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Durham Lords Media Release
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Lords medal hopes spun off the greens in Round Two
Charlottetown, PEI – Day two of the 2008 CCAA Golf Open Championships at Fox Meadow Golf and Country Club in Stratford was a day of movement. Some leads grew, some tightened and the leaders from yesterday now face uphill battles.
LORDS WATCH
In round two, the Lords came up short and spun off the greens, falling down to ninth place in the team standings. Even though the Lords once again had a good team score of 312, the rest of the field had an even better day on the links and moved even further ahead of Durham, putting them 33 strokes out of a medal position with a two day total of 620.
In the third and final round on Friday, Durham will look to improve on their position from last season (sixth place) and finish the 2008 Championships in the top five. The Lords will be paired with their fellow OCAA colleagues Niagara College and the hosting Holland Hurricanes.
Durham Lords Individual Scores
T21. Rob Lewis – 74-77 (151)
T36. Matiss Mazutis – 77-79 (156)
T39. James Hoffman – 79-78 (157)
T39. Chad Boudreau – 79-78 (157)
T46. Justin Knaggs – 80-78 (158)
T46. Brad Hickey – 83-75 (158)
T59. Ian Parker – 78-84 (162)
T68. Tyler Boudreau – 86-88 (174)
OVERALL SUMMARY
In men’s play it’s certainly shaping up to be an exiting final day as the team and individual competitions are both tight.
In the team competition it looks to be a three-team battle for the title. The Thompson Rivers Wolfpack hold a five-shot lead over the second place Fraser Valley Cascades and a six-shot lead over the defending champion Humber Hawks.
For the Wolfpack, it certainly was a day of team. Yesterday’s leader, Riley Balson couldn’t match his blistering round of 69, shooting a seven-over 79. That’s where his team came in, as Shaun Vanderwal shot a one-under 71 to lead the team to a five-shot lead.
The Wolfpack also got strong rounds from Brett Martin and Adam Gruber who both fired rounds of 73. Martin got off to a tough start going four-over par on the front, but got it going on the back with three birdies and a 33 to finish at 73 for the round. “The mental game wasn’t there on the front, but I managed to turn it around and play well on the back,” said Martin.
Mitch Lock and the Fraser Valley Cascades sit in second place in the team competition and Lock has a one-shot lead in the individual standings.
“I kept it going strong all day today. I drained a couple of bombs for birdies and also made a bunch of clutch par putts,” said Lock. “I’m just going to go out and play the same way tomorrow. If I can go out and put up the same number it will really help the team and give us a chance to win,” he added.
Fraser Valley coach Chris Bertram talked about the final round saying, “In team golf four or five shots can be made up pretty easily. All along we’ve said that we want to put ourselves in a position to make a run on Friday. We’ve done that and it should be a good show tomorrow.”
The defending champion Humber Hawks certainly won’t go down without a fight either. The Hawks have struggled at times in the first two rounds and will need to get it going on the final day to repeat as champions.
Brett Pearl of the Hawks knows the challenge ahead for the team stating, “We definitely haven’t played our best golf. We’re going to need a really good day tomorrow. We’ll all be in groups with the guys from Thompson Rivers and Fraser Valley so we’ll just be concentrating on playing our game and at the same time trying to stay with those guys.”
The Host Hurricanes were lead by Tye Vaillancourt and Joey Neale with rounds of 71 and 74 respectively. The Hurricanes sit in seventh.
In women’s team action the defending champion Humber Hawks got a superb round out of Maggie Trainor who rode a hot putter to a two-under par 70. The Hawks also counted Bev Peel’s second straight 74 for a two-day, two-player team score of 294.
“The putter was hot today. I missed quite a few fairways but my wedges were good and I was able to roll in a bunch of putts, commented Trainor. The second year Professional Golf Management student from Dundas, Ontario also added, “I lipped out on the 18 for a birdie and a 69. I really wanted that one but I’m pretty happy with how I played.”
Trainor has strong connections to the Island as her father, Rick was born on the Island and they return often.
In the chase for individual gold Trainor now holds a two-shot lead over teammate Bev Peel and a four-shot lead over Anne-Catherine Tanguay from Champlain College.
Peel talked about her round of 74 saying, “It was pretty much the same as yesterday. I had to grind a little more but I was pretty steady. It was a fun round playing with Anne-Catherine, we both played well.”
In the women’s team competition Humber now has a ten-shot lead over Champlain. Unless the tough combination of Trainor, Peel and defending champion Shauna Wilde really fall off tomorrow they’ll likely be taking home the banner.
Throughout the tournament all the girls have been very humble and continue to stick by the old, but effective cliché, “One shot at a time.” It certainly seems to be working.
On a side note, it looks like there are some great years ahead for Champlain College golf. The Lions rely on two freshmen and Athletic Director Chris Brosseau pointed out, “We’re shooting for first, but at the same time are going to be pretty happy if we can maintain second this year. We’re definitely looking ahead and building for next year.”
For all the team and individual scores go to: www.hollandcollege.com/2008pinggolf/
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