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Including donations received at the supporting Golf Courses, the 2008 PGA of BC Golf A Thon for ALS raised in excess of $90,000. Over 8,300 holes of golf were played in one day by the 61 Pros. Thank you to the donors and the PGA Pros and friends.
All 2008 golfers have made the commitment to participate in 2009. Thank you for your amazing support!
With sincerest gratitude and thanks,
Wendy Magee, Executive Director
ALS Society of BCYour donation will allow the ALS Society of BC to provide, at no cost to over 300 British Columbians living with ALS, the following essential mobility and communication and equipment services:
TARGET $210,000
- Power Wheelchair
- Respiratory Equipment (later vented)
- ALS Patient Transportation Support
- Patient Lifter Track System
- Text-to-Speech Communication Device
- Hospital Bed and Mattress
- Ramp (6 ft) for Auto Access
- Equip a Bathroom for Disabled Use
- Manual Wheelchair
- Lift Recline Chair
- Walker
“I am very proud of the PGA of BC golf professionals who are supporting the ALS Society of B.C. by holding golf a thons this June at their course. They will golf from sunrise to sunset lending their muscles to support people who have lost their muscles to ALS.
I have lost 2 friends to ALS and have seen first hand the carnage of this incurable and fatal disease. Your help will provide more hope. "
Please donate,
Thank you. Richard (Dick) Zokol.
“The Golf A Thon that me and Norm (PGA Pro Norm Jackson, Cowichan Golf Club)) do every year is really important to me because my Dad had ALS for 7 years and one of his passions in life was golf. I am so excited to participate every year to raise money to help ALS patients.
The Golf A Thon is a good way to raise money but also me and Norm have a blast! We each golfed 100 holes in one day. In the future I would like to see more Juniors and PGA Pros out there participating. "
Thank you. Gianpierro (GP) Denomme.
2009 PGA of BC Golf A Thon for ALS- Balfour Golf Course: Brad Woods JUNE 25TH
- Beach Grove Golf Club: Brent Derrheim & Chris Reeve & Cory Rudston-Brown
JUNE 24TH
- Castlegar Golf Club: Pat Biln & Craig Wilkinson LATE JULY
- Copper Point Golf Club: Jake Cameron,Brian Schaal & Michael Ann Boyer JUNE 30TH
- Cowichan Golf & Country Club :Dave Grisdale, GP Denomme and Norm Jackson
- Crown Isle Resort & Golf Community: Dave Yanick & Jason Andrew JUNE 19TH
- Fairview Mountain Golf Club: Danny Long & Paul Welsman JUNE 24TH
- Fairwinds Golf Club, Nanoose Bay: Brett Standerwick JUNE 30TH
- Gallagher's Canyon: Josh Fleming and Jon Kadin JUNE 9TH 144 HOLES GOLFED!
Josh and I began our day at 4:15AM... For the next 17 1/4 hours (we finished at 9:30PM in the dark) we hit many shots, lost many more balls than last year and once again had too many laughs to remember. As I have done the past 2 years, we have some fun statistics to share with you from the day: 17.25 - Hours of consecutive golf played; 144 - Total holes completed (6 more than 2008!);8 - Complete rounds of golf played; 8 - Consecutive matches lost by Jon / But they were all close! ;26 - Birdies made by Josh; 2 - Eagles made by Josh;15 - Birdies made by Jon;67 - Low round of the day for Josh;74 - Low round of the day for Jon;75 - High round of the day for Josh;80 - High round of the day for Jon;1191 - Total shots hit combined!1- Escort guiding us through the course....thank you Al Burns!! 2 - People willing to do it all again in 2010!
- Golden Eagle Golf Club: Scott Emo, Kevin Gibson,Liam Dougall & Kirk Hertog MAY25TH 312 HOLES GOLFED!
- Glacier Greens Golf Club: Bill Kelly & Kevin Maxwell JUNE 19TH
- Granite Pointe Golf Course: Jamie Stevens & Travis Mann JUNE 17TH
370 HOLES GOLFED!89 BIRDIES; 8 EAGLES; OVER $5,000 RAISED! COUNT US IN FOR NEXT YEAR!
- Guildford Golf Course: Dan Swanson JUNE 23RD
- Hyde Mountain on Mara Lake: Rick Thompson JUNE 22ND 153 HOLES PLAYED!
Very wet in Morning/Sunny in the afternoon(4:30 am start). 153 holes played;- 17 Birdies; Low score 69/ High Score 83; Fellow CPGA & General Manager Bill Wilson played 36 holes; 2 members joined me for last 36 holes. End of day very sore back
- Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club: Kate Harrison,Taylor Hull & Keri Moffat
JUNE 22ND
- Meadow Gardens Golf Course: Jason Matlock & Steve Knotts JUNE 9TH
(Photo Coming soon)
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Mount Brenton Golf Course: Jan Best & Marc McAndrews JUNE 13TH
126 HOLES GOLFED EACH!
126 holes played in one day.7:00am - 7:00 pm. 55 Birdies; 3 Eagles; Total of
$1,506.65
- Mount Paul Golf Course: Dan Latin, Cory Robinson and Mike Latta JUNE 2ND
- Musqueam Golf & Learning Academy: Juan Rostworowski
with Bob Lenehan, Paul Strudland & Danny Ross JUNE 23RD - 72 HOLES GOLFED!
Bob Lenehan, Paul Skrudland, Myself (Juan Rostworowski) and Danny Ross (General Manager at Elwood's) played 72 holes of golf from 7:30am until dark. We played during our busiest Ladies League Day To raise as much awareness as possible to the cause. We had a 72 hole competition in which Paul Prevailed by 3 shots. we had a great time!
- Myrtle Point Golf Club, Powell River: Matt Hardman, Dan Dupuis & Perrie Scarlett
JULY 7th
- Pitt Meadows Golf Club:: Wes Doka & Craig Barr JUNE 22nd
201 HOLES GOLFED!
- Okanagan Golf Club:: Mark Lindsay & Dan Martin JUNE 9TH
Mark and Dan want to thank all the members who have donated to our GolfaThon in support of ALS. It is such a worthy cause that we look forward to participating each year. Donations can still be made in the Golf Shop or online at www.golfathonforals.com until early July and we hope to continue to raise money and awareness until then. We also want to thank Rick Horne and Benji Peterson for volunteering their time as ambassadors and staying ahead of us and notifying all the groups that we were coming. This surely helped us gain at least a round so again, thank you gentlemen. Here is the important info from the day. We teed off at 4:40 am and played until 9:35 pm. We finished 9 complete rounds of golf. 5 on The Bear and 4 on The Quail. Each of us had one round in the 80's, the other 8 in the 70's. The low round of the day was 69 and the high round was 81. There were 33 birdies made in total between us both. We averaged a round in 1 hour and 45 minutes thanks to Rick and Benji. We combined to hit 1379 total shots and we went through 5 powercarts each. The weather was beautiful and hot but a little cool in the morning, (especially when the sprinklers hit us at 4:41 am). The total holes played was 162. Once again, we want to thank all of the members who pledged us and who also cheered us on and allowed us to play through their groups so that we could get as many rounds in as possible. Both Dan and myself look forward to participating in this great event again next season!
- Osoyoos Golf & Country Club: Drew Bolkoski, Lee Alarie and Ryan Street
JUNE 24TH
(Photo Coming Soon) 201 HOLES GOLFED EACH!Started at 4:15AM and golfed until 9:40PM. Last 3 holes in the dark. Rasied over $3,000!
- Quilchena Golf & Country Club: Imran Kamrudin, Paul Girard & Scott Rodgers JUNE 24TH
This year I had an incredible time raising money for the ALS Society of BC. It was my first time participating in the event and it will not be my last. This year I learned that there is no limit to what we can do to raise awareness and raise funds to help the patients and families of this awful disease.
I have started my 2009 campaign to raise funds for the PGA of BC’s Golfathon. I have created a Facebook group called “Helping Families with Lou Gehrigs Disease (ALS)”. On this site I have stated my goal of raising $100,000 by July of 2009. I have had 57 people join the group in a week and they have all been given pledge forms. I am trying to work on other fundraising opportunities with the group and my personal resources. I am also looking for sources in the media who are willing to help.
I have started my training as well for the event. I still plan on walking 100 or more holes and I have invited people to join me on my goal for the ALS Society of BC.
I believe in the power of giving and I want to create maximum awareness and maximum funds for this charity. Please help me with any advice or ideas to reach this goal.
Sincerely,
Imran Kamrudin, CPGA
Quilchena Golf & Country Club
Join my FACEBOOK - Resort Golf Course in Radium Hot Springs: Matt Barker JUNE 15TH
Revelstoke Golf Club: John Franks JUNE 19TH
- Richmond Country Club: Lauren Brescacin (missing Goeun Lee) JUNE 15TH
124 HOLES GOLFED!
- Salmon Arm Golf Club: Adam Blair (missing Doug Herron) JUNE 17TH
COMBINED 594 HOLES GOLFED!
The following is a recap of the Golfathon for ALS at the Salmon Arm Golf Club:On Wednesday June 17, 2009 Doug Herron and Adam Blair began golfing at 4:15am.Adam Played 16 Rounds of Golf (288 Holes) Doug Played 17 Rounds of Golf (306 Holes). Adam's Low Score - 68;Doug's Low Score - 70;Adam's Fastest Round - 54 Minutes; Doug's Fastest Round - 53 Minutes.Thank you to the following volunteers for all of there help. This day could not be possible without you:John Thompson,Gerry Hay,Ken Holmes,Dale Machesney,Maurice Noel,Dave McClure,Greg Hughes,Bob Howard,Deb Turner.A special Thank you to Geri Kiy and family for your help in creating awareness of our event within the community.
- Seymour Golf & Country Club: Lenny Cyr and Dale Schienbein JUNE 16TH
90 HOLES GOLFED!
- Shuswap Lake Estate G&CC, Blind Bay: Brian O'Keefe with sons
Korman and Karson JUNE25TH
- Squamish Valley: Doug Powell, Lee Taylor, Dan Trevisan
(Photo coming soon)
- Sun Rivers Golf Course: Brad Clapp and Scott Allan JUNE 18th
GOLFED 173 HOLES!
- The Springs Golf Course : Brent Taylor JUNE 15TH
- Tobiano Golf: Danny Warwaruk,Miles Mortensen & Dave Munn
JUNE 30TH
In Memory of Bruce Taylor co-founder of the PGA of BC Golf A Thon for ALS