A full complement was on hand and the mood was upbeat and celebratory July 28, 2023 at the 41st Acadia Alumni Golf Tournament at KenWo Golf Club in New Minas, Nova Scotia, located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.

Twenty-nine teams and more than 140 golfers took to the course, enjoying the kind of camaraderie for which Acadia is known and providing financial support to incoming students by contributing to the Alumni Bursary – Valley Branch. For more, please see our photo gallery.

The day was sultry, but players weathered the heat beautifully, navigating fairways with aplomb and finding greens early and often to post some terrific scores. Guests packed the clubhouse for dinner and an awards ceremony following the tournament, and winners were declared in several categories, including:

1st Place:

Jake Smith (’10)

James Logue-Prest (’16)

Will Tanner (’15)

Kevin Duffie (’09, ’19)

Bryce Tully (’10)

Runners-Up:

Marc Roach (’06)

Sundeep Oad (’06)

Tamuno Cookey (’04)

Jamie Lo (’20)

Nathan Theriault (’04)

Competition Hole Winners

Closest to the Keg: Wayne Cooke (’85)

Longest Drive: Andrew MacIntosh

Chip in the Pool (3 winners):

Kim Connell (’83)

Peter Simmons

Steve Girard (’91)

Putting Contest: Paul Burgoyne (’85)

Closest to the Hole: Bill MacLean (’85)

Marshmallow Drive: James Logue-Prest (’16)

Hole-in-One: no winner

Other Winners

Best Dressed: Team 3A

Martin Suter (’88)

Geoff Irvine (’87)

Garry Stewart (’84)

Sam Kenny

Ken MacLean (’96)

Acadia Spirit Award: Team 5

Haley McDonald (’20)

Laura Pfleiderer (’21)

Jayda Veinot (’21)

Annie Kennedy (’20)

Amanda Jardine (’23)

Survivor Ball: Team 16B

Keith Skiffington (’82)

Scott MacIntyre (’89)

Kim Connell (’83)

Mark Stiles (’90)

John Starratt (’92)

Search and Rescue (Last team in): Team 18

Paul Burgoyne (’85)

Earl Mielke (’89)

Peter Hebb (’77)

Wayne Cook (’85)

A huge thank-you to alumni, staff, our many friends and Alumni Association Board members for helping to make this year’s tournament a huge success, and a very special thank-you to this year’s Gold, Silver and Hole Sponsors, noted below.

Gold Sponsors

Dexterra Group

Pepsico

BMO Acadia Mastercard

Valley Ford

TD Insurance

Acadia Athletics

Silver Sponsors

BMO Nesbitt Burns

NS Water Solutions

Wolfville Dentistry

Hole Sponsors

Charts Café

Lew Murphy’s Restaurant Group

Winnie Horton (’64)

Supplement King