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September 25-27, 2015
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Team Glen Abbey Wins MJT International Team Challenge (ITC); GAO Team Ottawa’s Celone and GAO Team York’s Hong win individual titles

LINK TO TEAM RESULTS here...

Welland, ON - (September 28, 2015) – “This tournament was a spectacular start to what we plan to be a long-standing fall tradition,” said Dave Smallwood, MJT National Director of Player Development, after perfect weather and course conditions topped off a successful inaugural MJT International Team Challenge at Hunters Pointe Golf Club near Niagara Falls in Ontario this past weekend.

Canada’s number one-played Junior Golf Tour, the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour presented by Boston Pizza, hosted six-player teams from Canada and the USA in a daily best four of six aggregate team scoring format on September 26th and 27th, in a tournament which featured teams mainly from across Canada including elite players from the Golf Association of Ontario’s (GAO) Regional Team Program and the Golf Canada Junior Golf Development Centres. The event also included an individual 36 holes medal play format for both the boys and girls divisions.

It was a very close race with only one point separating the top three teams. Team Glen Abbey Golf Club won first place with 594 points over the Golf Association of Ontario’s Team Essex Kent 2 (595 points). Third place went to GAO Team Ottawa (596 points) and MJT Team Alberta rounded out the top four with 602 points.

The four boys and two girls on Team Glen Abbey from Ontario were John Burghardt of Oakville, Marcus Rodrigues of Burlington, Matt Anderson of Mississauga, Freddy D'Angelo of Fonthill, Logan Hackett and Natasha Stasiuk, both from Oakville.  

The individual Boys Champion was GAO Team Ottawa’s Ty Celone, 16, of Long Sault, ON, who fired 69, 71 (140). Runner-up was GAO Team Niagara 2’s Ethan Bennett, of Stoney Creek, ON, who closed with the low round of the tournament (76, 67=143). There was a tie for third place at 145 total score between MJT Team Alberta’s Jeremy Rose of Calgary, AB (72, 73) and GAO Team Essex Kent 1’s Marcus Slipchuk of Amherstburg, ON (70, 75). 

Individual Girls Champion out of the 30-strong field of girls was GAO Team York’s Ellice Hong, 16, of Thornhill, ON, after she shot 76, 73 (149) for a four stroke victory over GAO Team Ottawa’s Diana McDonald of Kingston, ON (80, 73=153). Third place went to Team Golf Lab’s Shehna Akbary of Barrie, ON (81, 75=156).

Team and individual results for GAO Team Ottawa, GAO Team York, GAO Team Waterloo, GAO Team Niagara 1, GAO Team Niagara 2, GAO Team Essex Kent 1, GAO Team Essex Kent 2, Team The Golf Lab, Team Whistle Bear 1, Team Whistle Bear 2, Team Glen Abbey, MJT Team Ontario, MJT Saskatchewan/Manitoba, MJT Alberta, and Team Western New York PGA can be found online on the MJT website.  

About the MJT: The non-profit Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour presented by Boston Pizza is Canada’s number one-played Junior Golf Tour as well as the only national junior tour run exclusively by PGA of Canada Professionals and the ‘Road to College Golf’ in Canada. The organization is generously supported by Boston Pizza and Premier Partners Cleveland Golf, Srixon, Ford, Mr. Lube, Golf Town and TuGo, in addition to valued Tournament and Product Partners. The MJT hosts more than 60 events across Canada, including free Ford Go Golf Junior Clinics, the MJT Mini Tour for 7-12 year olds, and multi-day events for competitive players which also qualify juniors for international competitions. The program offers annual awards, scholarships, and frequent player incentives to help reward player's performance and participation throughout each season. MJT alumni include many Professional Tour players and PGA of Canada Professionals, as well as Canadian Amateur, National and Provincial Junior Champions. The MJT aims to develop champions, in golf and in life, promoting the game from grassroots through to provincial, national, university and professional level. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Elaine Denton, MJT edenton@maplejt.com 1-877-859-GOLF  www.maplejt.com.