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GO CLUB LF Y AND COUNTR AVON VALLEY Avon Go Round A V O N Va LLEY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB N EWSLETTER ● M a y 2 0 0 6 ● ● ● President's Report would like to take this opportunity to welcome all in late September and October as preliminary work AVON VALLEY Golf and Country Club Members begins on the Construction of our new Club House and staff back for what we hope will be great year (the P & D Committee will keep us informed of work Iof GOLF, and a very exciting year in the development schedules as time lines are firmed up). of our course. A very special thank you to VP Mike Hartlen Your 2006 Board is working hard at managing the for stepping up to led the team while Margaret and I day to day business needs of the Club. Your Directors enjoyed a sunny break in April. Please refer to Mike’s have a great variety of talents and skill sets. A forward VP report for a more detailed update on current issues looking group, demonstrating a spirit of enthusiastic dealt with during my absence. cooperation, indeed I look forward to working with a Open communication is an important part of long team that is focused on doing the right things to make term success. Members should feel free to contact 2006 memorable golf year for our member’s and Directors the club or myself formally (Letter or Email) guests. via the Club Secretary with questions, concerns and of The course has wintered reasonably well. With the course acknowledgments. help of Mother Nature we should enjoy a great spring My contact information is: season. Phone 798-8681 2006 activities will be business as usual well into Fax 792-1773 the fall season. We will experience some inconvenience Email [email protected] RAYMOND E. HARVEY, C.A. Harvey and Warren Chartered Accountants 20 Gerrish Place Bus: 798-2273 PO Box 250 Fax: 798-0445 Windsor NS B0N 2T0 Res: 792-1099 [email protected] GO CLUB LF Y AND COUNTR AVON VALLEY www.avonvalleygolf.com P. O . B O X 250, WINDS O R , No VA S C O T I A B 0 N 2 T 0 T EL. (902) 798-4654 FAX (902) 798-8879 ● Board of Directors ● President ................................................ John Horne Vice-President ....................................... Mike Hartlen Treasurer ................................................ Blaine Rooney Secretary (Administration) .................... Cheryl Little Past President ........................................ Jim Davidson Planning & Development ...................... Ed MacDonald Match & Handicap ................................ Dan Sangster Entertainment & Policy ........................ Mike Hartlen Publicity ................................................ Paul Isenor Canteen .................................................. Pat Dooley Greens ................................................... Kirk Stephen Junior Development .............................. Scott Lessel Membership .......................................... Gary Nelson ● Editor's Note ● Welcome back to all new and returning members to Avon Valley. With an April 14 opening date, this year marks another early start to the golfing season and if you are like me and were not able to travel anywhere to play this winter, it was long awaited. Our publicity committee this year is looking for new and exciting ways to promote our course and keep the members up date on all the comings and goings. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please feel free to pass it on to any of the committee members. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE: Phil Moir Bruce Spares Clinton Harvey Paul Isenor Interested in advertising in our newsletter? If so, please contact Paul Isenor to discuss the different options. Phone – 792-0814 Email – [email protected] 2 AVON GO ROUND MAY 2 0 0 6 ● ● Vice-President's Report When I started to write there were large flakes of The funding for the new club house is almost in snow falling on the grass outside of my window- not a place and the tenders for the building have been called. good sign for those who have bookings at Avon Valley. If anyone has questions, do not hesitate to contact one However they were short lived and now I see some blue of the board members. We will be putting out as many sky appearing in the distance. You would never know updates as possible before the actual construction and we had our earliest opening on record this year. Keep demolition begins in October. Also, the new practice your fingers crossed for the weeks to come. area should be usable by mid-summer. We hope Welcome back to the members, employees and everyone takes full advantage of it and will welcome friends of Avon Valley. It will be great to see you all your comments on its use. in the coming days and weeks. We would also like to We would like to put out a special note to all of our send out a special welcome to all new members of the members who are not up to par for health reasons this golf course on behalf of the members and Board of year. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Without Directors. We hope that you have great experiences at the contributions that you have made as members and Avon Valley. in some cases leaders, the golf course And we say a big “Thank You” to all the staff would not be what it is today. members who have been working so hard these last Take care and we hope to see you all at the few weeks to get us out and hitting the ball. The course course. is in great shape for the time of year even though we are minus a number of trees. There will be more trees Mike Hartlen missing before too long but some new ones planted Vice President in their place. Watch for some real changes along the highway by number two fairway as we try to satisfy the Highway Department. With Sincere Sympathy Avon Valley has regrettably suffered the sudden loss of one its members recently. Don Graves recently passed away and he will be missed in the community. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends. AVON GO ROUND MAY 2 0 0 6 3 ● On Tour ● PGA LPGA Money Leaders (as of May 1, 2006): Money Leaders (as of May 1, 2006): Phil Mickelson - $3.2M Lorena Ochoa - $670K Stuart Appleby - $2.7M Karie Webb - $580K Tiger Woods - $2.5M Mi Hyun Kim - $500K Geoff Ogilvy - $2.4M Annika Sorenstam - $480K Rory Sabbatini - $2.3M Julie Inkster - $450K Canadians: Canadians: Stephen Ames - $1.9M Lorie Kane - $40K Mike Weir - $1.1M Dawn Coe-Jones - $20K May 2006 Tournaments: May 2006 Tournaments: May 4th – Wachovia Championship May 4th – Franklin American Championship May 11th – EDS Byron Nelson Championship May 11th – Michelob Ultra Open May 18th – Bank of America Colonial May 18th – Sybase Classic May 25th – FedEx St. Jude Classic May 25th – LPGA Corning Classic CHAMPIONS TOUR CANADIAN TOUR Money Leaders (as of May 1, 2006): Money Leaders (as of May 1, 2006): Loren Roberts - $935K Rob Oppenheim - $23K Jay Haas - $860K Brian Guetz - $21K Tom Kite - $605K Lee Williamson - $21K Hale Irwin - $525K John Mallinger - $18K Brad Bryant - $515K Matt Hansen - $16K Canadian: May 2006 Tournament: Dave Barr - $9K May 11th – Corona Mazatlan Classic May 2006 Tournaments: May 5th – Regions Charity Classic May 12th – Boeing Championship May 25th – Senior PGA Championship Brooklyn Insurance HOOD HARDWARE AUTOMOTIVE LTD. 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HANTS HOSPITAL MONDAY JUNE 5 ..........................................................................VALLEY SENIORS SATURDAY JUNE 10 & SUNDAY JUNE 11 ............................... MENS 4 BALL SUNDAY JUNE 18 .......................................................................... LADIES DORIS BROWN SATURDAY JUNE 24 & SUNDAY JUNE 25 ............................... HAWBOLDT’S CHALLENGE SATURDAY JULY 8 & SUNDAY JULY 9 ..................................... MACPHERSON 2 BALL MONDAY JULY 10 to THURSDAY JULY 13 .............................. NOVA SCOTIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY JULY 29 & SUNDAY JULY 30 ................................ MIXED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AUGUST 13 ................................................................... WINGES & HODDER FRIDAY AUGUST 18 ..................................................................... LIONS CHARITY TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AUGUST 19 & SUNDAY AUGUST 20 .................... LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY AUGUST 21 & TUESDAY AUGUST 22 ..................... JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY AUGUST 26 & SUNDAY AUGUST 27 .................... MENS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10 ............................................................ LADIES NIGHT FINALE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 11 ........................................................... VALLEY SENIORS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15 .............................................................. HOCKEY HERITAGE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16 ........................................................ MENS