Lions Golf Tournament Raises $8,100 To Support Charitable Programs

The golf tournament on September 11 to benefit the LOW Lions Club’s many charitable services was a huge success, thanks to the 103 golfers who participated and the 55 businesses and individuals who were sponsors of the event at the LOW Golf Course.
 
The tournament produced net proceeds of $8,100 for the LOW Lions Club’s benevolence fund, which supports sight and hearing programs and other charitable activities at LOW and the surrounding area.

Three teams posted scores of 60, but the tie was broken by comparing back-nine scores.  The winning team, with a back-nine score of 29, was Tim Grant, Dan Cronin, Jerry Hoehn, and Gary Schwartz.  Second, with a 30, was the team of Mike Melcho, Mike Phillips, John Lockhart, and Skip Bond.  Third place, with a 31, went to the team of  Dan Trull, Patrick Smith, Chris Neyvesky, and John Holmes. The first and second-place teams received free rounds of golf for a foursome at Meadows and Lake of the Woods golf courses.

Betty Board and Jim Green won prizes for closest to the line on drives for women and men, and Mike Melcho and Phyllis Taylor were winners in the closest to the pin competition. In addition, 13 lucky winners received raffle prizes valued at over $2000.

Major tournament sponsors were: Marvin & Bonnie Snoddy; Wilderness Family Chiropratic, Doctor Christine Stewart; Dominion Floors; Fredericksburg Distributing Co William McCauseland and Jeffrey Earnheardt of Edward F. Jones Investments; Lakeside Manual Physical Therapy; Realtor Tom Roach; and Connors Termite & Pest Control.
 
Hole sponsors were: Belmont Farms of Virginia, Car Doctor, Cork and Martha Grandy, Dunaway’s Heating & Cooling, Golden Girls, Hugh Teller, DDS, It’s About Thyme, Realtor JoAnn Hargrave-Roth, Johnson Funeral Home, Laurel Hill Funeral Home, District 5 Supervisor Lee Frame, Log Cabin Tax Service, McDonald’s of Orange & Locust Grove, Mid-Atlantic Securities, PDQ Printing and Copying, Wilderness Pharmacy, Realtor Catharine E. Welch, Senator Edward Houck, Bill Britt Motors, Getty & Associates, Trull & Sons, Weichert Realty, Auto Medic-1, Robinson’s Tavern, Dr. Michael Lessly Optometrist, True Value Hardware, Wachovia Bank, and past and current officers, LOW Lions Club.
 
Sponsors providing prizes were: LOW Golf Course, Meadows Farms Golf Course, Lake of the Woods Association, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Fredericksburg Golf Center, Little Tire Co., Lucio’s Restaurant, Mama’s Pizza and Subs, Play It Again Sports, T.G.I. Friday’s, Tara by the River, The Pub, Reynolds Auto, Route 3 Diner, Walmart, and Lions Bernie and Beth Oravec, Bennett Hunter, Orville and Mary Dee, and Chuck Liddick.
 
Many thanks to the planning team – Chuck Smith, Chuck Liddick, Bennett Hunter, Tom Walker, Bernie Oravec, Carol Curry, George Schneider, and Jerry Davis – and the many other volunteers who made this event such a success.