Six students from the Edge School golf program travelled to British Columbia this past weekend for the CJGA event held at the Sunshine Coast Golf Club.

The group arrived at the course late Saturday afternoon in time to walk all 18 holes and make a few notes on how to play the tricky layout just outside of the town of Gibsons. Sunday, the golfers enjoyed the practice round after the snow melted off the greens. The biggest adjustment seemed to be how the heavy air and sea level elevation knocked yards off the flight of the ball.

Grade 12 student Kelsey Major fired rounds of 88 and 87 to finish 2nd in the girls division and earn a spot in the Veritas World Junior Championships held in July. Grade 11 student Geoff Fry was low among the guys on the trip finishing 4th with rounds of 78 and 77. Grade 9 student Mike Martin was 7th in the Boys 11-14 category with a pair of 82’s. Edge students Luc Boutin, Jonathan Fry and Daniel Ahn also competed in the event.

Head Coach Randy Robb and school sports psychologist Matt Brown were quite pleased with how the group performed and watched some great golf over the weekend.

The next junior tour event for the Edge students will be the MJT tournament at Paradise Canyon in Lethbridge late in April. 

Six Edge student-athletes in Grades 9-12 from the Golf program travelled to Washington state to compete in the Northwest Junior Golf tour on Oct. 13-16. Bothers Geoff and Jonathan Fry finished 9th and 22nd overall respectively, Luc Boutin had a 25th place showing and Daniel Ahn, Mike Martin and Andrew Brown all tied for 37th in a deep field of 52 players. Jonathan Fry finished 5th in the Grade 9/10 category.

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Attending their first team event, a group of six Edge students in the Golf program competed at the coveted Antigua National High School Golf Invitational held September 9 and 10 at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Edge boys team finished 16th out of the 20 teams. Playing against some of the top teams in the US, they fought off first day jitters to improve their team score by 16 shots on day 2. Luc Boutin was the low Edge player with scores of 83 and 76. Nic Scrymgeour was next at 79 and 82. Geoff Fry shot rounds of 89 and 79. Liam Leahy was 85 and 87. Andrew Brown 93 and 83. It was a great experience for the guys as they participated in their first team event.

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Alberta's athletes brought home a record 232 medals at the Western Canada Summer Games, thanks in part to Cochrane athletes. Medal winners for the event, which took place in Kamloops from Aug. 5-13, included (Edge School Golf Academy student) Nick Scrymgeour, part of the silver-medal-winning golf team, Katelyn Dimopolous, part of the bronze-medal-winning female soccer team, and Callum McNeice and Aiden Mckeage, who helped the wrestling team to a silver medal.

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