Social Events
20TH Annual Mixed Golf Tournament
28 on the 28th: 2009 CSPG Mixed Golf
David Caldwell
Great weather usually means great golf and this year was no exception as CSPG celebrated its 20th Anniversary Mixed Golf Tournament. For the second year in a row, Lynx Ridge Golf Course hosted the popular social event. Despite the slowdown in the industry, the golf tourney was once again sold out with a few people on the waiting list. Sponsorship was also strong matching last year’s totals in funds raised and surpassing prize donations from any previous years. While some sponsors had to opt out due to the poor economic conditions in the oilpatch, others were eager to fill the spots.
Canada Brokerlink (formerly FMA Insurance) continued as the Tournament Sponsor for the 20th year in a row. Tucker Wireline continued their support with the traditional Putting Contest. IHS and AGAT hosted tent spots on Par 3s again. Meanwhile, Hotwell Canada, Cougar Consultants and Sensor Geophysical grabbed the remaining Par 3s to welcome golfers with food and beverages.
Other large sponsors included GLJ Petroleum Consultants and MJ Systems who sponsored the banquet dinner. Exovo (formerly Bodycote) hosted the Continental Breakfast once again as golfers made their way into the clubhouse to register and buy Mulligans and 50/50 tickets. Logtech (now IHS) hosted the Driving Range were golfers practiced furiously before the big tourney. Schlumberger graciously provided the scoring system from ACE Tournament Services for the second year in a row. geoLOGIC took pictures of teams trying to find the "wackiest team" as they teed off on Hole 10. Energy Navigator was also a significant contributor to the tournament.
Hole sponsors this year included: Belloy Petroleum Consulting, Boyd Petrosearch, CL Consultants, Command Equipment, DeGolyer & MacNaughton Canada, Edge Technologies, Enseco Energy Services, First Energy Capital, Nexus Exhibits, Pro Geo Consultants, RPS Energy Canada and Sproule.
Great weather conditions and great golf course conditions allowed for some of the lowest scores in recent tournament history. Low Gross winners of the 20th Anniversary Golf Tournament were Mike Hartwick, Robert Calow, Fraser MacNichol and David Middleton with a score of 61…three strokes better than last year’s 64. Low Net went to the "Sandbagging" team of Tom Charuk, Rex Brigan, Warren Dublonko and Dan Krpan with a score of 55.42. The team that had the most fun with a score of 77 was Travis Nicolle, Scott Thain, Shelley Pawlak and Andrea Henry.
Highlights of the tourney were quite widespread. Norm Hopkins won the coveted mountain bike prize. Murray Larson put on a short game display at the Tucker Putting Contest knocking in two out of three long putts. Dan Krpan bought the lucky winning card for the large 50/50 prize of almost $1200 only to share his winnings with 20 eager friends to be on the patio after the tourney had concluded.
The tourney once again raised significant money through the 50/50 and Mulligan tickets that went towards helping steer students towards careers in earth science. This was helped by the CSPG office handing out sleeves of golf balls as players doled out money for important draws.
A big thanks to the committee who put in countless hours of their own time to help make this 20th Anniversary Tournament the best one yet. Members included Darin Brazel, David Caldwell, Penny Christensen, Norm Hopkins, Brenda Pearson, Dick Willott and Hugh Wishart. Thanks to Alyssa Middleton and Dayna Rhoads for their help from the CSPG office and to Penny Colton for helping out with CSPG Golf balls and pictures.
We hope to see everyone back next year on Friday August 27th at Lynx Ridge Golf Course.
