Great starting course, most holes are straight up and easy to get birdies on. Has both long and short baskets but only one set of tee pads per hole. Very open course with no wooded holes so just grip and rip.

Cons for me was that the Par wasn't on any of the tee pads I did find out each hole is a par 3 afterwards. I hope one day they put a stairway up hole 8 and definitely for down hole 9 its a steep grass and potentially muddy hill after rain where you can slip down easily.

The rough also has TONS of hog weed in it so be careful when playing, I hope the community eventually digs up all the plants to stop this from happening

18 hole course set in a park on the outside of town. Disc golf exclusive, which is very nice.

Great concrete tee pads, long and grippy and in good repair. No complaints on these. Most holes had a couple pin positions listed.

Nice Discatcher baskets, with a red band and Canadian maple leaf on each. Cool looking, and performed very well. I have to admit, I did get a little scared after throwing on the severely beat down practice basket. One pin position per hole. A few nice placements, well guarded and with rollaway possibilities.

The serenity here is fantastic. You really do feel away from it all. I was out there on a weekday afternoon, and even with a couple other people on the course, I saw deer and tons of other wildlife milling around. Nice creek that runs through, but doesn't really factor into the golf unless you get a horrible kick (If anybody has my pink BRP Wizard, contact me!).

Nice smattering of mature trees, which factor into several holes, especially the last few.

Much of the course is pretty open, with just a few trees as obstacles. As well kept as this park was, I'd imagine there are plans for more planting.

Great top of the world shot in the middle of the round. Hole 18 is a pretty cool closing hole, as well.

Decent tee signs, though they were starting to fade out a bit. Pin positions, distances and pictures were all there. Navigation was relatively simple, and course flow was good.

Outside of a couple holes, it's pretty flat here. What is available is used, though. I was also here after some rain, and there was a LOT of residual water. The course is basically in the middle of a bowl, and I'd imagine this is an ongoing problem.

One tee/per hole is a bummer. It definitely felt like there was an opportunity for more!

There is a lot of openness here, with many holes having just an obstacle or two to navigate.

Bigger arms may want for some more distance here. It's not that it's crazy short, but it's certainly not overly long, either.

I really enjoyed my round here. The deep nature feel is fantastic, and the course is immaculate (outside of the sogginess). You can tell the locals take great care of the course. It's certainly not the toughest course I've played, but it has a ton of charm, and a decent amount of technicality.

Definitely worth a spin if you're in the area!

Wonderful setting for discing: clean, quiet, well maintained park, with nice eye appeal and nary a speck of trash. Plays through a lush valley featuring a massive hill.
• Solid course, appropriate for players of all skill levels players. Fairly long and open for the most part, allowing for multiple routes to the basket. Doesn't heavily favor lefties or righties, FH or BH, and while big arms will certainly like this place, their advantage is not overwhelming.
• Makes good use of natural elements to challenge and appreciate: well positioned trees/overhanging branches to force shot shaping. A river runs behind or along to the first several holes adding a scenic element. Certainly a factor on the 1st hole, it only should only come into play if you stray pretty far from the fairway. However, a sharp drop off between fairway and river can penalize you even if the disc stays dry. Large expanses of tall, scrubby grass, weeds, Queen Ann's Lace and such adorn or line fairways, encouraging you to take certain routes or hit clear landing areas.
• Decent baskets and mostly concrete pads.
• Intuitive layout flows well from basket to next tee. Good tee markers clear up the few questionable spots.
• A humbling 8th hole has you paying for 9 in advance: 200 ft straight up that massive hill to a guarded basket tucked in about 15-20 feet or so to the left of the fairway. Plenty of trees to make sure you hold a line or pay the consequences. A nasty roll away here could be one you never forget.
• Signature hole 9 is a beauty that I can only describe as a "tunnel-bomb." Tees off atop aforementioned massive hill, with thick brush on both sides of the fairway all the way down to the valley floor. The lane seems fairly wide, but you really need to huck it a long way down the hill to hit a clean landing spot to set up for pars or birdies. Discs that are grip-locked, fade prematurely, or get squirrely will yield a god-forsaken 2nd shot, if you're even able to find them. Conversely, the right combo of driver and shot execution are rewarded accordingly.
• Bonus 19th: Great hole (not just "OK for a throw-in"). Practice basket lines up directly in front of a somewhat elevated (concrete) pad, nicely framed by a couple of trees. A branch crossing from right to left invites you to launch one through this oversized doorframe, but you need to keep it fairly low to avoid the cross-bar branch and foliage above it. "Safer" hyzer and annie routes around this obstacle take a longer route to the pin.

There simply aren't many things "wrong" here (certainly nothing glaring, and a couple can be fixed).
• Beautiful when I played, but I wouldn't dream of playing here after a good rain without waders - probably takes days to dry out.
• Looks like they moved a few tees around - has you teeing from a dirt patch in a few spots (but not all that bad).
• Holes converge in a few places. Shots from other players could be factor (but only if they're rude, as it's pretty easy to see people playing in the open).
• I'd suggest a spotter for 9.
• Could use a few tight holes: 8 and 10 are really the only holes where you're somewhat likely to hit multiple trees on a single hole.

Simply a great course offering fun disc play. Pretty much nails basics and falls short in very few aspects. Although not explicitly stated, V.A. Barrie appears to be dedicated to disc golf for the most part: no other activities or facilities are present. About the only things here are baskets, tees, and a picnic table or two.

Despite (or perhaps because of) being in a bit of a bowl mostly surrounded by trees, wind was a factor on many holes. Moreover, it wasn't coming predominantly from one direction, but seemed to change as we progressed through the course. Somehow, I frequently found myself going to a more stable disc because of a headwind, but never needed to go less stable for a tail wind... hmmmmm.

In stark contrast to V.A. Barrie, nearby Waterworks offers quite the tight and technical mid/putter fest. As others have stated, these two courses complement each other very well for a great day's discing - worth a day trip to play them both. That being said, while Waterworks is a decent course unto itself, I just think V.A. is a much better course, and honestly don't understand how someone could rate them with a ½ a disc of each other. Then again, this site's all about player's opinions; they're entitled to theirs, I'm entitled to mine.

V.A. Berrie is a fun, challenging and well maintainted course. The course is mostly but has some trees and OB to think about on every hole. There is a creek that comes into play on the first 6 holes, but it's not a significant obstacle on all of them. This course has two pin placements for every hole. One thing I really like about this course is it has a good balance of hyzer and anhyzer shots. There are only a few short holes, the rest I would say are medium to long in terms of distance.

The tee signs here are excellent and show both pin placements and the distances to each. Navigating the course is relatively easy so no map should be needed. A few pads are close together in a few areas so just make sure you throw from the correct one.

Non fairway areas are left to grow, but finding your disc isn't usually too bad. These areas are generally OB (the tee signs have the OB marked very well), but the fairways are sufficently wide so hopefully this won't be too much of an issue. Unlike some prairie-style courses where tall grass is the only challenge, I like the OB on this course because it adds to the existing challenges on the course.

This is a great course players of all skill level. Newer players who throw RHBH shouldn't have too much of a problem with the creek after hole 1 since it's on the right. The rest of the course is pretty friendly to newer players. More advanced players will likely enjoy the challenge this course presents.

Of course the most memorable thing about this course is the tall, steep hill where holes 8 and 9 are. You throw up this massive hill with a tight wooded fairway on hole 8. Hole 9 is one of the most unique and memorable I've played. You get to launch your disc off the top of the massive hill towards the pin 500+ feet away and down the hill.

Holes 8 - 10 play dangerously close to each other. The huge downhill shot on hole 9 really spreads out where the discs land. It's possible to hit people driving on hole 8 and this area is not visible from 9's pad so be sure to yell if you think you might be anywhere near them. It's also possible to drive on 9 hit people on 10's pad, but at least you can see if you're coming close to people there. There are a couple other areas of the course where you could hit other people, but this area is the worst.

The hill on holes 8 and 9 is very steep, please watch your step.

With the exception of holes 8 - 10, the course is relatively flat, but these three holes really make up for it.

The other St. Thomas course, Waterworks, is shorter and wooded and these two courses compliment each other well.