Coast Hotels 9th Just Golf Tournament & Dinner Party
The Ninth Annual Coast Hotels Just Golf Tournament & Dinner Party took place on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, under sunny skies at the University Golf Course. Some 96 golfers participated, and 25 more joined them for dinner. This year's event raised more than $40,000.00 for the Just Aid Foundation.
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| There was a little shade. | Lisa Southern & Adam Charania - volunteers par excellence - greeted golfers at the mullies / gimmes table |
Golfers received golf gloves as tee gifts, and purchased gimmes and mulligans to lower their scores. On-course activities included a 50-50 putting contest, a martini bar and smoked salmon gifts from Langara Fishing Adventures. Jonker Auto Group sponsored two hole-in-one contests, with a Nissan Juke and a Honda Fit as prizes. Langara Fishing Adventures sponsored a hole-in-one contest for a trip for two to Langara Fishing Lodge. Other on-course contests were for Women’s Closest to the Pin sponsored by Harris & Company; Women’s Longest Drive sponsored by Murray Clemens QC and Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP; Men’s Closest to the Pin sponsored by Fiorillo Flavin Gordon Lawyers; and Men’s Longest Drive sponsored by Solvit Dispute Resolution.
After golf, participants joined other guests in the Salon Room for cocktails, dinner and a silent auction. Grand Prize raffle and 50/50 tickets were sold during the festivities. The event was emceed by the accomplished and incomparable Gary Moser. Everyone enjoyed a West Coast Barbecue Dinner buffet of Alberta beef tenderloin and wild salmon, with local vegetables, salads and a magnificent dessert selection.
 | Gary Moser has had a long and distinguished career as a labour relations professional, public sector manager and negotiator, and now a consultant. It is difficult to believe he found the time, but he can also golf!
Here he is, demonstrating sound chipping form. |
The Just Aid speaker was Mike Orders. Mike is a Director of the Foundation, has been going to Southeast Asia as often as possible for many years, and he has been working with several NGOs on the Thai/Burma border for ten years. In his day job, Mike is a BCGEU rep in the organization’s negotiations department. He spoke of the incredible work of the two health care providers supported by the Foundation: the Mae Tao Clinic and Back Pack Health Worker Team.
Mike’s game was pretty good on this day too. Here’s his back swing:
Golfers who purchased raffle tickets at registration were eligible for random prizes that were awarded after dinner. These prizes included books, DVDs, CDs, hotel stays, golf merchandise and rounds of golf. The Grand Prize of two nights’ accommodation and breakfast in a two-bedroom suite at the Coast Blackcomb Suites in Whistler was awarded through a random raffle draw of tickets sold at the dinner tables. The winning ticket was drawn by Kevin O’Neill for O’Neill Hotels & Resorts, which donated the prize. The winner of the grand prize was Mark Phillips. The 50/50 draw of $325.00 was won by Neil Bradbury, and Peter Czizsar won the putting contest prize of $65.00.
 | Kevin O’Neill, who drew the name of the grand prize winner, with Tomi Eeckhout on his right and Faskens colleagues Bruce Grist and Bill Duvall on his left. |
 | Neil Bradbury won the 50/50. He’s in white, assisting his mates with the putting line. Much appreciated no doubt. |
 | Peter Czizsar, winner of the putting contest, watching his drive on the 5th. Unfortunately for Peter, it was the tee box for the women’s long drive competition. |
Winners of the competitive hole contests each received a $200.00 gift certificate to Keg Restaurants.
The winners in each category were:
Women’s Closest to the Pin Sponsored by Harris & Company:
Lisa Hansen
Men’s Closest to the Pin Sponsored by Fiorillo Glavin Gordon:
Steve Hunt
Men’s Long Drive Sponsored by Solvit Dispute Resolution:
Craig Norris-Jones
Women's Long Drive Sponsored by Murray Clemens QC and Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP:
Lynda Morrice
 | Lisa Hansen, on the left, won the women’s KP. Her threesome teammates are Gary Moser and Emily Burke. |
 | The USW’s Steve Hunt, winner of the men’s KP |
 | Craig Norris-Jones, winner of the men’s long drive, stares his ball down |
 | Women’s long drive winner, Lynda Morrice, surrounded by her BCGEU colleagues: Mike Orders, Patrick Coghlan and Barb Crowley.
The foursome also won the Just Aid Cup for low net champs.
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The Just Aid Wannamakit Trophy for Low Score Foursome was won by Tim Charron, David Charron, Hart Price and Darryl Hebert. Patrick Coghlan, Mike Orders, Lynda Morrice and Barb Crowley were the Low Score Mixed Foursome, and took home the Just Aid Cup. Prestigious Player Plaques were awarded to the Low Net Foursome of Barry Dong, Keith Murray, Sarah Mathews and Catherine McCreary, and to the Most Honest Foursome of Bella Brown, Caroline Bleich, Laura Guthrie and Petra St. Pierre.
 | The Wannamakit Trophy was won by the usual suspects: from the left, Darryl Hebert, David Charron, Hart Price and Tim Charron. |
 | Team captain and serious tournament booster, Tim Charron, sets up on the 12th.
Observe the concentration!
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 | The most honest foursome, from the BCNU, obviously enjoying themselves. If they seemed to be having the most fun, is there a lesson here?
At the back, from the left, Bella Brown and Laura Guthrie. Seated, Petra St. Pierre on the left, and Caroline Bleich.
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Thanks to our 2011 sponsors:
PLATINUM/TITLE SPONSOR: Coast Hotels & Resorts coasthotels.com
GOLD SPONSOR: United Steelworkers District 3 usw.ca/districts/3
GOLD SPONSOR: CUPE British Columbia cupe.bc.ca
SILVER SPONSOR: Pacific Blue Cross/B.C. Life pac.bluecross.ca
COMPETITIVE HOLE SPONSORS:
(*Lawson Lundell is incorrectly identified as a sponsor in the program.)
Murray Clemens QC and Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP: nst.bc.ca
Fiorillo Glavin Gordon: fgglawyers.com
Harris & Company LLP: harrisco.com
Solvit Dispute Resolution: solvitdisputeresolution.com
NON-COMPETITIVE HOLE SPONSORS:
Coutts Pulver LLP: cplaw.ca
Roper Greyell: ropergreyell.com
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP: blgcanada.com
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP: asken.com
McCarthy Tetrault: mccarthy.ca
Rogers Bobert & Burton
Davis LLP: davis.ca
Arbitrators' Association of BC: abour-arbitrators.bc.ca
Rush Crane Guenther: rushcraneguenther.com
Mr. Michael Hunter
McMillan LLP mcmillan.ca
PIN FLAG SPONSORS:
Heenan Blaikie LLP: heenanblaikie.com
Ready & Sullivan, Arbitrators
Taylor Jordan Chafetz
Black Gropper blackgropper.com
Miller Thomson millerthomson.com
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The illustrious foursome from our treasured title sponsor, Coast Hotels & Resorts: from the left, Craig Norris-Jones, Mark Hope, Sherry Baumgardner, and Wade Sutton. May you ever return!
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The Roper Greyell foursome: Mark Bodnarchuk, Kim Thorne, Greg Heywood & Jeevyn Dhaliwal.
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The awesome APBC foursome: Terry McBratney, Neil Bradbury, Chris Merrik and Adrian Kroll.
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Dan Rogers, on one leg and a putter, surrounded by his cohorts: Robert Brown is putting; Alek Arsenault to Dan’s left and Darren Kaulius on the far right.
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Dan likes it!
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Last year’s Cup winners, the Clemens brothers and partners: Diane and Murray, on the left; Margaret and John on the right. Murray is a Director and tremendous supporter of the Just Aid Foundation. Margaret and John also won last year’s long drive competitions. Murray and his firm - Nathanson Shachter & Tompson - are a Competitive Hole Sponsor.
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The mostly Harris & Company foursome: from the left, Cameron Wardell, Rory McDonald, Peter Cziszar, and Paul Fairweather.
Guess which one is not actually a member of Harris & Company, which is one of our Competitive Hole Sponsors.
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The Fiorillo Glavin Gordon consorting with an arbitrator foursome: Will Clements putts on # 6, with Dave McPhillips, Tony Glavin and Charles Gordon looking a little blinded by the light. Fiorillo Glavin Gordon is a much appreciated, longstanding Competitive Hole Sponsor.
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This foursome features a new Competitive Hole Sponsor: Solvit Dispute Resolution. From the left, David Yule, Ben Tarnow, Jim Carwana and Neil Hain. Messrs. Yule and Hain, together with their colleague Patrick Poyner, are the principals of Solvit: see www.solvitdisputeresolution.com.
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The fearsome Farris foursome (who, if they did not hate alliteration before, do now): from the left, Chris Wiebe Mike Korbin, Ryan Neely and Alex Mitchell.
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| Last, but far from least, the intrepid USW foursome: from the left, Scott Lunny, Ron Corbeil, Gerry Smith and Steve Hunt. The USW is a major sponsor, for which Just Aid is most grateful. |
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