Trent Tourney Won By Petes Team

Under clear skies on Thursday, 68 golfers participated in the seventh annual Excalibur Golf Tournament at Peterborough Golf & Country Club, helping to raise more than $21,000 in support of Trent University’s varsity programs and athletes.

Sponsored by Bell, the tournament was a shotgun scramble format that included contests throughout the day coordinated by some of Trent’s student varsity athletes. Golfers were also treated to some fabulous refreshments on the course, provided by Aramark. After a day at the course, guests were invited to a reception and dinner at Trent University. The gourmet food was donated entirely by Aramark.


All proceeds from the annual Excalibur Golf Tournament go towards supporting the varsity program at Trent University and athletic financial awards. These awards are designed to assist student athletes with a record of outstanding academic and athletic performance and demonstrated financial need. Each donation is matched dollar-for-dollar by the government’s Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS) program.


“As we continue to build our varsity program at Trent, it is important that we support our student athletes any way we can to help them succeed both academically and athletically,” said Bill Byrick, director of Athletics at Trent. “The athletic scholarships and bursaries that will be created through the proceeds of this tournament will help to attract great athletes to Trent and assist them in reducing their financial challenges. On behalf of our athletes, thank you to all of the sponsors and participants of this event. It is inspiring to see the amount of support in the community for our varsity program and for our student athletes.”


The 2011 Winning Foursome title went to the VIP team of leaders behind the Peterborough Petes, general manager Dave Reid, head coach Mike Pelino and assistant coach Jody Hull, together with hockey commentator and former NHL player Greg Millen. Winners of Closest-to-the-Pin were Laurie Robertson (Ladies) and John Casserly (Men). Longest Drive winners were Marilyn Strain (Ladies) and Todd Vandonk (Men).

Congratulations and thanks go out to everyone who participated, with special appreciation to the many generous sponsors who helped make this year’s event such a success.

Poulin wins Wes Dixon Memorial - Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA

Poulin wins Wes Dixon Memorial - Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA

Kenner Tournament

Kenner Foundation Golf Tournament

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Keystone Links Golf and Country Club

All funds raised go into our Kenner Scholarship Program.

Cost $120 per person and includes 18 holes of golf,
cart, dinner, awards, prize table and a team photo.
Everyone welcome!


                               11 am Registration
                               12 pm Shot gun Start
                               5 pm  Happy Hour/Silent Auction
                               6 pm  Dinner and Awards

To register or donate a prize please contact:
Roy Wood 742-9888
Robin Read 745-1692
Lesley Parnell 748-4713
Lori Quinlan 743-2181

Trent Excalibur Golf Tournament Has Openings

Proceeds from this annual tournament support varsity athletes and the creation of Athletic Financial Awards, to assist student athletes with demonstrated financial need and outstanding academic performance. Each donation is matched dollar-for-dollar by the government's Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS) program. Last year’s tournament raised an impressive $30,000.

Details of the tournament are as follows:

Date:                Thursday, June 16, 2011

Location:         Peterborough Golf & Country Club

Time:               11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Registration & Lunch

                        1:30 p.m. – Shot Gun Start

6 p.m. – Cocktail reception and dinner at the Great Hall, Trent University

The tournament is open to members of the community and spots are still available. Tournament fees are $200 per golfer (includes green fees, golf cart, beverage ticket, lunch, reception and dinner).

For more information, please contact: Kathryn Verhulst, Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Athletics & Recreation, Trent University, (705) 748-1011 x7258 or kathrynverhulst@trentu.ca

Here's a copy of a column I wrote last month for the Peterborough Examiner.

It's About Time
By Pete Dalliday
On the Links

Did you have enough time this past weekend to play 18 ? Perhaps you got out for a quick 9 between other commitments but left the course feeling it wasn't quite enough. So how does 12 holes or maybe 15 holes grab you ? The golf industry could very well be heading in that direction as more and more people are finding hard to set aside 4-5 hours in one day to get in 18 holes. Simply put most people are busier than ever before.

A 12 hole course opened up last year in Toronto and apparently business has been very brisk.

Almost 20 years ago while undergoing course renovations the Peterborough Golf and Country Club played as a 15 hole track and it worked just fine if ask me. If you are pressed for time or perhaps you are even getting a bit tired, playing 12 at Kawartha is perfect as it brings you right to the parking lot or to the back deck for that matter.

Something new to the game is called PowerPlay Golf or PPG for short. This new 9-hole, 2-flag, risk reward format combats the two major issues facing the world of golf, time and money. The game is quite simple, each green has two flags one of which is black. If you go for the more difficult black flag and you get a birdie or better you get double the stableford points. However score a bogey or worse and you lose points.

At the very least if you only have time for 9 this game will make you think a bit more and it should lead to some fun discussion afterwards while settling a few bets.

Graeme McDowell, Paula Creamer, Ian Poulter and Gary Player are just four of the players who are getting behind PPG. I'm sure the Golf Channel is already working a made for TV version of the game as we speak.

A few local courses that may be perfect venues to try this game out would be Marvel Rapids in Apsley, The Links at Monck's Landing up towards Minden and Iron Woods in Warsaw. That's right Warsaw has its own course. It's not well publicized but it's there just before you arrive in downtown Warsaw turn south and you can't miss it. All three of these courses are perfect if time is a factor and if you are in the area already.

With all this said, there is still no question that 18 hole courses will continue to be the norm and perhaps that’s the way it should be, but don't be shocked if you see more 9 and even 12 hole courses popping up. It's about time or perhaps lack of.

Kawartha Golf and Country Club Ladies Invitational

Here are the results of KGCC's Ladies Invitational Two Person Best Ball format played June 11th.

1st gross – Marion Reid
- Heather St. Jules
2nd gross – Betsy Freeman
- Vera Malcolm
3rd gross – Brenda Bosnell
- Liz Messervey
4th gross – Diane Topping
- Brenda Love
5th gross – Kathy McKight
- Marilyn Self
6th gross – Kelly Bertrand
- Bonnie Burns
7th gross – Rebecca Brydges
- Tina Ruhl


1st net – Charlene Bridger
- Linda Lewis
2nd net – Marlyn Finch
- Joan McConnell
3rd net – Mary Lou Andrews
- Cathy Sandy
4th net – Sandra Paul
- Jane Seto
5th net – Joan Warren
- Laila St.Jauques
6th net – Iris Crowder
- Susan Mair
7th net - Wendy Stephens
- Linda Stephens

Closest to the Line #1 – Kris Retford
Longest Drive #2 HDCP 21- 24 – Iris Crowder
Longest Drive #5 HDCP 25- 40 – Heather St. Jules
Longest Drive #7 HDCP 16-20 – Bonnie Burns
Closest to the Pin #8 – Charlene Royce
Between the Lines #9 – Heather St. Jules
Closest to the Pin #12 – Liz Messervey
Closest to the Pin #15 – Brenda Bosnell
Longest Drive #16 HDCP 0-15 – Charlene Royce
Closest to the Pin #18 – Marilyn Finch