In January of 2019, Golf Manitoba announced that changes would be introduced that would affect the format of the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur and the Junior Men’s Championships. After further deliberation and stakeholder input, these changes will be put on hold for the 2019 season. The format for the Amateur will remain as previously conducted. After 36-holes of play, the field will be reduced to the top 60 and ties.  No further cut will be made. The format for the Junior Men’s will remain the same, there will be a cut to the low 60 and ties after 36 holes if the starting field is 75 players or more.  There will be no cut if the entries total 74 or less.  Any player, in any age group is eligible to make the cut.

For more information on the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur and Manitoba Junior Men’s and Women’s Championships, please visit the competitive schedule page at golfmb.ca.

The Golf Manitoba inter-provincial junior teams will receive a major funding boost for 2019. In April of 2019, the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation made a $60,000 donation to Golf Manitoba with a portion of that donation earmarked to provide financial assistance to the members of the boy’s and girl’s Golf Manitoba inter-provincial junior teams that will travel to Golf Canada national championships. With the donation, each team member will qualify to receive up to $1,800 in travel assistance. In addition to the team members, the remaining quota spot awarded we will also receive financial assistance to help with travel to the respective national championship.

The 2019 Golf Manitoba inter-provincial junior teams will include the top three finishers in each of the Manitoba Junior Men’s and Junior Women’s Championships that will take place from July 6-9 at both the Elmhurst Golf & Country Club and the Pine Ridge Golf Club. The 2019 Golf Canada Junior Girl’s Championship will take place July 30-August 2 at the Lethbridge Country Club in Lethbridge, Alberta with the Canadian Junior Boy’s Championship taking place August 12-15 at the Covered Bridge Golf & Country Club in Hartland, New Brunswick.

For more information:

Jared Ladobruk
Executive Director
Golf Manitoba
204.925.5729
jared@golfmb.ca

The 2019 spring

Future Links driven by Acura Golf in Schools campaign will officially come to a close on June 28, 2019. Created by Golf Canada in partnership with PGA of Canada and Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada), the Golf in Schools program brings the game of golf to Canadian Schools and is regionally administered by Golf Manitoba. The program has been developed to provide students the opportunity to develop aspects of “physical literacy” related to the sport of golf, and increase student knowledge and appreciation for the sport.

Since the start of May, NCCP and PGA of Canada certified

Community Golf Coaches have visited over 45 local schools and have introduced approximately 7,000 early years students to the game of golf. The lessons delivered through the Golf in Schools program help students to learn within specific skill themes including movement skills, health-related fitness, skill-related fitness and life skills and all in relation to golf.  With less than 1% of elementary school populations playing golf, the ultimate goal of the Golf in Schools program is to change this statistic and offer students the opportunity to develop a skill set and have experiences that will encourage and support their lifelong participation in golf.

Moving into the summer months, Golf Manitoba will continue to deliver Future Links junior golf programming to community centres and rural golf courses through Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

In addition to the support of Acura Canada, the regional Golf in Schools program received funding support from the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation.

For more information:

Jared Ladobruk
Executive Director
Golf Manitoba
204.925.5729
jared@golfmb.ca

WINNIPEG, MB – The Golf Manitoba Match Play Championship concluded on Saturday, June 15 with the championship matches taking place at Breezy Bend Country Club.

In the senior division, Garth Collings of Breezy Bend took his home course advantage against Tom Humniski of Elmhurst Golf & Country Club. Collings ended the 18-hole final on the 14th hole with a 5 & 4 victory. The victory was redemption for Collings who lost in the 2018 final.

In the women’s division, Hannah Diamond of St. Charles Country Club met match play qualifier medalist Bobbi Uhl of Shilo Country Club in the 36-hole final. On the 35th hole of the match, Diamond sealed the deal and successfully defended her 2018 Match Play Championship title with a 2 & 1 victory.

On the men’s side final, Colwyn Abgrall of Southwood Golf & Country Club squared off against Austin Dobrescu of Shilo Country Club. The match went to Dobrescu who capped off his 3 & 1 victory with a birdie on the 35th hole.

The Match Play Championship is the first official competitive event of the Golf Manitoba 2019 Championship Schedule. Next up, the Bantam Junior and Women’s City & District Championships being held June 22 & 23 at the Carman Golf & Curling Club.

To view the 2019 Golf Manitoba championship schedule including results and to register for events, please visit that section of our website at golfmb.ca. For real-time updates on championship scoring and results, follow us on twitter @golf_manitoba.

For more information:

Jared Ladobruk
Executive Director
Golf Manitoba
204-925-5729
jared@golfmb.ca

The Golf Manitoba Match Play Championship Finals are set for June 15 at Breezy Bend Country Club.

In the senior men’s division, Garth Collings of Breezy Bend Country Club will take on Tom Humniski of Elmhurst Golf & Country Club in the 18-hole final.  The two will tee-off at 1:15pm.

In the women’s final match, defending champion Hannah Diamond of St. Charles Country Club will face-off against the 2018 Manitoba Junior Girl’s Champion, Bobbi Uhl of Shilo Country Club. The women will play 36-holes to determine the winner with the first match of the day starting at 8:00am.

On the men’s side final, Colwyn Abgrall of Southwood Golf & Country Club will look to improve on his runner-up finish in 2018 in a 36-hole dual against Austin Dobrescu of Shilo Country Club. The 36-hole men’s final begins at 8:07am.

For real-time updates on the championship matches, follow Golf Manitoba on Twitter. The full results will also be available on the Golf Manitoba Match Play Championship webpage HERE >>.

And then there were four.

The semi-final matches for the 2019 Golf Manitoba Match Play Championship are now set. In the men’s division, defending champion Jordy Lutz of Elmhurst Golf & Country Club will take on Colwyn Abgrall of Southwood Golf & Country Club. Abgrall and Lutz are no strangers in match play competition with the two meeting in last year’s championship final where Lutz edged Abgrall 2 & 1 to take the title. Club-mates Austin Dobrescu and Drew Jones, both of Shilo Country Club, will go head-to-head in match two of the men’s semi-finals.

In the women’s semi-finals, 2018 defending champion Hannah Diamond of St. Charles County Club will play Charmaine Mackid of Breezy Bend. 2018 finalist Bobbi Uhl of Shilo Country Club will take on Shannon Wales of Glendale Golf & Country Club in the second women’s semi-final match.

Finally, in the senior men’s division, Garth Collings of Breezy Bend Country Club will use his home course advantage where he will take on David Klowak of Kildonan Park Golf Course. Gord Hudson also of Breezy Bend, will meet Elmhurst’s Tom Humniski in the second semi-final match.

The senior men’s semi-final matches will be held on June 11 while the men’s and women’s division matches to go on June 12. The finals for all three divisions will be held on Saturday, June 15. All semi-final and final matches will be contested at Breezy Bend Country Club.

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WINNIPEG – The 2019 Golf Manitoba Championship season officially began with the Match Play Championship Qualifier held May 25 & 26 at Portage Golf Club in Portage La Prairie. Colwyn Abgrall of Southwood Golf & Country Club took top honours in the men’s division shooing a 3-under score of 137 on rounds of 66 and 71. With his finish, Abgrall holds the top seed of the 32 competitors who now move on to the Championship Matches.

Bobbi Uhl of Shilo Country Club fired a two day total of 155 to take the top seed in the women’s division while Garth Collings of Breezy Bend finished at 143 to take top seed in the senior division. Full results of the qualifier are available HERE >>.

Matches 1 & 2 will be held June 1 & 2 at the Minnewasta Golf & Country Club and Matches 3 through 7, including the championship final, will be held at Breezy Bend Country Club from June 3-15. The match play brackets for all three divisions are available HERE >>.

Golf Manitoba is looking for our next Office Administrator!

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Office Administrator is responsible to provide administrative support to Golf Manitoba and its staff with a focus on accounting, communications and member services. Additionally, the Office Administrator will interact and communicate with Golf Manitoba stakeholders on a daily basis and acts as one of the first points of contact for the Association.

For more information and to apply, click on the link below:

Office Administrator Job Posting >>

Winnipeg, MB – Physical Education Teachers from the Seven Oaks School Division and staff from the Lorette Golf Course are the newest members to receive PGA of Canada Community Golf Coach training. PGA of Canada golf professional and Community Golf Coach Facilitator Glen Sirkis, lead the session at the Sport Manitoba Sport for Life Centre on Thursday, May 16.

Community Golf Coach is a training program designed by the PGA of Canada in conjunction with the Coaching Association of Canada and Golf Canada to develop and educate individuals at the community sport level.

The PGA of Canada’s Community Golf Coach training workshop is designed for the individual who works with children or youth to introduce the basic skills of golf to them. The workshop helps to prepare Coaches to run Future Links, driven by Acura programs by focusing on a variety of coaching components from the basic rules and etiquette of golf, safety, equipment, using modified games and of course teaching the basic skills of golf.

The training session is a new initiative from Golf Manitoba that is focusing on sport development in the school system. By training and certifying educators and community leaders, Golf Manitoba is able to expand its Golf in Schools capacity thereby introducing more young girls and boys to the sport with physical literacy in mind. The training initiative was made possible by funding from the Alex & Peggy Colonello Foundation.

Head Coach of the University of Manitoba Bison Women’s Golf Program and Elmhurst Golf & Country Club assistant PGA of Canada professional Bri-ann Tokariwski, was recently awarded a $500 grant as part of the Sport Manitoba Women In Sport Grant Program.

Women to Watch

Working in partnership with Provincial Sport Organizations and Coaching Manitoba, Sport Manitoba provides grant awards to female coaches to assist them in further developing the skills necessary to attain a higher level of coaching or increased level of coaching experience.

“I am incredibly honoured to receive this grant and to continue to grow in my professional career,” said Bri-ann Tokariwski. “This will help offset some of the costs of going to the tee talks and national and coaching seminars in November. These two seminars, put on by the PGA of Canada, allow golf professionals from across Canada to learn about all aspects of the game from the ever changing business side to new techniques and technology for teaching and coaching. I was able to go this past year to the one in Toronto and I am very excited to be able to go back this upcoming year.”

As part of the Women in Sport Grant Program, Sport Manitoba also provides grants to female athletes, teams, officials or volunteers to assist them in enhancing their women in sport career. Annual Application Deadlines: June 15, November 15, and February 15.

About Sport Manitoba: Sport Manitoba is the leading planning, programming, and funding agency for the development of amateur sport in Manitoba. The primary focus of Sport Manitoba is on the development of athletes, coaches, officials, and volunteers. We believe that sport is a healthy and positive tool to build strong and vibrant citizens and communities.

For more information:

Jared Ladobruk
Executive Director
Golf Manitoba
jared@golfmb.ca
204-925-5729