It was a busy May 4/5 weekend at The Meadows Golf & Country Club, and unfortunately a wet day on Sunday, but that did not hamper the success of the Ottawa Valley Golf Association Junior Spring Classic. More than 100 juniors from around the Ottawa Valley, Ontario and Quebec made their way to the Gloucester, Ontario area golf club to compete for a myriad of titles and qualifying spots for larger events.
Not only were golfers playing for the titles at the OVGA’s season opening, there were also qualifiers for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship, the Golf Ontario Junior Spring Classic, and the Golf Quebec U19 Championship for the bantam golfers.
Results
The overall titles for the OVGA on the weekend went to Avery Nordman and Atlas Ibit.
Nordman is a member of the OVGA Junior Development Team and plays out of the Canadian Golf and Country Club in Ashton. She toured the South/West nines at The Meadows in rounds of 77 and 78. He 155 total was three better than runner-up Amelia McFarlane. Sophie Foulds took third place at 159.
In the Boys competition it was Atlas Ibit of Greyhawk Golf Club who earned the medalist position with rounds of 72 and 71 for a 143, -1 total. That was three better than Lucas Cardozo of Le Blainviller while Michael Vivone of The Royal Ottawa Golf Club finished in the bronze position.
Round one included a qualifier for the Golf Ontario Junior Spring Classic.
In the Boys division there were four spots available to advance to the championship. The qualifiers were Rowan MacDonald of Royal Ottawa GC (71), Atlas Ibit of Greyhawk GC (72), Michael Vivone of Royal Ottawa GC (72), and Alex Pickle of Barcovan GC (73).
In the Girls division the three available spots went to Amelia McFarlane of Ottawa Hunt & Golf (79), Sophie Foulds of Royal Ottawa GC (79) and Adrianna Salalilla of Kawartha G&CC (80).
For a full breakdown of all the scores, you can find them at this link.
