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Stormont Yacht Club Launches Sailing Season!
excitement at the club. Members were
By Christine Ouellet ready to finally get their boats in the
& Ann Marie Blinkhorn
water. The spring race season would also
fter two shortened seasons due to be delayed. ‘Beethoven’ is in the lead
ACOVID, members of the Stormont with two races completed.
Yacht Club (SYC) in Long Sault were The much-anticipated Sail Past, which
ready for a full summer of sailing. It marks the official start of the sailing
was not to be! A strike by Ontario crane-
season, was celebrated June 12. Local
operators would further delay the season MP Eric Duncan and MPP Nolan Quinn
by three weeks.
joined members in the festivities. Mr.
Finally, the strike came to an end, and Duncan presented club member Lloyd
seventy-five boats would go in the water Chaput with a new Canadian flag, which
May 27! A rainy day did not mute the will fly proudly at the club. Twenty boats
Photo Michael Beelich
would sail past SYC Commodore Natalie the Commodore’s Challenge, Adult Sail
Bray, who proudly saluted all! weekend, the Euduro race, the Ladies
Day race, and the regular Spring and Fall
SYC anticipates a busy sailing season race series. For more information visit
with events such as the Borland Race, our website at stormontyachtclub.ca.
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during the summer when he was 13. “Honestly, it has been very
He says he is fortunate to have been rewarding. There are so many
able to work alongside his father for elements to operating a golf course
35 years. His wife, Kathy, embraced that one can never get bored. Each
day the sun rises brings on a new
the golf business right from the
start. Their daughter, Katie, also challenge, whether it be in public
relations, or dealing with mother
started working at the golf course
at an early age in the summers, and nature, who can dump 25 mm of rain
now helps manage the club’s food over night, and decisions on course
conditions for the day’s play have to
and beverage department, and event
bookings. Katie’s husband, Nathan be made on the fly,” said MacLennan.
Andrews, is now the superintendent Summerheights patio and
with responsibilities of maintaining restaurant are open to the public. To
the playing areas of the course. find out more about Summerheights,
Most recently, fourth generation visit their website www.
granddaughter, Emma, has begun summerheightsgolf.com/ or follow
helping out with small tasks around them on Facebook or Instagram.
