The Tee TimesWINTER 2014

Can’t complain about the weather wehad this season. We had plenty of warmdays with very little rainouts. I know itmade it difficult on Joc and his crewduring the driest periods but the coursewas in great shape all season. With thecourse in such great shape this fall itmakes it tough to close the doors. Themaintenance crew is hard at work put-ting the course to bed so that thecourse can be in great shape again nextseason.

Before we say goodbye to the season Ithought I would share a few of my high-lights. On May 20th my wife and I were

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blessed with a baby boy named Jack.He is doing great and growing like aweed bentgrass green. I know Joc does-n’t like to hear that word. With my newfriend at home, the summer flew by.

Another highlight has to come from theCouples Classic golf tournament whereTyson Beaupre made an ace on hole #8to win a new truck. It’s a fortunate thingthat he only had one hole to play afterthat. When he got off the course he wasbuzzing to say the least. It was fun tosee the excitement level of him and thegroup he was playing with.

This leads me to the fun and enjoymentof all of our Dunes Hosted Events.Jackie does such a great job with all ofthese events and it’s a pleasure to helpout with. The events keep getting betterevery year and continue to grow. All ofthese events are a highlight for myselfand hopefully for you as well.

I personally can’t wait for the snow to flyso the ski season can begin. It’s been agreat season and I look forward to thenext one. Have a great winter andHappy Holidays.

– Mike BowenDirector of Golf Operations

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Marketing & Promotions

As I write my review for 2014, my firstthought is whew; where did the time go?

Some of you may have noticed I spent alittle more time at the course this year. Myrole here expanded into Food & Beverageand may I say a new appreciation on howdemanding and rewarding this positioncan be. Which leads me to thank Lisa andher staff for a very successful year; and toour customers who not only stayed toenjoy a beverage and meal after golf butmade it a destination to bring family andfriends.

I’m proud to say our Dunes Hosted eventsseen another significant growth largelydue to great community support. I mustsay our sponsors are truly the best. Thisyear we were able to raise close to $4500for Jr. Golf through these events. Specialthanks to all of you who attended.

A few highlights: The Pure Home Ladies’Challenge 50’s theme was a huge suc-cess. Everyone including the staff weregreat sports and embraced the idea.

The McLean & Shaw Men’s Open hosteda 2 day event with the chance to win$100,000 hole in one at end of day onSunday.

The Boston Pizza Couples Classic wascompletely sold out and what excite-ment when my nephew Tyson Beauprewon the truck on #8 with a hole-in-one.

The Forward Jr. Open was won by ourown Sean Tomkins who also went on towin the Windsor Ford Peace Country Jun-ior Tour. Congratulations Sean!

Our Yogurty’s Seniors’ Classic sponsorowned and operated by Harley and Car-lee Cardwell the previous owners of Su-perlube brought a new franchise to townand we wish them much success. To up-date everyone, the Yogurty’s Seniors’Classic will be moving to Sunday, June28, 2015. Tell all you friends!

And finally, the Northern Metalic Iron-man was an actual Ironman the guysgolfed in bitter cold temperatures butpersevered and rose to the challenge.

If any of you have ever organized anevent it doesn’t happen without a lot ofhelp. Honorable mention goes to my

Hole-In-One ClubHole #3: Lori Spracklin, Brandon PaulingHole #8: Tyson Beaupre, Jaylan Arndt

Book us!• Tournaments and Banquets• Corporate Functions• Meetings & Seminars• Christmas Parties (dates still

available for 2014. Call NOW!

Driving RangeThe Dunes Golf & Winter Club wishes tothank you for your patience in our on-going improvements to the drivingrange. Renovations are now completeand the driving range will be fully oper-ational in Spring 2015. So be preparedto hit the Driving Range and improveyour long game. We apologize for anyinconvenience this may of caused youthis past golf season.

2014 Couples Classic Hole-in-One Winner

right-hand women Alex Dunn. Always asource of knowledge and youthful, ener-getic enthusiasm, keeps me current. Notoften you can find a confident youngwoman that comes prepared to work. Ilove that about her.

As well, Mike Bowen and his staff were al-ways willing to work or participate in ourevents. Oh did I say work. Just kidding,they were great from registration tocourse setup so thanks guys for all yourhard work that is very much appreciated.

I’d like to thank Joc and his staff for as-sisting in the preparation of all our spe-cial events, the course conditions havenever been better.

And to my match play partner Trina Ironswho can now whip my butt, the best col-laborator I have had the pleasure ofworking with, a huge thank you. Your tal-ent and skills in graphic design and so-cial media are truly unmatched. TheDunes and I are so fortunate to call youapart of our team.

The Dunes other successful collaborationthis year was with Reading University. Weare proud to announce $35,000 injectioninto our community for our youth. Whatan opportunity it is to work with Rhondaand Linda Side who are so passionateabout literacy for our Grade 3 students inGrande Prairie and the County.

So when the world gets crazy, whichhappens a lot these days, think of TheDunes and summer 2015. It’s only 4months away.

Merry Christmas and a Happy andHealthy New Year.

– Jackie Wallan,Marketing and Promotions

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Turf Management

Well, it’s that time of year. The geeseare heading south along with thesnowbirds. Golfing snowbirds that is! Ihope everyone had a great golf sea-son and took advantage of the won-derful summer. Although it was achallenge to keep the course wet, Imuch prefer a hot summer. We arepretty happy with the conditionsover-all.

First off, I would like to thank my staff,that are instrumental in our success.David Ouellette, Myles Mcallister,Shelly Horneland and the rest of theturf crew all work with passion anddedication every day to provide thebest playing conditions possible. I alsowant to thank the rest of our manage-ment team at the Dunes for all theirdedication this season as well.

Blastaway Enterprises Ltd.Sun Life FinancialGP Auto GroupNeil & AssociatesDobko & WheatonParadise Inns & Suites/Minhas

Ken Wilson Contracting10 K RentalsVieworxGP Fire ExtinguisherBoston PizzaAlbright Refrigeration

Windsor PlywoodMaxim StorageReed Energy GroupIn-Line Valve ServicesSummit Creek HomesR/T Rentals

MNP LLP Apple Auto GlassDoug Marshall MotorcitySherry Drysdale Mortgage

Apart from trying to keep enoughwater on the course, we have contin-ued to make many small improve-ments to the golf course. It’s veryimportant that we continue to upkeep and beautify the facility. We haveongoing plans to improve cart paths,bunkers and turf quality in manyareas. We have also completed im-provements to the driving rangewhich will enhance your experience atthe Dunes. We thank you for your pa-tience through this process.

So, although the golf season is ended,we do however have facilities to pro-vide Christmas parties, meetings,weddings and much more in the off-season, so stay tuned and we will seeyou in the spring!

– Jocelyn (Joc) Langlois,Superintendent/Property Manager

Food & Beverage

As I sit back to write this newsletter, I amamazed on how fast it all seemed to goby, yet in the middle of it all it all seemedin slow motion. I certainly had no ideahow fun you golfers are! I want to firstoff thank the members all our ladiesfrom social and commercial leagues andmen’s night for making this an enjoyableseason for me, the amazing patrons whoI have enjoyed getting to know and haveenjoyed the golf stories.

To the managers and staff who withouta doubt got tired of my golf questions. Iam a little wiser in the golf terminologybut my swing still needs a lot of work!

A special mention to my Food and Bev-erage staff, for without my cart girls,kiosk, supervisors, servers, cooks, ban-quet chef and my team mate Jackie, itcertainly wouldn’t have been as success-ful.

I look forward to the Christmas season,and bring holiday cheer to all of ourguests, perhaps a Sunday brunch or two,and certainly a wine and cheese party,so keep your eyes on our website and onFacebook for some upcoming winterevents. So raise your glass and cheersand bon appetite.

– Chef Lisa Williams-Duda

Thank you to our on course sponsors

Scholarship Winners!Congratulations to Genevieve Relland,Eric Corcoran and Anthony Meyer forwinning the $500 scholarships. Best ofluck in all your future endeavours.

Thank you to our Dunes hosted sponsors for 2014You make our events a success

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MembershipsSingle $1,980.00Couple $2,650.00Family (includes 2 children 18 & under) $3,025.00Extra Children $235.00Students (23 & under) $795.00Junior $265.00Driving Range $250.00Attachment Discount(On single, couple and familymembership listed above) -$450.00

Green Fees 9 Holes 18 HolesRegular Rate $37.00 $59.00Midweek- 6 am to 10 am $32.00 $44.00Junior $18.00 $32.00Day Rate $90.00

Power Carts 9 Holes 1/2 Cart9 Holes $25.00 $12.5018 Holes $40.00 $20.00Cart Membership Single Seat $750.00Full Cart Membership $1025.00Couples Upgrade $275.00Trail Fee $300.00Daily Trail Fee $15.00

Rental Clubs 9 Holes 18 HolesBasic Set $15.00 $25.00Deluxe Set $30.00 $40.00

Storage FeesLocker Room $30.00Club Storage $100.00Pull Cart Storage $50.00

Driving RangeBucket $9.00

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Pass BookletsLevel 1 (10% Off)9 Hole Book10 passes $333.0010 passes w/Single Seat $445.50

18 Hole Book10 passes $531.0010 passes w/Single Seat $711.00

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2014 LEAGUESThe Dunes Golf & Winter Club is very for-tunate to have some very special ladieswho help me run our Leagues and GolfTournament. Their expert organizationskills, attention to detail and their love ofgolf make them an asset to our club.Darlene VanNieuwkerk (Ladies’ Pure HomeChallenge), Sheri-Ann Madu (Ladies Com-mercial League), Verla Bonnett (ReneMazo Social League), Leta Alloway (CityFurniture Couples Night), Trina Irons (IronsDesign Match Play). Thank you for goingabove and beyond.

Ladies’ Match Play Winners2014 Winners: Denise McDonaldand Dianne Lowe2nd: Valerie Peterson and Pauline Broddle

Ladies’ Social League Winners2014 Winners: Velda McKenzie-Diedrich, Brooke Mckenzie, Maureen Clarke, CarylSallows and Sherry Smith.

Special thank you to Rene Mazo ofCentury 21 for sponsoring the LadiesSocial League as well as the many prizeshe donated through the summer.

Ladies’ Commercial League Winners2014 Winners: Auto Trac2nd: Sunlife Financial3rd: Smoke Plumbing & Heating

Mens’ Match Play Winners2014 Winner: Darcy KarbashewskiThank you to Mike Bowen for puttingtogether the Mens’ Match Play League.

If you would like to be part of any of ourleagues please visit our website for moredetails and contact information.

2014 Ladies’ Challenge ChampionsL-R: Lori Spracklin and Candice Coloumbe

2014 Couples Classic ChampionsFront L-R: Gordon Pratt and Lynn CaldwellBack: Mark Ung of Boston Pizza

2014 Seniors’ Classic Men ChampionL-R: Carlee and Harley Cardwelll of Yogurty’s,Al StewartLow Net Mens: Harry Potts

2014 Ironman Cash Scramble ChampionsJeremy Clothier, Randy Haugen, WarrenHaugen, Bob ClothierCentre: Shane Kemper of Northern Metalic

2014 Men’s Open ChampionL-R: Tyson Beaupre and Pierce Krol ofMcLean & Shaw Insurance

2014 Junior Open Boys ChampionSean Tomkins

2014 Seniors’ Classic Ladies ChampionL-R: Harley and Carlee Cardwell of Yogurty’s,Colleen BinghamLow Net Ladies: Camilla Sauverwald

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2014 TOURNAMENT WINNERS

Important News for the2015 Yogurty’s Seniors’Classic

Save the date! The Seniors’ Classictournament date will move toJune! Be sure to register for thisevent that will now take placeSunday, June 28, 2015.

Looking for Lessons?Keith Aiken will be back for the 2015 sea-son to continue teaching lessons. Pleasevisit our website for more informationabout lessons Keith will be offering.