Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada....Regional Results

[Idareya]

Now this was a tough day.... Not only because of the caliber of the gentlemen on the tee, but the 35-50km/hr wind directly into us all day long...it never let up for a minute.

Senior Division

Danny Kindy     318  advances to worlds - 1st place
Scott Cameron       314
Byron Christensen  300

Open Division
A blind draw resulted in 4 groups of 6 in which top 3 went to winners pool and bottom 3 to losers pool after one 6 ball set.

Round One

Gunning     295
Kindy         300
Bateman    324
Ciurluini     335
Riou          304
McIntosh   No show

Hart           341
McAnally     339
Hutchinson  328
Jones          318
Bruins         338
Salmon       325

Ahoy           270
Mason         339
Hnidy          325
Colberg       311
Kivilahti       OB
Stirrett        OB

Riddle         319
Collins         OB
Laroque       336
Armour        339
Pettersen     347
Robinson     331

Round 2 - Winners Pool

Colberg     OB
Bruins       339
McAnally    328
Hnidy        OB
Ciurluini    315
Laroque     319

Armour     331
Pettersen  338
Bateman   303
Hart          342
Riou          315
Mason       316

Round 3 - Losers Pool

Ahoy       314
Kindy      305
Salmon   288
Riddle     OB
Jones      OB
Stirrett    332

Hutchinson  OB
Collins        295
Kivilahti       311
Gunning      346
Robinson     345

Round 4 - Losers Pool

Kavilahti    307
Robinson    OB
Mason        OB
Ciurluini     325
Stirrett       OB
Gunning     333

Hnidy        280
Bateman   OB
Riou          300
Ahoy         OB
Kindy        315
Colberg     305

Round 5 - Winners Pool

Bruins       345
McAnally   301
Hart          314
Armour     295
Pettersen   347
Laroque     331

Round 6 - Losers Pool

Gunning   336
Riou         320
Kivilahti    297
Ciurluini    OB
Colberg     316
Kindy        308

Round 7 - Winners Pool

Bruins        321
Pettersen   290
Laroque  330  advances to worlds - 1st place

Round 8 - Losers Pool

Hart         327
McAnally   326
Colberg    322
Armour    335
Gunning   OB
Riou         OB

Round 9 - Losers Pool

Pettersen   OB
McAnally   336
Bruins      295
Hart         333
Armour     OB

Round 10 - Losers Pool

Hart          OB
McAnally   337   advances to worlds - 2nd place

  Huge congratulations to Mr. Kindy, Mr. Laroque and Mr. McAnally and best of luck in Mesquite!

Once again, I want to get this posted so I will follow up with my conclusion in the am.

Jesse Hnidy



  

[Ryan Hart]

Wow Jesse,

Nice post, that would have took me 2 hours to type out. 

Long Drive in Western Canada is stronger than its ever been, and thats thanks to you.

[Beowulf]

Great work this weekend Jesse (and crew).  Thanks also to Kevin Blenkhorn and his family for donating their time this weekend to help run the event. 

I wish EVERY long drive event had the results posted like this.  Everyone REALLY appreciates it.

Shawn Robinson

[Ryan Hart]

It was great of Kevin to help out this weekend, and the grid workers did a great job also.  They seemed happy as long as the beer cart kept visiting them!

[aldagolf]

Who qualified for the Big Show out of Canada

JD

[stirups99]

I had the opportunity to attend the event and was extremely impressed.  Thanks for taking the time to put this together Jesse, you deserve all of the praise you're getting.  Thanks also to the grid workers, I'm not sure if I've been to an event where I never heard one complaint from the guys dogging balls in the grid.

Thanks again Jesse.

One note, I take it personal that you have me down as going OB 3 times!  Didn't know that was possible. :-)

Thanks again.
Greg

[Idareya]

sorry Greg... it is fixed now

JD....scroll down

[laroque]

I would just like to say to all the true long ball hitters that I saw this past weekend...you guys sure can hit them a long way...this was truly an exciting time and  for me to be going to Mesquite is quite awesome since i got back home...i never thought i would make it but figure i would try....Jesse and crew you guys made and put on a great event...I would like to thank Rob, Matt, Kyle,Scott, John, Mo for giving me this chance to hit with you guys ...Vince thanks for the info..would like more about Mesquite as I have never been there and dont know what to expect...

[cantputt]

  Get in touch me me , Robinson or Hutch. we have been there combined 20 or so times. We can tell you pretty much anything you need to know.
Kevin Blenkhorn

[SCUDMAN]

Expect to see some strange looking local inhabitants, lol!

[mtymk076]

Very good job running the event Jesse, I got to meet some awesome guys and got to hit with some phenomenal LDers, this was my first year trying out Long Drive and although I didn't perform the way I was hoping for it was still alot of fun. Those low 4 degree cut stingers i was hitting all day were no good especially in wet conditions! lol so time to straight working on my numbers again.

Mike Tymko

[Idareya]

I apologize for not getting to this sooner but my computer privileges at work have been monitored a little more closely over the last while....

Thank you. Everyone involved with the event from the competitors and spectators, to the entire staff at Meadowlands and my crew. Your combined efforts are what made this event a success.

We put 200 tries through in the locals over two days. Awesome turn-out. From newbies to seasoned vets, Sylvan welcomed a great field of competitors. Scroll down to see the results and you will recognize some names, of that i'm sure.

A huge thank you to Kevin Blenkhorn, his fiance Brenda, and their troops for generously volunteering their time and efforts all weekend.

Another huge thank you to Rob Engley, CEO of Professor Golf in Winnipeg. Rob dedicated his weekend to helping all the competitors with their equipment. He had his truck full of components and tools and every time I walked by he was working on someones club. He also donated new heads and shafts to a few of the competitors. Thank you sir. Pleasure to have you.

Also to Hutch, Chips, Easy money, Greg, and everyone else that helped on the radios and the clock... You guys are always willing to pitch in and I appreciate it very much.

Ideas are already floating around for next year....can't wait.

Jesse Hnidy 

[Riou]

Thanks Jesse for taking the initiative in organzing this great event.  The venue was great, the campsites immediately adjacent to the range was a huge bonus.  Thanks to Kevin for working the grid all day in those conditions.  Had a blast and I am already looking forward to next year.  Keep it up and tell those computer geeks at your work that you are busy resurrecting Long Drive in Western Canada!!