Men's Night donates 60/40 proceeds to cancer care

Romeo and Wes Labosierre accepted a cheque for $1000 on behalf of their daughter and sister Stacey who passed away 2 years ago from cancer. Stacey worked here at the club a few years ago before getting married and moving on to a position with Elite Communications.

The money will go to the chemotherapy unit at Boundary Trails Hospital. That is where Carman residents go for their treatments. Romeo and Wes have worked hard to raise money for the unit and Men's Night Golf is honored to be able to help such a worthy cause.

Domestic Elk Feast

Andre will be offering a Domestic Elk dinner next Friday at the club. The price will $25 including all the taxes and will include salad, roasted potatoes, veggies, dessert and coffee. Reservations are requested, so please call the restaurant at 745-3611 to make them. This looks like a great chance to have an exotic meal at the club.

Season seems to be drawing to a close

It seems hard to believe, but the 2008 season is starting to draw to a close. Both of our evening leagues held their wind-ups this week with both groups reporting good years with excellent turnouts.

Both of our day leagues have completed their regular matches with their respective wind-ups scheduled for September 9th. The Ladies will be playing a 9 hole round with a shot gun at 12:00. They will follow that with prizes, lunch and their annual meeting. While that is happening, the senior men will be on the course with their 18 hole round. A steak dinner and prizes will follow their round.

Along with Labour Day this weekend comes our semi-annual aeration of the greens. We will be starting Monday afternoon around 2:30 and will go throuh the front 9. We hope to have all the hole done by Tuesday. Please understand that this process is an inconvenience, but is essential to keep the greens in great shape the rest of the season.

With any luck we will have another month of nice golfing weather and everone will get a chance to get their share of golf in.

Junior Junior Golf

We will be offering beginner golf lessons at the club again this year. Lessons will be on Friday, August 22 and Thursday, August 28 from 4 till 5 each day. We will try and cover basic fundamentals, rules and etiquette each day.

Lessons are available to member's children, grandchildren or friends. There will be no charge for the lessons. For more information or to register, please call the Pro Shop at 745-2366.

Don Jackson wins Manitoba Senior Golf Championship

Don Jackson of Portage won the Manitoba Seniors Golf Championship this week at Carman Golf Club. He shot rounds of 71, 73 and 74 for a 3 round total of 5 over par 218. Three players tied for second including our own Bill North, Grant Foster and Dennis Burns. Bill shot a final round 71 to pass a bunch of players to get a position on the 4 man Manitoba team. Bill will be travelling with the team to Sault St Marie for the Canadian Seniors Championship in September. Good luck Bill and play well.

The course was in great shape all week and all the participants enjoyed the course and the hospitality they received while they were here.

Kevin Giesbrecht is in Trinidad this week representing Canada in the Steven Ames Cup. It will be a great trip for Kevin and we hope he has a great time. Here is a link to the tournament there:
http://www.trinidadandtobagogolfassociation.com/www.amescup.com/amescup2008.htm

After he gets back from there, he will be on his way to Paris, Texas to begin his college golf career at Paris Junior College.

This week the Manitoba Summer Games is coming to Carman with the golf being played on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Come on out and see some some of Manitoba's future great golfers. Carman golfers playing include Regan Bell, Matthew Bell, and Brock Vanderveen.

Carman Golf Club to host Manitoba Senior Golf Championship

Here is a competitor lining up a putt at last years championship.

Carman Golf Club will be hosting the Manitoba Senior Golf Championships this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. Reigning Champion Don Jackson from Portage will be back to defend his title. It will not be easy as he will be challenged by many great players including previous winners Gavin Speirs and Larry Hayden. The Carman contingent includes Bill North, Glen Sinclair and Don Revel.

There should be some exciting golf here at the club, so come out and watch and cheer on our boys.