b'The 100-Year ClubThis year, several clubs around the region are celebrating their Centennial. And we celebrate with them.Quilchena Golf & Country Club Ladies Committee, 1930BRITISH COLUMBIAMapleRidgeGolfCourseMaple Ridge, B.C.Built on farmland owned by former Maple Ridge Reeve (Mayor) John McIver Jr., the towns golf course opened in September 1925. Golf became instantly popular with the local members, some of whom volunteered to use their own push mowers to maintain the greens. (mapleridgegolfcourse.org)PrinceGeorgeGolf& Curling ClubPrince George, B.C. The clubhouse at Quilchena Golf & Country Club in 1926Golf in Prince George began in 1925 from an effort by Gee Ternan to introduce the game to this northern B.C.QuilchenaGolf&CountryClubtown, which at the time offered few recreational pastimes.Richmond, B.C. The initial 8-hole course was built with the help of localQuilchena opened in 1925 as a 9-hole course just outside businessmen and volunteers, and in 1949 moved to a newVancouver and expanded to 18 holes within two years. The club site. In 1973, it merged with a local curling club to formwas rebuilt and re-opened on a former potato farm in 1957. the multi-sport recreational facility it comprises today.The name Quilchena had been used by local First Nations (pggolfandcurling.com) communities to describe the areas land, and means running water, sweet water, or many waters. (qgolfclub.ca)24 PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLFER|JUN 2025'