May 15th, 2017 – The 15th Annual Turn Copper into Gold Tournament was another successful collaboration of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Radium Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce. Monday’s event, hosted at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort’s Mountainside Golf Course was the 15th Annual for the CVCC and the first time the RHSCC participated. As usual the event was sold out and raised approximately $23,000 to be shared between the two organizations. But the real success is the fun members have and the opportunity to connect with fellow members.
The chambers would like to congratulate the tournament winners Century 21 team seen here proudly sporting the coveted Turn Copper into Gold Vest.
L – R Jack Barrault, Scott Sauermann, Joe Evanoff, Jason Griffiths – Representing Century 21 click here for more pictures from this fun day.
Other winners…
- 2nd Place – College of the Rockies Team (Doug Clovechok, Dave Gregory, Scott Halford & Al Thompson
- 3rd Place – Borrego Signs Team (Richard Gendron, Josh Wall, Jason Powers & Richard Matthews)
- 4th Place – Village of Radium Hot Springs Team (Clara Reinhardt, Reg Reinhardt, John Huey & Wendy Huey)
- Most Honest Team – Taiga Building Products (Mandy Cox, Justen Foster, Al Tallman & Joanne Tallman)
- Closest to the Pin (Men’s) – Jason Powers, (Ladies’) – Julia Blakley
- Longest Drive (Men’s) – Clay Finkbiner, (Ladies’) – Wendy Booth
- Sand Draw – Al Tallman, Water Draw – Dion Burgoyne
The Chambers’ want to thank all the volunteers without whom this event couldn’t take place…
| France Andestad | Lynde Lechman | Dave McGrath | Tex Lortscher | Rod Turnbull |
| Dale Genest | Mary-Lou Delesalle | Crisanna McLeod | Rhiannon Tutty | Christine Turnbull |
With special acknowledgement to Kathy Tyson & Lynn Watson for their hard work in preparing for the day.
Special THANKS To all the Donors & Sponsors
| MAJOR SPONSOR | Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Mountainside Golf Course | ||
| DINNER SPONSOR | Valley Echo & Columbia Valley Pioneer | ||
| HOLE SPONSORS | |||
| AG Valley Foods | Avenue | Best Western Invermere Inn | |
| Century 21 | College of the Rockies | Digney & Co. Accounting | |
| Doug McIntosh-Chattan Holdings | Elk Park B&B | Green Andruschuk | |
| Haworth Development Consulting | Lambert Insurance | Kootenay Insurance | |
| Kootenay Savings Credit Union | Pleiades Spa & Wellness | Lucky Strike Gas | |
| Panorama | Rockies Law Corp. | PlyGem | |
| Radium Golf Group | Superior Propane | Sobeys | |
| Stuart Tutty Financial Services | Invermere Travel World Ltd | ||
| DONORS (of prizes, gifts and auction items) | |||
| A&W | Alpine Toyota | Aquair Water Co. Ltd. | |
| Bavin Glass | Best Western Invermere Inn | Best Western Prestige Radium | |
| Big Horn Café | Bighorn Meadows | Black Forest Restaurant | |
| CANFOR | Chattan Holdings | CIBC | |
| Cobblestone Creek Cottage & Lodging | College of the Rockies | Columbia Basin Trust | |
| Columbia River Paddle | Columbia Valley Golf Assoc. | Columbia Valley Pioneer | |
| Columbia Valley Qi Gong | Columbia Valley Sewer & Drain | Copper Point Resort | |
| Coy’s Par 3 | Cranbrook Pest Control | Dave’s Hot Pepper Jelly | |
| D’s Cabin Check Inc. | The Clovechok’s | Huckleberry’s Restaurant | |
| Denham Ford | Eagle Ranch | Fairmont Banff Springs | |
| Fairmont Creek Property Mgmt | Fairmont Mountainside Villas | Greywolf Golf Course | |
| High Country Properties | Home Made Perfect | Home Renovation Centre | |
| Horsethief Creek Pub and Eatery | Inside Edge | Invermere Home Hardware | |
| Jasper Raft Tours | Kicking Horse Coffee | Kootenay River Runners | |
| KSCU | La Galeria II | La Petite Spa Boutique | |
| Lambert Insurance | Lockdown Escape Rooms | Majestic U-Brew | |
| Max Helmer | NAPA Auto Parts | Newton’s Guest Suite | |
| North Star Hardware | Odyssey Restoration | Palliser Printing | |
| Panorama Mountain Resort | Parks Canada | PetroCanada | |
| Pizzeria Mercato | Pleiades Spa & Wellness | Radium Golf Group | |
| Real Storage LP (Windermere) | Saunders Family Farm | Skandia | |
| Spur Valley | St. Eugene Golf Resort | Tayton Bay Distillery | |
| The Invermere Bakery | The Sutton Place Hotel | Thunder Hill Ranch | |
| Tim Hortons | Utopia Detailing | Valley Fitness Centre | |
| Valley Zipline Adventures | Windermere Valley Golf Course | ||
And last but by no means least thank you to all the golfers, your on-going support of the chambers and this 15 year old event is greatly appreciated, we value and respect the support that you provide and the trust you have in the chambers to support the business community of the Columbia Valley.