Each year the BMGA Board elects three individuals to serve a three-year term to the BMGA Board. Of those elected, in their second year, one of those three individuals must be elected to serve as Vice President and then President in their third year.
This year we are excited to have six candidates for this election. An email will go out by the end of the week with voting details to all current BMGA members. Those elected to the board will be announced at the banquet.
Here is the list of names in alphabetical order, along with their submitted photo and biography.
| Brian Beitlich My name is Brian Beitlich (pronounced Bite-Lick). I’ve been in the league for 10 years, and have talked about running for a board position for a few years now. I don’t have a bunch of big ideas or an agenda- I just feel the need to contribute to the league that has contributed so much to me. I always say that the league doesn’t run itself, so I’d like to make good on that and help out. Cheers! |  |
| Phil Berndt Looking forward to hopefully helping out the league on the board to support the majority and have a fun and financially sound men’s golf league! I have been in the league since 2014 (possibly 2015) can’t quite remember. Captain for 4 years on Par then Bar (recent champion)! Would like to be a voice for all and hopefully can continue to improve a great league. |  |
| Jimmy Buckingham I’m Jimmy, esteemed member of Brookie Strong, 1-time champion of Wednesday night league, and looking to become a board member of the BMGA. I have been in the league for 3 years and this is the most well run league I’ve been a part of in any sport, and I’m looking to contribute to the BMGA. I’ve been co-running a 100+ player golf tournament for the better part of 12 years, and have gotten to know a lot of the BMGA members over the last few years. |  |
| Chris Gaspard Chris Gaspard-Finishing 4th year in the league. Hoping to improve my knowledge of the game. I enjoy the comrade of the league and hope to do my part to improve it. |  |
| Luke Rajkowski I am Luke Rajkowski and I just completed my second year in the league. Golf has been a passion of mine since my grandpa put a club in my hand at six years old. I grew up near Brookview and spent so much time there. I have enjoyed being part of the league and would be honored to be part of the board. Brookview is near and dear to me and I want to be part of keeping this league strong. |  |
| Sheldon Silberman My existing three-year term is expiring and I have committed to run for another three-year term. Over the past three years, my focus has been to step in where my talents and interest can improve our overall league experience. One example is an attempt to improve our pace of play, particularly on Wednesday nights. I instigated the volunteer spotter program in 2022, and, while it was appreciated by many, it did little to solve the problem. In 2023 as WNL Director, I added the end time to our scorecards and kept track in each weekly post on our web site. Drawing attention to this seemed to have some impact. It is clearly one of the things members seem to want to fix – or at least complain about. I also improved our posting time from “the end of the week” to next day posting of results by streamlining and automating certain aspects of the work. I will continue to look for effective methods to improve on this issue. We made great strides this past year moving to Golf Genius as our scoring tool. I helped test and write up a transition guide for the WNL scoring that was implemented. I provided back-up to this year’s WNL Director. I am also very proud of your boards efforts to discuss and adjust our plans to hold the line on costs as best we can considering what the membership wants. I would like to continue to work this problem establishing more sponsorship opportunities to help contain our costs while providing a valuable social, competitive league and tournament season. As a retired “senior” golfer, I believe I represent a significant segment of our nearly 200 members. I have lived in Golden Valley for more than 40 years and have been a BMGA member for over 20 years. |  |