Ice Bucket raises $3,665 on -4 temp day
37 Players Braved -5 Degrees for Charity
The GMDGC 2010 Ice Bucket Tournament and fund raiser was a huge success raising $3,665 for the Chittenden Emergency and Waterbury Area Food Shelfs! Thirty-seven disc golfers arrived at Waterbury Center by 9am on January 30th to brave the -4 degree temperatures for two rounds of play on the snow covered course.
It turned into a perfect day with a beautiful blue sky, lots of sun shine and not much wind. It even warmed up to a “balmy” 8 degrees mid-day. But by the end of the day, the results were clear. Anne Lewis, Pete Hess and Al Rosa we’re the big winners.
Although oddly, not one of them took home the snowboard!
THE WINNERS!
Overall Winner of the 2010 Ice Bucket – Anne Lewis with a total cumulative score of 86. Coming in 5th in the first round and first in the second round worked out for a big win.
First Round: Singles. Pete Hess with a 41! Everyone played from the white tees. Players were encouraged to purchase “mulligans” in advance for $1 each (it’s for charity!!) and use as many as they want on any throw during the round. Rumor has it that Pete spent 10 on one hole alone. It worked out well for Pete since he won and Vermonters most-in-need thank him for his generosity.
Second Round: High/Low Best/Worst Disc Doubles. Anne Lewis and Al Rosa got 13 under par also, with a 41! Players were matched up based on the results from the first round. Highest score player with the lowest score player, then the second highest with the second lowest, and so on. Half the holes during the round are called Best Disc holes. After each player throws their tee shot, players on the same team decide which of the team’s throws was best and then throw their next shot from there. The other half are Worst Disc holes. After each player throws their tee shot, players from the other team decide on the team’s worst throw and make the team throw their next shot from there. In other words, not easy.
There was one three-person team for doubles this year and rumor has it they spent 50 mulligans (hey, it’s for charity!) to come in with a 46. Alright, it’s not a rumor. My team spent 50 mulligans… and I used 14 of them on one “tin cup” putt that was a maximum of 20 feet. I’ll admit it.
Everybody Wins! Thanks to our incredible sponsors every single player who came out to brave the cold won something! Players chose their prize in the order they placed overall.
The GMDGC thanks the Skinny Pancake, Waterbury Center Gen. Store, Magic Hat, Disc Caddie, Dave Jackson, Starbucks, Johnny Betts, 10Down Disc Golf, The Alchemist, Mad River Glen Ski Resort, Albin Family Foundation, Sugarbush Ski Resort, Sunflower Natural Foods, Haloran’s True Value, Umiak Outdoor Outfitters, Todd Holmes & Marshall Street Disc Golf, Burton, Matt Morro and Smuggs Ski Resort, City Market (Onion River Food Co-Op), The Cheese Outlet Fresh Market, 3 Penny Tap Room, and Onion River Sports in Montpelier for their generous donations!
Raffle Winner for the Burton 2010 Clash Snowboard: Jed Hock who donated $20 online when he realized he wasn’t going to be able to make it out to play.
Winner of the Burton 2010 Blunt Snowboard: Christian Keidel
Christian takes 8th place and Wins the Snowboard
THE MONEY!!
The event raised real money for the Waterbury Area Food Shelf and the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf and 20 pounds of food. Our total haul came out to $3,665, which is likely to put Vermont in the top 10 of official Ice Bowl fund raisers around the country this year. And it wasn’t just the players who showed up who brought in the donations. Jeff Spring for example not only contributed for himself, he got three other people he knew to sponsor him and donate too. Jed Hock won the raffle after donating online once he realized he wasn’t going to be able to play.
Here’s how it broke down:
$1420 raised day of from 37 total participants
$780 from the Albin Family Foundation ($1000 – $220 donated to player’s lunch at the Waterbury General Store).
$965 in online donations and player sponsorships
$500 from anonymous donor who match online donation at 50% and then rounded up
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$3665 total
And don’t forget, Starbucks donated 10 pounds of coffee to each of the two food shelfs. Great work by the whole GMDGC team.
And did I mention it was a beautiful day? For the full results click here. For more photos click here.
