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RETIREES OPENING Shambles & BRUNCH BUFFET

APRIL 27 - 10 AM MODIFIED SHOTGUN 

• Check In - 9:00 - 9:35 AM

• Player meeting (last minute changes & scorecards) - 9:35 - 9:40

• Head to Starting Hole  once Player meeting complete

ENTRY FEE: $20.00 

• eTransfer to birchbankretirees@gmail.com

• CASH

• DEADLINE APRIL 21 FOR REGISTERING AND ENTRY FEE

        Sign up online by using the link under Online Registrations --------> 

TEAM PRIZES FOR 1st, 2nd, 3rd 

4 KP & 2 LP INDIVIDUAL PRIZES

50/50 DRAW 

 

Masters R1 Results and more...

 MEMBERSHIP FEES DUE

Please remember to Register and Pay your 2023 Retirees fee of $25.00 ASAP. eTransfers are preferred because it provides an automatic receipt for us and you.

OPENING SCRAMBLE SIGN UP OPEN ONLINE NOW

Sign up now for the Retirees first even of the season - April 27, 10 am Shotgun Start, Buffet and prizes to follow completion of play. Entry fee: $20.00 

MASTERS ROUND 1

No downpour for our Masters event, just a frost delay — warmer weather is forecast next week for Round 2. Marlin Frederick leads Paul Troseth by 2 shots after Round 1. Defending Co-Champion Jim Campbell is hoping the warm weather helps his game next week.

NOTE: If you don't calculate your NET score, then your GROSS score will be used as your final score.

First Name	Last Name	MASTERS R1
Marlin	Frederick	67
PAUL	TROSETH	69
Thomas	Keen	70
Monte	Brothers	73
Wayne	Shubert	73
Richard	Dewdney	75
JOHN	LATTANZIO	75
PHIL	MOLLOY	75
AL	PASIN	75
RAY	St Jean	76
TOM	STEVENS	76
BOB	ELLIOT	76
Wayne	DeWitt	78
Tom	Gawryletz	78
DON	SZILAGYI	78
BRIAN	MUSKEYN	80
JOHN	NOAKES	80
Terry	Brennen	81
JIM	CAMPBELL	81
SERGIO	PELOSO	81
NORMAN	LARMOUR	83
ALBERT	HOLM	84
MERV	OLSON	84
Dave	Wray	84
RAY	MASLECK	84
AL	PICCOLO	85
GORD	SWEDBURG	85
STAN	TROZZO	85
Ken	Coupland	86
Roland	Caron	87
MARK	SCHICKLER	90
JOSEPH	GALLANT	94
Rick	Brown	96
FARREL	MCLELLAN	96
BRIAN	AUSTIN
TERRY	BEGLEY
PAT	BURKE
Reg	Cherenko
Jim	Cossarini
AL	DOHERTY
KEN	FINES
Dan	Horan
Kimba	McLean
BOB	MENIN
JIM	MOHS
Norman	Moll
David	Muir
Butch	Palmer
Jim	Park
SERGE	PASQUALI
Bill	Postnikoff
Robin	Valentine
Wayne	Weaver
Don	Wert

IT'S TIME TO PLAY

 THE SEASON BEGINS TODAY!

 MARCH 1 2023 NEWSLETTER

NOT YET

Probably no golf tomorrow but the official countdown has started — one month until the 'official' opening on April 1st. (But the skiing is getting better every day!)

TEE IT UP SIMULATOR

Technically it is south of my house, so going south to play golf is possible here in Trail. John Lattanzio and I headed south and played a few holes at Pebble Beach last week on the simulator — what a busy place!

The video I captured clearly showed that we were in mid-season form but need to work on our aim. Too much time spent on the beach...

BIRCHBANK RETIREES INVITATIONAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Thursday, May 25

More help is needed for the day of the tournament so please consider volunteering. Each position will only take 30 minutes of your time on the day of the tournament, either with the setup & player reception before play begins OR at the conclusion of play for scoring & cleanup.

Please email or talk to Norm or John Lattanzio if you are willing to help out.

INTERESTING - CARRY A 5 IRON? Read this...

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/7-iron-longer-than-5-iron

Incredible Way to Get People Into Golf

 Here is an incredible look at golf in Korea. They have the highest per capital rate of golfers — most never hit a ball on a 'golf course' but are just as keen about golfing using simulators.

Not just a chunk of artificial turf and projected image of a fairway on the wall with a net to hit into, but high tech tee boxes with multiple kinds of turf to mimic fairways, rough, and deep rough as well as real sand traps and putting greens that can change the slope so you can practice specific types of putts. All with realtime feedback so you can see what you have done and why.

Watch the video...

BIRCHBANK WINS 2022 INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE TROPHY

The season long International Challenge tournament series came down to the final event at Christina Lake GC where our four man team's 3rd place score of 301 was enough to win the overall championship. For each of the tournaments we pre-selected a different team of 4 players based upon who had entered.

Our 3 tournament total of 889 edged Christina Lake (891) by 2 strokes and Castlegar (893) by 4 strokes

INVITATIONAL TEAM RESULTS 2022

EVENT CASTLEGAR COLVILLE    CHRISTINA SCORE    PLACE

BALFOUR 313 4th 0 0 0 0 313

BIRCHBANK 310 3rd 278 1st 301 3rd 889 1st

CASTLEGAR 296 1st 283 3rd 314 4th 893 3rd

CHAMPION LK 325 6th 0 0 325

CHRISTINA 302 2nd 289 4th 300 2nd         891         2nd

COLVILLE 320 5th 278 1st 316 5th         914         4th

NELSON 386 7th 0 0 0 0         386

ROSSLAND         295 1st

Photo below shows some of the players who played in the series.

L-R Ray St Jean, Lorne Babcock, John Lattanzio, Al Holm, Ray Mace, Dave Muir, Al Piccolo

RETIREES CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

 ST. JEAN & TROSETH WIN 2022 TOP SPOTS

First year retiree Ray St. Jean shot a 1-under 71 to win Overall Low Gross  and last year's OLG winner, Paul Troseth shot a net 71 to win Overall Low Net. Great course conditions and weather greeted the 40 members for the mid morning shot gun start.

L-R : Ray St. Jean & Paul Troseth

FLIGHT A WINNERS

L-R 3rd Sandy Santori, 1st Al Doherty, 2nd Dave Muir

FLIGHT B WINNERS

L-R 3rd Monty Brothers, 1st Robin Valentine, 3rd Bob Menin (too shy)

FLIGHT C WINNERS

L-R 1st Lorne Babcock, 2nd Butch Palmer, 3rd Kevin Oliver (too shy)

KP Winners: Bob Menin (x2), Sandy Santori, Norm Larmour

LP Winners: Wayne Dewitt, Kevin Oliver

THANK YOU to Jim Campbell and Jim Mohs for compiling the final results in record time!