This year’s tournament was 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.

When he was UCTE national president, Mike started the tournament 19 years ago to create a day to allow 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 participated in the tournament and this year was no exception, they had a strong showing with two foursomes and his wife Pat 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, and 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.