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COBIS Golf Marathon @ Ponderosa Golf Club - BCgolfguide.com editor plays 139 Holes
September 10th marked the 5th annual COBIS Golf Marathon held at the Ponderosa Golf Club , in Peachland British Columbia. Approximately 37 golfers played for about 12 hrs non-stop to raise a whopping $34,000 dollars.
Elevated Tee @ Hole #9
Ross Marrington, editor for BCgolfguide.com and CANADAgolfguide.com participated and covered this interesting story complete with photos and summary of golf holes played.
The format, play as many holes as possible, play 2 balls on par 3's only such that when 18 holes are played, you have really done 22. Every player gets their own cart, and a bag of balls and tees. Lose a ball? Drop and play - no ball hounds please!
Breakfast, lunch, drinks (& Beverages), power bars, fruit and goodies were served all day by a crew of dedicated volunteers. Many thanks to all that supported this wonderful event. My personal favorite was hole #16 - dubbed the comfort hole. Soothing music, massage equipment and supplies, aromatherapy products, sunblock, and best of all, a few bottles of Scotch - oooeeee! It was smooth and relaxing, too relaxing almost, managed to circulate thru this hole a few times, HA!
Some interesting statistics on playing 139 golf holes
See the Excel spreadsheet below illustrating the # of rounds played, red boxes for pars and green for birdies. I wanted to graph this for viewers so that they could see what would be the results of such long play.
Microsoft Excel Graph of Golf Holes
Interestingly enough, over time, my play improved. My ball striking and chipping and putting all improved. Probably as I did not have any pressure, thus no mental barriers. In total of about 18 lost balls with most going missing in the 1st, 2nd & 4th and predominantly on the back 9 (A much tighter layout).
Play started at 7:00am, however my playing partner and new friend Dave Fidler and I started a little early - approx. 6:40am and finished at dusk, my glow owl golf balls came in very handy, wrapping up at around 7:20pm - A Total of 12 hrs and 40 minutes, or 760 minutes of play (power cart of course). At this rate, my 139 holes averaged a per hole pace of 5 minutes, 27 seconds.
Golf Marathon Event Summary
Total money raised was just over $34,000.
37 golfers
Prize table: $8500+
Top 5 money raisers:
Paul Mitchell $4153
Claude Bernard $2884
Liz McKinney $2800
Dave Fidler $1842
Doug Rankmore $1750
About COBIS - Central Okanagan Brain Injury Society
The Central Okanagan Brain Injury Society (COBIS) was formed in 1986 out of the concerns of family members, people with injury, service professionals and interested community members. Since then, the Society has grown to be an innovative community rehabilitation agency that exists to prevent brain injury and improve the quality of life for individuals who have sustained brain injury.
Services offered by the Society include:
Community Rehabilitation and Support
Child and Youth Service Coordination
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Services
Family Support and Counseling
Adjustment Counseling Services
Facilitated Peer Supports
Public and Professional Education
Research
With a staff contingency of 13 and over 100 volunteers the agency saves lives, keeps people out of jail, prevents the use of alcohol and drugs, teaches life skills, gets jobs, offers education & training, saves marriages, finds safe places to live, gets needed services, reunites children with parents, husbands with wives and provides whatever it takes to help people with acquired brain injury live their lives safely and with dignity.
Central Okanagan Brain Injury Society
Executive Director: Doug Rankmore
#100, 532 Leon Avenue
Kelowna, BC
V1Y 6J6
Phone: 250762-3233
Fax: 250-861-3008
Hole #16 - The Comfort Hole
Liz McKinney from Power 104FM & friend Richelle Leckey (104 holes - Good Number)
Tara O'kane and Matthew Longman
Name to Come (Jill Howell) and Wendy Williams (right)
Draw for Prizes (Claude Bernard and Wendy Williams)
Prizes Galore
Everyone received a fabulous prize
A personal thank you to my pledging sponsors:
Guy Scott - $20
Brian Graham - $20
Wayne Terrai - $50
Wayne (Wiener) Schaeffer - $100
Bruce Pedersen - $100
Laurie Maranda - $100
Rob Kazur - $200
Bill Taylor (Senior Rep for BCgolfguide.com)
$95 Wellness/Electro Therapy Gift Certificate
Gord Schultz
2 golf shoe bags with balls and hats - $90 value
BCgolfguide.com donated golf savings cards to all players and will be good thru to end of 2005. A $1600 value!
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