STATEMENTS
BY MEMBERS
Golf Competition in Swift Current
Mr. Wall: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This past weekend in Swift Current, two
young local brothers, Shawn and Craig Robinson pulled off a
significant regional if not national sporting event right in the
city of Swift Current. Many did not think that they could
successfully and virtually on their own host both the Rema World
Long Driving qualifying event and a Long Drive Cash Contest on the
same day.
Well, Mr. Speaker, this past
Saturday, the Robinson boys did just that. They lined up sponsors
and attracted golfers from as far as Markham, Ontario for the
competition. Indeed, Craig Robinson qualified at his own event to
advance in the world competition with a drive of 352 yards and 8
inches.
His brother Shawn did not have
to qualify at all. He had already won a qualifying event in
Calgary and so he could focus on the $3,000 up for grabs in the
cash contest. And while young Shawn hit one of his drives 382
yards, it was not in the final round and so he finished out of the
money.
Mr. Speaker, these young golfers
demonstrated not only their love for the game, their own amazing
abilities to organize, but also ability to conceive and develop
and execute a world-class sporting event. This is another
achievement for the growing list for both Craig and Shawn, for you
see Shawn is also the second-ranked long driver in all of Canada
and the 17th in the world. It’s no wonder international
companies like Harrison Shafts have given their sponsorship to
this third year U of S (University of Saskatchewan) pharmacy
student from Swift Current.
And finally, Mr. Speaker, I’d
also like to take the opportunity to congratulate the Swift
Current firefighters on successfully defending their regional
championship at this weekend’s firefighters combat challenge
held in Vermillion, Alberta. Perhaps my colleagues could help the
official opposition acknowledge this amazing achievement by
supporting The Fire fighter Protection from Liability Act. Thank
you, Mr. Speaker.
Some
Hon. Members:
Hear, hear! |
