Annual COPA Golf Tournament - The Social Event of the Season

Well another June and another just completed Canadian Office Product Association (COPA) Golf tournament. 156 Golfers, representing approximately 50 companies participated at the prestigious Lion Head Golf and Country Club in Brampton, Ontario.

This is always a fun day. A chance to renew long-standing friendships and introduce yourself to new colleagues. I always look forward to this day. While I am not much of a Golfer and play infrequently - this, in my opinion, is the best day of the year for our industry.

My 4-some consisted of Dave MacMillan of Genuine Supply Source, Dan Cookney of Guild Stationers and Kirk Austen of Frid & Russell (L to R). While we were far behind the winning 4-some, Kirk did manage to win the "closest to the pin" competition with a beauty shot that landed about a foot from the hole at #15 on the Masters course.

 

 

My highlight? Well this looks better than the result.........another one for the squirrels.

I have always thought that COPA should consider holding similar tournaments in other parts of Canada -  perhaps Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax would be good choices?

If you missed the tourney - you really should consider joining this event for next year. Get in touch with COPA and ask them how you can participate?

Speaking of COPA - is your firm a member? COPA diligently serves our industry with a number of excellent programs that can help save your company money while providing you with valuable industry data and networking opportunities. Here are just a few of the services that they provide:

• COPA Monthly White Papers: Business Reports on the state of the industry
• COPA Product Guide: Sourcing Information for dealers and vendors
• Exclusive Corporate Savings
• Courier programs
• Group Health and Dental plans
• Cell Phone plans
• LTL Freight programs
• POS Solutions
• Human Resource solutions
• Fleet & Gas cards
• Conference & Webinar services
• EDI solutions
• Health & Safety programs
• Employee Savings programs
• Esso Gas card
• CAA Discounts
• Hotel and Travel Accommodation programs
• COPA Awards program - recognizing OP industry leaders
• COPA Scholarship program - providing industry bursaries for tomorrow's leaders
• Networking Program
• COPA Breakfast Speaker program
• Total Office Trade show
• Annual Stars Gala & Silent Auction
• Annual Golf Tournament

Myself? I have always taken advantage of the COPA networking opportunities. They have been a great venue for me to expand my industry knowledge and contact base. I have never left an event without a new idea or a new contact. If you don't participate in these events, you really are letting opportunities pass you by.

For more info on COPA - contact Sam Moncada at smoncada@copa.ca