CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AND PHOTOS

 FINAL RESULTS 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - Sept 17

2026 Birchbank Retirees Championships

Forty Retirees Club members wrapped up the 2026 season September 17 by playing in the Retirees Championship followed by a steak dinner in the Bistro.

Overall Low Gross winner was Brad Harding who won the title after a sudden death playoff with David Panton — both players shot a gross score of 76

Overall Low Net winner was Brian Austin with a net 69 score. This was Brian's first title win.

Net Winners - Net Scores

'A' Flight:

1st Rick Brown (75)

2nd Bob Elliott (76)

3rd Don Whitford (77)

'B' Flight: (tie break system used after a 4 way tie)

1st Marlin Frederick (77)

2nd Terry Brennan (77)

3rd Richard Dewdney (77)

'C' Flight

1st Joseph Gallant (71)

2nd Mark Schickler (77) via tie break after a 3 way tie

3rd Steve Hope (77) 

Closest to Pin & Longest Putt winners

KP#2 - Dave Muir

KP#7 - Ken Umbarger

KP#14 - Steve Hope

KP#17 - Wayne Weaver

LP#9 - Dave Wray

LP#18 - Marlin Frederick

PHOTOS

KP & LP Winners: Hope, Wray, Muir, Frederick, missing Weaver & Umbarger

'C' Flight winners: Hope, Schickler, Gallant

'B' flight winners: Frederick, Dewdney, Brennan (missing)

'A' Flight winners: Whitford, Elliott, Rick Brown

Overall Winners: Brian Austin (Low Net), Brad Harding (Low Gross)

Season long helpers...THANKS to Stan Trozzo, Reg Cherenko, Dave Muir, and Ray St.Jean who acted as  members of the Planning Committee. Al Piccolo (50/50 seller), Thomas Keen KP/LP pins, Bob Elliott, Rick Brown, Phil Molloy, (scoring) and everyone else who stepped up when a job needed somebody to get it done.

Plus, the behind the scenes Golf Club staff who always when out of their way to help make the ball roll into the hole (course maintenance staff), help make the social part of the events go smoothly (food & beverage staff), and help get us on the course on time (Jeff and the Pro Shop staff).

RETIREES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP and CLOSING EVENT

 SEPTEMBER 17 - Club Championship

9:30 shotgun start — Check-in starts at 8:00

2025: Ken Swanson (Overall Low Net), Don Whitford Overall Low Gross)

The final event of the 2026 season is a flighted event played to determine the Overall Low Net and Overall Low Gross winners. The entry list is split into flights (3 or 4 depending upon total entries); each group is made up of players with matching course handicaps.

Each player's score is eligible for one of the prizes: overall low net or overall low gross or flight low net placing 1st-3rd.

Individual prizes are also available for KP and LP holes and 50/50 draw

Here are a few photos from the 2026 season:

DICE SCRAMBLE RESULTS AND OTHER WINNERS

 AUG 20 DICE SCRAMBLE RESULTS

The August family holidays, the heat, and wildfire smoke seems to have kept more than a few players from joining us for the final scramble event of the season. Only 29 players signed up for the most challenging of all our scrambles — rolling a 😋 is paramount if your team wants to take advantage of that great drive on every hole.

It would appear that most teams rolled the 🙁 because only a few teams managed to break even par.

It would appear that somebody forgot to take photos again!

RESULTS

1ST - (68) Whitford, Trozzo, Delorie, Stevens (by tie breaker)

2ND - (68) Caron, Shubert, Brown, Larmour

3RD - (69) Muir, Vecchio, Bella (by tie breaker)

KP#2:Trozzo  KP#7:Larmour KP#14:Gawryletz  KP#17:Brown

LP#9:Gawryletz  LP#18:Keen

FINAL HAT DRAW WINNER

Our last hat draw winner is Paul Troseth. Thanks to John Lattanzio for donating the hats. 

3rd Hat Draw winner: Paul Troseth

Our first 2 winners: Wayne Shubert, Stan Trozzo

RETIREES CHAMPIONSHIP AND CLOSING MEAL

Sept 17 9:30 AM shotgun start Entry fee is $25.00

Prizes for Overall Low Gross, Overall Low Net, Top 3 Net scores in each flight (up to 4 flights depending upon number of entries)

The Championship is a stroke play event, played in flights, using your most current course handicap (white tees) as of Sept 10. Make sure that you have all your scores entered into Golf Canada or Chronogolf in order to get the most accurate handicap.

Remember to start practicing holing out on the greens — those short ones should be putted instead of picked up.

AUGUST WEEK ONE RESULTS and more stuff plus photos

BRITISH OPEN WINNERS

I was able to corral the co-winners of this year's Retirees British Open to take a photo with the coveted "Not the Real Claret Jug" trophy. They had to share the 'Tee Bag' prize.

L-R Farrell McLellan, John Lattanzio co-winners for 2026

1ST HAT DRAW WINNER

All the retirees playing in our time slot, listed on the Pro Shop's tee sheet were entered into the draw and a name was randomly selected.

Our first week's winner of the brand new hat was Mark Brown. He was excited about winning but was disappointed he wouldn't be allowed to make a speech at the presentation.

Mark Brown presented hat by John Lattanzio

NEXT WEEK - RED COMBO TEES & ANOTHER HAT DRAW

Aug 13 — Hat draw #2 members who are on the Pro Shop tee sheet (show up and play) are entered into the draw for a new hat.

Aug 13 — Play the RED COMBO TEES use the scorecard to determine the correct combination of RED and WHITE tees (RED/WHITE COMBOS) for your round. It's a nice change of scenery and tactics.

Aug 27 DICE SCRAMBLE REGISTRATIONS OPEN NOW 

All the details are on the registration page CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

The paper copy will be posted on the bulletin board tomorrow — don't forget that the entry fee needs to be paid by the deadline — so sign up and pay by eTransfer right away. Entry fees are refunded if you must cancel prior to the event.

This is a team scramble event where the drive use by each team is determined by the roll of a special Dice Scramble die after all team members have teed off.

Last year's Dice Scramble winning team

RED, WHITE, BLUE SCRAMBLE RESULTS and more..

 RED, WHITE, BLUE SCRAMBLE July 23

A slight overcast kept the temperature down at least until the teams were in the Bistro after their round was over. The good weather and great course conditions saw every team score in the 60's — very rarely happens, if at all.

1st Place: (L-R) Rick Brown, Joe Bella, Wayne Shubert, Paul Troseth

1st: R. Brown, P.Troseth, W. Shubert, J. Bella (score: 62)

2nd: R. StJean, S. Trozzo, N. Molll, A. Piccolo (64)**tie breaker

3rd: R. Cherenko, F. McLellan, R. Caron, P. Zinio (64)

KP#2: Team Cherenko

KP#7: Team Cherenko

KP#14: Team Szilagi

KP#17: Team Cherenko

LP#9: Team Burke

LP#18: Team Szilagi

BRITISH OPEN MONTH WRAPS UP THIS WEEK

July still has a week to go, which means we play a rare 4th round for one of our Retirees Majors, so there is still a chance that one of those net scores in the 60's could be what you need to take the win. Be sure to turn in the scorecard and put your NET SCORE on the results sheet.

SIGN UP ONLINE FOR THE NEXT 3 EVENTS TODAY

Dice Scramble and Lunch, Christina Lake Invitational, and our season ending Retirees Club Championship. 

Click HERE for ONLINE REGISTRATIONS

JOHNSTON 2026 CANADIAN OPEN CHAMP

RETIREES CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Scott Johnston is our 2026 Canadian Open winner with 2 of his 3 rounds in the 60's (net) — nice work Scott. 

Presenting the Championship Trophy to Scott is our most senior member Tom Stevens.

L-R Tom Stevens, Scott Johnston

RED-WHITE-BLUE TEAM SCRAMBLE & LUNCH JULY 23

Online and paper sign ups are both open for this event — Entry fee: $30 — details on the online sign up form as well as the paper copy.

It is a regular scramble format except:

1.Teams all start on the WHITE TEES and use the score on each hole to determine which tee box to use for the next hole. 

2. Score a bogey (or worse) and you move up one set on the next hole, par stay on the same tees on the next hole, or score a birdie (or better) you move back one set on the next hole. 

3. All teams must use at least 4 drives from each player.

RETIREES BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 

The first round of 'The Open Championship' is done with Farrell McLellan and John Lattanzio sharing the lead with matching 65's (net). Round two will be played July 9 and it looks to be another hot one that day.

Don't forget your sunscreen and fluids — try to hit your shots toward the shady side of the fairway.

THE SECRET TO GOLF - so simple really.

PGA CHAMPION

We were finally able to get a trophy presentation photo of our 2026 PGA Champion Brian Muskeyn, which meant I didn't have to Photoshop his head onto someone else's body....

Presenting the coveted Tiger Woods Bobblehead trophy to Brian is Ray St Jean.

CANADIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP ENDS THURSDAY

The 3rd event in the Retirees Majors schedule finishes this Thursday with round 3. The winner is determined using their 2 lowest net scores from Retirees rounds played during the month of June.

Players are reminded to turn in your scorecard after each Retirees round AND enter your NET score on the scoresheet — if bonus strokes were earned they should be noted on the scorecard.

Next up is British Open Month beginning July 2

Some 2 bonus stoke winners

Week 2: Lenn Delorie red socks and red shirt!

 

Week 1: Thomas Keen, Marlin Frederick, John Lattanzio

Week 1: Jim Park

REDSTONE INVITATIONAL JULY 10

Friday, July 10  Shotgun start: 9:30 am  Entry deadline: July 2

Entry fee includes Golf, BBQ lunch, prizes — Must be paid by our deadline or lose your spot.

ENTRY FEE (updated)

Walking: $75

Power Cart: $95

THE SECRET TO GOLF

After finishing par-par on my round last week, it appears I have found the secret to golf. Sorry, I can't tell you what it is.... it's a secret.