Retirees Club @ Birchbank

  Birchbank Retirees played their annual Red-White-Blue Scramble today with 48 players attending. It was a perfect day for playing golf after several days of cold and rain this week. A burger buffet followed the completion of play hosted by the Bistro. Thank you to all the Bistro staff for their hard work and willingness to make the meal a success. Winning team of Swedburg, Menin, McLellan, & Masleck Four teams tied with a team score of 65, so the scorekeepers had to apply the tie-breaker to determine final placings.  1st: Gord Swedburg, Bob Menin, Farrell McLellan, Ray Masleck 2nd: Ray St.Jean, Brian Austin, Serge Pasquali, Tom Stevens 3rd: Marlin Frederick, Jamie Pipes, Roland Caron, Mark Schickler Long Putt: #9 Farrell McLellan, #18 Reg Cherenko Closest to Pin: #2 Rich Dewdney, #7 Stan Trozzo, #14 Bob Menin, #17 Al Pasin PS: Don't forget to stick around for winning team photo next time.

His usual playing partner and leader after 2 rounds, Rob Valentine,  didn't play today, so Bill Postnikoff went out and scorched the course with a net 66 for a best 2 of 3 total of 70-66 =136 to overtake Rob and win our CANADIAN OPEN.  Rob will have something to say when they play their next round together. Richard Dewdney 71-67 =138 and Robin Valentine 68-70 = 138 tied for second.  It was good to see those red maple leaf hats and shirts worn during each round by those who wanted the 2 shot bonus for their score. I was able to get a photo of Bill with his trophy.... looks like he has been working out! Actual photo of Bill and the huge trophy

 A good turn out for the Castlegar Invitational on June 8 with 93 players from the local clubs and Colville attending. Birchbank had 24 players travel to CGC on a bright sunny day for golf. Slower than usual greens made Castlegar easier than in years past, but still not a piece of cake. It wasn't blindingly fast on their sloped greens and some putts above the hole didn't run away to hide if the putt missed the hole.  Team results: 1 DOUG FREDERICK, WAYNE DEWITT, DON POOLE, MORLEY LEVICK 137  2 DAN KNUTSON,DENNIS TALARSKI, BRUCE PREEAULT, ROY KEILLOR 141  3 BRAD HARDING, DENNIS EVANS, TOM LUND, DANA SCHMIDT 142 International Challenge results: (Birchbank Invitational score) 1 CASTLEGAR 273 (305) 2 BIRCHBANK 294 (294) 3 CHRISTINA LAKE 300  (306) 4 COLVILLE 303 (n/a) Next Invitational Tournament:  Tuesday, Aug 8 - Colville (Dominion Meadows GC)