Mt Brenton Golf Course

Thanks to the 76 golfers who took part in the Stogie Club’s Breakfast Club of Canada fundraiser at Mount Brenton Golf Course on Saturday.
This is the fourth year the club has chosen Mount Brenton.

We regret to announce the passing of former long-time member Rick Lambier on Aug. 6. He was 85.
He is survived by his wife, Elaine.
Both Rick and Elaine volunteered their time for tournaments at Mount Brenton and also for Annual General Meeting duty.
Wendy Jordan, Starr Adams, Rick, and Elaine played in a fun-filled foursome for six or seven years before Rick developed a rare form of Parkinson’s.
Elaine is living in Victoria, close to family.
He also volunteered for the Ladies Amateur and was adamant that #2 Creek was his territory as a spotter.
Our club flag will be lowered for a week in his honour.

Home field advantage
Our Interclub Senior Men’s team played an inter-club match vs. Cottonwood Golf Club on
Aug 6 at Mount Brenton and Aug 13 at Cottonwood. It was a two-player team match-play format. The home team in these events, of course, has a huge advantage, and this worked to our favour. Bravo guys.

Here is a picture of the team.
From left to right.
Calvin Karabonik, Kelvin Frumento, Steve Rogers, Brian Magee, Ted Kennedy,
Earl Blom, Don Campbell, Dale Neubauer, Dan Schulte, and Randy Pauls.

Results were:
At Mount Brenton: Mount Brenton 12 points; Cottonwood 3 points.
At Cottonwood: Mount Brenton 4.5 points; Cottonwood 10.5 points

Mount Brenton wins 16.5 points to 13.5 points
Bruce Frey
Cottonwood MISGA Rep

Our Mount Brenton Interclub team also played matches with Nanaimo in June this year.
This was an individual singles match play event.
The team consisted of Dave Linklater, Kevin Mills, Brian Magee, Allan Rettig
James Crickett, Calvin Karabonik, Bruce Hansen, Dale Neubauer, Steve Rogers,
Kelvin Frumento, Shane Harper, and Ted Kennedy.
Results were.
At Nanaimo: Nanaimo, 21.5 points; Mount Brenton, 14.5 points.
At Mount Brenton: Nanaimo, 7.5 points; Mount Brenton, 28.5 points
Mount Brenton wins 43 points to 29.
This team consisted of Dave Linklater, Kevin Mills, Brian Magee, Allan Rettig
James Crickett, Calvin Karabonik, Bruce Hansen, Dale Neubauer, Steve Rogers,
Kelvin Frumento, Shane Harper, and Ted Kennedy.

Mount Brenton Senior Men also compete in the MISGA (Mid-Island Seniors Golf Association). Courses from Arbutus in the
South Island to Storey Creek in the North are members.
For the second consecutive year, Mount Brenton has won the South Island Challenge among Duncan Meadows, Cowichan, Arbutus Ridge, and Cottonwood.
Here are a few members of this year’s team shown with the Cup.

From left to right
Kelvin Frumento, Jim Carlson, Allan Rettig, Robert McKechnie,
Ted Kennedy, Brian Magee, and Steve Rogers.

MISGA is open to all Seniors 55 and over.
The initial cost to join is $10.00.

Brian Magee, right, and Cottonwood MISGA rep Bruce Frey with a FedEx Points award for best gross or net score. There is one scheduled event remaining.

On the women’s side, Mount Brenton has won all of their

Course Conditions
We are now into the dog days of summer, and the course is in pretty good condition considering all the play and dry conditions we have seen. The increase in wetting agent applications to fairways and approaches has significantly improved their overall condition and reduced the amount of water required. Most greens are in good condition; greens that were struggling with an anthracnose outbreak are now recovering well.
Projects/Other Work
Drip irrigation around the bunker on the eighth has been installed, and the perimeter has been reshaped and resodded. We are also now doing some bunker edging throughout the course as time allows.
We are now prepping the area to the left of the eighth fairway for seeding; we will also be installing a couple of sprinklers there.
Greens aeration is scheduled for Sept. 8-10. We will use the same format as last Spring: nine holes closed on the first day, all 18 on the second day, and just nine on the third day.
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New reservation reminder.
In a perfect world, members would have been notified in advance of the new reservation reminder that appeared recently in emails. However, as with our golf games, it isn’t a perfect world. Some members never need a reminder; others often do. Just delete the email once you have read it.
It is a new function of our newly updated Chronogolf booking app. There may be others coming your way, but don’t hold your breath.

A little slice of summer at Mount Brenton. ⛳️

Quiet mornings, warm sunshine and views like this are hard to beat.

Check out our new GPS-guided sprayer.
Click the start arrow and unmute.
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Here’s an update on Mount Bernon’s honorary member, Shelly Stouffer's summer.
She came in second in the Irish Senior Women's Amateur at +3, and fifth at the British Senior Women’s Amateur.
Earlier, she tied for sixth at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Am 25+ and tied for third at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Master 40+.
She’s headed to New Jersey to play in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am after the Senior Women’s Open.

Bravo to Murray Bowler, who aced #7. His 8-iron flew 144 yards.
This is Murray’s second hole-in-one.
His playing partners were Jim Moro, Fred Stevenson, and Berry Reumken.

The In Memoriam for Jim Jones should have mentioned that he donated the 1921 woman’s putter that hangs in the Mount Brenton Pub.