16th annual golf tournament benefits Springfield Hospital

The 2016 Springfield Hospital Golf Tournament champions are Rich Lane, Chris Garvey, Tim Kangas and Rick Marasa.

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2016-09-24 / Sports 16th annual golf tournament benefits Springfield Hospital The 2016 Springfield Hospital Golf Tournament champions are Rich Lane, Chris Garvey, Tim Kangas and Rick Marasa. — COURTESY The 2016 Springfield Hospital Golf Tournament champions are Rich Lane, Chris Garvey, Tim Kangas and Rick Marasa. — COURTESY SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The 16th annual Springfield Hospital Challenge at Okemo Valley Golf Club on Sept. 15 was an excellent golf outing and a successful fund raiser. This year's tournament proceeds exceeded $20,000 and will support the hospital's upcoming installation of solar power. Twenty-five teams of golfers competed for awards and raffle prizes. Forty sponsoring organizations underwrote the tournament, which included a box lunch, dinner buffet, complimentary refreshments on the course, and a gift to every golfer of a stainless steel thermos. Tournament sponsors were Black River Produce, The Common Man, H.P. Cummings Construction, Griffin Construction, IPG Employee Benefits Specialists, Joseph Architects, Kinney Drugs Foundation, Richard Marasa MD, NFP, Springfield AutoMart, and Springfield Printing Corporation. Club professional Michael Santa Maria and the Okemo staff took very good care of the golfers and helped make the event an overall success. Team and individual winners were: A flight 1st Place - Low Gross Rick Marasa, Tim Kangas, Rich Lane, Chris Garvey 2nd Place - Low Gross Shannon Gaulin, Chris Gautreau, Rick Bazluke, Darren Solomon 1st Place - Low Net Steve Birge, Jack Cassidy, Rich Skrocki, Dan Tricarico 2nd Place - Low Net Lucie Garand, Dan Soucy, Kevin Theissen, Eric Warren B flight 1st Place - Low Gross Joe Greene, Mark Blanchard, Mark DeVarney, Brian Tarbox 2nd Place - Low Gross Keith Hanatow, Alex Kozokowki, Todd Watkins, Jim Tromblay 1st Place - Low Net Steve Ankuda, Deke Dexter, Curt Lindamood, Peter MacGillivray 2nd Place - Low Net Jason Noyes, Gabe Buskey, Travis White, Tyler Stearns Closest to the Line — Joe Greene Longest Putt — Tim Kangas Springfield Medical Care Systems is a not-for-profit, community-based health care system that includes a seven-site community health center network and Springfield Hospital. SMCS serves southeastern Vermont and southwestern New Hampshire. Services are accessible to all, based on a sliding fee scale, and include primary and preventive care for people of all ages, pediatrics, health screenings, mental health services, dental and vision care, access to discounted pharmaceuticals, diagnostic lab and radiology services, and a broad array of acute hospital and specialty services.