SPORTS UPDATE By Sean Maillet
GOLDEN TEE
SAC golfers make history at OFSAA
OLD BOYS Back on course at Angus Glen Burke White ’13
Darcy Montgomery ’92, Mark Etherington ’92, Joe Yun
In the first OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) championship event held since the start of the pandemic, a team of four SAC golfers brought home the gold.
Tim Birkett ’04
As the school year began, it was still undecided if this year’s OFSAA event would even happen due to potential COVID-19 restrictions. It wasn’t until early September when Varsity Golf coaches, Jamie MacPherson ’99 and David Stewart, were notified that the qualifier tournament was a go and had a little over a week to prepare a team. Golf is a spring term sport, but the OFSAA tournament is held in the fall. During a typical year, there would be tryouts to assemble a team for the qualifying tournament, but due to the last-minute nature of the event, the coaches leaned on a group of student-athletes who volunteered to represent SAC on the course.
Michael Graaf ’97, Graeme Martin ’97, Richard Colton ’04, Mario Chiodo ’13 Bryn Fell ’04
James McNair ’24, Matthew Lyons ’23, Daniel Kraik ’22, and Andrew Aquino ’24 (pictured above) teamed up to win the qualifier in September, securing their spot at the OFSAA championship. On Oct. 13, the boys travelled to Glen Eagle Golf Club in Bolton, Ont. Over two days, the team fired six rounds in the 70s, including an impressive score of 2-under par on the last day by Matthew. With nine Ontario schools represented and 36 golfers in the field, the SAC group won the team championship by 12 strokes for the first OFSAA Golf team gold in school history. David Zhou ’02, Randall Blom ’02, Nicholas Weedon ’02, Giancarlo Trimarchi ’02 Fall 2021 The ANDREAN
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