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23 - WM l RI 1 )(HIHRONICLE ' Wednesday, December 4. 301.1 . hen you're inching up on the three»5(‘()re and 15 Region golf season when I haul the clubs out of the trunk region of Niagara way back in the late ’505 or early '60s W birthday, shouldn't things be slowing down in of my beloved Toyota â€" keep up the good work at the Hey. the memory suffers more than my limited playing the recreation department? Cambridge plant, folks _ and stash the sticks in the skills. Well. my friends, that's the beauty of golf. To me it has garage. On a wonderful little nine-hole layout called St always been the game you play forever if your health Well, here we are in early December and the clubs are David's, different buddies and I played at least once a holds up. and but for a wonky knee, mine has held up well still in the trunk. lust lazy. you say? No. not really month in Canada â€" for a calendar year. St. David's Opt'r' . when it comes to my favorite sport, But I've got a plan for this month as part of a bigger ated under a variety of owners and friends over the years As is my tradition. I signal the end of the Waterloo picture of duplicating something I did in my hometown and i can't remember who had it during that memorable year but I played at least once a month for 12 . straight months. 1“. I? ‘ The nifty little nine-hole course, perched alongr . side a section of the Niagara escarpment and not far west from the famed Brock’s Monument, had a trar F , dition in those days of being open if there was no snow on the course and this in turn drew the golf . ’ 4 nuts like myself to keep the season alive as long as possible. T H E pE R F E C T i g I've played 12 straight months numerous times . ‘ since that memorable feat but it's always involved R O U N D * junkets to the south including last year when I did winter jaunts to wonderful 7‘ . locales at Hilton Head in 3 . ‘ December and other ‘ 3.3:- ._ , a g I .2 North and South Carolina g ~‘t ll l â€" destinations in January " ' and February. V ' a I'm still looking at some trips next year. but my : ,y immediate focus will be to K ’ ‘ é I try and duplicate my l2 ' Q ., g M' straight months streak. gm...“ ' "~ which means playing this g " c was.” ' month and lanuary and s - I 9.4. February of next year. ' ~ ‘ l was hesitant to write . It 52 GARMIN- m about this plan for fear of _ AW“ CAMS my“, jinxin the scheme but ‘ cps m 31% ops m Pro vu. not whatevgr will be. will be. BILL “SKIP” . 3149” 3 3:22" 326999 Gage“ ‘4fi theTtgdaettisrlf)a:i)lyfidfrt,l‘ij: JOHNS ’" ‘ Ur 9 ‘ I . ‘9 ' - , . . . t5 .3 a: . 5121:):09 $113?” w :8 33’3”” 22:33.99 w Grand Valley golf club. im , _ ;=. , . ": going to try to squeeze in at least nine holes at their ”‘5; Zens”? ) lBAhole layout on Roseville road sometime between now and the end ofthe month. . Grand Valley. as well known for their food as the 3m W W fact that they stay open, weather-permitting. year round. has alrea ta their r lar ns. You WITH “All? F” XTREHE m” can now play lelyi’olelspfedjr $10 whale usigrlizetempor DRIVER PURCHASE" a rary greens. Hey. nobody said it was the Canadian an“ Open. Fun is where you find It, V I If this plan doesn't work. then my last day of golf RAZR Fit - ‘ . in (hnada was on Nov, l6 at one of my (iolfNorth Xtrm on“, 'w . favorites. Foxwood Ironically, that was the last day I ‘32 . R1 Driver ‘- ' A; played in Canada in 2012 and one day after my last 324898 '. if Canadian game in 20” ""9 “‘9‘” m“ ”n I won't be announcmg my planned ninerhole- ‘fixf;mmmmr* 29 ‘ 3:2;wa» ”m 'wmter" adventure because (irand Valley JllSl does thSuooI-Minst 218 VALUE! ““901 3 n't have enough parking for the thousands and thousands of spectators who would want to he on hand for this golfing showcase 0/ No matter what happens, 20H was anything but 0 j . unlucky. since I played more rounds nine and l8 0/] .y W variety 7 than I have since I i lll’(‘(l in 2002. And 1 .3 isn't that what you're supposed he doing in retire ' ‘ merit time More on some of tho highlights of this - " past year down ”11' road . u‘ “A Hill ‘\‘1[Y‘I¢Iflni ri'rili'il from [ii/inure tun/nu Hung Ht 2002 hit! still livpx bury in plot my and writing about t :4 3 V Nb L 3",; 7 kl, ‘- u N M S gulf Heron he mu ltt‘tl a! (l mu lit/Hw‘gnltli'n Ho‘l