Senior & Super Senior Championships

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York Amateur and Bronze Championships

2015 Results

Amateur Division
Score Winner Participant Name Club
72 Champion Low Gross Judith Kyrinis Thornhill
81 Runner up (2nd low gross) Kelsey Fuchs Summit
83 A flight low gross Tied Sarah Anne Smurlick Ladies’
83 A flight low gross Tied Jane Kirkpatrick Ladies’
71 A flight low net Wai Ching Anderson King Valley
78 A flight 2nd low net Susan Bell Summit
85 A flight 3rd low gross Joanne Nobel Weston
79 A flight 3rd low net Susan McColl Thornhill
87 B flight low gross Tanis MacLearn Country Club
74 B flight low net Kathy Hill Ladies’
88 B flight 2nd low gross Jeanne Cornell Ladies’
76 B flight 2nd low net Tied Christine MacColl Thornhill
76 B flight 2nd low net Tied Mary Contardi Country Club
89 B flight 3rd low gross Tied Lisa Young Thornhill
89 B flight 3rd low gross Tied Barb Caplan Country Club
93 C flight low gross Anne Bailey Lambton
76 C flight low net Shirley Fleming Rosedale
95 C flight 2nd low gross Debra Selig Carrying Place
80 C flight 2nd low net Elizabeth Litowitz Oakdale
99 C flight 3rd low gross Tied Shelia O’Mahony Islington
99 C flight 3rd low gross Tied Anita Chamberlain Country Club
99 C flight 3rd low gross Tied Wynn Clark St. George’s
81 C flight 3rd low net Colleen Gibbs Weston
Bronze Division
Score Winner Participant Name Club
100 Champion Low Gross Brenda Stocking Ladies’
101 Runner up (2nd low gross) Lynn Benson St. George’s
103 A flight low gross tied Christine Urbano Carrying Place
103 A flight low gross tied Val Ashfield Carrying Place
76 A flight low net Mita Kobayashi Ladies’
80 A flight 2nd low net Lynn McGregor Ladies’
104 B flight low gross Denise Burpee Lambton
78 B flight low net Karen Skobel Islington
105 B flight 2nd low gross Arlene Fox Lambton
79 B flight 2nd low net tied Dolores Cella Country Club
79 B flight 2nd low net tied Marlene Andrejicka Country Club

2014 District Champions

Bronze

Champion – Colleen Gibbs
A Flight Low Gross – Maureen Scullion
A Flight Low Net – Joan Bannan

Amateur
Champion – Judith Kyrinis A Flight Low Gross – Sarah-Ann Smurlick
A Flight Low Net – Janelle Fairgrieve

4 Ball
Jan Vandusen Crowe and Lori Pynn

Seniors
Champion – Judith Kyrinis

Super Seniors
Champion
Jane Kirkpatrick

2014 York Tournament Results

Senior Results

YORK SENIOR RESULTS

 

Amateur / Bronze June 2 – Toronto Golf Club

BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 RESULTS

YORK DISTRICT AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Markland Wood Golf Club Ontario Golf

Markland Wood Golf Club revitalized as members celebrate club’s 50th anniversary

TORONTO, ON – Members at Markland Wood Golf Club are coming to appreciate the calm after the storm as they prepare to celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary throughout 2014.

The storm first blasted many Toronto area clubs and homes last summer with torrential rains and flooding. Markland Wood’s 18 low-lying fairways and bunkers were flooded in July by an overflowing Etobicoke Creek. The course remained closed for nearly two weeks for clean-up before fully opening a month later with rebuilt bunkers.

#13 ice damaged, March 2014

Green 13, in March of 2014 after severe ice damage.

If that wasn’t enough, Mother Nature’s fury struck Toronto in December with a devastating ice storm, followed by the Polar Vortex’s flash freeze in early January that hit clubs across Ontario, Quebec and the North Eastern United States. Many courses in the Greater Toronto Area with poa annua (annual bluegrass) greens, including Markland Wood, were especially hard hit by a four to eight inch blanket of ice over much of the course that severely damaged thousands of greens.

“You could say that Mother Nature has not been very kind to us, but the membership has really pulled together and turned these natural disasters into a positive outcome,” says Superintendent Owen Russell who has been dealing with the aftermath on a daily basis. Both private and public clubs across the GTA, and Ontario for that matter, continue to deal with the aftermath of the harshest winter in at least 25 years.

Since last summer’s storm, the club has spent close to $2 million to repair damage including; rebuilding all 65 bunkers with assistance from architect Cam Tyers, sodding 11 acres of fairway, installing a new irrigation system, cleaning up trees damaged by the ice storm and sodding 14 greens with 72,000 square-feet, or 8,550 rolls of Aggressor bentgrass. The remaining five greens will be re-surfaced at the end of season to ensure consistency for putting areas.

Green 13 as of April 24, 2014.
Green 13 as of April 24, 2014.

“I think the resiliency of the membership is quite remarkable and inspiring because they have been able to accept the circumstances and move forward very quickly,” he adds. Now there is sod shortage in Ontario and clubs are looking outside of the province and the country to try and make repairs. “When we fully open the course in June with the new greens our members are essentially going to have a new golf course to play on and that’s something they should be very proud of,” Russell says.

“While it was initially hard to see the silver lining through the devastation incurred, that dejection quickly turned to the realization of the opportunity to revitalize the golf course,” says Markland Wood GC President, Scott Peart. “We won’t be playing on the new greens for a few weeks, but I can already feel the anticipation building within the membership.  It’s going to be an exciting 50th anniversary celebration with several member events in the works, a few great charity tournaments and the club is hosting the 15th annual Toronto Star Women’s Amateur from June 23 to 26th.”

The club is also publishing a book “50 Years of Fellowship” to commemorate the 50th anniversary. If you have a chance to read it you’ll learn that the Markland Wood area goes back as far as 1810, when John Silverthorn and his family settled here along the Etobicoke River. They established a saw and gristmill that operated until 1870 when the flow of water diminished to the extent that there was insufficient power to drive the mill. The Silverthorn family then turned to farming, before selling it to developer Marc Cavotti in 1958. His associates lightheartedly referred to the property as “Marc’s Land”, which was the preamble to the area’s final moniker of Markland Wood.

After the initial plans for the Markland Wood community were prepared, it was discovered that the land adjoining the Etobicoke River was situated on a floodplain established by Hurricane Hazel, and not suitable for residential development. Being the avid golfers that they were, Cavotti and his associates decided this land would be an ideal place to put a golf course. The project was then turned over to architect Eric Hanson, who transformed the unique crescent shaped parcel of land into an 18-hole golf course. The Club officially opened with Bob Hope as special guest of Head Professional Al Balding, a member of both the Canadian and the Ontario Golf Halls of Fame.

The course plays from 4,763 yards to 6,285 yards, par-70 from five sets of tee blocks, but it is the narrow fairways, fast greens, strategically placed bunkers, mature trees and the ever present, Etobicoke Creek, that define its character and challenges players of every level.

Despite the steep repair bill, Peart says the club of 700 members remains in an excellent financial position having now completed a significant portion of capital work on the course without any assessments to the members. It’s a place where denim can be worn year-round in the lounge of a modern full-service clubhouse where families are encouraged to become friends with other families. The club’s slogan for this year is “Celebrating 50 years of Fellowship.”

“The Markland Wood residential community has the motto “a circle of friends”. This holds true for Markland Wood Golf Club as well,” Peart says.  “It is a tightly knit group of golfers who are proud of their golf course and support their fellow members.  As we turn the corner and prepare for the journey for the next 50 years I believe the club is well positioned for growth and prosperity.”

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