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    OttawaGolf is under new management

    Hello Ottawa Golfers!
    As many of you know I founded OttawaGolf.com back in 1996, when the internet was still quite young, My how times have changed. It is amazing to me that 23 years have really gone by.

    Today I am excited to announce that OttawaGolf.com has a new owner and I am retiring after a very enjoyable time working with the Ottawa golfing community. I have made many friends and have met far too many wonderful people to count through my experience with this site, and I firmly believe what Harvey Penik said... "If you play golf you are my friend"

    The new owner of OttawaGolf.com is Mr. Mike Raganold. Mike can be reached at:
    Mike@OttawaGolf.com

    Ottawa Golf Inc.
    521-900 Greenbank Road
    Ottawa, ON K2J 4P6
    613-799-4367

    I will still be around. I'm not dead yet I'll be on the forum and of course available to assist with the transition to the new owner, so feel free to reach out to me if needed.

    Happy Golfing!
    Dan 'Kilroy' Kilbank
    Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.

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    Good Luck, Dan! and you too MIke!
    Thanks for the screen-time.

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    You've done a terrific job. Thanks.

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    It really has been my pleasure
    Thanks!
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    Best of luck in retirement Dan.
    Not fat anymore. Need to get better at golf now!

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    Dan all the best and thank you for your hard work in managing the site. Over the past 15 years I have learned more about golf, shared opinions, had some good laughs and spent way too much coin on buying used clubs! Good luck to Mike, you have inherited a passionate group of golf fanatics.

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    Dan, best of luck in the future. Mike, have fun and every success with your new venture.
    Proud member of the 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Ottawa Golf Ryder Cup teams.

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    Thanks for everything Dan! I've met lots of friends & swapped many (many, many....lol) clubs due to OttawaGolf!
    Cheers!
    "Be happy, but never satisfied." – Bruce Lee

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    Good luck in your retirement , I've used this site regularly and have met some great friends here , looking forward to hearing from the new "boss" too , cheers
    Last edited by Wilster; 02-28-2019 at 10:42 AM.

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    Well done. Great site, fantastic career. Thank you for all you have done.

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    Thank you for running such a great site for so many years.

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    Thank you Dan for operating this site for us golf fanatics. Best of luck in retirement. Now where do i know Mike from? His name is so familiar

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    Thanks Dan and have a Happy Retirement!
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    the other 999 follow women." - Groucho Marx

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    So happy for you Dan, I am sure you will be a poster quite often, just don't forget the rules, I would hate to have to report you to a moderator!!!
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    Don't worry about my behavior... I do my trolling elsewhere lol. Oh and I still wield the ban hammer here so don't be going rogue, thinking the rules no longer apply.
    Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.

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    I am no rogue but would love to buy the clubs!
    Lefty Lucas
    I am abidextrous, I once golfed right-handed and now I shoot left-handed just as badly!

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    Thanks so much Dan for all your work (and the KZG Q woods ) and good luck Mike

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    Haha Nice aren't they.
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    Best of luck on your retirement and thanks for running the site for so many years.

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    Dan - thanks for bringing this community together. Ottawa Golf has provided many amazing memories. You did a great job. Enjoy the retired life!
    My name is Paul. And I'm a golfaholic.

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    I've met a lot of really good friends through Ottawa Golf over the years, and for that I am grateful. Thanks for everything, Dan. Enjoy your retirement!

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    Congratulations on retirement, Dan! I hope it treats you well and you'll have time to experience many new things!!!
    "A life lived in fear of the new and the untried is not a life lived to its fullest." M.Pare 10/09/08

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    congrats Dan and enjoy the retirement. I've met a lot of great people on here and I think I have been on here from near the start. Time certainly has flown by.
    I got a fever. And the only prescription is more golf equipment.

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    What seemed most appropriate for me to say not all that long ago I will copy here again with a few changes to suit...

    Thanks to 'Dan' of Ottawa Golf.

    I wanted take the opportunity to thank Ottawa Golf for its presence in the golf community. I rely on this Forum and the people on it for allowing me access to golf insight, opinions and gear, oh the gear!
    Not long ago we all realized how close we came to a cathartic experience with the threat of our communal loss of all that is Ottawa Golf (with the server issues that had held us captive). And as I'd mentioned then, had the worst happened, and had the loss of the history of Ottawa Golf's memory vanished, I know all would have started to rebuild this great overture that is the community on Ottawa Golf.
    Thank you all, thank also to the fine group of moderators, and 'especially' to Dan 'today', many many thanks.
    Marc.
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    Congrats Dan enjoy retirement ��️��

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    Thanks Dan for all you have done for golf in our community. You will be missed!

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    Thank You Dan. Watch for incoming shots.

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    Congrats Dan!! Enjoy retirement and try to stay out of trouble...LOL

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    OH NO---it took years to get used to a new wife How long for a new owner ? All the best Dan---as others have said---never met a golfer that did not become a friend! All the best.
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