OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO SHARON BRUBACHER ON THE PASSING OF HER HUSBAND, LOU.

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Proposed Changes, Calendar, Christmas Dinner

The following changes were proposed at the Closing Field Day by our executive:

Proposed Changes for the 2027 Golf Season:

As our membership has diminished, it is time to simplify. 

MINUTES: Notes at Opening and Closing meetings will be recorded by the VP/Social convenor. They will be published on the blog and in the locker room. We will dispense with the formal reading and motion to accept.

PAY AS YOU PLAY: All events will now be self-funded. Dalewood GC will pay for trophy engraving. Therefore, there is no longer a need for a Treasurer. Convenors of each event will contact the Dalewood Administrator to charge participants. Prize monies will be allocated according to the amount collected, adhering to Games policies, and send results to the Games Captain and the Blog. 

EXECUTIVE members will be President, VP/Social/Secretary (one person), Games/HDCP (one person), Intern.

RINGERS: Ringers will be recognized for all 3 tees.  Net prizes for the 18-hole ringers only shall be awarded (1st and 2^nd place). A minimum of 2 per tee group. The recording Birdies and Chip-ins will be eliminated.

RETIRING TROPHIES: Diamond, Double Diamond and Low Net for Club Championship, and the Nan Sharpe Play Happy trophies will be retired. The Mary Buckley Trophy reverts to a Tuesday event.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP:

Championship Flight - played from the red tees

 

Club Champion 

Senior Champion (50+)

A Flight Champion  

 

Stableford Flights

 

For those not playing in the Championship Flight there will be 2 or 3 additional flights based on the number of women participating. 

Participants will play the Stableford format.

The flights will be determined based on HDCP from the tee of their choice just like the Eclectic. (i.e. there may be 8 players in the same flight with HDCPs between 20-29 some playing red, some playing red/green and some playing green.)

 

NEW for 2027:
Score cards with stroke holes for all tees will be available.
Women’s Member Guest Committee: Lynn, Barb, Leanne and Dianne. The tournament will be in June. 

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IMPORTANT DATES ARE ALWAYS LISTED ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE BLOG.

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SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR CHRISTMAS DINNER - FRIDAY, NOV 27

Closing Field Day and Season Wrap-up

 Another beautiful early fall day at Dalewood!

Great company, lots of fun and excellent food - what more could you ask for?

CLOSING FIELD DAY TEAMS:

LYNN ATTLEY, BARB PEMBERTON, DIANNE BEATTY

PATTY McDONALD, DALE HODGE, SANDY YOUNG, BETTY BRIGHT

SANDI MacDONALD, NICOLE DESAUTELS-MAW, KIM WADSWORTH, BRIDGET SMITH

HEATHER OGDEN, LEANNE STEVENSON, ANNE PARKS, GAIL RICHARDS

ARIANE MACDONALD, JOANNE O'SULLIVAN, TRACEY BODASHEFSKY, VAL FOSTER

LINDA MacDONALD, DIANE ARSENAULT, CAROL MacGREGOR, JEANNE BEAITH

CATHY MORIN, SUE MORROW, LAURA McCRACKEN EBBRELL

WAITING FOR TAKE-OFF

(Photo Courtesy Bridget)

OUR TEE MARKERS ON #6 - THANK YOU, SANDI.

SOCIAL TIME, WHICH WE DO SO WELL!!

THE RESULTS:

THANK YOU TO SUE MORROW FOR THE DONATION OF THE APPLES, BARS AND THE PLANTS FOR DRAW PRIZES.

SEASON WRAP-UP

BULGER TWO-BALL - DALE HODGE & ANNE PARKS

ELENI PONTING BETTER BALL - JEANNE BEAITH & LYNN ATTLEY

(THE TUESDAY) MARY BUCKLEY - SUE MORROW

REDUCTION OF HANDICAP - BRENT TROPHY - DIANNE BEATTY

MATCH PLAY:

SINGLES MATCH PLAY - LYNDA RENNICK

DOUBLES MATCH PLAY - DAWN McMASTER & LEAH ANNE GOODY

PUTTING CONTEST - JEANNE BEAITH

SOME INTERESTED SPECTATORS:

(Courtesy Sandi)

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURES WE MISSED

LOW NET - NICOLE DESAUTELS-MAW

FLIGHT WINNERS: B FLIGHT - NICOLE

A FLIGHT - SANDY

AND A HOLE IN ONE ON SATURDAY DURING THE INTERCLUB!

Minutes and the Goose

This is a reminder that our fall meeting will not be on Sept 22 due to a function in the Great Hall. Instead, it will be on our Closing Field Day, Sept 27, after golf and before dinner. Awards and prizes for the day will be after dinner. 

Here are the minutes from the spring meeting and they are posted on the blog under the tab "Minutes", for future reference.

Minutes

DALEWOOD WOMEN’S SECTION
SPRING MEETING Minutes - May 3rd 2026

1. WELCOME

Sandi opened the meeting and welcomed everyone to the 2026 season.

Kevin, Karsen and Brad were in attendance. They provided an updated on the tee project. The contractor will be finished next week.  

There will be a Nine and Dine.

The Mixed Opening will be postponed until the new tees are ready. 

Dawn Cameron has joined the team in the Pro Shop. 

Golf Genius is the sign up portal for events. It you have any issues with the sign up process please see Karsen. 

INTRODUCTION OF THE 2026 DWS Golf Committee – SANDI

Sandi MacDonald, President, Handicap and Match PlayConvenor 

Sue Morrow, Past President

Bridget Smith, Vice President and Social Convenor

Cathy Morin, Secretary/Treasurer 

Anne Parks will assist Bridget with Social activities. Leanne Stevenson and Dianne Beatty will assist with Games activities. 

Sandi asked anyone interested in the games or handicap role to contact her. 

Sandi reviewed our hybrid assessment model. The assessment fee remains at $30 this year and includes Opening and Closing Field days, chip-ins and putting contest. New this year is the $5 fee for Achievement Board participation

Sandi thanked Sue Morrow Royal LePage Pro Alliance Realty who will be our league sponsor. 

Bridget introduced new member Christine Kwiatkowski. 

2. TREASURER’S REPORT - CATHY

Cathy reported we start the year with a $240 surplus. There was a question from the floor regarding this amount and plans. The surplus will be used to cover admin costs and payouts for events. 

3. BUSINESS ARISING FROM FALL MEETING 

The minutes were reviewed and accepted . Motion by Sandy Young and seconded by Jeanne Beaith.  Approved.

4. GOLF COMMITTEE REPORTS

SOCIAL CONVENOR - BRIDGET

Opening Field Day and sign up will be out in the coming week. Bridget has organized the menu.

Bar has increased the choices for 0% alcohol beverages. 

There will be weekly specials. Tuesday we will order drinks and food at the bar. Tip is not automatically added. 

TUESDAY CONVENOR – LYNN ATTLEY

Will have more foursomes this year. Threesomes were used to accommodate late additions to the tee sheet. 

Please call Karsen (the pro shop) if you need to cancel.

Lynne asked if there was a need to start earlier to avoid the slow play that happened last year since there are open tee times before our tee times. The group did not think this was necessary.

The book club will be running this year. Bring a book or take a book. 

GAMES AND HANDICAP - SANDI

Please enter your score within 24 hours of play to be most accurate. If you don’t play 18 holes enter O’s for holes not played. 

Match play - Sandi will complete the cards. Match play is not permitted during Saturday Skins game. Sign up is available if you would like to learn how to play a match game. Record your score actual score and not your adjusted score.

Mary Buckley will be played on the Club Championship weekend. 

New this year the Ecclectic will be played 2 Tuesdays

OFD will be played on May24th. Play will be from Red/Green tees. The deadline to sign up or cancel is May 18th. There will be a modified shotgun if we have enough people. 

The Solheim Cup will be played August 30th.

5. SANDY YOUNG

The BBQ has more choices and an express line. Beverages will be available at the BBQ and Pro Shop. Pro Shop will have Grab and Go offerings. The bar cart will run 7 days a week. On course ordering will be offered at some point this season. 

The club hopes to have table service at some point this season. 

Saturday Skins will be a crossover between 7:30 and 8:30. Sandy will need to have your confirmation by Wed. 

6. TRACEY BODASHEFSKY - INTERCLUB and CITY AND DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP

DWS members will compete in the Peterborough City and District on Aug 22nd and 23rd at Wildfire and Kawartha. 

Interclub will run this year. The format is a 2 person better ball and the scores from 3 of the 4 teams count. Locations will be Lindsay, Pinecrest and Ashbrook.

The inconsistencies with Handicaps from some clubs is being worked on.

Tracey asked the members if there is an interest in fun reciprocals (no scoring) at Warkworth and Ashbrook. The members are interested. 

7. JEANNE BEAITH 

The Devil’s is scheduled for Aug 18th. All 3 tees will be used. 

Blog – reminder to send in photos

If you are playing the Red/Green or the Green tees you might have noticed that the Net Double Bogey score (aka maximum adjusted score) is not accurate for those tees on the computer. The computer adjusts to the red tees as a default Jeanne made up some charts for you to use as an alternative. She gave some out at the meeting and they are available in the locker room. 

8. ADJOURNMENT

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Good news: "Wingy", our deformed Canada Goose was taken to a rescue centre in Trenton that Chris and Sue Markle found. Good on them!! 

AN EAGLE!!

CONGRATULATIONS BARB, ON YOUR EAGLE ON #7. 

WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND THE BALL BEHIND THE GREEN, LOOK IN THE HOLE.

ONE HOLE LATE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE FLAG OF #7 OVER HER HEAD.

SATURDAY, SEPT 5 - IT WAS A SKIN!!

Solheim Cup

 SOLHEIM CUP

WE HELD OUR ANNUAL SOLHEIM CUP ON SUNDAY, AUG 30, UNDER QUESTIONABLE SKIES, BUT THE WEATHER TURNED OUT JUST FINE!

THE GROUPS:

SANDI & YVONNE; ANNE & PATTY

BETTY & PATTI; ARIANE & ENE

SUSAN & SANDY; DIANNE & LEANNE

SUE (with a magical green shirt) & CATHY; JEANNE & JOANNE

SOME, BUT NOT ALL THE PLAYERS

WITH THANKS TO OUR CONVENOR: SANDI

THE SMALL, BUT MIGHTY GROUP THIS YEAR!

CONGRATULATIONS HAWKS ON YOUR BIG WIN!!

IF YOU ENJOYED THE DAY, CONSIDER ORGANIZING IT NEXT YEAR!

Devil's and a Red Tail Hawk

DEVIL'S TOURNAMENT

OUR ANNUAL 6-6-6 TOURNAMENT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH ON OUR GREEN FAIRWAYS, LUSH ROUGH AND SMOOTH GREENS. THE WEATHER WAS PRETTY DECENT, TOO!

THE TEAMS:

YVONNE SHANNON & VAL FOSTER; LYNDA RENNICK & SUE MORROW

CLAUDIA van der MEULEN & CAROL MacGREGOR; DIANE ARSENAULT & GAIL RICHARDS (missing)

LEANNE STEVENSON & ENE MILNER; LAURA McCRACKEN EBBRELL & BETTY BRIGHT

BARB PEMBERTON & LINDA MacDONALD; TRACEY BODASHEFSKY & PATTI HUNT

CATHY MORIN & BRIDGET SMITH; KIM WADSWORTH & DALE HODGE

AND WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM LEANNE AND PHOTOSHOP:

ANNE PARKS & DIANNE BEATTY; JOANNE O'SULLIVAN & DAWN McMASTER

LYNN ATTLEY & SANDY YOUNG; JEANNE BEAITH & SUSAN ROSS-FOSTER

THE SCORES:

THE WINNERS:

L TO R: 

2nd - LEANNE & ENE

1st - PATTI & TRACEY

3rd - BRIDGET & CATHY

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                  Photo Credit: Barb Pemberton, Sat Aug 8

Red Tail Hawk near #1 bridge.