Here is the latest from the ICSD: Issue #243 – August 2011
Summary: The ICSD Board has choosen going on a partnership route by joining the Olympic Movement to improve the areas such as media, sponsorships, etc.
Also in the eNews, the JDGA President Masanori Kojima delivered a very positive report about the 2012 WDGC preparation.
The Irish Deaf Golf Union had just wrapped up their 14th Irish Deaf Golf Championship on July 2nd and 3rd, 2011. Don Conway, Cathy McCormack, and Geoffrey McCormack finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. Congratulations to all the Irish Deaf golfers for their tournament! Check out the leaderboard on the IDGU website.
The Canadian Deaf Golf Championships was concluded on July 21st with new champions: Jonathan Rose of Ontario for Men’s, Marilyn Beernink of Ontario for Ladies’, and Robert Cundy of Alberta for Senior Men’s. The Canadian Deaf golfers deserve a pat on their backs for completing 3 rounds of golf competition! For results, check out the London Deaf Club website: Men’s, Women’s, and Senior Men’s.
Next up: 2011 Four Nations Cup Tournament, August 3 to 5, hosted by Irish Deaf Golf Union (IDGU). Check out their flyer.
The United States Deaf Golf Association just wrapped up their 2011 USDGC at the Golf Club at Yankee Trace, located near Columbus, Ohio. The Men’s championship ended up with two people vying for the top spot in a sudden death playoff. Brandon Babineaux won the Championship, while Bill Roberts of Missouri was the runner-up. Melissa Stockton was declared Ladies’ Champion and Tim Dapp breezed by with his Senior Men’s Championship victory. The final results are on the USDGA website.
Next National Championships: from July 18 to 21, the Canadian Deaf Golf Championships will be hosted in London, Ontario. Check out their website at the London Deaf Club website.
Two new documents are now added: Tournament Rules & Hosting Policy. Check out the Documents page.
WDGF website – looking different? Yes, it’s looking different now as a new template is integrated so that we could have more flexibility with the header images. More updates coming up soon!
Any news to share with the WDGF and the rest of the Deaf Golf members? Let us know at arista@worlddeafgolf.com.
Australia held their championships recently in the first weekend of May – check out results on their new website. Congratulations to Jack Besley of Victoria on his Men’s Championship victory; Karon Fowler of Victoria on her Ladies’ Championships; and Alan Bitters of Western Australia for Senior Men’s Championships. The State of Victoria won the State Championship.
England completed their championship during the May 29th weekend and the results are available in the EDGA website. Martin Anderson came away with the championship by 8 strokes and Mark Forrest, the 2010 National Champion, was the runner-up.
Next events are the United States Deaf Golf Champsionships, Canadian Deaf Golf Championships, Sweden Deaf Golf Championships. If there are other National Deaf Golf championships happening, please contact Arista at arista@worlddeafgolf.com. Thank you!
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