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Greenwell ties for 18th at Ontario Amateur
Wednesday July 23 2008 Georgetown’s Robbie Greenwell finished in a three-way tie for 18th place— 13 shots back of winner Dave Bunker of Woodbridge— at the Ontario Amateur Championship at Islington Golf Club recently.
The Ontario Amateur Championship is restricted to Golf Association of Ontario members carrying an 8.4 handicap factor or less. The field of 156 was cut to 62 after 36 holes of play.
Greenwell, a member at North Halton Golf Club, posted rounds of 70-68-78-74 for a total of six over par 290.
Gavin Aldridge of Georgetown and also a North Halton member missed the cut after rounds of 79-76.
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Twelve-year-old Samantha Spencer of Georgetown finished in fourth place after rounds of 84 and 81 (25 over par) at the Ontario Golf Association Bantam Girls championship tournament held at the Goderich Sunset Golf Club last week.
Spencer was 24 shots behind winner Christina Foster of Concord.
Earlier, Spencer won the girls division at the Canadian Junior Golf Association’s KJS2-Kaneff Junior Series at Royal Niagara by firing a 22-over par 94 and edging Brampton’s Karyn Lee Ping, the only other competitor, by one shot.
Spencer finished just off the lead in the open girls’ division at the CJGA Kaneff Junior Series event held recently at Century Pines near Hamilton.
The North Halton Golf & Country Club member shot an 88 to place four strokes out of top spot.
Spencer earlier tied for third at the GAO Bantam ClubLink Tour stop at Caledon Woods, recording a 91, 14 shots back of the winner.
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At the Investors Group Ontario Junior Girls Championship held at Goderich Sunset Golf Club last week North Halton Golf and Country Club member Candice Swartz finished in 47th place and was 53 over par following rounds of 88-87-88 for a 263 total. Jennifer Kirby of Paris won the event with a 211 total.
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Two North Halton Golf and Country Club members reached the second round of the Investors Group Junior Boys’ Match Play Championship held at Batteaux Creek Golf Course in Nottawa last week.
Jamison Cass, of Georgetown, was edged on the 19th hole by Daly Kim of North York while clubmate Luke Ovenden was ousted by Nic Powell from the  Scarboro Golf Country Club on the 20th hole.
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Zachary Sutherland and Ryan Biehn, both of Georgetown, placed third and fifth, respectively in the boys’ 13-and-under division at the Canadian Junior Golf Association’s KJS2-Kaneff Junior Series at Royal Niagara.
Sutherland carded a 16-over par 88 while Biehn shot a 95.

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