dino Wi - <National Junior Champion U16>  1999-2001
                <National Junior Champion U18>  2002
Quan Western -<National Junior Champion U16> 2002-2004
Josh Smith -<National Junior Champion U18> 2003

2006 Update

We have been purchasing disc golf pole holes over the past few years and now play on a nine hole basket configuration with alternate tees. The baskets are left set up in the Polocrosse Grounds for most of the year. They are removed over summer when the grounds are used for polocrosse.