MJT Cleveland Golf Scholarship Recipients 2015
For Immediate Release
Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour awards over $48,000 to junior golf in 2015
Vancouver, BC - (October 20, 2015) - The Boston Pizza-presented Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) is pleased to announce that over $48,000 has been distributed to young golfers in international event funding, scholarships and subsidies/donations in 2015, and that the program continues as the number-one played junior tour in Canada with the most players and largest field sizes for competitive multi-day tournaments in the country.
Some of the players on the program who benefitted from scholarships, funding and awards this season include $1,000 MJT Cleveland Golf Canada Scholarship Winner Keenan Flemming of Sechelt, BC, and Runner-up Brynn Todd of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Additional scholarship monies were also awarded to Aaron Ogrodnick of The Pas, MB, Daniel Ivanouski of Denfield, ON, Carson Harcourt of Kipling, SK, Jeff Masse of Lethbridge, AB, Scott Kerr of Vancouver, BC, Matthew Tse of Calgary, AB, and David Stark of Surrey, BC.
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Keenan Flemming 
Brynn Todd
The MJT also allocated over $10,000 for the provincial MJT Cleveland Golf Order of Merit division winners to assist with expenses of attending the MJT Boston Pizza National Tour Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf at The Reunion Golf Resort in Kissimmee, FLA, November 6th to 8th. The provincial winners are:
British Columbia: Michelle Cha (Surrey), Rachelle Nielsen (Summerland), Brycen Ko (Richmond), Andy Jang (Langley), Mitchell Thiessen (Chilliwack), Shayne LaRochelle (Coquitlam); Alberta: Grace Cho (Edmonton), Sydney Scraba (Calgary), Cooper Lindberg (Calgary), Richard Dou (Calgary), Michael Valk (Medicine Hat), Jeff Masse (Lethbridge); Saskatchewan: Chloe Sies (Melville), Jack Hodson (Riverside Estates), Griffin Wilson (Swift Current), Steven Duchscher (Saskatoon), Eric Nielsen (Saskatoon); Manitoba: Kate Gregoire (Ste. Anne), Katherine McGlenen (Winnipeg), Braxton Kuntz (Winnipeg), Josh Shuster (Winnipeg), Marco Trstenjak (Winnipeg), Stefan Lavallee (Steinbach); Ontario: Shannon Coffey (Windsor), Tatiana Tait (Waterloo), Shawn Sehra (Windsor), Dylan Henderson (Waterloo), Marcus Slipchuk (Amherstburg), Daniel Ivanouski (Denfield); Atlantic Canada: Heather McLean (Port Williams, NS), Meghan McLean (Port Williams, NS), Jakob Lorefice (Antigonish, NS), Ewan Kelly (Beaver Bank, NS), Mario Lajoie (St.-Antoine Nord, NB), Calvin Ross (Fredericton, NB)
Many players qualified via the MJT to attend a number of prestigious tournaments including the Srixon International Junior Classic (Australia); International Junior Masters (IJM); MJT International Team Challenge (ITC), MJT International Players Championship (IPC), IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championship (San Diego); North American Junior Amateur (NAJA); San Diego Junior Amateur and IMG Academy Junior World Championship - Florida Challenge; and the US Kids and Teen World Golf Championships. International Event funding with the help of Official International Events Partner, Tugo, assisted players at several of these events.
Regarding the 2015 MJT Cleveland Golf Players of the Year, six juniors were recognized based on their scoring averages in a required minimum number of MJT tournaments in their respective division across the country:
MJT Girls U15 Player of the Year: Emily Zhu of Richmond Hill, ON
MJT Girls 15-19 Player of the Year: Vivian Lee of New Westminster, BC (Hong Kong Golf Association)
MJT Boys Peewee Player of the Year: Shawn Sehra of Windsor, ON
MJT Bantam Boys Player of the Year: Braeden Cooper of Vernon, BC
MJT Juvenile Boys Player of the Year: Roman Timmerman of Saskatoon, SK
MJT Junior Boys Player of the Year: Calvin Ross of Fredericton, NB.
Annual awards, scholarships and frequent player incentives help reward player's performance and participation throughout each season, and the MJT is proud to play a role in developing Canadian champions – in golf and in life – with 60 events across Canada including the Ford Go Golf introductory clinics, high-level multi-day tournaments, international qualifiers and more. MJT alumni include many Professional Tour players and PGA of Canada Professionals, as well as Canadian Amateur, National and Provincial Junior Champions.
Premier Sponsors of the MJT include Boston Pizza, Ford, Cleveland Golf, SRIXON, Mr. Lube, Golf Town, TuGo and Gatorade; the program is also supported by many valued Tournament and Product Sponsors including Maui Jim, Zeal, Odlum Brown Ltd., KIKKOR Golf, Bow Valley Credit Union, Mountain View Credit Union, National Bank Financial, Lindsay Kenney LLP, Loft 8, Miura, Prodigy Headwear, Projekt, 2 UNDR and TaylorMade-adidas Golf. The MJT, which is now entering its 18th season, promotes the game from grassroots through to provincial, national, university and professional level. For more information please visit www.maplejt.com.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Elaine Denton - edenton@maplejt.com - 1-877-859-GOLF