🏒 KCOHL Golf Tournament Wrap-Up + Online Auction Now Open!

It was a beauty of a day at the 2025 Key City Oldtimers Golf Tournament and Banquet – great weather, great company, and a great reminder of how solid this league and community really are.

Thanks to everyone who attended, bought raffle tickets, bid on prizes, shared a laugh, and raised a glass. Your support helped us pull off an event we can all be proud of – and more importantly, it helped the league put $20,000 straight back into the community.

🎯 ONLINE SILENT AUCTION NOW OPEN: 2 Cranbrook Bucks Season Tickets

We’ve kept one special prize back – and opened it up to the entire KCOHL community.

Thanks to the Cranbrook Bucks, you now have a chance to bid on 2 premium season tickets for the full 2025–26 home season. These are killer seats:
Section A, Row 11, Seats 1 & 2 – centre ice, second row from the top – ideal view of every rush, every hit, and every goal.

No account required. Just leave your name, email, and phone number when you bid.
If you’re outbid, you’ll get an email notification so you can jump back in.
Winning bidder will be contacted and must confirm within 24 hours of auction close.

🏌️ Event Highlights & Big Thanks

The tournament and banquet were a huge success – from the first tee-off to the final raffle draw. Some lucky folks walked away with top-notch silent auction prizes, raffle items, and of course, bragging rights from the golf course.

A few shoutouts are in order:

  • 🙌 Thanks to the Cranbrook Golf Club for hosting and running the day smoothly.
  • 🎤 Massive thanks to David Standing, our celebrity MC, for keeping the dinner portion tight and on track.
  • 🏆 Congrats to all award winners – Both on the course and on the ice – you earned it.
  • 💪 Special Congrats to Ken Bridge who rightfully received recognition as the supporter of the year award for his 20+ years of sponsorship and involvement.
  • 💰 And a heartfelt thanks to all the hole sponsors and prize donors – your contributions made this event (and our fundraising) possible.

Check out some photos from hole 10, thank you Corduroy Life Photography.

💸 Where the Money Went: $20,000 Raised and Donated

This year, thanks to your generosity and support, we raised and donated a total of $20,000 back into the community. Close to half the league helped choose where the funds should go, and the final results are in:

  • 🎓 $2,500 – Two Student Scholarships ($1,250 each)
  • ❤️ $2,500 each to the following organizations:
    • KidSport
    • Cranbrook Food Bank
    • Foundry East Kootenay (Youth Mental Health)
    • Cranbrook/Kimberley Hospice Society
    • East Kootenay Foundation for Health (EKFH – Opa! / Northstar Tournament)
    • East Kootenay SPCA
    • Angel Flight East Kootenay

We couldn’t be prouder to be part of a league that gives back in a real, tangible way.

📝 Looking Ahead: Early Registration + Constitution Update

We’re opening up registration for next season early this year – and we’ll be offering a payment plan option to help make things more manageable as ice time fees continue to rise.

We already have ice times secured for the November tournament (November 14, 15 and 16) and the year end tournament (March 27, 28 and 29 – end of spring break). Final prices are being sorted with the city now – once that’s done, we’ll send out the registration link.

Also on deck: a fairly major constitutional update. We’ve pulled out the league’s rules and operational matters into a new set of bylaws, while tightening up how the constitution reflects how the league is actually ran – it’s overdue for some amendments as a lot has changed since 1998. A draft will be shared with all players soon for feedback. After review, the changes will go to a vote (team reps + exec) and will require a 75% majority to be adopted.

The goal is to establish clarity, structure, and a strong foundation for future league leadership.

💬 Hole & Prize Sponsors – THANK YOU!

Prize Sponsors

  • Cranbrook Bucks – Centre-Ice Season Tickets
  • Peak Security – $100 Gift Card to Fenwick and Baker
  • A&W – Basket a Golf Shirts
  • Players Bench – 2 Sticks and a Pair of Gloves
  • Kootenay Respiratory – Cooler and Mini Chainsaw
  • Chris Nault Realty & Genex Marketing – Yeti Cooler & Ice Packs
  • New Dawn Developments – Hot Shots Gift Cards ($100)
  • Wellington-Altus – $50 Gift Card Cranbrook Golf
  • Peak Customs – Beer Holder and Hats
  • OPA! – OPA Gift Cards $100
  • Maple Leaf – Hoodies, Jackets, Koozies & Swag
  • Eagle Plains – Golf Shirts, Hats, Box of Pro V1 Balls
  • Inland Kenworth – Hats, Swag, and more
  • Pukka Hats – KCOHL branded hats for fundraising

If we’ve missed anyone, please let us know – we do our best to capture every name, but things can slip through during the rush of setup and event day.

Hole Sponsors

Another big shout out to all the hole sponsors and prize sponsors at this years event, their support goes a long ways to giving back to the community!

💬 Final Word

Thanks again to everyone who played, helped, sponsored, donated, emceed, organized, or just cheered us on. This league is about way more than just hockey, and this year’s golf event proved it again.

Don’t forget—
BID ON THE BUCKS TICKETS HERE:
👉 https://www.kcohl.ca/auction

We’ll see you on the ice again soon.

KCOHL Executive

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