Little Chong Bros at the HGCC vs Oak Gables Golf Friendly

Now that the Chong Big Bros are at UoW, it's left up to the Little Bros to carry on the local golf tradition. Both Nick and Pat were invited to represent the HGCC Caddies to challenge the Oak Gables Junior golfers at Oak Gables. It's to become an annual compettion with 2009 being the first. Both Braden and Matthew Sartori also were part of 12 member Team HGCC. Nick shot a 9 over 74 on way to a 1 up win for his twosome; Nick sunk a crucial par putt to win it on the last hole. Pat followed with a 7 over 72 but his team loses 1 down to an Oak Gables twosome. In the end, HGCC loses 15 1/2 to 8 1/2 to Oak Gables as a Team.

Thank You to All for their Contribution to the 2009 Ossie Invitational IV

On Sunday August 30, the golf world witness the passing of the Ossie Cup from last year's Champions (Matthew and Patrick) to the new 2009 Champions (William and Ben).  Patrick handed over the venerable Green Jacket, emblematic of Golf Supremacy in the Chong-Enright (or is it the Enright-Chong) Golf world.  The latter won by 4 strokes with a four under par score over the hard charging teams of Team Matthew-Patrick and Team Greg-Kevin-Ryan. With 4 holes left the 3 teams were separated by only 2 strokes. However down the stretch, the eventual winner showed their true Champion form.

Ryan is the New Babe of the Diamond

On Saturday August 29, a large contingent of Chongs and Enrights was there to witness the batting and fielding exploits of Ryan. Unfortunately the baseball Gods were not aligned with Ryan's Blue Jays as they succumbed 11-6 to the Pirates.

Carolyn at the 2009 Henley

Carolyn is competing at the 127th Henley in St. Catherines this week. Although the competition is held dirung the whole August 3-9 week, Carolyn's races will be held from Thursday August 6 to Saturday August 8. Carolyn is in the U17 Women Cox 4+ race and there is no weight limit. Carolyn's boat is made up of 2 Flyweights, 1 Lightweight and a single true Heavyweight and will therefore be at a disadvantage against boats that will have more heavyweights.

This is the link to the start gate at the Henley Regatta.

Carolyn's Ontario Bronze Medallists in U17 Womens Open Fours

At the recent Ontario Rowing Championships on July 25 in Welland, Carolyn's Leander Womens Fours won Bronze in the Womens Junior Fours. Having to compete in the Open Heavyweight Division, the girls did very well to place third against boats with all or more heavyweights.

Nick Defends his Flamborough Junior Golf Title

On August 1st to the 3rd, Nick defended his Junior Club Title at Flamborough with a 3 round total of 238 (82-77-79) good for a 6 stroke win. Down by 1 stroke after the first round, Nick turned in a sizzling 4 over 2nd round that gave him the lead to keep.

Nick's First GAO Experience

Nick is playing in his first GAO Golf Tounament at the Ontario Bantam Championship held at the Puslinch Lake GC in Cambridge. He survived the qualifier held Monday July 27 with an 81 which put him into the 2 round tournament held Tuesday and Wednesday.

He improved to a 79 on Tuesday for the first round which ties him for 31st, ten strokes back. He is setting goal to finish in the top 25 for the tournament.

Follow his rounds on the GAO Leaderboard site and pics on the MVP site

Carolyn's Olymic Dreams?

Just a little bragging here. Carolyn's Silver Medal Crew at the recent North American School Boys Championships at Henley got a little write-up
http://www.dundasstarnews.com/sports

Matt's Grad

Matt graduated from St. Mary's on June 9. He's ready to head off to U of W for Engineering.

Nick's Grad

It's been a while since my last post. No real good reason for the absence but we'll try to change that.

Nick graduated on June 19 from Grade 8. I can't believe he's going to high school. Paddy now will be the last remaining at Canadian Martyrs. More pics

The Chongs Can Dance

This past Wednesday, Nick and Pat performed at their school's ballroom dance competition. Their team won ... didn't know they had such hidden talents. Here are some pics but you can see more here.

We Wish Jill the Best

Congratulations to Jill. We just learned that Jill has recently found the lucky man.

Ski Season . . . Golf Season

Hello Enrights!

Greetings from Toronto. 

Spring arrived weeks ago but the warm weather wasn't quite here. As I drove past the Don Valley Golf Course yesterday on the way to work, the sign "Course Closed" was still hanging - how depressing. The Masters really gave me the itch. Well I am happy to say that on the way home, the sign was down the parking lot was full and the mini flag sticks were on the putting green - how sweet.

I will be hitting the driving range this weekend with David. I understand from Ming that some of you have hit the links already.

Here's to hearing the sweet sound of  . . . . FORE!!!!!

Long Lost Memories of Les Miz

If you have been following the Susan Boyle storyline that I started on the my last entry, you will understand why I have been lost in the listening of the wonderful music from the Les Miserables musical on my computer. The music brought back fond memories when Julie and I saw the production live when it first came to Toronto. Now how long ago was that? Pre-kids I suppose. If I recall correctly, we went with Morgan and Francis (thanks!) who, I believe, both bought the tickets for us ... anniversary present?

Now to come think of it, we also saw the Phantom as well ... what happened to that cultured couple?

Listen to This

I heard about this lady named Susan Boyle on the news and decided to Google her. It led me to a You Tube video link and it was quite inspiring to learn and hear about her. I decided to add a You Tube link on the Blog for you all to see. Search "Susan Boyle" and then listen. Or you can enter this on your browser and get a full screen video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY You can also search "Paul Potts" as well to get another inspiration.

Welcome Barb and Ossie

You will see that "Barb and Ossie" are now contributors. I created an email address for them, barbandossie@gmail.com and sent them an invitation to join. I joined on their behalf and subsequently they became a team author.

In order to access the blog and start to make entries, here's what you do

1. enter "http://enrightsupdate.blogspot.com/" in your internet browser address window; you can add this as a favourite bookmarks or add the address to your links toolbar for easy future access
   
2. you will be asked to enter your user id which is "barbandossie"
3. you will be asked to enter your password which is " ..... will tell you in a phone call ..."
4. now you are in and you can create a new Post entry by clicking "New Post" near the top right next to your email address ... title your Post and make your commentary ... finish by clicking "Publish Post"
5. if you have an unfinished Post which you are in creating over time to be published later, click "Save Post"

HAPPY BLOGGING

Easter Sunday

A beautiful but slightly cool day. The Chongs spent Easter Mass listening to Carolyn in the choir. A beautiful ham dinner was prepared by Julie et al while Nick and Pat accompanied Ross and Ben to their Select Championship in Toronto. They won ... 4-1 and are declared champions.

While enjoying the dinner, we all witnessed an incredible Masters.

Easter is Busy

Julie was commenting that we can't even relax for Easter. Carolyn is busy with her choir obligations Friday to Sunday, Matthew is working and Nick and Pat are off to a farm birthday party in Milton. Shopping still has to be done and I had to get Will's phone fixed. And yes, we forgot Will ... he's boning up for 2 exams on Monday. I think some of us will go up to visit Will and deliver his phone and food but after 10 AM mass.

We hear that Ben and Ross's Select Team got all the way to the finals for the Provincials in Toronto. After they win (of course), they are heading over to the Chong's for Easter dinner. And oh yes, the MASTERS!

Hockey, Hockey, Hockey

Oh well, I guess not. Our hockey season is now officially over. This past weekend was spent in Buffalo with Nick's Select Bantam Team. They lost in the Championship game and I posted pictures on Will's picture website Pepsi pictures .

Usually, the whole family would go down and spend the weekend watching hockey and do some shopping. This time, only Nick and Pat went down while Julie stayed back for the other kids's work and rowing. We missed the others. But they had an opportune time to head down to Waterloo to visit Will while watching Greg's and Paul's kids play in one of their tournaments which just happened to be in Waterloo. So Will was the beneficiary of a surprise dinner while preparing for his exams.

Enright's March Break Peek n Peak Ski Trip 2009

Just a chance to catch up and let everyone know that the Chongs had a great time socializing with those Enrights at Peek n Peak. Beth's, Paul's and Greg's families and kids were actually on good behaviour (just kidding).

The Enrights outshopped us but perhaps our kids outskied them ... I am sure that will reverse itself in due time.

Paul had an opportunity to introduce us to the SH and the kids had a great laugh out of that.

I've posted pictures from the trip on my mvpfotography.smugmug website. Have a look.

Save the CBC

I've become a fan of the CBC through the influence of Julie. When I received this email (see below) from one of our hockey parents, I thought it would be natural to forward it to all of the Enright Clan because they are such loyal supporter of the CBC.

From: Doug Feaver
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:15 PM
To: mchong15@sympatico.ca
Subject: Save the CBC!

Hello everyone,
I really did just sign the petition. This is me, Doug, speaking, by the way, not the automatic email that comes with this information. The CBC is a major force in connecting the many regions and cultures of our amazing country, and I believe that a journey forward without a strong CBC−Radio Canada would be a perilous one indeed. Stephen Harper has done too many stupid things already with his minority government. Let's not let him do any more damage! Please sign the petition − every name on this list represents many more than one − any pollster will tell you that, and a big enough number will make them think again, if they can think at all..........okay, so what follows is the rest of the Avaaz email.......cheers, Doug Feaver

I just signed an urgent petition to save the CBC from massive budget cuts. The email is below, here's the link to sign the petition:

h__p://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_cbc/98.php/?cl_taf_sign=440ed9272087f75867f859a3c7df7011

Thanks!


Ming, speaking again ... I had to put spaces in the "h__p" around the link address because Blogger would now allow me post the link. Curious as to why that is?

Welcome to the Enright Blog

I thought it would be a good idea to start this forum to allow all of us connected with the Enright Clan to keep in touch. As we get busier and busier with our families, it gets increasingly more difficult to find time to call or write to keep in contact. Often, we have stories to tell but we're not sure if it's worthy of an email to the various levels of family. With the blog approach, those who are interested can find their own comfort level of keeping in touch. So if you think you are up to it, join in ... if not you can always find those who are contributing and see what they are up to.

The Chongs in Hamilton