Please save May 28, 2026 in your calendar for the 20th edition of the tournament!

The 2025 tournament was held once again at the Meadows Golf and Country Club in the National Capital Region. Golfers enjoyed great weather and helped UCTE donate $7000 to Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, our charity chosen by the late Mike Wing.

Mike started the tournament in 2003 when he was UCTE national president. He wanted to create an event where union leaders, members, employers, and others to relate to each other outside the day-to-day conflicts that often surround labour-management relations.

He chose the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind as beneficiary. The amazing work they do does not receive any government funding but is exclusively supported by private donations. We were joined this year by one of their guide dogs in training, two-year-old Olive.

Mike’s family has supported the tournament consistently. This year was no exception; they had a strong showing with two foursomes and Pat Wing spoke at the reception.

Congratulations to all the raffle prize winners, and the following:

• Jeff Whitekker’s foursome, who had the best score of the day,
• Siqin Guo’s foursome for Most Honest Golfers,
• Madison Pigeon – Longest Drive (woman):
• Gary Drisdell – Longest Drive (men):
• Nancy Pigeon – Closest to the Pin (women): and
• Barry Tchir – Closest to the Pin (men).

Orbit Insurance entered a group and donated a cooler to the raffle. Union Savings also donated a raffle prize.

Dr. Suzanne Wright travels the world with Wing. Her testimonial to the part he plays in her life is powerful. “Give me a Braille map or a Google map and we can navigate any city. Wing can find help, a restaurant, a grocery store, a hospital, a place to sit . . . he‘s a part of everything I do and we are fiercely independent.”

Because of Wing and his co-workers, CGDB has been UCTE’s charity of choice since the tournament began in 2003.