Retirees Club @ Birchbank

OPENING SCRAMBLE RESULTS Sunny, with blue skies and warm. Eleven teams participated in our opening scramble and lunch with every team under par for the round. Winning this year's event with a score of 64 was the team of David Panton, Perry Hyson, Thomas Keen, and Sergio Peloso. Second, was the team of Jim Park, Rick Brown, Brian Muskeyn, and Al Holm with a team score of 65. Third place with a 68 was Bob Elliot, Ken Swanson, Joe Bella, and Tom Stevens. (L-R) 1st place: Hyson, Panton, Peloso, Keen KP and Long Putt prizes: KP2 - Team 17 (Park);  KP7 - Team 7 (Wray); LP9 - Team 11A (Zinio) KP14 - Team 15 (Elliot); KP17 - Team 10A (Campbell);  LP 18 - Team 13 (Molloy) GREEN JACKET AWARDED TO MASTERS MONTH WINNER John Lattanzio was present with the green jacket as the final act of winning our Masters Month competition. Last year's winner Alex Birukow was on hand to help John put the jacket on. NEXT UP — RETIREES PGA Thanks to Bob Elliot who volunteered to take on the job of 'scor...

LATTANZIO OVER COMES HOSTILE CROWD TO WIN MASTERS John Lattanzio scored a best two rounds total of (67-72) 139 to overtake his neighbourhood rival Serge Pasquali (71-71) 142 and last year's Club Championship Low Net winner Ken Swanson (70-73) 143. The hostile crowd, 2 pesky Crows and cranky Robin, seemed to take delight in making noise on every backswing and on every putt — ok the crows might have just been trying to steal Al Piccolo's snack from his cart. One member of the hostile crowd OPENING SCRAMBLE THIS WEEK 44 players are on the entry list to play in this season's opening scramble and lunch. The weather forecast is for sunny skies and mid-20's. Check-in: 8:30 - 9:15am Player meeting: 9:15 - 9:20 (last minute changes) Shotgun start (back 9): 9:30 or sooner (listen for the horn) HANDICAP, INDEX, AND COURSE HANDICAP 1.   Handicap Index is a portable, standardized number (calculated from your 8 best scores of the last 20) representing your potential playing ability ...

RETIREES MASTERS this week It was a week of change at the top of our Masters Month leaderboard. Serge Pasquali 'serged' into a 4 shot lead with a 2 round NET total of 142 over chasers Marlin Frederick and Ken Swanson at 146.  One more round coming this week, which gives the chase group another chance to improve their total score. Remember we use your best 2 rounds to determine your score AND you should use the same course handicap for all rounds in April.  This simplifies the job of scoring — please update your course handicap when starting your first round of next month's RETIREES PGA MONTH. 2025 PGA Month Champ Mike Vlanich EARLY BIRD MEMBERSHIP  CLICK HERE TO START Only a couple of weeks left to get your Retirees Early Bird membership ($30), price goes up on May 1.  FYI - A portion of your membership fee and 50/50 draws is used for each of our events to reduce the price we charge for the entry fee and to cover the expenses for the meal and prizes. Our aim is to br...

  RETIREES MASTERS Fake News Headline Scary news for this year's Retirees Masters Month, only two more rounds  to be played and John "Rory" Lattanzio tells me he is leading after last week's round. I have it on good authority that if John wins the Masters he will take the prize money and walk away from the game forever. So get out there, play your best ever rounds and make sure John doesn't leave. ;) REAL MASTERS NEWS This Thursday is week 2 of 3 rounds for the Retirees Masters Month. If you choose to participate, remember we take your best 2 round NET scores to determine the champion. If you missed last week, you will need to play both of the next two in order to qualify. OPENING SCRAMBLE AND LUNCH APRIL 30 Get yourself entered in the starting scramble and lunch. Paper sign up will be posted Monday, but why wait  (or if you are away ) sign up now online  CLICK HERE TO ENTER DEADLINE TO ENTER Saturday, April 23 — Entry fee is $30 and must be paid by the entry dead...

 MASTERS MONTH STARTS THIS WEEK Last year's Masters champ  Alex Birukow  trying on the Green Jacket Thursday is the first of two rounds to determine our Retirees Masters champion for this season — as always, it is your choice to participate or not. The winner will have the lowest net score for the two rounds played. Play your round, turn in the scorecard, include your GROSS & NET scores clearly entered, THEN WRITE YOUR SCORES AND HANDICAP on the results sheet posted on our bulletin board. Please use the same handicap for both rounds. Remember that the success of this competition requires everyone being accurate and following the instructions. VOLUNTEER NEEDED to verify scores after they are entered on the results sheet. Check the score card score and the posted one are correct. If can help with this job please contact John or email us. (perfect job for you and your regular playing partners to volunteer for.) RETIREES FEES ARE DUE Your $30 early bird fee is due now —...

  THIS WEEK (April 2) UPDATED A couple of brave souls April 2 (not Retirees) brave the driving rain and snowflakes while we were warm and dry in the Bistro Thursday - first round of Retirees Club season PLUS...  Welcome back coffee & snack for returning and new members 9 - 11am  REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER.  (yes it was snowing AND raining AND 3° C) — pay your Retirees Club fee ($30) before the price goes up — sign up for next week's tee time — share any ideas you have for improving our events — enjoy a cuppa while the rain falls, or snow, or frost clears; Typical April weather. —  let us know if you wish to continue with our monthly majors competitions or do you have another idea APRIL 30 'I hope it doesn't rain' Opening Scramble & Lunch Online registrations is now open for our first team scramble of the season. Teams are created from the players who sign up with the goal of having equal total team handicaps, with a mix of low, medium and high handicaps,...