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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.

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