GOLF TOURNAMENT 2011 SUMMARY
This year, CITA and PMA Central Canada Division joined together to host the first Imaging Industry Charity Golf Tournament. A total of 117 people attended, representing 41 companies and retailers.
Three separate trophies were presented:
Foursome Scramble Winners (John Asa Memorial Trophy): David Morrow, Kieran Wallace, David Morris and Rob Burchelt.
Lowest Gross (PMA Trophy): Bob Mundy
Lowest Net (CITA Trophy): Hiro Okumura
The winner of the Putting Contest was Damien Donnelly. Our own Bob Moggach of PMA won the $10,000 cash prize for the Hole in One!
For the first time also, the Silent Auction Company was hired to provide dozens of items to be bid on for charity, along with those donated by Kodak, Bushnell, Photo Life, DayMen, Panasonic, Amplis, Gentec, Fuji, Pentax and Nikon. Special thanks also to those companies who purchased Hole Sponsorships:
PLATINUM Hole Sponsors: Canon, Fujji, Gentec, Nikon
GOLD Hole Sponsors: Cantrex, Kodak, Olympus, Pentax, Photo Life
SILVER Hole Sponsor: Electro-Federation
Our appreciation also to our volunteers for helping out at the tournament: Susan Winter, Sam Abbas, Dave Bishop, Dave Broomfield.
This also completed our three-year commitment to the Retinoblastoma Society of Canada. Monies raised for this charity totalled $8,667 this year and for the last three years for the RBS is $26,112.
CITA is also pleased to report that since 1999, CITA has raised a total of almost $63,000 for various charities.
Here is the breakout of CITA GOLF DONATIONS over the years: (Note that in 2011, this tournament became the Imaging Industry Golf tournament, i.e. CITA and PMA):
1999: Koffler Breast Centre $450
2000: Hospital for Sick Children $2,367
2001: Hospital for Sick Children $2,015
2002: Hospital for Sick Children $1,855
2003: Hospital for Sick Children $2,270
2004: Canadian Cancer Society $3,075
2005: Canadian Cancer Society $2,975
2006: Canadian Cancer Society $2,573
2007: Canadian Cancer Society $5,374
2008: Epilepsy York Region $13,583
2009: Canadian Retinoblastoma Society $11,017
2010: Canadian Retinoblastoma Society $6,428
2011: Canadian Retinoblastoma Society $8,667