Luseland golf course online auction begins!
By Joan Janzen
joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Bell Acres Golf & Country Club is a well-used amenity in the community of Luseland, with people coming from near and far to play the course. The popularity of Luseland’s golf course inspired the 14-person volunteer Golf Club Board to conduct an online auction fundraiser.
Ryley Magnus, treasurer/secretary, said this is the first online auction of this size. The auction starts on January 10th, 2022, “and we plan to have a monthly golf item raffle during the upcoming golf season,” Ryley said.
“The total retail value of all items donated is over $30,000 across almost 100 items and climbing,” he explained. “At the start, we set out with a goal to raise $10,000. Our generous donors are making that goal a certainty, and we hope to raise right to the total retail value of our items.”
There is a wide variety of items to choose from; everything from a fishing trip, combine demo, sprayer demo, crop inputs, antique paper money, tools, jewelry, to clothing and golf items. There is something for everyone!
“The funds are being used for improvements to Bell Acres Golf & Country Club, specifically for a bathroom addition on the club house, improvements to the watering system, purchasing an aerator, and hydro-seeding grass around our new synthetic greens,” Ryley said.
He acknowledged that the efforts of the current Board could not be accomplished without the decades of labour, time and commitment of previous Boards and their volunteers. “The golf course was established in 1963 and has been a staple of our community ever since,” he said.
The current Golf Club Board is a group of young and ambitious individuals, who have brought new improvements such as rental carts, aeration and synthetic greens, thus increasing traffic on the golf course.
Ryley noted it hasn’t been decided if an online auction will be held in subsequent years. “We want to run a successful auction, thank our donors, start and complete our golf course improvements, and then plan for the future for our next online auction,” he concluded. The auction closes on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.