It’s like a reunion for the entire week,” Jackson said. “We had the Friday night dance, and the Saturday dance, and the Sunday barbecue, and the ballgame, and all that stuff there. The origin of Truro’s Black community dates back to the late 1700s when the Black Loyalists first started arriving in Atlantic Canada, following the American War of Independence. “It is about reconnecting with friends and family, but most importantly it is about community, our collective Black community that touches all parts of Nova Scotia and beyond,” said Wayne Talbot, Truro deputy mayor and Apex committee member. What started out as a friendly tournament among friends is now an annual homecoming for Truro’s Black community.
Like the next year it might have been 15, and then 20, then 50… And the biggest year we had was, I would say six or seven years ago, we had 128,” said Jackson. The tournament has grown to include more than 100 golfers. “One guy was sayin ‘I’m better than you,’ other guy sayin’ ‘Oh no, I can beat you.’ So Darrel said, ‘Well … why don’t you guys have a golf tournament and see who’s the best?’” said Kevin Jackson, chair of the Apex Invitational Golf Association. It was originally called The Black Golf Tournament and had just under a dozen Black golfers. Second only to the African United Baptist Association’s (AUBA) annual general meeting, Apex is one of the longest-running annual gatherings of Black people in all Atlantic Canada.Īpex was started by a former Truro resident Darrell Maxwell in 1974. Now in it’s 47th year, The Apex Invitational Golf Tournament (“Apex”) in Truro returned two weekends ago after being cancelled last year due to COVID-19.
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