ONE MORE KICK AT THE CAT

 OCT 30

I am watching the weather reports for tomorrow and hope that it is just warm enough to get in a final round (or 9 holes) on the last day of the season. 

I think that a 10AM tee time is a bit optimistic given the overnight low is forecast for -6°, but 'mostly sunny' sounds nice. Maybe a thermos of hot chocolate would be a good addition to the bag.

RETIREES WRAP UP THE 2023 SEASON

 RETIREES CHAMPIONSHIP AND CLOSING EVENT

The season has formally come to an end for the Retirees Club at Birchbank GC with the FEDEX Cup decided and the Club Champions crowned.

FED EX CUP

The season long race for the FEDEX CUP concluded with Richard Dewdney as the top point getter for the season, narrowly beating Paul Troseth for the title. 

I was able to get a photo of Richard with the Cup before he headed back to the lake to celebrate.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Perfect weather conditions, fast greens, and dodgy fairways marked this year's Championship as 46 players competed in the final official event of the 2023 season for the Retirees Club.

Huge shout out to all the volunteers who stepped up to help with this event as well as throughout the season. Thanks go out to those individuals & businesses who donated door prizes for our Invitational and Championship tournaments this season.

Congratulations to Ray St.Jean for repeating as Overall Low Gross Champ and to Albert Holm for winning the Overall Low Net title — complete results below.

Overall Winners - Ray St.Jean OLG - Albert Holm OLN

'A' Flight - Kimba McLean 1st - Jim Park 2nd

'B' Flight - Stan Trozzo 2nd - Norm Moll 1st - Wayne Shubert 3rd

'C' Flight - Tom Stevens 2nd - Dave Wray 1st - Phil Molloy 3rd

RETIREES CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS : SEPT 14, 2023

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OVERALL LOW GROSS: RAY ST. JEAN (68)

OVERALL LOW NET: ALBERT HOLM (68)

FLIGHT ‘A’ - LOW NET

1ST:   KIMBA MCLEAN (73) via tiebreak

2ND: JIM PARK (73)

3RD: BRAD HARDING (74)

FLIGHT ‘B’ - LOW NET

1ST: NORMAN MOLL (70)

2ND: STAN TROZZO (72) via tiebreak

3RD: WAYNE SHUBERT (72)

FLIGHT ‘C’ - LOW NET

1ST:   DAVE WRAY (71)

2ND: TOM STEVENS (73)

3RD: PHILL MOLLOY (75) via tiebreak

KP 2:  TOM STEVENS
KP 7: BRAD HARDING
LP: 9: BRAN HARDING KP 14:       DAVE MUIR
KP 17:      PAUL TROSETH
LP: 18:      BOB DAVISON

ROLLING THE DICE

 

Winning Team: Wayne Weaver, John Lattanzio, Ray St.Jean

DICE SCRAMBLE — ROLLING IS IMPORTANT

Birchbank Retirees Club hosted their annual Dice Scramble tournament this week and is the final team event of the season. Regular scramble rules applied with one big exception — choice of which tee shot to use was determined with the roll of the dice. 

Many great tee shots were cancelled by rolling the wrong number or the dreaded frowny face and meaning the team would have to play from the location of the worst drive.

1st - Wayne Weaver, John Lattanzio, Ray St.Jean (66)

2nd - Merv Olson, Bob Menin, Marlin Frederick, Tom Gawryletz (67)

3rd - Bob Elliott, Brian Austin, Serge Pasquali, Don Szilagyi (via tiebreak)

KP #2 Don Szilagyi, #7 Phil Molloy, #14 David Kendrick, #17 Bob Elliott

LP #9 Marlin Frederick, #18 Larry Mailey

Next week: Final round of the Retirees FED EX CUP

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.