The Canadian Junior Boys Championship was held at Rossmere Golf & Country Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba from August 27th to 30th, 1985.
Since 1959, a two day interprovincial team competition had been contested as part of the Championship and in 1985, the Manitoba Junior Boys Team entered in the competition consisted of Glenn Collins from St. Charles Country Club, Todd Fanning from Southwood Golf & Country Club, and Dave McMillan and Ken Tresoor, Jr., both from the host club, Rossmere Golf & Country Club. Jim Bristow of Breezy Bend Country Club was the non-playing captain.
Both Collins and Tresoor, Jr. were representing Manitoba for the third time on the Manitoba Junior Team and Fanning was playing on it for the second time. This was the first of two appearances for McMillan on the Manitoba Junior Team. Todd Fanning was the reigning Manitoba Junior Boys Champion having defended his Manitoba Junior title at Glendale Golf and Country Club in July, 1985. Tresoor, Jr. was runner-up to Fanning in the 1985 Manitoba Junior.
After the first day of competition, Manitoba was tied with British Columbia, seven strokes behind New Brunswick. With nine holes to play, Manitoba was still two strokes back of New Brunswick and led Alberta by only one shot. However, thanks to strong performances by the team led by Fanning and Tresoor, Jr. with 71s, Manitoba won the team title by 4 strokes over New Brunswick and Ontario.
After the win, Jim Bristow said: “You always hope something like this will happen and I was sure we had a good chance with this team.”
In addition, Todd Fanning won the individual Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship in 1985 and again in 1986. He became an Honoured Member of the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. Tresoor, Jr. finished third in the 1985 Canadian Junior.
This was only the second time that a Manitoba Junior Boys Team had won the Canadian Interprovincial Team Championship.
The 1985 Manitoba Junior Boys Interprovincial Team Champions is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 30, 2019.