Grand Bahama American Women's Club

2012 GBAWC Classic Golf Tournament in Planning Stages

2012 Golf Committee Starts Planning for tournament on February 25th.

2011 is Another Huge Success - Thank you, Grand Bahama

2011 Organizing Committee. Well done, Ladies (and thanks Jerry & Dee for the t-shirts). Beth (food & beverages), Christine (Event Chairman), Bev (fund-raising), Hazel (golf), Michelle (everything), Anne (publicity), Joyce (golf). Missing is Martha (raffle) and Ann (Club President).

They're Off! Seventy-four golfers made this an exciting and successful tournament.

Freeport Jetwash & Automart provided another luxury car for the Hole-in-One opportunity on Hole #4. Thanks, Jetwash, for your continued support over the years!

Red Beards provided a sumptuous post-tournament buffet for our golfers. Thank you, Brian and staff, this was a real treat for all of us!

Everyone Wins - and some Win Bigger

1st Place: Alan & Angie Kelley, Robert McPhee, E. Morrison

2nd Place: John Biggs, Joy Larsen, Chris Staniforth, Allison Stuart

3rd Place: Rich Devries, Terrance Bullard, Laurie and Chas Tuchel

The Big Winners - our 2011/2012 Scholarship Recipients, seen in this photo with U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas, Nicole A. Avant

Corporate Sponsorship of the holes at Reef Course were the core of our financial success!

Rose Marie & Alice (GBAWC members) enjoy the post-tournament buffet with part of team Polymers International. Thank you, Polymers, for your generous community support!

The ability for GBAWC to support the education of some of Grand Bahama's finest high school students sits squarely on the generosity of the businesses and people of this community. Our golf tournament is a success thanks to many, and at the risk of forgetting a benefactor, it behooves us to say thank you: to Freeport Advertising for the artwork, signage, and marketing of our tournament, to Freeport Jetwash and Automart for supporting the hole in one contest again this year, to Clarins for the gift packages, to Red Beard's for the locale and outstanding food at our after tournament awards reception, to the Reef Course at the Grand Lucayan for their logistics and cooperation and donations, thebahamasweekly.com for advertising support, Chibah systems for the laptop, and Sands Beer for refreshments. In addition, the many sponsors of the holes, put money directly in our coffers for scholarships. Our biggest hole sponsor this year was Polymers International. Other major sponsors were Freeport Aggregates, the Larsen family, and Millie's Car Rentals. In addition our thanks go to these hole sponsors; Chibah Systems, the DeVries family, Pharmachem, Gouthro & Co., Ross University, Allie Cott Traveling Sister Troupe, Callenders & Co., Coldwell Banker James Sarles Real Estate, FOCOL Freeport Oil Company, G.B. Shipyard, Bev Hall, Municipal Motors, Paint Fair, Quality Auto, Star General, and the Canadian Women's Club.

Many businesses and people supported the tournament by sponsoring a golf cart; Adiago Artworks, Atlantis Condominium, Bahama Reef Condo, Burger King, Camelot Court, Canadian Women's Club, the Dolan family, Dr. P. Etuk, Reggie Flur, Freeport Building Supply, the Gardner family, the Hallat family, Island Bedding & Furniture, the Major family, Modelena, the Morasco family, the Nicholson family, RAM Records Archiving and Management, Sea Breeze, the Sullivan family, the Mail Drop, Troy the Dog, Waugh Construction, ?Yoga! in The Bahamas, McGibbon Auto.

A special note of thanks to Dee and Jerry Tims who donated the t-shirts that we wore at the event! We looked great and felt like a team in our red t-shirts!

Thank you to each and every one of you for your support. Many of you have helped us year after year after year, and we are humbled by your trust in our work for the children of Grand Bahama.

Chairman Christine Bonaventura welcomes our golfers. To her left are Hazel and Joyce.

Thank you, Christine.

    A successful fundraising event relies on the efforts of many dedicated volunteers. One person, however, pulls it all together and makes it happen. This year our intrepid leader was Christine Bonaventura. Faced with the loss of our previous major sponsor, it fell to Christine to find a new way to organize the event. She did just that! In her quiet, efficient, gentle, and determined way she worked for many months with her committee to create this year's successful tournament.
     Thanks to her organizing skills and persistence, we raised enough money in this tournament to provide fifteen scholarships to deserving high school scholars. In addition donations were make to the Rand Nature Centre Summer Program, the Salvation Army Summer Program, the YMCA summer program, the Sir Charles Hayward Children's Library, and the Humane Society of Grand Bahama.
     Thank you, Christine, for your dedication and hard work. We miss you.

Christine thanks Brian, the Proprietor of Red Beard's Pub. Brain donated the venue and a delicious buffet to the golfers and the GBAWC volunteers. Thank you, Brian! Awesome.

Chuck & Jaina help with last minute sales of raffle tickets.

Tournament Raffle
Reaps Big $$ Rewards

Scholarship Student, Danielle Victor, was the top ticket seller and received a laptop donated by Chibah Systems and dinner for two donated by Sabors Restaurant. She is congratulated by Raffle Chairman, Martha.

Following is the list of generous and kind organizations and people who donated prizes to the raffle. Thank you for your donations, we raised big bucks on the raffle. Thanks to thirty-nine Club women and seven scholarship students (and their families) we sold over 4,000 raffle tickets this year.

Necklace donated by John Heath Jewellers, Weekend get-away from Pelican Bay, 17^th Century Spanish Reale donated by Allan Gardner, Necklace by Ella Palka, Kayak Nature Tours certificate for two, SkyBahamas, round trip ticket to Nassau, Champagne and glasses donated by Barb Stollery, Two Rounds Golf donated by Reef Course, Laser Light Sculpture donated by Rainbow the Clown, $50 gift certificate donated by The Art of Giving, $50 gift certificate donated by Agave, $25 gift certificate donated by City Market, $25 gift certificate donated Save More Food Store, two $50 gift certificates donated by Unexso, Gift Certificate for the Dolphin Encounter donated by Unexso, Micro-derm Treatment from Krystal Allens Spa, Necklace from Acess Ocean, gift certificate from Takes the Cake, and gift certificate from Ocean Motion. Thank you, thank you for your support.

Chibah Systems donated a laptop computer which was given to the scholarship student who sold the most tickets. What a great prize to take to college! Thank you, Chibah Systems. As the over-all Most-Tickets-Sold-Winner Danielle also received dinner for two to the ever popular Sabors Restaurant, which she promptly gave to her parents. You are a star, Danielle, selling over 400 tickets on your own! The Club member selling the most ticket recognition goes to Hazel Hallat.

Below are some of the pictures of the tournament taken by our friend, Karen Matlack. We hope you enjoy the pictures and are inspired to participate in next year's tournament, again or perhaps for the first time. As you can see, the GBAWC Golf Classic is a fun day, imbued with the satisfaction of knowing that the good fun raises money that goes to a good cause.... scholarships for the youth of Grand Bahama!