2011 Knights of Columbus Golf Classic by Pat Joy

          This year’s Knights of Columbus Charity Golf Classic was held on Monday, October 3rd at Northampton Valley Country Club. Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, golfers, diners and committee members, we enjoyed our most successful outing in our seven year history,  raising over $25,000 for our charity funds.

          For the seventh year in a row, our council joined forces with our brothers of St. John the Evangelist Council to host the Golf Classic.  Ninety seven golfers gathered for lunch and at 12:30 PM, everyone teed off at the beautiful links of Northampton Valley.  The course was in excellent condition and the scramble format plus numerous “mulligans” gave every foursome a chance to shoot par golf. After a great afternoon on the course the golfers were joined by another 30 Knights, wives and guests for a delicious buffet dinner of London broil, chicken and pasta prepared and served by the Northampton catering staff.

Deacon Myron Moskowitz led us in prayer before the meal. Tom Rossi of St. John’s was the MC and he started the festivities by inviting all of us to join in the silent auction, the Chinese auction and the 50-50 drawing. The silent auction prizes included six rounds of golf at area golf courses, Yankees baseball and Flyers hockey tickets, jewelry and  baskets of cheer.,

          The Chinese auction of over 30 items included numerous gift certificates at local restaurants.

          The 50/50 drawing winner was Tom O’Brien and the foursome led by Gold Sponsor Tom Parsons took first prize for the lowest score. At the end of the evening the golfers, wives and guests agreed that the annual golf classic was a most enjoyable afternoon and evening of fun, food and fellowship.

          Once again, we were blessed with many generous sponsors who made this charitable event a great success. This year, we are grateful to have a most generous anonymous donor contribute $10,000. Many thanks to Jim McCaffrey and McCaffrey’s supermarkets for their platinum ($2500.) sponsorship.  Our other major sponsors at the gold ($1000.) level include Dan and Thelma Pisano of  St.  Ignatius Aid for friends, Jack and Sean Sammon/A.C.&S contractors, Tom Parsons of  W & W auto body, the Biggs family,  the Tallman family and Michael Hackman. Joe Coyne of Health Web Systems sponsored two holes at $500. , Over 100 individuals and businesses supported the golf classic. This year’s net profit will be divided evenly between our two councils and will fund the important charitable work of our brotherhood.

          The golf committee, co-chaired by Len Kuchera of St. John’s and Pat Joy, PGK , included Jack Sammon, Bill Gibney, PGK Dom Licastro and PGK Frank Fazzalore of our council and eight members of St. John’s council. A total of fifteen men and wives volunteered their time on the day of the outing.

 Please save this date: October 1, 2012, for the annual Knights golf classic at Northampton. See you there!!!!