It poured, it drizzled, and it continued to spit nearly all day at the Ariss Valley Golf and Country Club – but it failed to phase the golfers.
They were on the course for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington, and organizers were pleased at how everyone made their 14th annual golf tournament on June 12 a huge success.
There were 66 golfers who took part, and organizer Linda Austin said in an interview the next day, all but four finished the entire 18 holes.
“We had a wonderful day,” she said. “We carried on. It was great. It was very successful.”
The event is a big fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Austin said the weather never got to the point where golfers were forced to leave the course. There was no lightning, but a steady rain.
The event included a boxed lunch and steak and chicken barbecue.
The results were:
– top golfers: Jeff Kuiack team, David Gilman team and Mark Manning Team.
– the closest to the wiggly line was Dave Roberts and Joanne Iampietro.
– the closest to the pin: was Christina Manning and Bob Cooper.
– the putting contest: Deb Roberts and John Weishar; and
– keepers of the pink ball were the Davis and Ferrier team.
In the hole in one competition sponsored Greg McCabe, from Reliable Motors (offering a prize of a two-year lease on a 2010 Ford Fusion), two golfers came close.
Austin said silent auction and money donations were received from individuals and businesses in the local community and even from outside Centre Wellington.
The children in Big Brothers Big Sister programs will benefit from the more than $6,000 raised from the tournament.
