All posts by Gérard Grégoire

Attention all El Tigre Members.

Discussions have been in the works for sometime now with Steve and a few others about having something that would bring our membership together in the summer/fall months.

The general idea is to have an opportunity to visit some of the areas where our members come from, alternating yearly between Canada and the USA, and having member/members from the area host the group for some fun, golf, and local site seeing.

We are trying to launch this idea this September in Kelowna BC, and have branded it “El Tigre Members northern tour”.

As you all know we have a very large contingent of members from Kelowna and area and as well Kelowna is known as one of Canadas premier tourist areas boasting mountains, lakes, wineries, as well as a golf mecca with over 40 golf courses within a 100 mile area.

The tentative date for this is slated for September 10-14.

The hopes are to have a Welcoming reception on the 10th, followed by 2-3 days of golf with some sort of game designed to involve individual as well as couples.

Between golf, plans will be made to take advantage of some of the Okanagans site seeing opportunities.

Final plans TBA,

At this point we are looking for participation numbers so we can look into hotel costs, golf costs etc.

Kindly email

alanbayliss@gmail.com by the end of April if you are interested in such a event, at which time we can finalize the details, as well if you have any suggestion please add them to your email.

Looking forward to hearing from as many of you as possible in the coming weeks.

Regards

Alan Bayliss

This years 2025 version of the Gringo Classic is a wrap and turned out to be a huge success.

The event started out with the draft night at Vallarta Beers Gardens and no surprise, the Canadians out lasted the International team in alcohol consumption. Big Thank You to the staff at Vallarta Beers Gardens everyone enjoyed the tacos, cold beers, along with a few margaritas added in.

The competition started with day one, and the 4 ball event with Canada building a 6 point edge at the end of the day.

The days competition ended with a new event introduced this year a 4 hole putting contest.

Congratulations goes out to the winner Ken Wither taking home the big prize of 4000 pesos followed closely by Jean Crispo, and Bruce Gardner.

Day 2 was the individual competition, a total of 34 matches to play with team International making a big push.

With a dead lock tie after 33 matches,  it came down to the final card coming in favour of Canada winning the overall event and retaining there title 78-75.

A big shout out to the team captains for their time in setting up the pairings to create a very close match. Thank you Brad St Pierre and Ron Volk representing the International team, and Wally Antoniuk and Francis Bast for the Canadian team.

As well a big thanks to Charles King for helping with the registration and Ross McDonald in his huge efforts in securing our great KP prizes as well as the organization of the Monday draft night. There is a lot of work that goes into making this event what it is and could not happen without the efforts of all these gentlemen.

Another shout out to Steve, Hector and the rest of there staff for everything they do.

Mark your calendars Feb 24/25 2026 for next years event which will be the 10th anniversary.

Plans are already being made to celebrate the 10 years of healthy competition, an event you won’t want to miss.

We have some great ideas to add to the celebration and will be looking for input from all. Please feel free to reach out with any suggestion that you may have.

Sincerely

Alan Bayliss

Happy New Year 2025 to all. Wish you health and good golf all year long.

The high seson is about to begin and maybe you will need to use the waiting list. Here is how it works.

This year, all leagues have a maximum players per event. For example, Men League maximum player is 60. On the calendar you will see something like 45/ 60 when 45 players registered, and the maximum is 60. Each time a new player signs in or signs out, number of registered players is adjusted.

When the maximum players for an event is reached, checking box is grayed and an asterisk (*) appears.

Click on * and you will be able to put your name on the waiting list. If you put your name on the list, * will become an @ and you are on the waiting list.

You can go on and out the waiting until the cut off, the day before the event ( 8:00AM for Women League, 12:00 for Couples League and  3:00PM for Men and Skins League). When a player signs out for this league event, every player on the waiting list for this event will then receive an email saying there is a spot available.

The empty spot will be taken by the first player who signs in in after receiving email. Players not fast enough to take the available spot will remain on the waiting list and have another chance to sign in if another spot becomes available.

REMEMBER

* You can put your name on the waiting list

@ You are on the waiting list and you will receive an email if a spot becomes available.