MOLLOY WINS THE TEE BAG TROPHY

 Phil Molloy is our 2023 'Champion Golfer of the Year' for his one stroke victory in our version of the British Open. Phil shot back to back net 67's to edge second place finisher Al Pasin by one stroke with Wayne Weaver and Thomas Keen another 3 shots behind.

Phil is shown in the photo below holding the Tee Bag Trophy —not quite the $3 million for the winner of The Open, but....

HOLE IN ONE HIGHLIGHTS THE CHAPMAN 2 BALL

 DEWITT SCORES AN ACE 

(Lucky that Wayne was able to enter... see previous post.)

A hole in one for Wayne DeWitt on hole 14 was the highlight of the day when the Birchbank Retirees Club held a CHAPMAN 2-BALL SCRAMBLE July 20. 

Thirty-seven players participated in the 2 Man Scramble under sunny skies and warm conditions followed by a pasta & meatballs meal made by the Bistro's Chef Kelly Shippit.

The team of John Newton & Ray St. Jean ran away with the win shooting a net score of 59.8, Larry Mailey & Tom Stevens were second with a net 65.0 score, and John Lattanzio & Stan Trozzo were close third with a net 65.2

WINNING TEAM: Ray St Jean & John Newton

RESULTS

1st - John Newton / Ray St. Jean (59.8)

2nd - Larry Mailey / Tom Stevens (65)

3rd - John Lattanzio / Stan Trozzo (65.2)

Closest to Pin

#2 - Thomas Keen

#7 - Rob Valentine

#14 - Wayne DeWitt (Hole in One)

#17 - Pat Burke

Longest Putt

#9 - Farrell McLellan

#18 - Bob Elliott

HEY WAYNE..LOOK.

 SIGN UP LINK FOR THE CHAPMAN and other events....-------------->>>>

In the column to the right labelled ONLINE REGISTRATIONS ---------->>>>

JULY'S SCRAMBLE EVENT - CHAPMAN 2-BALL

 THIS IS 'THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP' MONTH

July is an exciting month for the Retirees Club — it's British Open Month and players get to compete for the famous Tee Bag Award. The first round starts this Thursday (July 6) and concludes July 27. Best 2 net scores of the 3 rounds will be used to determine the winner.

LAST YEAR'S CO-WINNERS

CHAPMAN 2-BALL SCRAMBLE JULY 20

2 man teams, both players drive, then play their partner's drive to hit their second shot, and finish the hole using one ball in alternate shot format. A team handicap is used at the end of the round to determine the team's net score.

Online sign up is open - see the link to the right -------->>

paper copy will be up Wednesday. 

LAST YEAR'S CHAPMAN 2-BALL WINNERS

COLVILLE INVITATIONAL SIGN UP IS OPEN

Online sign up is open and paper copy will go up Thursday. Details in previous emails and on the sign up pages.

RED-WHITE-BLUE SCRAMBLE RESULTS

 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.

POSTNIKOFF SCORCHES COURSE TO WIN OUR CANADIAN OPEN

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

24 RETIREES HEAD TO CASTLEGAR INVITATIONAL

 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)