Toonders scores leadership award at UOIT

 

The 130 cyclists who participated in this year’s Great Waterfront Trail Adventure, from Niagara on the lake to the Quebec Border, declared this area beautiful on Friday morning, but the pedaling tough. 

The riders pedaled through South Dundas against a brisk east wind as they headed for their overnight stop in Cornwall on the sixth day of their adventure.

After being greeted in Iroquois by South Dundas mayor Steve Byvelds, deputy mayor Jim Locke, councillor Archie Mellon, and South Dundas Municipal Clerk Brenda Brunt, the riders saddled up to continue on their way east on County Road 2 to the River Road/Lakeshore Drive. They then stopped in Morrisburg at the Docksyde for ice cream and a greeting from Morrisburg and District Lions Club president Bob Bechard. 

Joining the cyclists in Iroquois for their ride to Cornwall was South Dundas director of recreation Ben Macpherson.

The 730 km Great Waterfront Trail Adventure began in Niagara on the Lake on Saturday, July 14. The ride took participants to Hamilton, Fort York, Oshawa, Trenton, Amherstview, Prescott, Cornwall and ended this past Saturday, July 21st in Riviere Beaudette. In all the riders experienced 41 communities in eight days, riding 45-100 km per day.

“It’s been wonderful,” said Beth Jones of Toronto during her stop in Iroquois. “This is a beautiful area. It’s lovely to see. When you drive through places you don’t get to see things this way. And everywhere we have been, people have been so welcoming.”

Jones explained that she rides her bike in Toronto, but “this is my longest ride ever and I’ll admit, it is pooping me out.”

Allison List of Buffalo, New York said she was really enjoying the ride because of its variety from the big cities to the small towns along the waterways.

She ranks the annual Great Waterfront Trail Adventure with other rides she has completed including the Buffalo to Albany Canal ride and the Albany to New York City ride on the New York State Park parks and trails.

Participants came from throughout Canada and the United States to participate in this year’s event which is organized annually by the Waterfront Regeneration Trust.

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He went four over in the first four holes, but Upper Canada golfer Lance LePage got it back together here Saturday, to win the annual Morrisburg Golf Club’s Men’s Open tournament with a 2-over-par 72.

“I started out rough,” said LePage of his double bogey on the par-4 first hole. “I had two, three putts in the first four holes, and they had nothing to with the golf course. It was in excellent shape. The three putts were all me. I missed two putts that were inside three feet.”

That may have been the case on the front nine, but it was the exact opposite on the back, said LePage of his 1-under-par 34 which he added to his front nine 38 for a 72 total and the tournament championship.

On the back nine, Lepage posted a pair of birdies, on the par four 12th hole and the par four 18th.

“I didn’t miss any putts on the back nine. It was a good day, and the greens staff had the course in great shape.”

LePage, a former member of the Morrisburg Club, said he was impressed with the work done on the Morrisburg Golf Course which sees the total re-design and re-build of the third green and a re-shaping and re-sodding of the second green.

“The golf course is in great shape, and the new greens are fantastic. The third green is a great improvement and will be a tricky green to play. It will certainly be interesting to seem some of the pin placements on it.”

With Lepage winning the overall tournament championship, that left Prescott’s Steve Martineau and Brockville’s Peter Gilder tied for the low gross in A flight with 75’s.

A sudden-death playoff on the par four ninth hole and a Martineau birdie settled the issue.

The low net in A flight was won by Upper Canada’s Allan McNairn who shot a 78 for a 68 net.

Following Martineau and Gilder was Prescott’s Rob Kimberly who shot a 77. Ottawa golfer Paul Nooyan shot a 78 and Morrisburg’s Lindsay Weegar carded an 80.

Seven golfers broke the 80 barrier on the day, and among them was Morrisburg’s Dave McClenaghan. His 79 scored the win in B  flight, two strokes up on Prescott’s Bruce Perrin and Upper Canada’s Sam Laurin.

Laurin’s 81 gave him the low net in B flight with a 68.

Next up in B flight was Upper Canada’s Kirk Barkley with an 86. Paul Casselman (Cedar Glen) and Justin McNamee and Mike Bowers all tied with 87’s.

Morrisburg’s Charlie Moore and Larry Gallinger, and Cedar Glen’s Rob Casselman shot 89’s.

Prescott golfers led C flight with Les Randel claiming the win with an 84. Ed Greengrass was second with an 87 which gave him the flight’s low net with a 67.

Morrisburg Club Captain Andy Patenaude was next with an 89 and Mitch Cassell (Morrisburg) carded a 90.

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 The rain held off and Ottawa Hylands golfer Paul Nooyen held on to win his third consecutive Cedar Glen Men’s Open Championship here Monday.

Nooyen posted a two-over-par 72 for a one stroke win over the Glen’s Kurtis Barkley with a 73.

Nooyen won the Open the last two years, both with scores of 74.

Sunday’s round played from the white tees saw him double bogey the par three sixth hole and the par three 12th.

He turned the corner with a one over par 35, and birdied two of the last three holes on the back nine  (16 & 18) for a one over 37 and his 72 total.

The next low scores in the 29-player A flight category were 76s carded by Craig Nooyen (public player), Brad Mayhew of Nationview, Lance LePage of Upper Canada and Peter Gilder of the Brockville Country Club.

Rick Barkley of Cedar Glen posted a 78, while Dave Saunders of the Brockville C.C., Lonnie McIntosh of Cedar Glen and Mike Guy tied with 79s.

Guy’s 79 gave him the A flight low net with a 68.

Paul McCasliln of Iroquois finished alone with an 80, while Chawn Lapier (Iroq),  Steve McIntosh  and Lyle Schell of Cedar Glen and Lyndsay Weegar of Morrisburg all carded 81s.

Also defending his title was B flight champion Barry Casselman.

A very solid 78, allowed Casselman (Cedar Glen) to walk away from the rest of the B field, his closest competition coming from  Cedar Glen golfers Rick Morrow, Billy DeJong and Kenny Mills all shooting 83s.

Mills’ 83 gave him a 66 net for the B flight net win.

Next up in B flight, was Cedar Glen’s Steve Plummer with an 84. Bill Hogoboam of Sandy Row and Chris Phifer of Cedar Glen tied with 85s.

Thirty area golfers were in the hunt for B flight prizes.

It was another successful defense of his title in C flight, as Mike Berrube of Nationview posted a 100 to collect his second  consecutive championship. 

Also shooting a 100, which gave him the C flight low net with a 75, was Cedar Glen’s Dennis Casselman.

Due to the major thunder/rain storm that arrived just shortly after the final golfers checked in at the clubhouse, a playoff was not possible to break the 100 tie.

The next low shooter in C flight was Brian Erwin of Cedar Glen with a 103. 

Sixty-four golfers competed in the 39th annual Cedar Glen Open. All categories this year played from the white tees that measure just under 6,000 yards.

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