Gerd Kurz Memorial Golf Tournament - Monday, September 21, 2009
Step off the red carpet and onto the Green Glen Arbour – one of Canada’s premiere golf destinations – provides the perfect backdrop for the 6th Annual Gerd Kurz Memorial Charity Golf Tournament. This 18-hole, 6,800 yard course offers both breathtaking scenery and a challenging layout. The Gerd Kurz Memorial provides a unique opportunity to network with film and television professionals and celebrities while supporting the grass roots development of visual arts throughout Atlantic Canada. Through the Gerd Kurz Memorial, the Atlantic Film Festival Association is able to… … Bring more classes from across Atlantic Canada to experience the unique educational opportunity of ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth – a five-day celebration of youth-made and oriented films that brings professionals together with youth for mentor and scholarship opportunities … Engage communities through events such as alFresco filmFesto – an outdoor film screening series that unites communities on Halifax’s historic waterfront … and Reach out to communities throughout Atlantic Canada with Festival In A Van – a touring version of Viewfinders that connects to towns from Digby, Nova Scotia, to St. John’s, Newfoundland. For more information about the 6th Annual Gerd Kurz, click on the "Tournament Links" above. For more information on the Glen Arbour Golf Course, click here |
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Tournament Details
Tee up your foursome or let us stack one for you, the Gerd Kurz Memorial offers a Best Ball Scramble format that allows players of all skill level to take to the greens and enjoy a full round while maintaining a competitive edge!
Tournament Schedule:
Events take place at Glen Arbour unless otherwise stated.
- Golf Clinic: 10:00AM
- Registration: 11:30AM
- Lunch: 12:00PM, Shutgun Start at 1:00PM
Course Regulations:
- Play will be in foursomes
- Each player must have a full set of golf clubs*
- Metal golf spies are note permitted; soft spikes only
- Dress code in effect (denim, sweatpants, sports shorts, Lycra, and tank tops are NOT considered acceptable golf attire). Men's attire shall include slacks/shorts anda shirt with a collar.
*A limited selections of clubs are available to rent for applicable course fees
For additional information consult the Registration Section
Keep on top of your game!
This year's Gerd Kurz Memorial will offer a FREE Golf Clinic to get you up to speed before you tee off.
Join professional long ball-hitter, Carson Way, on the Glen Arbour Golf Course for a free clinic at 10am, about an hour prior to tournament registration.
Challenge and Reward for all levels!
Plenty of cool prizes and tournament bragging rights are on the line during the Gerd Kurz Awards Cocktail Reception.
Take to the greens for some of our most competitive skill challenges to date including the RBC $10,000 Hole-in-One and the Carson Export's Hole-In-One Car Challenge!
Registration
Now accepting golfers for the 6th Annual Gerd Kurz Memorial
Take full advantage of the Atlantic Film Festival's renowned "Kitchen Party" atmosphere with the relaxed one-on-one interaction of the Gerd Kurz Memorial Golf Tournament; all while supporting some of the very best in community and youth oriented opportunities provided by the Atlantic Film Festival Association.
Registration Includes:
- Free Golf Clinic with professional long ball-hitter, Carson Way
- Lunch provided by the staff of Glen Arbour
- Full 18-Hole round on one of Canada's premiere Golf Courses
- Power Golf Cart to get you and your team around the challenging and beautiful landscape of Glen Arbour
- Awards Cocktail Reception with lots of prizes and trophy bragging rights.
For further details and to registration, click here
About Gerd Kurz and The Tournament
Gerd Kurz, founder of Precision Camera Inc., was a sponsor and staunch supporter of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. An evangelist for the Atlantic Canadian motion picture industry, Kurz was a strong supporter of the Atlantic Film Festival and its aims to develop the industry’s grass roots through events such as ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth as well as open up the world to the region’s talent and passions. In 1998 Kurz opened an office in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to cement his commitment to Atlantic Canada’s industry. Gerd Kurz passed away in 2003, at the age of 61.
To commemorate his life and passion, the Atlantic Film Festival Association, in partnership with Precision Camera Inc., commissioned the Gerd Kurz Memorial Golf Tournament in 2003 – a charity golf tournament aiming to community building and youth-outreach initiatives like alFresco filmFesto – an outdoor summer film screening series on Halifax’s waterfront – and youth-oriented educational activities such as ViewFinders.
Since 2002, ViewFinders has been offering unique educational opportunities for youth through hands on learning with tangible outcomes. Each year, ViewFinders facilitates the production for over 10 youth-made films through free summer film academies and march break camps, and provides the venue for Atlantic Canadian youth-made films to gain critical guidance, compete for scholarship opportunities and ultimately find their audience. In addition to a five-day Festival, four days of programming at the Atlantic Film Festival, and various film camps and academies, Festival In A Van carries the essence of ViewFinders to over 22 rural communities each year, from Digby, Nova Scotia to St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Through the Gerd Kurz Memorial Golf Tournament, the Atlantic Film Festival aims to continue engaging community events such as alFresco, increase funding for classes from across Atlantic Canada to experience the educational opportunity of ViewFinders, provide a venue for Atlantic Canadian youth to develop and display their creative works of film and extend the cultural reach of programs such as Festival In a Van.
Photos courtesy of Jule Malet-Veale
