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Atikokan Senior Men’s Open Championship.

The Atikokan Senior Men’s open golf tournament was played on Aug 14th. and was opened with a moment of silence for Peter Barna,
who has been involved in this tournament as a player and organizer .
Atikokan oldest active golfer Max Clement, opened the tournament with a nice drive past the corner on # 1.

Greg Tighe, took the championship flight, to win the 30th annual Seniors Open, with a come from behind score of 75

Ray Lacquerre presenting trophy to Greg Tighe

Kevin Cain took second with a 77 on a count back leaving Don Robertson (77) in third.
After the front nine, Don Robertson had a one stroke lead (36) over Russ Desserre (37) and a three stroke lead over
Kevin Cain (39) and Greg Tighe (39).
The back nine started great for Don, as he tallied an Eagle on # ten, Russ Desserre birdied it and was now two behind Don.
Greg took a 6 which put him 6 behind the leader, Kevin birdied it and was now 4 back.
Then the tides turned and over the next 5 holes Don’s lead was gone and Greg was clear of the field by two strokes and held this to the end, nice comeback Greg.

Tournament organizer Ray Laquerre presented Greg, with the Barney Modeland Memorial Trophy.

Flight one winners were, Franco Calvelli (83), Jerry Cripps (84) and Raymond Roy (92) on a count back.

Flight two winners: Jean Lambert (93 count back), Keith Kiervey (93) and Gordon Hoskins (94).

Flight three winners: Ron Speck (83), Mickey Desserre (93) and Alton Pollard with a (95).
Ron shot his way to a ten stroke lead by the end of his round.

4th Flight winners were: Gary Braun with a 87, Harold Mosley a 91 and Harley Beauregard with a 95.

5th Flight winners: Brian McCallum with a 97, Steve Geddes 103 on a count back and Ed Kennedy 103 on a count back.

6th flight winners: Richard Lampi 94, Scotty Russell 95 and Allen Bruyerre shot a 106.

52 players from across northwestern Ontario to British Columbia, took in the annual event.

Longest Drive: longest drive seniors for 50 to 70 age group, was Todd Bryck.

Barry Anderson had the longest drive of those over 70 .

Most accurate Drive on #7 was Alton Pollard

Closest to the pin on # 6 Keith Kiervy and closest on # 16 was Scotty Russell.

Thanks to Maxine McCallum and Sally Speck for taking care of the Scoring and posting of the scores.

Thanks to , for the great meal prepared for the event by First Round Draft Sports Bar & Grill
Thanks to all of the golf cart owners who donated their carts for the day,and those who sponsored
and/or donated to the event.

Kevin Cain wins the Atikokan Seniors open Golf Tournament

Kevin Cain Wins the Senior Mens Open at Little Falls Golf Course on Aug 9th 2016

Kevin played the front nine in a 38 and improved his score on the back nine with a 37 for a 75 on the day.

He was tied with Greg Tighe with two holes to play, he parred the last two holes while Greg took bogies
on 17 and 18 leaving Kevin with a two-stroke victory.

Larry Ogden took the low net with a 67

70 golfers took part in the tourney and played in nice warm sunny conditions with light winds.

Kevin Was Presented with the Trophy by Ray Laquerre, the tournament chairman.

The rest of the organizing committee, Pete Barna looked after the prizes, Harold Mosley and Richard Lampi helped give them out.

winner of Little Falls Seniors Open Aug 9th 2016_cr_cr

many thanks to Sally Speck, Phyllis Mosley, Maxine McCallum, Jeannine Barna and Judy Lamarche,
for the great job they did in checking all the score cards and listing all of the scores for the guys to give out the prices.

championship flight Low Gross winners — Greg Tighe 77, Todd Bryk 78 on a count back, Russ Desserre 78, Don Robertson 79
Low Net Winners — Tim Fairburn 69, Earl Kline 70 on a count back, Frank Calvelli 70, Dave Green 74.

Flight # 1 low Gross winners– Brady Hubert 85, Alton Pollard 87, Raymond Roy 90, John Commine 94 on a count back.
low Net Winners– Gary Ladouceur 71, Art Huntley 76, Roy Lund 78, Jean Lambert 80 on a count back.

Flight # 2 low Gross Winners– Rod Payne 85, Al Holt 86, Ron Speck 88, Gordon Hoskins 90.
low net Winners– Gary Braun 70, John Mano 72 C.B, Bob Whalen 72 C.B. Glenn Boyda 72 C.B.

Flight # 3 low Gross Winners– Brian McCallum sr 96, Scotty Russell 98, Richard Lampi 99, Eli Kemph 100.
low net Winners– Brian McLeod 68, Ivan Pettit 70, Kelly Beauregard 73, Rick Cain 74.

Closest to the hole # 2 Ray Laquerre 14′ 5″.
# 6 Glenn Boyda 21″
# 11 Raymond Roy 10′ 1″
# 15 Tim Fairburn 23″

Most Accurate Drive– Jean Lambert

Longest Drive — Greg Tighe

Shortest Drive — Brian McCallum sr

Most Experienced golfer ( high score) Jim Fowler.

Thanks to all of the golf cart owners who donated their carts for the day, and all of those who sponsored and/or donated to the event.

Special thanks to Motown, for the great meal prepared for the event..

seniors golf season begins

Senior men’s golf 2016

May 19th

the new season stated off with 15 senior golfers, ( if you are 50 years old you can play seniors golf on Thursday morning)

The seniors were greeted with a nice sunny morning , Greens in good shape and dry hard fairways, for this time of the year.

All the players names were put in a hat and drawn to make up the teams.

they played best ball and each player had to use his drive at least 2 times for each nine holes.
all players played from the red tees.

the team of Ron(Rudy) Speck, Jean Lambert and Vern Herbert shot a 71 with 3 birdies and 2 Boggies.
Rudy Played a lot of golf during the winter in texas and it showed as he led his team to the best score of the day.

Ted McLeod, Allan(Spud) Bruyere and Ray Laquerre turned in a score of 72 to capture the # 2 spot on the day.

Vern Craven, Pete Barna and Jerry Cripps shot a 73 to wrap up third place on the day.

Ed Kennedy, Brian McLeod and Eli Kempf had a score of 77 as did the team of Brian McCallum, Richard Lampi and George Coulson.

Bob Cox, Keith Norman, Ron Speck 1977-78

Some more character’s from the 1977-78 Banner by Bob Stark

This Features Bob Cox, Keith Norman and Ron Speck.

Bob’s stats were 9 goals, 17 assists for 25 points. Bob led the league with 54 minutes in the sin bin.

Keith’s scored 4 goals, 6 assists for a total of 10 points and only 2 minutes in penalties.

Ron Speck scored 7 goals, 10 assists for 17 points and 6 minutes in the sin bin.

Bob Cox, Kieth Norman and Ron Speck 77-78 2

October seniors golf

Seniors golf Oct 1st 2015

12 golfers took part in the regular seniors Thursday golf , starting at 9:30 am on Oct. 1st 2015

It was a nice cool fall day with the sun shining. The temp was about 10 degrees C at tee off and warmed up to about 15 degrees by 1:30 pm when the golf was finished and a mild wind blowing around.

The format for the day was 2 man teams playing alternate shots from tee to finishing out on the green.
The long hitters off the tee, played the odd number holes because they are generally the longest holes to play.
The shorter hitters played the even number holes which include the parr three holes.

Leading the scoring parade were Ray Laquerre and Pete Barna. they scored 19 after the first 3 holes, ( the only 8 scored on the day), they then parred the next 6 holes for a 43 on the front nine.
They had two birdies (only birdies on the day) on the back nine and turned in a 37 for a total of 80.

Eight strokes back for second place were the pair of Leo Lamarche and Todd Bryck , shooting a 88,
Thanks to Leo’s clutch putting. they shot 45 going out and 43 coming in.

Larry Hawkins and Rudy took third place with a 48 on the front and a 45 on the back nine.

Franko and Richard got fourth place on a count back, with a 94. Also coming in with a 94 were the pair of Jean Lambert and Scotty Russell .

the tournament organizers Ed Kennedy and Brian McCallum shot a 51 on the front and a 49 on the back for an even 100.

All the teams scored better on the back nine, must be the warmer weather.

Seniors thurday july 23 2015

seniors Thursday:

The format for the day was best ball on the first 6 holes, alternate shot on holes 7 to 12 and best score on the remaining holes 13 to 18.

Those with handicap under 19 , hit from the white tees on the front nine and from the red tees on the back nine.
the high handicap (20 and up ) hit from the yellow tees on the front nine and from the whites on the back nine.

With this format the golfers with a high handicap played from the white tees had longer shots than the low handicap golfers who played off the red tees on the back nine.

Ed Kennedy and Jean Lambert led the way today scoring a 38 ( a birdie on # 7) on the front nine and a 43 on the back nine, for an 81, which give then first place on the day.

Gary Ladoceur and Richard Lampi came in with a pair of 41’s for second place with an 82.
They had their only birdie on the day on # 5 on the back nine.
Ray Laquerre and Steve Splawski shot an even par 36 on the front nine, they Eagled # 5,
( playing best ball, Ray hit the Green in 2 and Steve drained the eagle putt.) they then birdied # 6.
The back nine was not kind to them, as they shot a 47, they had the best score on the front nine . In spite of all that the turned in an 83 , good for third place.

Franko Calvelli and Scotty Russell had a 40 on the front and a 44 on the back for an 84, good for 4th place.

Fifth place was shared between the team of Barry Anderson and Vern Herbert, who scored a 44 and 42 for a total of 86, and matching that 86 were Ron Speck and Brian McCallum with a 45 on the front and a 41 on the back nine with birdies # 7 on the front and # 3, on the back nine.

Coming in with an 87 were John Williams and Ted McLeod, turning in a 43, with a birdie on # 5 on the front and a 44 on the back nine.

Larry Brown and Harold Mosley shot a 48 on the front nine but took 7 strokes off that score for 41 on the back nine. They birdied # 7 on the back. Their total for the day was an 89.

today was likely the warmest day of the season so far.

Putting

Ron Speck Putting on #1. I wonder if it went in?