LAMPMAN - Golfing was a game that Brian Fornwald had only played 20 times during his life until recently.
Fornwald was raised on the family farm near Lampman. This farm was also home to his parents and, earlier, his grandparents.
He farmed cattle at first, but later on he sold the herd and focused on grain farming and working in the oilfield business.
It was during his oilfield days that he golfed for the company or maybe a fundraiser, but it was not something he did regularly. He also took part in a few tournaments.
Fornwald married Barb and have four children, Meghann, Nicolas, Kelly and Emily. They also have six grandchildren ranging in age from eight to 16.
In 2018 Fornwald would retire from the farm, and with no one willing to take it over through his children, most of the land was sold and Fornwald now lives in Lampman.
For the past 23 years, Fornwald has been a council member for the RM of Browning. Approximately two months ago he became a director on the board for the Envision Counselling and Support Centre. He said this is a whole new area for him.
During the summer he camps as much as possible. He enjoys leaving the hustle and bustle and relaxing at this campsite in Woodlawn Regional Park. Fornwald likes to meet new people.
To stay active and enjoy the outdoors even more, Fornwald began golfing regularly at the Lampman Golf Course.
“It is a great, well cared for course and it is five minutes from my place, which makes it great,” he said.
Although he has golfed in Estevan, he prefers to golf at his home club in Lampman.
Barb has played her first game of golf and plans to play again.
Fornwald said after he retired, he needed something to do, and golf seemed like a great pass time.
He ended his oilfield career in 2022, so now he has more free time, which he plans to fill with a great deal of sitting by the camper and several games of golf.
