89th Annual Ontario Senior Men’s Championship to be Held at Brockville Country Club July 23rd to 25th

Brockville – The Brockville Country Club’s Host Committee for the 89th annual Ontario Senior Men’s Championship is pleased to share the following news concerning this tournament that will be contested at the BCC from July 23rd to 25th, 2024.

In cooperation with the Brockville Country Club’s Senior Men’s Invitational that will be played at the BCC on Friday, July 19th, one sponsor’s exemption for the Ontario Senior Men’s Championship will be awarded to the lowest score of that BCC Sr. Men’s Invitational. If that person has already qualified for the July 22-25 Ontario Championship, the next lowest score will pick up the sponsor exemption. Information on how to enter the BCC Senior Men’s Invitational will be found on the BCC website (www.brockvillecountryclub.com) and the Ontario Senior Men’s Championship Facebook page.

The BCC Host Committee is planning a unique welcome for the tournament competitors. Following the practice round of July 22nd, players will be invited to a cocktail party and “Hot Stove League” discussion featuring Hockey Hall of Fame member and Montreal Canadiens’ great Larry Robinson. Larry will be joined by several other NHL alumni and hopefully some present-day NHL players.

Tickets for this event will also be available for the public, including an opportunity to buy packages of multiple tickets. Tournament volunteers and sponsors will be offered a discount for the July 22nd event. Harper Cotie, local Morning Show host for iHeart Radio’s Bounce 103.7, and a founding member of the “Boys in the Booth” hockey podcast, will be the Master of Ceremonies for the Hot Stove League discussions. More details on pricing and how to purchase tickets for the July 22nd event will be forthcoming.

Sponsorship packages are now available for the tournament. Please contact Host Committee Chair, David Dargie for a copy of the tournament sponsorship package. There is a wide range of sponsorship opportunities available for this provincial championship, something to fit an individual business or a larger company’s promotional budget.

The Host Committee has begun its search for 60-75 volunteers needed to run the tournament on each of the three tournament days. An event to promote volunteer sign-up will be announced later this month. The strength of any successful championship is the quality of its volunteers. The Brockville Country Club has been able to attract the best possible volunteers for its events and is looking forward to even more success in July.

One final announcement, the Host Committee has designated a local organization as the charity of choice for the Ontario Senior Men’s Championship. The “Weekender Program for Kids – WP4K” provides a large baggie of food items, on the weekends during the school year, to local kids and teens (JK-grade 12) who live with food insecurity. These students typically benefit from school breakfast, lunch and/or snack programs during the week, but the weekends can be long and difficult for them when these programs aren’t available. That’s where WP4K comes in. This program, and registered charity, provides the students enrolled in the program with a large baggie, containing a variety of food items, for them to take home each Friday throughout the school year, to help over the weekend.

The first 16 WP4K baggies went home from the first Partner School on Dec 11th, 2015. Since then, they have expanded to partner with 22 local schools; they have added more items to the baggies; increased their eligible age group from JK-6 to JK- 12; and handed out 51,414 weekend baggies! That is 51,414 weekends made easier for a local kid/teen, who lives with food insecurity.

WP4K were planning for 300 students for the 2023/2024 school year, which is their ninth, at a cost of $285 per child, for a total budget of $85,500. However, the need is so high, that they currently have 347 students enrolled, and with grocery prices soaring, their new fundraising goal is $100,000K.

The Brockville Country Club’s Host Committee for the Ontario Senior Men’s Championship is honoured to support this very important charity. All funds raised at the July 22nd Cocktail Party and Host Stove League through ticket sales, along with silent and live auction items, will be donated to the Weekender Program for Kids for the 2024-2025 academic year.