The Durham Lords led from start to finish and took home the men’s and women’s gold medal in the team and individual competition at the 2005 OCAA Golf Championships, hosted by Durham College at Lakeridge Links Golf Course in Brooklin, Ont.

The Durham Lords men’s team used home course advantage to capture their second title in two seasons finishing eight strokes ahead of Humber College. The Lords squad of Will Mitchell, Tyler Martin, Jeremy Brimble and Mark Romanelli finished with a two-day score of 591.

Humber College rallied from behind and overtook Niagara College during final round play and finished second at 599. Niagara College finished third at 604.

In the men’s individual competition freshman Will Mitchell of Durham College used a final round 70 to take the gold medal and finish with a two-day total 143. Last year’s defending champion, Tyler Martin of Durham shot a tournament total 144 to take the silver along with teammate Jeremy Brimble. Meanwhile Chris MacDonald of St.Lawrence Kingston picked up the bronze medal finishing with a 146.

On the women’s side the Durham Lords led from wire-to-wire and carded a two-day total 336 to earn the gold medal for the first time in the schools history. The lady Lords squad was comprised of Stephanie Brown, Brittany Caldwell and Kate Hill. Humber College sinished second at 599 while Niagara was third at 604.

In the women’s individual competition a three-way tie was recorded at the end of the round with Stephanie Brown of Durham, Michelle Charron of St.Clair and Julie Van Every of Georgian finishing with matching two-day totals of 165. Stephanie Brown, a second year veteran of Durham was awarded the gold medal after posting a par on the first playoff hole. This was the first-ever women's individual gold medal for Durham.

MEN TEAM (top 4 scores)
1. Durham. Gold. 591
2. Humber. Silver. 599
3. Niagara. Bronze. 604

WOMEN TEAM (top 4 scores)
1. Durham. Gold. 336
2. St.Clair. Silver. 348
3. Humber. Bronze. 358

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Will Mitchell, Durham. Gold 70-73-143
2. Tyler Martin. Durham Silver 71-73-144
2. Jeremy Brimble. Durham Silver 144
4. Chris MacDonald, St. Lawrence K Bronze 72-72-146
5. Clinton Rayfield, Humber 73-74-148
6. Andrew Egerter, Niagara 76-72-148
7-John Holmes-Niagara-74-76-150
8-Josh Hunke-Conestoga-75-75-150
9-Lee French-Humber-70-81-151
10-Sean O'Malley-Humber-73-78-151
11-Steve Bryk-Georgian-80-71-151
12-Matt Tindale-Fanshawe-77-75-152
13-Ryan Willoughby-Humber-75-78-153
14-Mike Zizek-Humber-74-79-153
15-Mike Mottola-Niagara-73-80-153
16-Scott Huston-St. Clair-77-77-154
17-Sean Ball-SLC-K-79-75-154
18-Stephen Grano-Niagara-79-76-155
19-Rob Zeppieri-Georgian-79-76-155
20-Chris Gardiner-Confederation-75-81-156
21-Sean Scott-Niagara-77-79-156
22-Ryan Hasledon-Durham-81-76-157
23-Nathan Wright-Durham-79-79-158
24-Nick Wigle-St. Clair-86-73-159
25-Jesse Liman-Confederation-78-82-160
26-Brad Bajc-Georgian-80-81-161
27-Brandon Christo-Conestoga-78-83-161
28-Brad Davey-Algonquin-80-81-161
29-Matiss Mazutis-Durham-78-84-162
30-Scott Zettel-Conestoga-77-85-162
31-Nick Solden-Harriss-Algonquin-86-76-162
32-Marcel Mariage-Fleming L-77-85-162
33-Greg Lamb-Humber-78-84-162
34-John Dengel-St. Clair-82-80-162
35-Andrew Walpole-Niagara-77-86-163
36-Andrew Kah-St. Clair-79-84-163
37-Kyle Booker-St. Clair-83-81-164
38-Chris Campbell-Georgian-78-87-165
39-Kyle Mejaki-Georgian-82-83-165
40-D.J. Robertson-Algonquin-84-81-165
41-Steve Gibson-Confederation-83-83-166
42-Todd Allen-Fanshawe-81-85-166
43-Mark Romanelli-Durham-85-82-167
44-Adam Christie-Conestoga-85-82-167
45-Mike Woodhouse-Fleming - P-84-84-168
46-Nathan Machan-Algonquin-79-91-170
47-Jason Mark-Fleming - P-85-85-170
48-Jon Trottier-Conestoga-82-89-171
49-Chris Stone-SLC-K-89-83-172
50-Josh Therrien-Algonquin-92-81-173
51-Lee Riendeau-Fanshawe-89-85-174
2-Ben Mark-Fleming - P-88-86-174
53-Jeff Peircey-Fanshawe-83-91-174
54-Andrew Morneau-St. Clair-81-94-175
55-Chris Johnson-SLC-K-85-90-175
56-Adam Rose-SLC-K-89-87-176
57-Dustin Mauro-Confederation-91-85-176
58-Chase Howard-Fanshawe-81-95-176
59-Chris Methe-Fleming - P-93-84-177
60-Brandon Ryan-SLC-B-88-89-177
61-Chad Lobsinger-Fanshawe-87-91-178
62-Zacharie Proulx-Boreal-87-91-178
63-Damian Lalljee-GBC-95-85-180
64-Mathieu Bouchard-Boreal-86-95-181
65-Jeff Emrich-Conestoga-88-94-182
66-Travis Dillabough-SLC-C-87-97-184
67-Matthew Ova-GBC-87-98-185
68-Ryan Ogg-GBC-93-93-186
69-Jason Marsolais-SLC-C-93-94-187
70-Alex Taskey-GBC-96-92-188
71-Ryan Zurkowsky-GBC-95-93-188
72-Loic Filion-Boreal-91-97-188
73-Jesse Love-Fleming L-98-91-189
74-Lance Lallier-Boreal-100-97-197
75-Tyler Mateev-SLC-C-94-104-198
76-Chris Cullen-SLC-C-102-97-199
77-Chris Vivarais-SLC-C-94-105-199
78-Colin Mercier-GBC-96-105-201
79-Joshua Lefrancois-Boreal-102-101-203
80-Mike Andrulis-Fleming L-99-104-203
81-Lee Mercier-SLC-B-104-104-208
82-Jeff Argue-SLC-B-108-123-231
83-Scott Young-SLC-B-118-116-234
84-Nicholas Scherer-Fleming L-127-123-250
85-Mike Barker-Fleming - P-0-88-88 DQ


WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
**1-Stephanie Brown-Durham-84-81-165 - GOLD
2-Michelle Charron-St. Clair-80-85-165 - SILVER
3-Julie VanEvery-Georgian-80-85-165 - SILVER
4-Brittany Caldwell-Durham-86-85-171 - BRONZE
5-Hillary Salvian-Humber-80-98-178
6-Nicole Whelan-Humber-89-91-180
7-Kate Hill-Durham-92-89-181
8-Carly Price-St. Clair-91-92-183
9-Meagan Hannan-Georgian-95-98-193
10-Kim Kay-Georgian-98-99-197
11-Jennifer Deacon-Humber-96-109-205
12-Ashley Abbott-St. Clair-102-110-212
13-Katherine Baryluk-Humber-118-120-238
14-Leanne Stoppa-Georgian-119-126-245
**won in playoff

MEN'S DIVISION II RESULTS
1. Confederation 658
2. Fanshawe 662
3. Fleming 689

Golfers are now set to prepare for the the 2005 CCAA Ping Open National Golf Championship hosted by St.Clair College, October 19-22 at the Fox Glen Golf Club in Windsor, ON. The OCAA will be well represented by a stellar field of golfers including all of this year’s OCAA Champions.

The OCAA governs intercollegiate sports and promotes physical activity in its member institutions through quality athletic and campus recreation programs. It offers 16 varsity sports to 30 member institutions throughout Ontario.

For more information on the OCAA Golf Championships please contact convenor Mike Duggan, Durham College at (905) 721-3042.

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