When
Sonny organizes it, you know it will be a blast. And it was! The
"Scramble" actually started Friday evening,
July 29th in the BCC golf lounge, with a
spaghetti dinner. Yup, that's Sunny first in line. Following the great meal, the fun process of putting the teams together started. Sonny and his volunteers had separated the
108 signed-up players into six(6) boxes, based on handicap. Then the draw process began to form the 36 3-person teams. One "A" or "A+" as captain, one "B" or "B+" as second and one "C" or "C+" as the third member of each team. With close to 100 players turning out for the Friday evening session, you can bet the kibitzing made for a fun evening.
With the
teams established, everyone returned Saturday morning July 30th for a breakfast, as part of the package, and to select their favourite teams.
At
12:30 PM Saturday the horn sounded to start the shotgun start with two teams (six players) on each hole to play the scramble. And it was a beautiful sunny day for Sonny's scramble .... we are sure all part of the organizing!
Following play, everyone again gathered in the golf lounge for the prize presentations. Given the draw process, the teams were very even giving everyone a chance for both the "gross" and "net" prizes. Thanks to
Sonny Clark, Jonathan O'Reilly and their team of volunteers for organizing such a super event. You can be assured, we are all looking forward to the next
"Sonny's Scramble".
Saturday October 15, 2911 was the Swing & Sweep, a long established annual event at the Brockville Country Club. And the weather was miserable! But being inside, the curling ice was in great shape and 56 players turned out for the morning curling. Each team played two (2) four-end games, then settled into a great spaghetti lunch in the curling lounge. Outside there was torrential rain and it was very windy. The radar was constantly being checked and indicated there might be a window opening up early afternoon. So following lunch everyone moved to the lower golf lounge (to allow the upstairs to be set up and decorated for the "Gala" event being held that evening .. amazing what goes on simultaneously at the BCC). 
With everyone downstairs, it was decision time. So a vote was taken .. to play golf, or not to play. With a majority rule set, the vote results said .."Let's Play". And no sooner than the decision was made, the sun came out. Talk about organizing! So virtually everyone suited up and headed for nine (9) holes of golf. It was still very, very wet, cool and blustery but play golf they did. Following golf, it was back for dry clothes and to the golf lounge and bar where Denise and staff had the lounge elegantly set up for the wrap-up meal. Congratulations to Scott Moor
e for organizing a great day, hanging in when conditions looked bleak and for bringing on the sun. How did he do that? Curling is now in full swing with league play underway and golf is winding down. Great Swing & Sweep gang and hopefully next year the weather will be more cooperative.
The Wednsesday morning Senior Men's uses a fun format with players each week drawing a start time which determines their playing partners. Organizing chair this year was Al Duffield (left in picture below) and ably supported by Larry Bolton, Fred Joyce, Colin Marriott, Bill Kyle and Chris Butler. 
A special presentation was made during the lunch to Bud Steele (at right) for his thirteen (13) years of organizing the Wednesday Morning Senior Men's League. Also this year, the seniors donated two thropies in the name of Bud Steele to be presented each year to the BCC Girls and Boys Junior Club Champions. Congratulations Al, Bud and all organizers for operating such a successful Senior Wednesday Morning Men's League over the many many years.
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!
Mike, second from left is toasted following his Men's "A" Club Championship. 2nd was Logan Warren (152), Jack Laforty & Nick Souder at 153, Phil Nihmey at 154 and defending champ Ardis Lindsay & Adam Folco at 155. Men's "B" Champ is Scott Moore at 77 (restricted to one round). One shot back was Paul Darby, John Rennick & Thomas Moran and 2 back Jason Easton. Men's "C" Champ is Tom Blanchard at 84 & one shot up on John Ackerman, 2 up on Ted Allen and 3 up on Gary Bruce. Men's "D" Champ is Henry Horbay at a 94 and one up on Mike Moran. In Seniors Men's, the Champ is Chris Boyd with a 147 for the 2 rounds. That was 6 ahead of Ray Lumsden and 11 better than 3rd Paul Sloan. In Super Seniors Men's, the Champ is George Hamilton with a 10 shot lead over Warren Richardson.
Dave, (photo center) met with Lawrence (left), Green Chair Jack Alexander (right) and green committee and Board members to discuss the state of our course. Overall the nutrient level is "right on the money". The cultural management, i.e. Light; Water; Nutrients & Airflow is a balancing act and has been frustrating this year due to the very wet spring and inability to aerate although aerating is set to resume. Tree management is also extremely important for proper light and air flow and Dave will be detailing a go-forward tree management program for the BCC. The results of following Dave's recommendations for greens, fairways and trees over the years has been spectacular. The BCC looks forward to working with Dave for many years to come.
The event was organized by employees James, Christianne, John and with Mark doing the BBQ. About 23 staff participated. The afternoon opened with golf; some doing 18 and others 9. Following golf a great BBQ meal has served in the dinning room with all the trimmings. 
After dinner, a substantial prize table was distributed and staff wish to thank all members who contributed monies and prizes. Also thanks to staff who volunteered to worked the afternoon, thus keeping all aspects of the club open. BCC has a great staff and it is fun to see them organize and enjoy their staff party each year.
The field of 40+ year olds was divided into two flights with the overall Masters Gross winner being Marc Carrier of GreyHawk, shooting even par (72). Top BCC members were Rob Charbonneau and Jack LaForty tied for 5th shooting 79s. Also competing were BCC's Ardis Lindsay (81), and Peter Gilder (82). Well done gang! 
Seated is Dan McGee, OVGA Tournament Chair inputting results as they come in and standing, Rai King, BCC member and Director of Golf Quebec. Rai noted that the OVGA has 79 member clubs and some 18,000 total members. There are 7 regions within Golf Quebec, one of which is the OVGA. Rai further indicated that the BCC and its members have been very supportive of the OVGA by hosting at least one OVGA event a year for many years. "The BCC course is quite polular with players. It is in great shape and somewhat central", stated Rai. And, of course, the BCC aims to please both its members and guests.
Pictured with BCC's junior team are our Junior program coordinators at right Jonathan O'Reilly and Kent Swirsky and at left our Club Pro Derek MacDonald. Good luck juniors as you advance to the next level of play.
(yup, the whole pig), roasted Mahi Mahi with passion fruit and ginger, chicken long rice, coconut cake with pinapple curd (hummm gooood!).
And while all this was going on in the BCC's upper main dining room, the lower golf lounge was hosting a full house for the team draw and dinner for "Sonny's Scramble". See related story.
tournament goes toward the St Mary Senior Girl's basketball team. Some 108 players headed out in the 1:00 PM shotgun start followed by a banquet and huge prize table awards held in the BCC's main dinning room.
Matt Reil, teacher and coach of the Crusaders shows his stuff teeing off hole #12. Helped by Jeff Bates and some 25 to 30 school and parent volunteers, the effort pays off in assisting the team reach its goals. Last year the fundraiser helped send the girls to Florida where they won the tournament. This year the team will be hosting the 2011 OFSAA "AA" Girls Basketball Championships at St Mary Catholic High School in Brockville from November 24th to the 26th.
They came from far and wide representing many golf clubs in the Ottawa Valley region including: Royal Ottawa, Eagle Creek, Buckingham, Rivermead, Pakenham, Rideau View, Hylands, Dragonfly, Pembroke, Prescott, Glengarry, Outaouais, Hautes Plaines, Smith Falls, Kanata, GreyHawk, Tecumseh, Algonquin, Emerald Lakes, Richmond and our very own BCC.
