Amateur

Golf Ontario announces 2018 provincial team

(Golf Ontario)

UXBRIDGE — Six players are returning to Team Ontario (U19) in 2018 and will be joined by eight new faces as Golf Ontario is pleased to announce the newest installment of the squad. The 2018 team will see an even split of seven boys and seven girls.

Leading the returning players for 2018 is Markham’s Victoria Zheng who captured the 2017 Ontario Juvenile Girls’ title at Sawmill Creek Golf Resort in Camlachie. Zheng will be joined by fellow returnees: Toronto’s Sarah Beqaj, who represented Ontario at the Canada Summer Games, Mississauga’s Matthew Anderson, Mississauga’s Robbie Latter, Markham’s Hailey McLaughlin, and Tillbury’s Hailey Katona.

The new members of the squad bring some impressive credentials from this past season. Sudbury’s Tristan Renaud won the Ontario Junior Boys’ Championship, Fonthill’s Freddy D’Angelo was the Ontario Juvenile Boys’ Champion, Aurora’s Vanessa Chychrun captured the Ontario Junior Girls’ Match Play title, and Caledon’s Raesa Sheikh was the Ontario Bantam Girls’ Champion. Also new to the team are: Waterloo’s Dylan Henderson, Windsor’s Shawn Sehra, Waterloo’s Bennett Ruby, and Windsor’s Jasmine Ly.

Entering his fifth season as the Head Provincial Coach is Milton resident Reggie Millage. Millage is joined by Strength and Conditioning Coach Nick Martichenko and Mental Skills Coach Charles Fitzsimmons. Delaney Howson will act as the Team Coordinator.

“The start of a new season is always exciting but this year even more so,” said Millage. “This group is filled with talented, young athletes that are striving to be better and willing to do the work necessary to achieve their goals. I expect one of the hardest working teams this year and I have no doubt that they will show their off-season work next spring.”

The team will train throughout the winter at Peak Performance Golf in Vaughan. They will have a pair of local camps, followed by three winter warm weather camps including the Can/Am Matches, during March Break with the South Carolina Junior Golf Association at the Wachesaw Plantation Club in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.

Name Age (2018) Hometown Club Coach Graduation Year
Dylan Henderson 17 Waterloo Whistle Bear GC Dave Smallwood 2019
Shawn Sehra 15 Windsor Roseland Golf & Curling Club Randy McQueen 2020
Matthew Anderson 18 Mississauga Credit Valley G&CC Alf Callowhil 2018
Bennett Ruby 17 Waterloo Westmount G & CC Dave Smallwood 2019
Robbie Latter 17 Mississauga Credit Valley G&CC Nick Starchuck 2019
Tristan Renaud 18 Sudbury Idylwylde G&CC Reggie Millage 2019
Freddy D’Angelo 17 Fonthill Lookout Point CC Scott Cowx 2019
Jasmine Ly 17 Windsor Kingsville G&CC Joye McAvoy-Sinn 2019
Victoria Zheng 14 Markham Station Creek GC Dong Hee Lee 2021
Hailey McLaughlin 16 Markham Cedar Brae G&CC Reggie Millage 2019
Vanessa Chychrun 16 Aurora Beacon Hall GC Reggie Millage 2020
Raesa Sheikh 15 Caledon Cedar Brae GC Gord Burns & Reggie Millage 2021
Hailey Katona 16 Tilbury Tilbury Golf Club Dave Vanloozen 2020
Sarah Beqaj 16 Toronto Toronto Golf Club Ann Carroll 2020