After a few conversations to a variety of club members about club touring t shirts, it has been suggested that it is maybe time to rebrand the club logo.

The current ones...









has been in place for 3 or more years and maybe its time to change it to reflect the local area and to make the words DISC GOLF more prominent.

So... I propose that we have a good look at the situation and invite those qualified and budding designers out there to have a go at designing a logo. We could then put those new designs out there and vote on the one to be used in the future.

There are a number of applications that the logo needs to be fit for purpose with:

T-Shirts/ sweatshirts/caps/hoodies etc
Letterheads
Car Window Stickers
Possibly Disc and Mini prints
There are more apps to come I hope!

the design needs to be able to be used by computer and therefore in specific file formats which I hope those with better knowledge will be able to advise on.

A little feedback from you guys would be good to start with and then we will present the competition in full so that everyone is singing off the same hymn sheet.

Over to you... what do you think?

I think this kind of ties into the club name/nickname discussions too, as it is highly likely that this will go some part in forming the logo.

The current logo makes sense to all us lot, but from an outsiders viewpoint its a few off angle Nike ticks and dashes.

other things that need to be considered when designing will be max size/level of detail in the design, how easily it can be converted to black and white(or two colour) and does it clearly show what we want it to show? be that a character, disc, basket or all the above.

what the timelines on this Rich??

Phil

I started doing a little research into this and found out that this...



Is the Croydon Crest. I Rather like it and interestingly the Latin motto 'AD SUMMA NITAMUR' means "Let us strive for perfection". Good Eh?

This



Is the "Croydon badge. This is what I found out about both these...

The flowering cross is derived, like that in the arms of the County Borough of Croydon, from the arms of John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I, whose benfactions to the town include two schools bearing his name.

The crossed keys and swords refer to the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul of Chertsey, which was granted the Manor of Coulsdon in 727.

The keys also refer to the Abbey of St. Peter of Winchester, which acquired the Manor of Sanderstead in 964.

The heraldic fountain, from the crest of the old County Borough, is a symbol for water and refers to the source of the River Wandle. T

he branches of oak and beech are suggested by the two trees in the arms of Coulsdon and Purley UDC, where they refered to the wooded nature of the area and to Purley Oaks and Purley Beeches in particular. (That's where I live!!!)

The black lion (Remeber Lionhearts has been put forward as a suggestion) is also derived from the arms of Coulsdon and Purley and is a further reference to Hyde Abbey, the later name of the Abbey of St. Peter of Winchester, mentioned above.

The white horse is from the heraldry of the Earls of Surrey, the county in which the two constiuent authorities where formerly situated. The crosses formy fitchy are from the arms of the See of Canterbury and recall further the long association with the Archbishops, through the Manor of Croydon. Three such crosses appeared in the arms of the former County Borough.

I am not suggesting we just use these but they are a nice little piece of inspiration. I am going to start something but as a developer with only some design experience I am sure someone can take what I come up with a run with it!

an idea i came up with, it would be great if someone more artistic could improve it. maybe a club logo or just a logo for the cyclone

If the first of Charlies designs (copy)
chanes the ball on top to a disc
and the had the legend "Disc Golfeus maximus " cool

jerry wrote:


What?

It was a poor post..
had a lot of difficulty last night with the signal
what i meant was the first design (reasearched)
If amended to show a Disc on the top and bearing the revised
Latin Slogan it would be pretty classy

This looks like slug on speed!!!!!!

Slug wrote:


Again. What?

What looks like a slug on speed?

BTW why do you have a snail as you avatar, Slug?

Charlie wrote:


its not a snail its slug on tour, funny looking tent

Right then, based on this thread I have decided any new logo should read, Croydon Gibberish Club.

I do like all of charlies efforts but sill need a logo that can be used as a crest for tee shirts etc. Thats the tricky bit!

anyway, as this thread has become a weird one heres anb avatar for jerry that i feel somes him up a treat...