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And for 2012 there will be some significant changes and enhancements for this tournament that is entering its sixth year. First, based on feedback from competitors from wine & cheese party and a gala dinner. There will also be a maximum of 40 teams competing. Says Tournament Chair and Inside Golf publisher Jeff Sutherland, "It became clear that there is an optimal number to keep an intimate feel to the tournament. Last year we had 65 teams and it was simply too many to have teams get to know each other." The name change also reflects the idea that the winning pair will be crowned as Canadian Champions. past years, the Final will now be a two- day, two-round tournament with two nights of accommodation, a welcoming Golf Club Acme & District GC Bear Creek GC Bear Creek GC-PC Bear Mountain Bearspaw CC Belvedere G&CC Calgary Elks Lodge & GC Country Hills G&CC Crown Isle Resort Glacier Greens GC Goose Hummock GR Innisfail Golf Club Lynx Ridge GC Niakwa G&CC Pheasantback G&CC Pinebrook G&CC St. Boniface GC Storey Creek Ponoka Community GC Riverside Country Club Sirocco GC Sunnydale G&CC Swan River G&CC Twin Willows GC The Legends at Warman Three Hills GC Wascana G&CC- PC Weyburn GC- PC Whitecourt G&CC T-1 Whitecourt G&CC T-2 Willow Park G&CC 46 Ontario in 2013 with the long term intent of turning this into a true Pairs national championship." Continues Sutherland, "While 2012 will continue to include only teams from Manitoba west, we are planning to expand into Marty Barry / Michael Dean Gocal August 25 Year Long Jim Blanchette / Murray Head Ranson Lasell / Fred Dodd TBD Winners Or Event Date August 25 Keith Jones / Bonnie Jones August 25 Weekend 2 Dr. Daya Gupta / Dr. Chander Gupta Jason Hegberg / Ryan Robbins Year Long Liz Stirrett / Dave Wacowich Jamie Stahl / Vix Valencia Lyle Webb / Sonny Fancie Tom Kwan / Colin Bulter August 26 Clay Borle / Anthony Goodwin Tim Koehn / Wayne Wilson Steve Macky / Flo Macky Curtis Carriere / Jason Britton TBD Kelly Eagles / Trent Rommann August 26 August 26 Ross Avery / Rick Whitehead 1 3 Faron Genaille / Stacy Genaille Merv Zaleschuk / Norm Delaet Mike Guttridge / Jeff Trentham David Walker / Michael De- Roo Tim Wiens / Les Krentz The winning pair at Crown Isle September 29-30 will get to compete in a well established Pairs tournament that has been held at renowned Pebble Beach and Spyglass for the past ten years. The idea here is that it is a reward for winning this Canadian Pairs and a chance to compete against other pairs in an international setting. For more information, visit insidegolf.ca/canadianpairs.