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16th Annual Golf Outing

The day might have started out looking a little glum, but what's a little sprinkle here and there when you are enjoying a day of "Under the Big Top Golf" in North Manchester?! The North Manchester Chamber of Commerce hosted their 16th Annual Golf Outing on Friday, May 15, 2009 at the beautiful Sycamore Golf Club, North Manchester. The weather cooperated for the most part, the participants enjoyed the festivities along with the tasty food and great golfing was the key to our success, not to mention all of the sponsors who could not make it but donated their money for our time and effort to help support our wonderful North Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber hosted 16 teams and 64 players, each player came out and put their best game face on and played with gusto. There were Mulligans and Greens to purchase along with two Skills holes that the players willingly donated their skills and hard earned money to try their luck at. All of the raised money at these holes was automatically donated to the good cause of the North Manchester Chamber of Commerce's fund raiser.

The outing hosted the teams and players with an awesome lunch, thank you to the MainView Inn, they provided mini sliders, mini corn dogs, pasta salad, chips and dip, along with popcorn and party mix for the golfers for the long 18 holes ahead of them. The dessert was the delicious cookies donated by Nordmann's Nook. Drinks were sponsored by the MainView Inn and Dr. William Hankee, DDS.

After a brief welcome and instructions given by Todd Sandow, owner and Professional of Sycamore Golf Club, the teams were off and running. The teams were anxious to get out in the spring weather and hit some long drives and short putts. Of course an occasional visit by the beverage cart that was driven by our volunteers, Miriah Tobias and Dan Fields was usually a welcome sight. Teams were able to visit the 10th hole/Clubhouse which was being manned by our very own Chamber members, Annette Ayres and Mary Beth Perkins, for another mini slider or anything food related. They continuously had popcorn and party mix ready for the golfers. On Hole #18, the golfers could get a cool beverage from Tim Taylor or Clint Wilson as they were manning the Wetzel Insurance #18 Hole-Double your Golf Balls skills shot/Hole In One. The Chambers very own, Annette Meggison and Kathy Roberts manned the Buck-a-Putt hole on the practice green. After the long game of golf, the teams were invited back to the clubhouse for a bragging session and to some, another chance of a quick snack on the leftover food.

The Brewhouse, 1st Place

The committee gave prizes to the 1st place, 2nd place and Last place teams along with 2 Longest Drives at the 4th and 15th holes and 2 Closest to the Pin prizes at the 9th and 16th holes. 1st Place team went to The Brewhouse, Inc. team with team members of Marcus Olsen, Colin Denihan, Brad Briner and Nathan Strack. 2nd Place honors went to the Crossroads Bank team of Jack Vineyard, Joe Frantz, Mike Parker and Eldon Stoops. The Last place team privilege went to the HF Group team of Tony Miller, Jim Baker, Scott Fultz and Jim Heckman. These teams all received NM Chamber Bucks and a sleeve of golf balls, courtesy of the NM Chamber of Commerce. Colin Denihan received the honors of Longest Drive on the 9th hole with Scott Fultz receiving the Longest Drive on the 16th hole. Our other hole winners were Steve Walpole who won Closest to the Pin on hole #4 and with Curtis Campbell collecting the win on Closest to the Pin on hole #15. Each recipient received either a free round of Golf or a Free Golf Lesson courtesy of Sycamore Golf Club and a sleeve of golf balls from the NM Chamber of Commerce. Congratulations to all who won during the 16th Annual Chamber Golf Outing and a great big Thank you to all who participated and sponsored this much appreciated fund raising event.

The North Manchester Chamber would also like to Congratulate Curtis Campbell for a Hole-In-One that he hit on Hole #15!! Congrats Curtis!!!

The chamber could not have put on such a magnificent fundraiser without the help of the following Hole sponsors: Abresist Corporation, Batteries Plus, Beacon Credit Union, Bippus State Bank, BKB Mfg., Butterbaughs-Citgo, Crossroads Bank, , Dr. Dan Croner, DDS, Dr. William Hankee, DDS, Duke Energy, Fahs Brown Plumbing, First Merchants Bank, Friermood Tire, Gilbert, Naragon & Terrill, Inc., CPA's, Harting Furniture Gallery, Hire's Gifts, Main View Inn, Manchester College, McKee Mortuary, Midwest Eye Consultants, Manchester Tool & Die, New Market, NIPSCO, NM News-Journal, NM Rotary, Nordmann's Nook, Peabody Retirement Community, Pizza Hut, Schutz Brothers, Shepherd's Chevy & Cadillac, Snep Sign Co., Southern Comp Solutions, The Brewhouse, The Muller Group/John Ingold, Tiede Metz & Downs, PC., Timbercrest Senior Living Community, EDGWC, Wabash County Hospital and Wabash Plain Dealer.

Not to mention the participating teams and their members: Beacon Credit Union, BKB Mfg., Crossroads Bank, First Financial Bank, HF Group, LLC, Manchester College, Manchester Tool & Die, New Market/Harting Furniture/First Merchants Team, Peabody Retirement Community, Roberts' Team, Shepherds Chevy-Cadillac, Team Dougal, Team Ruppel, The Brewhouse, Wabash County Hospital and Wetzel Insurance Team.

The Golf Outing committee consisted of Annette Ayres, Jack Vineyard, Julie Sellers, Tim Taylor, Todd Lybarger, Todd Sandow and Kathy Roberts. Helpers were Mary Beth Perkins, Clint Wilson, Annette Meggison, Miriah Tobias and Dan Fields.

I would like to give a big Thank You to all the Hole Sponsors and Teams! Also a huge Thank You to the volunteers and committee members who put forth the effort and time to produce such a nice event! Also to Sycamore Golf Club, Todd & Kathy Sandow and their crew, Thank You, we appreciate the great facility and awesome course you allow us to host this event at every year.

Beacon Credit Union	First Financial
Robert's Team

Kathy Roberts, Executive Director
North Manchester Chamber of Commerce

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