Re-cap for the 4 th and Final FIMLA Damn the Dam Golf tournament
Saturday June 28, 2025
The day started off very scary with fierce rain as golf registration started. But the Gods were in
our favour, it passed and off we went!
In the 4 years of the tournament the community has raised close to $30,000 with seed money in
place for 2026.
A beautiful afternoon of golf with 86 golfers from the community thank you all!
We proceeded to the Lion’s Hall and joined over 25 more community members for dinner. We enjoyed a fantastic meal prepared by Kelsey’s and Montana’s. Thanks to Tim and Stasy Lloyd who prepared pulled pork with all of the fixings, and a great vegetarian burger – with
Hagen Daz ice cream bars to finish. Great work by Dave Lucas and Karen DeLuca for the
kitchen work, and all of the volunteers!
Jim Pine was the MC – and the Silent Auction began!
Jim thanked our sponsors, who are:
- Title sponsor Aarde Construction – Josh Doornekamp
- Dinner sponsor – Tim and Stasy Lloyd
- Kelsey’s and Montana’s
- Rivendell Golf Course – Mike Dillon
- Revell Ford – Terry Gibson
- Get a Grip Solutions – Peter Bedoukian
- Mow’s Bros lawn care – Quinn MacDonald
- LD Powersports
- Amplify Mission – John Bakker
- Borrow with Rob – Rob Bryant
Grant Thompson thanked the community for their efforts to complete our dam, and all of the volunteers.
The Golf committee was recognized for their 4-year commitment – Mary Rae, Claire Zanetti,
Tim Lloyd, Kim St Onge, Gord Kreick, Peter Bedoukian, Dave Lucas, Karen DeLuca, Tom
Bryant. Over 30 meetings were completed!
Rob Bryant (Borrow with Rob) presented the Skill prizes to the following golfers:
- Women’s Closest to the Pin Hole 14 – Kim Blaney
- Women’s Longest Drive Hole 6- Kathryn Tooley (Lang)
- Men’s Closest to the Pin Hole 2- Gord McRae
- Men’s Longest Drive – Trevor Paterson
The 19th Hole putting competition was sponsored by FIMLA – the winners were Jeff Laniel’s Team 3A.
Josh Doornekamp our Title Sponsor presented the Top Team Winners with their prizes.
- Most Honest Team – Kim St Onge, Peter Knapp, Julie Kimber and Gordon Kimber.
- 2 nd Most Honest Team- Gord Kreick, Linda Kreick, Peter Bedoukian and Sandra Lowman.
- Lowest Score – Grant Thompson, Sean Bishop, Ed Magier, and Myrna Guye
- 2 nd Low Score – Tom Bourne, Yvonne Bourne, Sue Pine and Jim Pine
Plenty of draw prizes followed, almost every team received a prize.
The Silent Auction wrapped up successfully – another great job by Sue Pine and her committee.
Richard Nageleisen, President of FIMLA proudly spoke about our Dam construction coming in
on budget!!!! Well done FIMLA executive.
Mark Valiquette spoke on the upcoming Verona Car show – he is looking for 8 volunteers for
Saturday September 13 th – FIMLA received a wonderful grant for helping out the past 2 years.
Jim Pine filled the group in on the profit from this year’s event will go to 2 areas.
- Reconstruction of the Lion’s ball diamond. We sent $1,000.00.
- Seed money for a new community event for 2026 – After the donation above the
tournament generated an additional $2,500.00 – Some ideas floated include a car rally,
a boat rally, a soft ball afternoon! More to come at the AGM.