One of Brionie Brown’s goals was to become the best golfer she could be and by all measures she achieved that goal. She did this through dedication to the game, being a quick study and sheer hard work. Always a long hitter, she became successful by applying herself to the other areas that would maximize her results.

Brown burst on to the national stage by winning the 15 and Under Title at the 1989 Canadian Junior Girls Championship. She was 13 years of age at that time. Brown followed this up in 1991 by winning the 16 and Under Title at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship when she was 15 years old.

The 1991 Manitoba Junior Girls Team that Brown was a member of won the Canadian Junior Girls Interprovincial Team Competition. This was the first and only time that Manitoba has won this Competition in this format.

1992 was another stellar year for Brown as she won the Alberta Junior Girls Championship and the Manitoba High School Girls Championship. She also played in the U.S. Junior Girls Championship and qualified for the match play round of 32 but lost in the first round. Brown also played in the 1991 U.S. Junior Girls Championship.

Brown started off 1993 by winning the Manitoba Junior Girls Championship and then winning the Canadian Junior Girls Championship. She is still the only player from Manitoba to have won the Canadian Junior Girls Championship.

In recognition of her achievements, Brown was the 1993 Canadian Ladies Golf Association #1 ranked Canadian Junior Woman Golfer. She was also named the 1993 Score Magazine Canadian Junior Woman Golfer of the Year. Brown was also the runner up for Manitoba Golfer of the Year in 1993.

Brown was a 5-time member of the Manitoba Junior Girls Team (1990 – 1994) and continued her strong play after her junior career by winning the Manitoba City and District Championship in 1995 and captured a spot on the Manitoba Women’s Amateur Team in 1995. All of her superb play led to Brown receiving a Golf Scholarship to attend Memphis State where she played one season before transferring to the University of British Columbia where she was a member of the golf team while obtaining her Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Civil) in 1999.

Brionie Brown is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc, September 30, 2019.

Bruce North of Carman, Manitoba has excelled at golf over many decades. Always known for his prodigious length off the tee, his skill at the subtler aspects of the game earned him the nickname of “Birdie Man” and the respect of his competitors. North’s ability to generate a powerful swing while typically wearing smooth-soled shoes or moccasins speaks to his technique.

North’s impressive record includes 8 Manitoba Rural Amateur Championships (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1993, 1998, 2001 and 2003), 8 Tamarack Golf Tournament Championships (7 in the men’s category and 1 as a junior), 3 International Golf Tournament Championships (1979, 1980 and 1982) and 1 Grey Owl Golf Tournament Championships (1982).

In 2018, North won the Manitoba Senior Men’s Championship which was all the more special because it was won at his home course of Carman Golf and Curling Club.

A consummate team player, North has represented Manitoba in two Willingdon Cups (1986 when Manitoba was runner up and 1992), six Mid-Amateur Teams (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2005) and two Senior teams (2011 and 2019) and several North American Cup Teams (i.e. competition between top Amateurs from Manitoba and North Dakota). In 2005, his Manitoba Mid-Amateur Team won the Canadian Mid-Amateur Team Competition. At the 2001 Canadian Mid-Amateur, North was runner up to Graham Cooke.

North has been the runner up three times for Manitoba Amateur Golfer of the Year Award (1982, 1998 and 2001).

Bruce North is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 30, 2019.

The Canadian Junior Boys Championship was held at Rossmere Golf & Country Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba from August 27^th to 30^th, 1985.

Since 1959, a two day interprovincial team competition had been contested as part of the Championship and in 1985, the Manitoba Junior Boys Team entered in the competition consisted of Glenn Collins from St. Charles Country Club, Todd Fanning from Southwood Golf & Country Club, and Dave McMillan and Ken Tresoor, Jr., both from the host club, Rossmere Golf & Country Club. Jim Bristow of Breezy Bend Country Club was the non-playing captain.

Both Collins and Tresoor, Jr. were representing Manitoba for the third time on the Manitoba Junior Team and Fanning was playing on it for the second time. This was the first of two appearances for McMillan on the Manitoba Junior Team. Todd Fanning was the reigning Manitoba Junior Boys Champion having defended his Manitoba Junior title at Glendale Golf and Country Club in July, 1985. Tresoor, Jr. was runner-up to Fanning in the 1985 Manitoba Junior.

After the first day of competition, Manitoba was tied with British Columbia, seven strokes behind New Brunswick. With nine holes to play, Manitoba was still two strokes back of New Brunswick and led Alberta by only one shot. However, thanks to strong performances by the team led by Fanning and Tresoor, Jr. with 71s, Manitoba won the team title by 4 strokes over New Brunswick and Ontario.

After the win, Jim Bristow said: “You always hope something like this will happen and I was sure we had a good chance with this team.”

In addition, Todd Fanning won the individual Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship in 1985 and again in 1986. He became an Honoured Member of the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2006.  Tresoor, Jr. finished third in the 1985 Canadian Junior.

This was only the second time that a Manitoba Junior Boys Team had won the Canadian Interprovincial Team Championship.

The 1985 Manitoba Junior Boys Interprovincial Team Champions is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 30, 2019.