The Ontario Women’s Match Play Championship and 75^th Cataraqui Women’s Field Day & Empire Life Eastern Provinces kicks off in Kingston this weekend.  

The top 16 players from the Cataraqui Field Day Match Play Qualifier will advance to the Ontario Women’s Match Play Championship. A playoff will break any ties for 16th place. 

The players advancing to the Match Play portion of the Championship are awarded spots into the 109th Ontario Women’s Amateur & Mid-Amateur Championship at West Haven Golf and Country Club, June 24-27. Any Junior eligible players who advance will also earn an exemption to the Ontario Jr. Girls (U19) Match Play Championship.  

Cataraqui hosted several provincial events in its heydays between the 1930s and 1970s, including the Ontario Amateur Championship (1939, 1952, 1963), the Ontario Ladies’ Amateur Championship (1937, 1965, 1973) and the Ontario Open (1955, 1958, 1966, 1973, 1979). 

FIELD NOTES 

Among the 47 players in the 2024 Ontario Women’s Match Play Championship, several College and University players are competing, Including Elizabeth Labbé (UBC Thunderbirds), Ashley Lafontaine (Elon University), Jillian Friyia (Troy University), Peyton Costabile (Towson University), Myranda Quinton (Penn State), Madeline Boyd (Ball State University), Madison Barber (Towson University). 

PLAYER NOTES 

Nobelle Park– Recently qualified for the 2024 U.S. Junior Girls Amateur. She is a current member of the Team Ontario squad. With her recent results from play, she has shot up the rankings and is No. 182 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Her most recent accolades include winning the Junior Girls Spring Classic last month, the Ontario Junior Players Invitational in March, and a third-place finish at the Next Gen Ontario Championship. Nobelle is currently leading all U15, U17, and U19 rankings on the Junior Golf Pathway Rankings. 
 

Kaprice Park– A current member of Team Ontario. After just missing the qualifier for the U.S. Junior Girls Amateur, she remains the first alternate.  

QUOTES 

“We are thrilled to continue our partnership running the Ontario Women’s Match Play at Cataraqui Golf and Country Club concurrently with the Empire Life Eastern Provinces Championship. Cataraqui’s dedication and support have played a crucial role in making this prestigious tournament a resounding success year after year.  

Since we began this partnership in 2019, we have seen continued growth and once again have another strong field of competitors featuring many high-level juniors and college affiliated players.” – Rob Watson, Tournament Director. 

FAST FACTS 

Championship Venue: Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Kingston, ON. 

Championship Date: June 15-17 

Field: 47 Players 

Leaderboard Link: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10230962420126370009 

Fun Fact: The Name: “Cataraqui” is the original Mohawk name for Kingston, the “Limestone City,” where the Cataraqui Golf & Country Club course is located. 

Format: 18-hole stroke play.

Social Handles: @thegolfontario on Instagram, Facebook and X  

Kingston District congratulates Barbara Allan for her upcoming induction into the builders’ category of the Kingston Sports Hall of Fame.

It is no surprise to the many golfers and volunteers of the Kingston District Golf Association that Barbara has earned this honour.

She was Teams Convenor then District Chair of our District before becoming a key player in the Provincial amalgamation of the OLGA and OGA.
Barbara served on the Board of Directors, then President of the Golf Association of Ontario.
Following her term as GAO’s Past President, she continued to the National level as Chair of the Women’s Division of the newly amalgamated CLGA and RCGA which has now become Golf Canada.
As a member of the Governors’ Council, Barbara has served on numerous Golf Canada Committees and is currently Chair of Amateur Championships.

With all these added responsibilities, Barbara has remained a driving force and role model in the local golfing community.

Kingston District is proud indeed to call Barbara one of ours.

Please click here to download the the 2016 Kingston District Calendar.

The Kingston Whig-Stangard

Jenny Ellis, a native of New South Wales, Australia, who emigrated to Kingston in 1963, excelled in three sports: tennis, squash and golf, which she only started playing in her 30s.

A rough first outing — a dozen shots needed to get off the first tee at Glen Lawrence — soon gave way to summers of splendid play.

Ellis, now 73, copped the women’s title at her Garrison course six times and for 15 years was a member of the team that represented the city at the Ontario championship.

It was during the latter event, in the late 1980s, that Ellis recorded her first hole-in-one. She carded another last year with a perfect wedge shot on No. 11 at Garrison. That makes — get ready for this — 11 career aces.

Golf she learned in this country. Tennis she knew well from her youth Down Under. The family backyard featured a full-sized court.

She captured the Kingston singles and doubles titles in 1979 and replicated that double-barrel feat six more times in the 1980s.

“I know it’s a short season, but I couldn’t believe how often they played over here,” said the retired physiotherapist. “In Australia, we played once or twice a week. Here they played every day.”

Ellis was the GAO’s 2008 District Volunteer of the Year, she is a past District Coordinator and was involved with the Kingston District Women’s Training Program.  She currently volunteers as a Course Rater.

Ellis joins four others who will be honoured on May 1 in Kingston. The other inductees are: George Richardson, Athlete (hockey), Bob Storring, Athlete (fastball), Jack Aldridge, Builder, and Don Dennee, Builder.