Community Corner

Rotary Still Seeking Players, Sponsors for Golf Tourney

The Rotary's 15th-annual golf tournament is scheduled for Monday, June 4.

The Rotary Club of Rockville is still looking for players and sponsors for its 15th-annual golf tournament, scheduled for Monday, June 4, at Elmcrest Country Club.

Elmcrest is located at 105 Somersville Road in East Longmeadow, MA.

Al Terzi, a well-known Emmy Award winning news anchor who most recently worked for WFSB-3, is this year’s honorary tournament chairman.

The tournament will take on a scramble format and the entry fee of $130 per player and $500 per foursome includes lunch and dinner.

There is also a hole-in-one contest for a chance to win a 2012 Buick,  courtesy of Scranton Motors Inc.

Registration and a putting contest are scheduled for 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and the shotgun start is slated for 12:30 p.m.

Other contests include the longest drive, closest to the pin, closest to the line and the longest drive.

The golf tournament will benefit KIDSAFE CT, a Rockville-based non-profit agency that works for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Additional proceeds will be dedicated to polio eradication worldwide, local college scholarships, food drives and literacy projects.

For more information on the tournament or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Paul Sheridan, tournament chairman, at 860-306-2650 or Richard Bansavich, Rotary president, at 860-560-3985.

Tee sponsors at $125 per hole, were specifically mentioned at a recent Rotary meeting.

For a copy of the tournament brochure, please visit Rockville Rotary’s Web site at www.rotaryrockvillect.com.


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