In the men's division, the rink of John Epping, with Scott Bailey, Scott Howard (Glenn Howard's son) and David Mathers, emerged the Shorty winners. The Epping rink had to get by the Glenn Howard rink in the semi's, who in turn had gotten by past-champion Brad Gushue, before taking on and winning against the Chad Allen rink from Brantford.
Glenn Howard's team is back as are the Gushue and Hemmings men's and Homan ladies team to mention a few. The first draw starts Thursday (Sept 15th) at 4:00 PM. The round robin runs through Thursday, Friday and Saturday with the Quarters (9:00 AM); Semi-finals (12:30 PM) and Finals (3:30 PM) played Sunday (Sept 18th). Spectators are more than welcome for a small charge of $5 for Thursday, $10 each day after or a four day pass for just $25. Everything is set to go at the Brockville Country Club. Come see curlers you watch on TV right here in Brockville. The 15th Anniversary Shorty Jenkins Classic is sure to excite!
The morning draw had 104 golfers with 144 golfers in the afternoon draw for a total of 248. It was a great day for golf and Derek and his crew, Denise and her crew and the host of Palliative Care organizers ensured the event ran like clockwork.
Following the day's golf, everyone assembled in the much improved "Granite Room" for a cocktail hour and served dinner. With the Granite Room now air conditioned, floor carpeted and acoustic treatment applied, it made for a very pleasant evening for the nearly 300 people in attendance. The highlight of the evening came when co-chairs Dave Publow and Jim Cooper presented a cheque for $140,000 for local palliative care services. 
Dave, Jim and some 30 volunteers work year-round to put together the event and raise funds from over 160 sponsors and players. It is a very worthy cause. The Brockville Country Club is pleased to be a partner in this great event and its members and staff look forward to hosting the annual Friends of Palliative Care Golf Tournament in 2012 as it has for the past 18 years.
In the boys division, Tyler Watts is the Club's new Junior "A" Champion. First Low Net in the boys "A" is Evan Eastwood. In the boys "B", Mitch Lawn is Boys "B" Champion with Laine Brown taking 1st "B" Low Net. Congratulations to all the Juniors who participated in the Junior Club Championship.
The Junior program was organized this year by Jonathan O'Reilly (3rd from right in photo) directly supported by Kent Swirsky and our Pro, Derek MacDonald. Jonathan also wishes to extend a special thank you to volunteers Heather Morgan, Sharon Ellis, Tuula Little, Mo Gariepy, Roger & Bonnie Hardy, Al Perry and Ian Stewart. 
Of course we think the real reason the young ones love the BCC Junior Golf Program revolves around hot dogs and fries. That's Heather Morgan (standing back left and Sharon Ellis (back seated) coaching their lunch. A big BCC "thank you" goes out to Jonathan and his whole team for running a great Junior Program this year. The next big junior event will be the Parent/Junior Tournament to be held Sunday September 11th starting at 1:42 followed by a spaghetti dinner. See You All There!
