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

MASTERS MONTH and more..

 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 — the rate goes up May 1. Please pay with eTransfer (use our email address: birchankretiress@gmail.com).

NOTE: 

If you eTransfered fees previously, it should still be set up in your banking app.

Please fill out the online registration prior to sending eTransfer or paying John. Click on the ONLINE REGISTRATIONS link at the top of this page.

ONLINE TOURNAMENT REGISTRATIONS OPEN 

Almost all the registration links are open so that you can sign up early for this year's tournaments. The our of town events do not many details yet, but I advise you to sign up now to make sure you don't miss out. 

If things change and you need to drop out that is better than trying to get in to the event at the last minute. Click on the ONLINE REGISTRATIONS link at the top of this page.

OPENING SCRAMBLE AND LUNCH - APRIL 30

Sign up online now for our opening team scramble and lunch on April 30.

Teams will be formed from the list of players who enter and pay the $30 entry fee. Total team handicaps will be as close to equal as we can make them, no handicaps will be used during play.

Teams play a scramble format from tee to green but using at least 4 drives from each player. A single team score is recorded for each hole.

Last year's Opening Scramble winning team

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK.

• THURSDAY, April 2 is the official opening of the season and we are plan to have FREE coffee and treats available for all who attend. The weather forecast doesn't look great, but rain or shine we will be there.
• Drop in for a coffee, pay your Retirees Club fees ($30), sign up for a tee time for April 9, volunteer to help out with the May 21 Invitational or any other of the monthly events.  
• If you want to continue with the Retirees Majors events for each month, then we will need a group to look after the results (April would be Masters month).

REGISTER FOR RETIREES CLUB ONLINE - CLICK HERE

** Please use the online signup links and eTransfers for payment in order to cut down on the paper work for us.

OUR WEBSITE: birchbankretireesclub.blogspot.com

 Our email address: birchbankretirees@gmail.com

Winning team from last year's 'I hope it doesn't rain' Scramble and Lunch

FEX EX CUP WINDING DOWN & MORE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

FED EX CUP LAST CHANCE!

2023 Fed Ex Cup winner (Richard)

The final round of this season's Fed Ex Cup wraps up Thursday — remember everyone plays from the WHITE TEES for this one.

Your best two Retirees rounds for August count.

DICE ROLL SCRAMBLE DEADLINE FRIDAY AUGUST 18

2023 Dice Roll Winners (Wayne, John, Ray)

This month's scramble will test the skill of all the teams — rolling the HAPPY FACE can make all the difference on each hole.

Entry Fee: $30.00 deadline Friday at noon. Includes golf, prizes and pasta w/meatballs lunch. 50/50 draw 

Sign up online CLICK HERE

OR Sign up on the bulletin board at the course

Pay by eTransfer 

Pay by cheque in the Pro Shop

CHRISTINA LAKE INVITATIONAL - SIGN UP NOW

Thursday, Sept 5  9AM shotgun start

Walker: $55.00. / Rider: $75.00

Deadline to sign up and pay is August 28

PAPER COPY OF THE LIST GOES UP TUESDAY.

You must include your Handicap Factor (decimal number), if you don't have a Golf Canada factor, you can use the Handicap Calculator found on our website to accurately calculate yours.

Attached is the list of players who have already signed up online

SIGN UP ONLINE FOR CHRISTINA LAKE CLICK HERE

RETIREES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - SEPT 19

(more details to come later)

2023 Club Champions: Low Gross and Low Net (Ray & Al)

Our final 'official' event of the year is set to go Sept 19 and John is busy crunching the numbers to determine the entry fee. Once his grandson's hockey camp is done, he will have time to dust off his Casio calculator and start crunching.

Our total number of members this year rose to 79 with 10 new players joining us. 

As always, we try to use all the money raised through the season to subsidize the meals, purchase golf balls for the weekly events, cash payouts for monthly events and purchase prizes for our Club Championship.

WATCH YOUR EMAILS FOR MORE DETAILS SOON.

R2 - IT'S STILL DEWDNEY IN THE LEAD

 ROUND 2 RESULTS

Perfect day for golf. Richard Dewdney backed up his first round 70 with a 71 for a 141 total with one more round to be played next week. Several players, once again, failed to enter their score on the scoresheet posted on the bulletin board. 

Also remember to enter your score on the Golf Canada site OR Chronogolf depending on which system you are using.

INVITATIONAL DEADLINE ONE WEEK AWAY

One more week to get signed up and entry fee paid, 13 days until the tournament.

Players Entered As of Friday night... see the attached list of entries to make sure you haven't been missed. 

PUTTING IMPROVEMENT TIP

For those of you who wondered how I made that LONG PUTT on #18, for birdie by the way, CHECK OUT THIS ARTICLE about how to improve your putting.

OUT OF BOUNDS? WHAT IS THE RULE.

EARLY BIRD FEE RATE AVAILABLE NOW

 EARLY BIRD RETIREES CLUB FEES

Register online and pay your Retirees Club fee before April 30 to get the EARLY BIRD rate of $30 (after April 30 regular price is now $35).

Look for the link under ONLINE REGISTRATIONS and pay with an  eTransfer.  

MORE SNOW AND RAIN FORECAST

Any thoughts of getting on the course early have been dashed by the snow and the rain this week. The weather forecast for the next couple of weeks has a soggy look — good for some things I suppose.

Soggy golf is bad!

PROBABLY NO RETIREES GOLF THIS WEEK

 NOT THIS WEEK

Some days you drive by the course and think, 'We could be playing today!' and then you step out of your car and think, " Ya-a-a-h, nope!'. About 6 weeks to wait, unless you are south for the winter.

EARLY BIRD FEES & REGISTRATION

Register online and pay your Retirees Club fee before April 30 to get the EARLY BIRD rate of $30 (after April 30 regular price is now $35).

Look for the link under ONLINE REGISTRATIONS on our website - pay with eTransfer. 

GOLF CANADA MEMBERSHIPS

So far we have 16 retirees who have chosen to take advantage of the Birchbank Players League pricing (see previous posts and emails) to get or renew a GC membership. We encourage all members to consider taking advantage of this program.

2024 SEASON SCHEDULE

The updated version of the 2024 Retirees Schedule is posted on the website — look for the EVENT SCHEDULE link at the top of the page. 

Going on holidays and not sure if you will miss an event - check the schedule. 

DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE — Signing up for the monthly scramble events can be done online and payment of the entry fee done with eTransfer or by cheque in the PROSHOP.

New Home of Retirees Club @ Birchbank GC

Retirees Club @ Birchbank GC 

Welcome to the new home for information about what is happening with the Retirees Club @ Birchbank GC.  Look at the full 2022 Schedule of Events (click on the link —>), register online to play with the Retirees Club @ Birchbank GC, see the draws and results for our tournaments.