As the school bell is (hopefully) about to ring, I am pleased to provide this update on the Bowen Island Golf Club Junior Scholarship Program (JSP) which continues to achieve first class marks. Few golf clubs have a similar dedicated scholarship program. Our fully segregated program, established while the course was under construction, is administered by the Bowen Island Community Foundation (BICF).
The JSP is an extension to our Junior Development Program (JDP), the latter of which enables youth in our community to learn both golf and life skills which will be of benefit for a lifetime.
The winner of this year’s $500 BIGC–Penny Moul Scholarship is Jack Welsh, a most deserving, graduating junior. Due to the generosity of the Irly Bowen Building Centre, we had ten new juniors this year, all of their names can be found on the club’s website. Hopefully these new recruits will go on to regularly play the game and also to pursue higher education, possibly with the assistance of a BIGC scholarship as we believe golf and education are a great combination.
A little scholarship history is in order. One of our 1st ever recipients, Harvey Hubball, recently graduated from UBC (Okanagan campus), where he captained their “A” golf team and is presently working as a summer employee at the Club. At the recent scholarship presentation Harvey offered some kind, endorsing comments for our JSP suggesting, “no other member of this team received the support from their golf clubs like I did,” so he just wanted us to all know: the program works, and it is appreciated.
Score one for Harvey, the BICF and BIGC, all of which speaks to a great sense of community.
