A field of golfers took off on September 13th for the 12th Annual Wheeling and Able Golf Classic at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield. Brad Field, Channel 30 head meteorologist, who has been with us since the beginning, emceed the event and made sure we had great weather (Brad had a couple lapses a few years ago!).
Click here for a photo album of the 2011 Wheeling & Able Golf Classic!
This year’s contest winners were:
1st place golfers – Craig Smith, Sean McElligot, Tony Pucci, Dianne Zalewski
2nd place golfers – Peter mace, Abe Vasquez, Art Chamberland, Joe Briewa
3rd place golfers – Jim Mueller, Mike Fallis, John Whitten, Bill Hamilton
Longest Drive – John Glass, Melissa Maniscalco
Closest to the Pin – Frank Stewart, Cindy Mosher
As always, in addition to the golfers, sponsors and raffle prize suppliers are a huge factor in the tournament’s success. Major sponsors this year included:
• JobPro – luncheon sponsor
• Hospital for Special Care – breakfast sponsor
• Urology Specialists, PC – hole- in-one sponsor
• Gaylord and Pronto Printer – beverage cart sponsors
• Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, PC – closest to the pin sponsor
• Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics – golf cart sponsor
• Hartford Hospital Pain Treatment Center – 1st, 2nd, 3rd place foursome contest sponsor
• Gaylord – longest drive sponsor
• Advanced Wheels of Technology – golfer gift sponsor
Putting Green and Driving Range Sponsors:
• Obie Harrington-Howes Foundation
• VNA HealthCare Inc.
Tee Sign Sponsors included:
Advanced Medical Systems
Ameriprise Financial
ATG Rehab
BSL Telephony Services
Cardiac Care Associates - Tony LaSala, MD
Creative Office Interiors
CT Back Center
CT Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
CT Rehabilitation & Spasticity Care - Dr. Matthew Raymond
Hartford Despatch
Hartford Hospital Pain Treatment Center
Hudson Home Health Care
Kingman & Mancini
Liberty Mutual Insurance – Gino Mancini
Mancini Family
MidState Medical Center
New Britain Medical Supplies
Neurosurgeons of Central CT
O, R & L Commercial Real Estate
Orthopedic Associates of Hartford
Ride Away
Roman Oil
Victor Advertising Service
Contributors to the raffles included:
Eastern Rehabilitation Network (Cathy Andersen, Stacey Benham, Cindi DeLaurentis, Ellen Franks, Tom Kugeman, Rita Parisi, Subramani Seetharama, MD, Hartford Hospital Rehabilitation Staff, VNA HealthCare Rehabilitation Staff and the Outpatient Staffs of Bishops Corner, Blue Back Square, Granby, Wethersfield, Windsor)
Bradford Portraits
ESPN
Brad Gilchrist
Hallock’s Appliance Center
Hartford Hospital Pain Treatment Center
Jim Hennessey
Lyman Orchards
Trader Joe’s
Victor Advertising
Westfarms
Willington Pizza
A special thanks to Eastern Rehabilitation Network, our organizing sponsor. Proceeds, which are still being tallied, will fund the grant process and the Peer Assistance program. Save the date for next year - September 11, 2012!