A.V. Macan Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Congratulations to Dale Jackson for being inducted to Royal Colwood's Wall of Honour, builder category.

Dale joins me for a conversation about some of his golf experiences and more importantly his accomplishments in the world of golf that has ultimately qualified him for the Wall of Honour.

1.  Rules Official (R&A, USGA, Golf Canada PGA, LPGA) 2001 – present

2.  Club Captain, Royal Colwood Golf Club 2003 – 2004 

3.  Chair, Golf Canada Rules Committee 2013 – 2016 

4.  Member, R&A Rules Committee 2013 – 2016 

5.  Member, Joint Rules Committee 2013 – 2019 

6.  Official of the Year, Sport BC 2014

7.  Rules Official, Olympic Games (Rio) 2016

8.  Vice President, Golf Canada 2019 – 2013

https://www.golfcanada.ca/

WALL OF HONOUR MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of the “Wall of Honour” is to recognize those members, past and current, who have brought credit to Royal Colwood and to themselves through their actions, either by distinguishing themselves as an outstanding golfer, not only at the Club level, but beyond; i.e. Provincial, National or International or by making significant and lasting contributions as a builder of the game through their volunteer or professional service to the benefit of Royal Colwood and Provincial or National or International golf associations. 

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Royal Colwood Golf Club proudly hosted the 110th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship, 30 July - 02 August 2024, presented by BDO.
 
Congratulations to all the competitors, staff, volunteers and members for a successful Championship.

 Part 2 – List of Guests:

00:46 – 08:53

Emily Odwin – Competitor, Barbados

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

08:54 – 16:17

Alison Murdoch – Canadian Golf Hall of Fame

Rules Official for the Championship

16:18 – 24:57

Jordan Monks – MOTUS Physiotherapy (Sponsor)

24:58 – 29:24

Momo Sugiyama – Competitor, Australia

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

29:25 – 43:28

Sakura Sugiyama – Competitor, Australia

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

43:29 – 1:03:26

Ken Beaumont, Ian Fraser & Sean Pierce – Royal Colwood Golf Club

Volunteer Caddies for Montgomery Ferreira, Vanessa Zhang & Casey Weidenfeld respectively

1:03:27 – 1:06:38

Matt Waterman – Closing Remarks

https://smumustangs.com/sports/womens-golf
https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/alison-murdoch/
https://motusphysio.ca/
https://www.purdue.edu/home/athletics/
https://meangreensports.com/

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In our final episode of 2023, we're joined by Lori Lumley who has just finished her 1 year term as Women's Captain at the Royal Colwood Golf Club.

Lori played competitive fastball as a youngster and into her adult years but decided as retirement approached that golf would bring her some new athletic challenges, hence joining Royal Colwood in 2019 became her new aspiration .  Lori has already improved her game to a single digit handicap!

Lori served as a municipal police officer in both Ottawa and Victoria and has the distinction of being the 1st female police officer in Canada to serve in a full-time tactical unit (SWAT/ERT).  Lori retired out of the Detective Office and fondly recalls working in the historical case file section and managing  the Michael Dunahee file.

As Captain of the Women's Division, Lori felt it was important to rebrand the name of the Division and is proud of that accomplishment during her term.  Lori also takes a few minutes to highlight the annual activities of the Women's Division around Royal Colwood.

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In episode 13, Royal Colwood Professional Craig Young joins me to chat about his 23+ years at our golf club.  Craig and his wife come from competitive skiing backgrounds but his summer love of golf as a kid carried through to his working life.  Craig’s skiing accomplishments include competing in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary and at an FIS World Cup event in 1990 where he finished on the podium with a bronze medal.

After competitive skiing, Craig went back to school and got into his Class “A” Golf Professional training with the PGA of Canada at the Oakdale Golf and Country Club.  Craig spends a lot of his time supporting Men’s/Women’s Division events and tournament operations as part of his regular duties.  You’ll have to listen for Craig’s answer to his favourite hole at Royal Colwood – he breaks it down very well.

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In 2023, Royal Colwood celebrated 100 years of Club Championships and in this episode we are joined by Aaron Butters, Club Championship Committee Chair, to talk about the successes of the event.  All the Divisions had medal play competitions over the main championship weekend, and on the second weekend the Men’s Division had match play games.

Later in the episode, Aaron talks about his own start in the game in golf and will celebrate 30 years as a member of Royal Colwood in 2024.  Aaron’s favourite hole from the Macan tees is #13!

Congratulations to all the 2023 winners in their respective Divisions.

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Jack Jenner is the creator and still manages the Don Ross Derby at Royal Colwood.  
This event is one of the most enjoyable tournaments on the schedule for the Men’s Division.  It consists of 2– nine hole matches on the Friday and then 3 – nine hole matches on the Saturday; these are played in 2 man teams taking the best ball score.  

The Flight winners at the end of the 5 matches (and two wild card teams) get to compete in the Derby “horse race” portion of the day.  The horse race takes place over 4 holes of elimination (in an alternate shot format) and the remainder of the field places their bets and follows along through the 4 holes.

Jack and his partner Kent Campbell are previous winners of the Derby!

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Alec Mackie is the Club Captain at Royal Colwood Golf Club, he is in his second year of a 3 year term.  Alec has been a member of the Club since 1984 and is originally from Carnoustie, Scotland.

In fact, his first golf was learned at Carnoustie Golf Links as a young boy with hickory shafted clubs.  Alec was present at the 2018 Open Championship as a volunteer.  His sister and niece are both successful golfers and far better than Alec.  In 1999, his sister was working at The Open as a volunteer and was a direct witness of the Jean van de Velde collapse on the 18th hole!

Anyone wanting to take on the position of “Club Captain” can connect with him for more details.

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Dave Mick – Wall Of Honour - Royal Colwood Golf Club

Dave joined Royal Colwood as a junior member in 1961 and over his golfing career he climbed the steps of recognition to be forever commemorated on the Wall of Honour at Royal Colwood.

Hope you enjoy going through some of Dave’s competitive golf life with him.

Wall of Honour

Member Canadian Team – World Amateur                            1978

                Eisenhower Cup Silver Medalist

Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur Champion                        1973

BC Willingdon Cup Team Member                                             1971-73, 77/78

                National Champions                                                           1971-73

BC Junior Provincial Team Member                                           1968/69

                National Champions                                                             1968

BC Men’s Invitational Champion                                                 1969/72

Vancouver Island Men’s Open Champion                               1978/79/97

Vancouver Island Zone 5 Senior Men’s Champion               2008

Victoria City Men’s Champion                                                     1978/79/83/86

Royal Colwood Men’s Champion                                                1980

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Bruce Brown is our guest on episode 8 of the A.V. Macan Podcast, we chat about the Invasive Species Removal program that he and other volunteers at the Club have been working on for the past few years.   Bruce has been a member at Royal Colwood for the past 17 years and has served as the Men’s Captain.  Being a volunteer at our golf course is only a small part of the volunteering Bruce has done inside and outside our community, he talks about a few of those worthy charities he contributes to.  Bruce accurately predicted in this podcast episode that team Europe would win the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy. 

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Derek Senft is our guest on episode 7, he's a member of the professional staff at Royal Colwood Golf Club.   Derek has 10 years experience at Colwood and previously learned some of the golf industry at Victoria Golf Club and at Cultus Lake.
 Derek is big part of Junior Golf development at Royal Colwood, and he’s often seen leading young girls and boys in their exposure to the golf world.  He is a graduate of the Golf Management Program at Camosun College and speaks highly of his educational experiences that the program offered.

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