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Men’s Night National Golf League Fundraiser

In Aid of First Tee Golf Program

4 Person Best Ball Tournament

Tournament Report

64 golfers teed off in ideal conditions for the First Tee golf program fundraiser 8:30am on Saturday morning at Grande Meadows Goof Course. Playing conditions were ideal and the scoring showed that in the final results.

Final tally isn’t in yet but the amount raised exceeded expectations including a $130.00 donation from Albert Pike of Pike’s Building Center in Salt Pond. Albert made the donation since funds raised was going towards young golfers. Thank you Albert.

Many thanks go out to our other sponsors who donated prizes and product including Molson Brewery, Jackson Triggs wine, Oceanic and Ray Walsh.

When the dust settled and the results were tabulated the team of Mike Blagdon, Tracy Blagdon, Frank Haskell and Brad Russell finished first with a score of 11 under par 61. Taking second place in a tie breaker was the team of Calvin Brenton, Bill Hodder, Bob Hoyles and Barry Stacey with an 8 under par score of 64. In third place with a similar score of 8 under par 64 was the team of Albert Pike, Bill Warren, Daniel Warren and Sam Warren. Rounding out the top 4 was the team of Denny Collier, John Douglas, Mike Douglas and Cory Grandy who finished with a score of 7 under par 65.

Other on course prizes went to Glenn Forsey for closest-to-the-pin on Hole #3 with a distance of 4′ while Paul Lambe was closest-to-the-pin on Hole # 7 with a distance of 3′ ½”. Winner of the 50-50 draw for $110.00 was Perry Stone.

A very big thank you goes out the the Men’s Night Committee as well as the Tournament Committee for their efforts in putting the tournament together. Special thanks to the girls in the clubhouse for all their efforts and to Gertie Howse for helping with registration and scorekeeping.

A grand time was had by all!

L to R: Mike Blagdon, Tracy Blagdon, Frank Haskell, Brad Russell

L to R: Barry Stacey, Calvin Brenton, Bob Hoyles, Bill Hodder

4th Place: L to R: Cory Grandy, Denny Collier, Mike Douglas, John Douglas

Starting Holes for All Golfers

Thank you all for playing in this Grande Meadows Best Ball fundraiser for the First Tee Golf program. We have a full field of 16 team and will have a shotgun start at 8:30am. Registration for all players will take place in the dining room at the clubhouse beginning at 7:30am. Players are asked to bring cash for registration or do an EMT to Barry Stacey at bjstacey@gmail.com. 

Registration fee is $30.00 for members and $50.00 for non-members which includes green fees.
In the following sheet the A group tees off first on the hole.

We look forward to seeing you all Saturday morning.

Hole 1A Calvin Brenton Bill Hodder Bob Hoyles Barry Stacey	Hole 1B Denny Collier John Douglas Mike Douglas Corey Grandy
Hole 2A Eric Ayers John Bugden Keith Howse Dave Kenway	Hole 2B Bill Buffett Glenn Forsey Roy Hillier Randy Kelland
Hole 3A Albert Pike Bill Warren Daniel Warren Sam Warren
Hole 4A Jim Farewell Deon Walsh Ray Walsh Paul Lambe	Hole 4B Luke Burt Charlie Dominaux Colin Rose Ricky Warren
Hole 5A Jackson Appleby Dave Bungay Patrick Farrell Perry Stone	Hole 5B Sam Cleal Ben Grandy Frank Hodder Glenn Price
Hole 6A Jared Bennett Rylie Cheeseman Shaun Chili Logan Riggs	Hole 6B Bernard Dumaresque Annie McCarthy Marilyn McCarthy Stan McCarthy
Hole 7A Mike Blagdon Tracey Blagdon Frank Haskell Brad Russell
Hole 8A Curtis Cheeseman Leo Kilfoy Brayden Norman Bob Norman	Hole 8B Bob Brenton Darryl Harding Dennis Kelly Al Lewis
Hole 9A Morley Adams George Brushett Randell Evans Charlie Loughlin	Hole 9B Lucas Clark Michael McGrath Riley Slaney Christian Tobin

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Important!

‘Effectively immediately tee times at Grande Meadows for the weekdays (Monday to Friday) will begin at 9:00 am. During the weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and beginning June 21, 2024, tee times will begin at 8:00 am.’

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GRANDE MEADOWS IS HIRING!

Grande Meadows Golf Course Association Inc operates a 9-hole public golf course situated in Frenchman’s Cove NL on the Burin Peninsula. It is a not-for-profit entity overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors elected annually by its membership. In addition to the golf course, there is a Pro Shop, Bar and Mulligans Restaurant on site that often caters to social events.

We are hiring an Accounting Club Manager for the 2024 season to manage and oversee all of the accounting operations of Grande Meadows including but not limited to:

• Direct and manage all aspects of the Accounting and Administration operation.
• Experienced in Sage 50 Accounting Software
• Experienced in Point of Sales Software
• Experienced in Microsoft Office Suit (Outlook, Work, Excel etc.)
• Supervise and schedule a Point of Sales staff with a complement of approximately 5 persons.
• Supervise and schedule a kitchen staff with a complement of approximately 1-2 persons.
• Responsible for financial management of all sales revenue, cash on hand and expenses
• Budget preparation and reports and ensure adherence to annual budget.
• Responsible for inventory control, including ordering merchandise and supplies for Point of Sales Operations & Kitchen
• Work with Golf Course Superintendent for Administration and Purchasing.
• Seek out government funding sources and complete required applications.
• Attend Board of Directors meetings if requested, communicating status of all Point of Sales operations, identifying concerns and suggesting potential solutions for same.

The Accounting Manager should possess strong leadership, problem-solving, interpersonal and organizational skills. The ability to work with other staff, and or with fellow BOD members, as well as engage in self- directed learning opportunities is essential.

Experience and / or education in the areas of business administration, accounting, human resource management and/ or golf course management would be considered an asset.

Interested applicants please email resume to grandemeadows@nf.aibn.com.

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Tracey Blagdon, assistant Principal of John Burke High School in Grand Bank, was elected Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Grande Meadows for the 2024 season at the first meeting of the Board recently. It marks the first time in the history of Grande Meadows that a woman has been elected Chairperson of the Board. Along with General Manager Heather Cluett it makes for a formidable duo to lead Grande Meadows going forward. Good luck to you both. At the meeting Paul Lambe was elected Vice-chairperson and Dennis Kelly Finance Chairperson while Tony Walters is responsible for HR. James Mitchell looks out to Junior Golf while Perry Stone is responsible for the Operations Committee. Grande Meadows recently held it’s Annual General Meeting at the Community Centre in Garnish. A great turnout of members made for a very interesting meeting. Reports on last year’s activities were given by members of the Board of Directors during the evening including a 2023 financial report along with the proposed budget for the 2024 season. General Manager Heather Cluett gave a very interesting report of her vision for Grande Meadows moving into the next few years. Re-elected to the Board of Directors for the 2024 season were Paul Lambe, Perry Stone, James Mitchell and Tracey Blagdon. Elected to the BOD for the first time were long time Grande Meadows members Dennis Kelly and Tony Walters, both of whom should bring a lot of experience to the board. There is still room for one member on the Board of Directors and hopefully that person will come on board sometime soon. Congratulations to all those who volunteered and a great big thanks to Stan McCarthy and Gus Keating for their efforts on the BOD the past few years. Thank you for your time and efforts. Stan McCarthy was elected the 2024 Golf Captain. It was also decided that Grande Meadows Golf Course will be open (with limited services) on Tuesday, April 30 for Pre-Season Play. Pre-Season Fees will be $5 per round for Members and $15 per nine holes for Non-Members. We can’t wait to see everyone again!

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Grande Meadows Golf Course will open for the 2023 season on Thursday morning April 27 at 8:00am.

Call 709-826-2600 to book a tee time.

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2022 Recap

Grande Meadows has come through it’s 28^th golf season with one of the warmest summers and fall on record. Golfers got to enjoy typical mainland weather throughout the whole golf season. Kudos go out to the greens keeping staff on doing a wonderful job under such abnormal conditions for us as there was lots of sunshine and little rain. Our greens were impeccable throughout the whole summer and while the fairways were a little brown at times it wasn’t the fault of the workers who are to be commended on the job they did this summer.

As well kudos go out to the inside staff who maintained their composure and kept things moving this summer. Besides their regular daily duties they were very helpful with the various committees including the Tournament Committee, Men’s Night & Ladies Night Committees as well as with various other groups who held tournaments throughout the summer. All the best to both the inside and outside workers and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2023.

Tournament play began in June with the Annual Invitational in which Mike Blagdon of Grande Meadows won the Men’s Title. This year Tracy Blagdon was the only lady playing this year and competed in the Men’s C Division where she finished 4^th and was declared the Ladies Champion.

Sam Warren captured the Burin Peninsula Open Men’s title with a score of 76 while Tracey Blagdon’s 98 was good enough to win the Ladies B. P. Open title.

Matthew Hackett won his 6^th Grande Meadows Men’s Club Championship while Judy Drake won her 10^th Grande Meadows Ladies Club Championship in September.

Perry Stone captured the 2022 Match Play Championship by going through the summer undefeated in his matches and defeating Calvin Brenton 2 UP in the final.

James Mitchell defeated Kevin Power on the first playoff hole to win the Grande Meadows Junior Men’s Championship while Brooke Evans won the Junior Ladies Title for the first time.

The very first ever Memorial Golf Tournament in memory of deceased members was held in August with over 70 golfers participating in a best ball tournament. It is hoped to make the tournament an annual affair and it was great to see so many family members of deceased golfers come out and take part not only in the golf but in the little presentation held afterwards. Included in the presentation were members of Ivan Paul’s family including his mother, nieces and his great- nephew, Jackson Boland who participated in the tournament. The winning team in the tournament included Jordan Baird, Gus Keating, Trevor Keating, James Mitchell & Perry Stone.

The tournament season concluded with the Annual Fall Fest Tournament in early October with John Bugden & Judy Drake taking home first place.

Again this year Men’s Night and Ladies Night were held each week and proved to be very well attended. As a matter of fact this was the most successful season ever for Men’s Night with an average of 35 participants each Thursday evening. It was capped off by the Men’s Night Finale in late September.

Craig Hiscock, Bill Warren and George Rose became members of the Hole-in-one club at Grande Meadows this past season as all 3 scored their first career aces. Hiscock & Warren aced Hole #3 while Rose carded his ace on Hole # 7.

Kudos to all volunteers involved in making the 2022 season a successful one.

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Closing Date This Season

October 10, 2022

• Grande Meadows Golf Course will be closing the clubhouse on Monday evening October 10, 2022
• The Golf Course will remain open to members only until further notice
• Private Power Cart owners may use their power cart for an additional fee $ 25.00
• Important: Please  note Grande Meadows will have no power carts available for rental on Saturday October 8, 2022.

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