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Category Archives: Golf Tournament

2023 Grandravine Charity Classic

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Michael Liotta Posted in Golf Tournament, News

July 21, 2023

What do gelato, porchetta, pizza and darts all have in common? Well, golf of course. More specifically the Grandravine Charity Classic golf tournament. That’s right, as golfers started arriving, mouth watering porchetta on a bun, with or without the hot peppers, was being served up by our gracious volunteers. Just what you need to put some power in that tee shot. Then top it off with an espresso, gelato or, better yet, an Afocado from I Love Gelato.

Conveniently located right across from I Love Gelato was the Golf Dart game, presided over by Grandravine Special Hockey players Mark Liotta and Joseph Egizii. The rules are simple. Hit three tennis balls with a unique oversized golf club onto a giant Velcro blow-up dart board and add up the score just like regular darts. It may or may not improve your chipping game but it is a lot of fun. The winner was Nick Pugliese with a score of 106.

 

So you wanna eatzza some pizza. No problem. Eatzza My Pizza was serving up delicious wood fired oven pizza just as the golfing got started. Just what was need to keep you going till dinner.

It may seem like this tournament was all about food but there was some golfing to do. After a cloudy and windy morning the skies opened up and the sun emerged as a record 200 golfers teed off at 1:00PM. Along the way there was the $10,000 hole in one contest. Sadly there were no winners again this year, but we did have a few people though take home prizes for the longest drive and closest to the hole competitions. And once again the foursome of Frank Parisien, Mark Jefferies, Dave Rathan, and Dunkley Grier dominated with a score 11 under par to win the top prize. I think next year they should have to play with the golf dart clubs.

The day ended with a delicious dinner buffet in the Cardinal club house. Grandravine president Joe Rizzuto and myself presided over the prize presentations and raffle draws.

There are many people that go into putting on an event like this. First of all, I couldn’t do this without the help of my wife Luci. Long with Luci there is a large crew of hard working volunteers that made sure that everything went smoothly from registration to the final raffle.

I would also like to thank our two photographers Terry Mancini and Vasiliy Ryabykh and Top Drawer Images who volunteered their time to take the group photos and all the other photos you see here.

This year we returned to Cardinal Golf Club. Despite the heavy rain from the night before and some puddles on the fairways they managed to get the course into a very good condition. The other facilities were all wonderful. I want to thank Jason McNally and all the cheerful, helpful staff of the Cardinal Golf club for a wonderful day.

Then there is Coro Electric, our tournament partner, and driving force behind this event from the beginning. I want to thank Mike Corvinelli and Alessandra Corvinelli for all the hard work they put into this tornament and more importantly I want to thank them for all the “HEART” they put into it.

And, of course, I want to thank all the participants and sponsors who come out support us year after year. They are true friends of Grandravine.

Prize Winners

BEST SCORE: Frank Parisien, Mark Jefferies, Dave Rathan, Dunkley Grier

MOST HONEST SCORE: Alessandra Corvinelli, JessicaDiBiase, Rob Leonardis, Alessandro

WEST WING – CLOSEST TO THE PIN: Frank Altonare

WEST WING – LONGEST DRIVE: Matt Moretin

EAST WING – CLOSEST TO THE PIN: Joe Vira

EAST WING – LONGEST DRIVE: Tyrus Rathan 

A Special Thanks to Our Dedicated Volunteers

Michael Liotta

Luci Liotta

Mary Egizii

Joe Rizzuto

Silvia Rizzuto

Mark Rizzuto

Mary Leah

Val Vescio

RoseAnn Merrick

Lucrezia Rosteck
Mark Liotta

Patricia Pugliese

Mary Magni

Rosella Liotta

Guy Palumbo

Carmine Palumbo

Teresa Bhandal

Terry Mancini

Vasiliy Ryabykh

Dante Amo
Natalia Pyzhova

Joseph Egizii

 

2021 Grandravine Charity Classic

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Michael Liotta Posted in Golf Tournament, News

September 24, 2021

The weather was a little cooler than usual. No evening banquet. The sun set as  the prizes were being handing out. Delayed by one year and 2 months due to Covid, and with attendance capped and restrictions in place, the 16th edition of the Grandravine Charity Classic finally took place to the delight of all who attended.

With events like this shut down in the last eighteen months, everyone was thrilled to be able to, once again, enjoy a day on the links, meet up with friends and along the way raise some

 money for a very worthwhile cause. To this end we want to acknowledge our key sponsor and tournament partner, Coro Electric and especially Mike Corvinelli and Alessandra Corvinelli for the incredible support and hard work. As well thanks also go out to all the other generous sponsors who support Grandravine Special Hockey. After having been grounded for over a year, the players are eager to hit the ice in a few weeks. It is through the support of all the sponsors that this is possible.

With the cooler weather of September golfers were treated to hot espresso and cannoli as they arrived. The delicious wood fired pizza, was available all day long. Along with porchetta stations on course and burgers on the nineteenth hole no one went home hungry, despite not being able to hold the traditional awards banquet.

This year featured not one, but two separate Hole-In-One contests, each with it’s own separate $10,000 prize. Unfortunately no one was able to cash in. However, as the sun set on the patio at Glen Eagle, prizes were awarded for all the other contest winners.

Best Over-All Score
(There was a tie at 8 under par with most birdies deciding the tie breaker) 

John Greco
Loris Zanette
Merrill Bolger
George Bolger

Men’s Longest Drive

Taylan Barrett

Men’s Closest To The Pin

Mark Anselmo

Ladies Closest To The Pin

Louise Garneau-Ross

Ladies Longest Drive
(No prize awarded as there were no names on the hole card)


Volunteers

A very special shout-out has to go to all the volunteers that helped make this so enjoyable for everyone. Their hard work is greatly appreciated.

Cindi Buick Michael Liotta Silvia Rizzuto
Teresa Bhandal Michelle Liotta Lucrezia Rosteck
Mary Egizii Rosella Liotta Jessica Salvatore
Daina Gibbons RoseAnn Merrick Val Vescio
Luci Liotta Joe Rizzuto

The 2018 Grandravine Charity Classic – July 20, 2018

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Michael Liotta Posted in Golf Tournament, News

The 14th edition of the Grandravine Charity Classic took place at Glen Eagle Golf Club on July 20, 2018. No one could have asked for a better day weather wise and no one could have asked for a better day for golfing for the record number 174 golfers who came out to support the Grandravine Special Hockey program. Leading this field of golfers was Mike Corvinelli, the spirit and driving force behind this tournament, along with daughter Alessandra Corvinelli. A huge thank you goes out to Coro Electric for their continued support of this event.

The porchetta stations, from Leone Fine Foods, continues to be a perennial favourite. With Mary Leah and Susan Tari dishing it out at the first hole station and Tony and Stephen Tari serving it up at the half-way house, no one went away hungry. And for those with a sweet tooth Luci Liotta and Teresa Bhandal were serving up Bombas and coffee, courtesy of Coro Electric.

There was a new twist in the The Hole in One contest this year With sponsorship from Speedy Electric the prize was raised to $10,000 and was open to everyone. Unfortunately no one managed to sink one but there were a few close ones. Maybe next year.

After a day on the course it was time to chow done with a fabulous steak dinner from Glen Eagle Golf Club and time to award the prizes. After missing last year’s event, Frank Parisien along with Mark Jeffries, Al Sookran and Dave Singh were back to take the top spot with the best score of -13. It may be time to break them up. At the other end of the spectrum was the most honest score with Mike Corvinelli, Tony Moscione, Carlos Asenjo and Nikolin Radovani. (Their score is not published to protect the guilty).

 

Best Score – Frank Parisien along with Mark Jeffries, Al Sookran and Dave Singh

Most Honest Score – Mike Corvinelli, Tony Moscione, Carlos Asenjo and Nikolin Radovani

The other winners were:

 

Men’s Longest Drive – Dr. Marc Sherkin

Ladies Longest Drive – Lora DeMeneghi

Men’s Closest to the Pin – Mann Usif

Ladies Closest to the Pin – Josie Toma

And of course an event like would not be possible without the hard work of all the volunteers.

Cindi Buick, Joe Rizzuto, Lisa Rizzuto, Luci Liotta, Mark Rizzuto, Mary Leah, RoseAnn Merrick, Silvia Rizzuto, Teresa Bhandal, Steven Tari, Susan Tari, Tony Tari, Sal Vescio

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