Mark Forrest: Coach And Friends 2013 Dinner

Every time I see Coach the first thing he talks about is “The Dinner”.  For years I have heard about “The Dinner, The Dinner, The Dinner”.  Coach has invited me several times but work commitments have prevented me from attending.

This year I managed to get the time off and told Coach I could make it. I had no idea of what to expect.  A couple of rounds of golf, a dinner, just another golf event. I couldn’t have been more wrong.  Yes there was golf and dinner, but the experience was much more than that.

I met a group of people who were not only golf enthusiasts, but were there for the experience of celebrating life and the spirit of the game. I met people from Minnesota, Louisiana, The Arctic, Portugal, Victoria, Calgary,  and The lower mainland. It was quite a collection of people all brought together by Coach.

The Golf Course and facility were awesome and the food was second to none. Playing golf was great but it was the opportunity to meet and interact with all of Coach's friends that will stay with me forever. What was really touching was to see the way that Coach has connected with each and every person that attended. They are really a family to him.

The Dinner was something else. Opening with the drummers marching us in, a dance presentation and a song performance, it was something to see.  After the dinner it was great to see all the Prize winners that Coach had picked out. Celebrating their accomplishments for the year.

It was at the end of the presentations that I was totally unprepared for. I was called up to receive a very generous contribution to My Senior Tour Qualifying Event. This gift gives me the opportunity to accomplish a goal and a dream. That is, to earn playing privileges on the European Senior Tour.

I do not know the names of each individual who contributed to this fund, but to Hal and the all of the others I would like to express my most sincere thank you for the opportunity that you have given to me. Both the financial contribution and the confidence that you have expressed in me will go a long way to achieving this goal.

 

I will post some more articles on the goal that you have so generously given me the opportunity to pursue:

Until Then...Thank You

Mark Forrest

Head Professional
Belmont Golf Course