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Gazette Santa tourney starts Sept. 29
Murphy's Garrison Golf Center will host its 41st consecutive Gazette Santa Hole-in-One contest on Wednesday, Sept. 29, through Saturday, Oct. 2, at the driving range at 654 Hilldale Ave.
Owners Ted and Mary Murphy close the driving range to collect each year for the Gazette Santa Fund, which provides meals and gifts at the holidays with the help of Community Action and the Salvation Army.
Golfers buy a bucket of balls for $8 and try to land closest to the pin or score a hole-in-one to win prizes donated by local businesses and individuals.
One hundred percent of the proceeds go to the Gazette Santa Fund.
This year, the contest has been moved up by two weeks in the hope that regular golfers will still have their clubs at the ready, and that more casual players will be lured out by what organizers hope will be better weather than is usually found later in the month.
Hours are 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2.
To find out how to donate a prize, contact Mary Murphy at Garrison or Gazette Editor Donna Capodelupo at 978-556-8528.
Chamber golf day on tap
The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce will hold its 19th annual Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 13, at the Renaissance Golf Club, 377 Kenoza St., Haverhill. Registration begins at 11 a.m., followed by a shot-gun start at noon. Traditional tournament games will include land-on-the-green, longest drive, hole-in-one, and a putting contest. New England Club Cleaners will offer services to tournament players. Cocktail hour, dinner and an awards reception will be held on the Renaissance property following the tournament. The chamber thanks its business sponsors Pentucket Medical Associates, Hudson Design Group, Covanta, Trinity EMSa and Pentucket Bank, cart sponsor Commonwealth Motors, luncheon sponsor Haverhill Bank, and its many Tee and green sponsors. Cost per player is $200 and the tournament is a scramble format. Interested parties are encouraged to sign up as individuals, twosomes, threesomes and foursomes.
For more information, contact Brittny DeMatteo at 978-373-5663 or brittny@haverhillchamber.com.
Only 80 can play in hockey boosters tourney
Haverhill High School's Hockey Boosters will hold a "fun" golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Murphy's Garrison Golf Center, 654 Hilldale Ave. Two flights (start times) are 1 and 4 p.m. Two man/woman teams, four to a hole. Please request your preferred time and if you want four together. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be served in between the two flights. Only the first 80 people to sign up will play. There will be team prizes, raffles and closest-to-the-pin contests.
The club is looking for teams, sponsors and new members. The cost to play is $60 per person and $50 for HHS Hockey Club members and students. Club memberships of $50 for an individual and $100 for a family are available.
Tournament sponsorships are $50. For more infomation contact Steve Franklin at 978-501-0367 or Steve031959@msn.com, or Sean Gleason at 978-521-0079 or seanandmaryellen@aol.com.
Rebuilding Together Glow Ball outing planned
Rebuilding Together Greater Haverhill Inc. will hold its eight annual Glow Ball Golf tournament on Friday, Sept. 24, at Murphy's Garrison Golf Center, 654 Hilldale Ave. Check in is at 6:30 p.m. and play begins at dusk. Cost is $50 per golfer and includes 9 holes of golf, barbecue, prizes, raffle, auction and more. Glow balls will be provided. Mary and Ted Murphy have been hosting the event for the past seven years.
All proceeds will benefit Rebuilding Together Greater Haverhill in assisting eligible homeowners in Haverhill, Groveland, Georgetown, Boxford, West Newbury, Merrimac and Plaistow, N.H. to make repairs and modifications ensuring safety, warmth and independence. Participating homeowners who receive these program services are low-income elderly, handicapped, veterans and families with young children. Rebuilding Day takes place annually each year throughout the country on the last Saturday in April. The next Rebuilding Day will be April 30, 2011. Locally, Rebuilding Together Greater Haverhill Inc. is expanding services to include a year round grab-bar program to help prevent slips and falls in the home. Tee and green sponsorships are available at $50. More information is available at 978-469-0800 or rtogether@verizon.net.
