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31| W aterloo C hronicle | T hursday,M ay 17,2018 w aterloochronicle.ca Offer expires at 11:59 pm onWednesday June 20th, 2018. The offer is available to new subscribers only or those who have stopped their subscription a minimum of 60 days prior to the purchase of this offer. *A minimum of three (3) month print plus digital subscription is required to receive the $20.00 gift card for a local merchant. This offer is based on the cost of a monthly rate of $17.47 for a 6 Day a week print plus digital subscription of greater than 13 weeks(incl. 5% HST) and excluding the cost of the New York Times and Book Review Supplements or TV Book. Cost may be higher in rural areas due to higher delivery rates. Not available in conjunction with any other offers. SPRING INTO SAVINGS Receive a complimentary $20.00 gift card for a local merchant with aminimum subscription term* Therecord.com/subscribe or 519-894-3000 1-800-210-5210 | circulation@therecord.com Quote target offer SPRING18 Give the gift of award-winning journalism or treat yourself! Spring and Summer Activities To book your advertising, contact Matt Miller at 519-623-3050 ext 208 or email mmiller@cambridgetimes.ca KWSC SUMMER 2018 LEARN TO SKATE PROGRAMS! Our Learn-to-Skate programs are designed to teach fundamental skating skills to people of all ages interested in ice sports such as hockey, ringette, and figure skating, as well as those wanting to skate for fitness and enjoyment for life. This summer program is designed to give interested current STAR 1-3 skaters rapid advancement of their skating skills. In this package, participants will skate a mandatory 2 weeks Mon-Fri from August 13-17 and 20-24. Plus any additional 2 weeks from July 2nd-August 10th. The STAR 1-3 Accelerated package cost is $162 + the cost per week for 2 additional STAR 1-3 weekly programs. This summer camp is open to all Intro to Figure skating, STAR 1-4, Group STAR, and STAR 4-7, and STAR 1-3 Accelerated skaters. Time: 8:30am-4:30pm Monday to Thursday Cost: $250 *includes ice & off-ice activities with full coaching. On Thursday at 3:30pm parents are invited to watch a special ice show presentation! To register, please visit members.kwsc.org Little Kickers Soccer fun for children ages 18m - 7th Bday Learning the Fundamentals of Soccer Come Play with Us www.LittleKickers.ca TriCity@LittleKickers.ca Finally, it's May and I'm back on the golf course, af- ter what I can only call one of the craziest winters in my fading memory. Last year according to my records, I had an early nine-hole round in late March at the now-gone Wa- terloo Golf Academy. This year it was the second of May for nine at the Conesto- ga Golf Club for the opening week of the continuing-to- grow Waterloo Seniors 55 coed league. And anybody who thinks I have an ego about my golf skills, consider this. One of the new regulars on our Wednesday seniors tour, 94-year-old Dr. Fred, only outdrives me about 75 per cent of the time. Hey, it could be worse and maybe it will be as the season contin- ues. I've only toured Conesto- ga and Foxwood so far but the word around the golf business is that the area courses are up and running and in the process of clear- ing fallen trees and branch- es after that freak hurrica- nelike storm a little while back. As I've pointed out in the past, Waterloo Region and nearby areas are one of this province's best loca- tions for golf venues rang- ing from private to public. Earlier this year I men- tioned the fact that Seaforth Golf Course would be host- ing an event called the Sea- forth Country Classic wom- en's professional golf tour- nament from Thursday, Aug. 2 to Saturday, Aug. 4. Although the name says women's, the event will fea- ture 36 female pros, 36 male pros and elite amateurs with handicaps of two or less. The Seaforth Club, oper- ated by the outstanding Doig family, will have a pro- am on Aug. 2 and then two rounds of no-cut action Aug. 3 and 4. First place for a full field will be $7,500 for the pros and a gift voucher for the low amateurs. Entry fees are $500 plus tax for the pros and $250 plus tax for the amateurs. Other features include guaranteed host housing, unlimited use of the prac- tice range, free practice rounds after July 1 and comp food vouchers during the tourney. With a dwindling num- ber of women's events now, there's a good chance this could fill up in a hurry since the Doigs are targeting Michigan and upstate New York in addition to Ontario. I've known the Doigs for decades and if they fill the field it will be a top-notch event. Over the years previ- ous tourneys have raised over $100,000 for medical charities in the Seaforth ar- ea. For more information, contact www.seaforthcoun- tryclassic.com or www.sea- forthgolf.com. - Bill (Skip) Johns retired from full-time sportswrit- ing in 2002 but can be reached at skip- schips@golden.net. OPINION Late start to the season for the old golf game We were out on the course in March last year says Bill 'Skip' Johns