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President's Report

. We are now halfway through the golf season at Avon Valley and it certainly has been a year of challenges. The late opening combined with the coldest spring in years left our early financial results below what our budget had projected. Summer eventually (& fortunately) happened, business picked up and we started to make gains and had pretty much caught up to last year’s numbers- when out of the blue on July 4-5, tropical storm Arthur suddenly hit. We experienced a lot of damage to trees but fortunately, very little to the buildings except loss of a few shingles off the Clubhouse. Dean, his crew and some outside contractors worked long hard hours to get the course opened soon as possible. Special thanks as well to our volunteer members who also helped out, we definitely needed your assistance. We thank everyone for the result, i.e. that we were closed for only 3½ days, much less than some other Clubs. The felled trees are going to have to be replaced and unfortunately this is not covered by our insurance. Extra costs and lost revenue are the way of life at a golf course and we just have to make it up as the year progresses. I am confident with the action plans we have in place and some reliable help from the

weather, we can expect to recover from this setback and be on track by mid-August. We held a very successful Junior Invitational here early this month (see pp 10-11) and the players had high praise for the condition of the course. A number of them mentioned it was in as good a shape as any they'd played and better than most. These comments are also echoed by our green fee players, confirming that if we continue to put a high quality product on the market, we'll continue to be successful. Accolades to Brad, Dean and staff for their efforts. We held the Community Hospital event on July 11th and although the attendance was down slightly the enthusiasm for the conditioning of the course and the comments on the quality of the food reflected well on the day. The organizers of the tournament are confident the numbers will be up for next year’s event. Special thanks to Robert and his staff and especially for the Foundation's volunteers and sponsors for making this year’s tourney a success. The storm has delayed our ability to complete some of the improvement plans outlined here last month but I can assure we'll deliver over time. Till next month, tee them high and let them fly!!!

Ross MacLean, President

Jean's pic of the crew already cleaning up after Arthur, shortly after 6:00 AM Sunday July 6

Avon Go Round- July, 2014 page 2

Contacts 2014-15 Board of Directors

Manager 902-798-4405 [email protected] Pro Shop 902-798-2673 [email protected] Admin Office 902-798- 4654 [email protected] Fax 902-788-9889 Avon Valley Golf & Country Club 595 Falmouth Back Road P.O. Box 101 Falmouth, NS B0P 1L0

Ross MacLean ……………….………….…..… President Rob Caissie ……………….………………Vice-President Blaine Rooney ….…….….…….………….……Treasurer Paul Reynolds ………………......… Secretary & Publicity Bob Purcell …..….……...….… Immediate Past President Wayne Northup ….……..……........ Match/ Entertainment Phil McNeil …….…….………….….… Member Services Scott Lessel.…….……..Junior Development Ctee (& TBD) Chris McCarthy ………Junior Development Ctee (& TBD) Chris Gray…….…… .. Junior Development Ctee (& TBD)

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Volunteers Needed/ Ideas Welcome

All members are invited to take an interest in the Club's operations- as volunteers on Board committees or to assist with tournaments & other events and projects. If you have questions or have suggestions to offer, contact Brad Corkum, General Manager as indicated above, our President, Ross MacLean at [email protected] or any Board member by leaving a message at 902-798-4654 or by sending an e-mail to [email protected].

Letters or other submissions to the Avon Go Round (articles, photos, contest entries etc.) can be sent to [email protected] or left with the Pro Shop or Admin Office addressed to Avon Go Round.

Want a full-size non-cropped copy of any pic from any issue in .jpg format? Ask the editor, same procedure.

General Manager's Report

As Ross noted in his report, tropical storm Arthur resulted in a fair bit of damage- see pictures of just a part of it on p 12. We lost a number of trees, the most notable being the big "target" spruce on hole 16. It takes a lot of years to grow any tree and it's particularly difficult to lose so many in one day. We also had a lot of broken and hanging limbs that created a safety hazard. I cannot recall a storm of the magnitude hitting at this time year. We want to particularly thank the members who came to help with the clean up- there was a lot of raking to do and your help was greatly appreciated. In addition to our own crew and help from members, we also needed to engage some outside help

with the clean-up. We felt it was money well spent to get the course open in a timely manner. We hired two tree climbers to remove all the safety issues caused by broken and hanging limbs. That notwithstanding, full recognition for the co-operation of our grounds staff, as the entire crew agreed to work long hours on the weekend to help get the course open. Dean in particular made a big sacrifice by pulling out of the NS Amateur to help with the clean-up noting he was in contention for a spot on the team. Financially the club is on pretty solid ground. Revenue is slightly off last year, but expenses are down helping to offset the shortfall. The result is that our year bank balance is slightly better than last year. Hopefully the rest of the season will see good weather. In closing I would like to thank all the staff for their hard work and dedication. I feel very fortunate to have such a great team to work with. I would like to thank the Board for their guidance and support. To all members who have volunteered with our in house events and our two Invitationals thss month, thank you for giving your time to make this a better Club. Finally, as always, my door is always open, so please feel free to drop in. Without input to steer us straight, it's harder to improve.

Brad Corkum, General Manager


Survey- the way forward for the Avon Go Round

As indicated in the June 2014 Avon Go Round, there's been discussion as to whether or not there is a need for a monthly May-November newsletter given the Club's other channels of communication (email, the Club's website, Twitter and Facebook accounts). The Board decided to put the question to the membership The upside of having a newsletter is that it captures a monthly record of events which over each season, collectively constitute an annual word-and-picture record of many of the Club's activities (tournaments, weekly series, Fun Nights, status reports, shareholder matters, etc). In print format, they're accessible to members who are not electronically connected- and they're a nice takeaway souvenir for our many outside tournament players and visitors. They're also archived on the website's newsletter and back issues which they can be retrieved and reviewed at will. If we relied solely on our in-season website and social media postings for information, our records would be lost as the posts constantly churn over, are updated, over-written, deleted, buried and forgotten altogether as they fall deeper into the growing queue of new posts- all this as a function of the designed-in transient nature of social media itself. Dollar considerations aren't much of an issue. A few years back, the sales of newsletter ad space was a modest source of revenue for the Club, and even now our diminished ad revenues exceed the cost of printing- noting that printing

costs are lower than in the past because layout is done in-house as opposed to past practice of paying for this. Bottom line, not having it printed might save the roughly $1200 spent annually on printing, but there would be absolutely no additional impact on the time & effort related to producing each issue for electronic distribution. In the long run, we'd probably end up producing photocopies for "off-line" members, and our visitors would no longer have the newsletter as a souvenir. And quite possibly we might see ad revenues fall even further due to reduced distribution. Finally, there's the form and content of the newsletter itself. We don't have a wide range of contributors- just the Director (and Mrs.) Match, the GM, the President and the Director, Publicity for editing, layout, contests, spot pics & fillers. The Pro Shop and a few members contribute updates to the weekly Men's Ladies' & Thursday Seniors website reports which are also used in the newsletter, and there are occasional spot pics/ reports from the Pro Shop & other Directors. All members have a long-standing invitation to contribute (see the 2nd page of each issue and the website Newsletter page)- but other than contest entries, we've received only one contribution of any substance in the past several years. As a consequence of this limited input and the cyclical nature of the Club's activities, it's probably fair to describe the newsletter as having become predictable from month to month. Time for the questions:

To assist in determining future directions for the newsletter, please answer the following questions as applicable:

1) Noting the Club's commitment to continue normal publication for the balance of 2014, in your opinion should the Club continue publication of the Avon Go Round in future years?

YES NO (if "No", please provide rationale)

2) If YES, with what frequency? (currently May- October in print, plus November online-only): options could be every second month, twice a year, once annually, other

3) In your view, what could or should be done to make the Avon Go Round more relevant and interesting?

I am a Member Visitor (Optional) Your name Respond by printing & completing the above questionnaire, then hand it in to the Pro Shop: use an envelope if you wish to remain anonymous. Please reply by September 15, 2014. If you prefer, answer the above questions by that date by sending an email to [email protected]: your identity will not be disclosed and your confidentiality will be maintained. Summary results of this survey will appear in a future issue.


Thursday Seniors: June 26- July 24

Winners June 26 July 3 July 10 July17 July 24 /Prizes $35.00 $33.50 $32.00

Competitions K. Parkin G. MacDonald Phil.McNeil Not Not C. Belliveau D. Wile J.G. MacDonald played played B. Hartley R. Boyd D.Wile

due to due to C. Kinsman Poker rain-out Junior 8 8 8 6 4 7 7 9 9 4

Invitational S. LeBlanc R. Freeman Tom Thomas J. Cunningham N. Hood D. Chisholm K. Cogan N. Pyne C. Belliveau D. Mailing D. Richards

Missed Cut G. Stewart M. Beach Dan McNeil / $5.00 D. Richard R. Hunter Jim MacDonald T. Purcell B. Marryatt Wendell Fox C. Woodman Bill Dixon

Ladies' Night: July 1-21

Winners/ date Tuesday July 1 Pts Monday July7 Monday July 14 Pts

Monday July 21 Pts

1st Div, 1 Martha Lynch 20.0 Chris Vey 19.0 Pam Jenkins 20.5 2 Cindi Northup 18.0 Cancelled- Martha Lynch 18.5 S Hharvey 19.5 3 Pam Jenkins 16.5 Debbie Francis 16.5 C McGinnis 18.5

2nd Div, 1 Judy Young 21.5 Tropical Joanne Stager 19.0 Debbie Digdon 22.0 2 Debbie Digdon 19.0 storm Arthur Linda Fraser 18.5 Sher O'Neill 19.0 3 Marg Chipman 16.5® clean-up Gail Goyer 17.5 Isabel Palmeter 17.5®

3rd Div, 1 Brenda Joudrey 21.0 Heather Trider 19.0 Gail Goyer 20.0 2 Lenore Woodman 20.0 Lenore Woodman 16.0 Mary Spares 18.5 3 Jean Hall 19.0 Jean Hall 14.0 Gill Maling 18.0

Closest to hole Ann Thomas 160" (5) Sharon Harvey Debbie Digdon 9" Low putts Shelly King 14 Martha Lynch, 15 Sharon Harvey

Lenore Woodman 14 Heather Trider " Debbie Digdon Mary Spares "

Play & Stay Pizza Jean Hall Judy Young Lorraine Purcell 50-50 Debbie Francis $36 Martha Lynch $14 Linda Fraser $28

It's never too late to jump In to the Ladies' Night, Thursday Seniors or Men's Night weekly events: just ask the Pro Shop for info or check the weekly updates appearing in the top table on the website Tournaments Page.


Men's Night: June 25- July 16

Winners June 25 Pts July 2 Pts July 9 Pts July 16 Pts 1st Div: 1 C Ellis 21.5 R MacLean 19.5 B Ross 23.0 K Harvey 19.5 Hcap 0-9 2 D Kline 21.0 K Harvey 18.0 M Pryde 20.5 M Pryde 19.5® 3 D Ross 20.5 W Northup 17.0 R MacPherson 20.0 R Sweet 18.5

2nd Div: 1 M Ingram 23.0 T White 24.0 J Bond 23.0 B Anderson 51.5 Hcap 10-17 2 B Anderson 22.5 D Herx 24.0® B Purcell 23.0® R Allen 20.5 3 G Harvey 21.0 M Sullivan 23.5 K Archibald 20.5 D Herx 20.0

3rd Div: 1 G Bartlett 22.0 R Boutilier 22.5 B White 21.0 J Davidson 22.0 Hcap 18-20 2 G Lamontagne 20.5® B Tone 22.0 A Burnet 20.5® A Burnett 20.5 3 J Davidson 20.5® J Davidson 21.5 J Davidson 21.5® B vanTassel 20.0

4th Div: 1 G MacDonald 24.5 D Stuart 22.5 R Freeman 23.0 R Burgess 21.5 Hcap 21+ 2 W Trider 24.0 D Wile 21.5 B Rooney 22.0 P Scott 20.5 3 D. Roberts 23.5 N Hood 20.5 K Purcell 21.5® Se Allen 20.0

Poker 1 B Rooney R MacPherson A Ducharme R Freeman 2 R MacPherson G Lamontagne E Lilly B Butler 3 P Calderozzi R Crawford G Lamontagne G Harvey

50-50 R MacPherson $71.50 B Tone $101.00 Mike Goss $96.50 D Herx $100.50

Closest to: Hole D Kline # 5 B Rooney #11 K Aucoin # 5 R Burgess # 11

A Burnett # 8 B Dixon #15 P Scott # 8 G. Dixon # 15 Post/ other P Calderozzi # 4 D Fudge 150/10 D Morash 150/ 9 B Chipman 100/17

# of Players 74 78 87 77

July Match Report Match Play events as of July 20: Avon Valley Greenhouses Trophy, Hcp 0-15

Rank Final Match Winner

July 27 5 Wayne Northup Bill Chipman 3 Bill Chipman

Etter Trophy, Hcp 16+

Rank Final Match Winner June 22 8 Rod Burgess Scott Lessel 2 Scott Lessel

Congrats to Scott Lessel upon winning the Etter Trophy and to

Bill Chipman who won the Avon Valley Greenhouses Trophy: Scott and Bill will play off soon to

determine the winner of the

Match Play Trophy for 2014!


Match (cont) Avon Valley - Tim Horton’s Mixed Invitational 2014

Congratulations to the 2014 Avon Valley /Tim Horton’s Champions & Winners of the Murray Purcell Memorial

Trophy

Anita (NSPP) & Steve Ingram (Avon Valley) – Net Score 127:

trophy presented by Lorraine Purcell & Wayne Northup

Our special thanks to Joan Langille-Elliott of Tim Horton’s Windsor and Hantsport for providing the field with coffee and muffins each morning as well as prizes for our tournament, her continued support is greatly appreciated. Thanks too to Carson Ellis and Sysco for their generous donations. And of course to Rob and the kitchen staff for the great meal on Saturday, and to our Manager, Brad Corkum and the Pro Shop staff for all their help over the weekend. More thanks to Lorraine, Cathy, Robert, Donnie, Pete, Sharon and anyone else who assisted as needed with all the pre-tournament preparations, registration, scoring, the ball toss competition and other tasks, and to our fellow Avon Valley members for their patience and understanding in giving up their early weekend tee times for our only invitational tournament of the season. Most of all, thanks to all competitors for coming out and supporting the tournament: we hope you enjoyed your weekend at Avon Valley and we hope to see you- and many others- again next season.

1st Division:

1stLow Gross & Overall Gross Winners:

AJ Cunningham (NSPP) & Mark Hennigar (PennH) 148

1st Low Net:

Hilde Howlett & John Burbidge (AV): 131

2nd Net: Lorraine Purcell & Robt MacPherson (AV): 134

3rd Net: Cindi & Wayne Northup (AV): 135


2nd Division:

1st Low Gross: Kathy & Dale Wilson (Paragon) 170

1st Low Net: Lori White & Dan Anthony (AV) 133

2nd Low Net: Thelma & Doug Connors (Ashburn) 141

3rd Net: Linda Fleming & Peppy Lavigueur (GS) 143®

3rd Division:

1s Low Gross: Sheila (HP) & Paul Crummell (NSPP) 180

1st Net: Rhonda & Wayne Thibault (West Pub) 140

2nd Low Net: Betty & Ron Johnson (Antigonish) 142

3rd Low Net: Paulette & Doug Sutherland (Mtn) 143


Closest to hole- Saturday

Ladies Close to Hole #5: Rhonda Thibault

Ladies Close to Hole #15: Sheila Dewar

Men Close to Hole #8: Brian Neville

Men Close to Hole #11: Dan Anthony

Closest to hole- Sunday

Ladies Close to Hole #8: Lori White

Ladies Close to Hole #11: Draw – Winner Lorie Clark

Men Close to Hole #15: Mark Hennigar

Congrats too, to Josh Purcell, skipped out on his pic for

winning Closest to Hole 5 on Sunday

Thanks again to all participants, sponsors, volunteers and staff for making this a success. See you again next year

Finally- see more pics on the Club's

Facebook page.

Wayne Northup, Tournament Chair.


Match (cont) 2014 One Club & Putter Results

The annual One Club & Putter competition sponsored by Gary Nelson of Nelson Law was again this year a popular event, with 22 couples participating. This can come as no surprise, as what's not to enjoy- fun, fellow golfers, family and friends who after nine holes of play celebrated together in the Clubhouse with great food, drinks and enjoying lots of interesting tales of adventures on the course. Lots of prizes, for skill at either golf or winning by draw.

Congrats to Avon Valley member winners Lorraine Purcell and Robert MacPherson with a score of 48.

…and the low Member/ Non-member winners Bill Butler and Catherine MacDonald with a score of 54.

High scorers Russell Allen & Trish Curry after their practice round for next time when they'll win it all!

A good roomful of people

Thanks to our Dining and Pro Shop staff for their great service, and to all members and guests who participated. We hope you had a fun evening and that you can join us for another in August. Look for notices soon on the Avon Valley website and in the Clubhouse. Wayne Northup, Match


Junior Development The July 3, 2014 Avon Valley Junior Invitational The 2014 Junior Invitational was played under conditions that began as ideal but becoming warmer as the day progressed- maybe hitting 30° C. There were 59 participants from 10 different Clubs across the province including 9 of our own, but with that we were only tied for 2nd (with Asburn) in terms of participation, Ken-wo in the lead with 15. The course was in its usual peak condition thanks to Dean & the crew, everyone had a good time & in terms of the level of competition, the following speaks for itself!

Champion – Shaun Margeson, Ashburn – 73

Runner-up - Drew Ward, Ken-Wo – 74®

Young Men’s Junior Division

1st low gross: Brandon Cuvelier, Grandview 74 2nd Drake Batherson, Ken-Wo 77 3rd Jonah Vidito, Ken- Wo 78 1st low net: Adam Dorrance, Ken –Wo 71 2nd Ben Klassen, Oakfield 74 3rd Taylor Brown, Ken-Wo 75

Bantam Division

1st low gross: Bailey Peach, Avon Valley 80 2nd John Mosher, Chester 82® 3rd Chad Wilson, Ken-Wo 82 1st low net: Evan Callaghan, Abercrombie 73 2nd Matt Connors, Brightwood 74 3rd Ted Gates, Chester 75

Pee Wee Division

1st low gross Ryan Martin, Avon Valley 84

1st low net: Alec Anderson, Ashburn 68

Young Ladies’ Junior Division

Low gross champion: Darcey Fuller, KW 88 1st low net: Rebecca Nicholas, Ash 72 2nd Natalie Rippey, AV 80

Bantam/Pee Wee Division

1st low gross: Heather Maclean, Ken-Wo 92 2nd Haley Baker, Ashburn 100 1st low net: Rachel Nicholas, Ashburn 72 2nd Sara Cumby, Ken-Wo 80

Young Ladies closest to the hole: Haley Baker, Ashburn Longest drive: Sara Cumby, Ken-Wo

Young Men closest to the hole: Adrian Nunn, Chester Longest drive: Liam Delehanty, Ashburn

7:50 group- Tyler, Drake, Brandon, Shaun (see** endnote)

8:00 Group, 15th tee Drew, Taylor, Aiden **


Jake, Jonah, Benjamin, Devan **

Jack, Nick, Liam & Liam **

Chandler, Blake & Adam **

Evan, John & Ian **

Bradley, Chad & Luke **

Nice out!!!

** The names in the above pics are not necessarily in order, correct, or even listed (as in that terrific bunker shot) for which I sincerely apologize- ed.


Tropical storm Arthur…

… took down tree between #2 forward tee & #8 green

… shortened the willow by #8 bridge

… destroyed a residence behind 13 green

… took down the monumental target tree behind 16

and did much more damage. Could have been worse, but we're already getting past it.

Membership update

The following are the new members of Avon Valley Golf and Country Club for 2014. Most were identified in the May, 2014 edition of the Avon Go Round. Since then, in accordance with the Club's By-laws, all of the following have now been confirmed as members by vote of the Board of Directors.

1 James Sherman 2 Ashley McCulley 3 Lisa Embree 4 Rob Embree 5 T Barry White 6 Phil Brison 7 Richard Devarennes 8 Andy Bumet 9 Terry Butler

10 Joan Butler 11 Alex Crowell 12 Ken Hayter 13 Brenda Hobin 14 Glenn Hobin 15 Taewan Kim 16 Ted Malpage 17 Greg Peacock 18 Ken Peacock

19 Nick Seaboyer 20 Scott Wells 21 Betty Van der gaag 22 Dan Young 23 Jamie Bond 24 Brian Stanley 25 Wade Trider 26 Michael Sullivan

27 Raymond Hart * 28 Nolan Fowler * 29 Lucas Hilden * 30 Jack Pemberton * 31 Jacob Hartley * 32 Jack Sheehan * * denotes Pee-wee

Feel free to contact me on anything I might help you with. Find me on the course, in the Clubhouse-or email me at [email protected] or phone 902-835-5120/cellular 902-880-5877.- Phil McNeil, Member Services

Editor's note- Phil also contributed the pic of the downed tree on 16 above, taken the days he worked clean-up


What??? from Where???

How it's played: Each month we print part of a photo (last month's is below) and invite your guess of WHAT is being pictured FROM WHERE on the grounds. The winner of a $5 certificate is then selected by draw from among the acceptable entries- i.e. those that best identify both the what that's being pictured and the from where the pic was taken. The May contest had only one entry…

… and the answer is- What? the 17th green…From where? looking back from

between back of 10th green & 11th tee

The winner of the June contest is Don Maling, congrats- the Pro Shop will be asked to issue your certificate.

At left is the July 2014 pic, taken June 26- you might not normally be looking in this direction, the tractor got my attention that day. Anyway, as always, you can check it out in full colour in the on-line Avon Go Round once posted. The full-size pic measures 5152 x 3864 pixels in the original, from which the 2300 x 1150 pixel contest pic has been cropped, then re-sized (in proportion) as at left.

Have fun... & make sure your entries (see below) are in by the deadline for the next issue i.e. August 15, 2014.

Enter by e-mail to [email protected] or c/o the Pro Shop in an envelope addressed to What? from Where?

This year marked the 19th year for Hants Community Hospital Golf Fundraiser at Avon Valley. We are proud of our long association with Hants Community Hospital and their Foundation, and of being able to assist in contributing towards the purchase of all the valuable equipment that the Hospital has been able to acquire partially as a result of this annual event. Golf has a proud heritage of raising money for charitable, cultural and sports organizations, all of which goes to making a difference in our communities. This year we have hosted events to raise money for the Hockey Heritage Museum, the Valley Maple Leafs, the NS Midget Lacrosse Girls Team, the Lions Clubs of both Windsor and Fall River, ALS Canada, the Freedom Foundation, Learning Center For Children, Mission To Seafarers, the Heart and Stroke foundation, the Windsor Fire Department, Friends of Farrell, and Breast Cancer events. We thank our members for their direct and indirect support in this.

Wayne, deliberately missing (or so he said) so someone else could win the Hospital Foundation's putting game


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