UA poultry science department raises over $20,000 for scholarships with golf tournament
April 30, 2005Contact Information:By Karen Eskew, Communication Specialist
Center of Excellence for Poultry Science keskew@uark.edu
FARMINGTON --- A record 33 teams enjoyed a day of golf and raised just over $20,000 for poultry science scholarships during the Sixth Annual University of Arkansas' Poultry Science Scholarship Golf Tournament April 26 at the Valley View Golf and Country Club in Farmington.
Format for the tournament was a four-person scramble with a shotgun start. An awards presentation was held in the clubhouse immediately following conclusion of play for each flight.
First place winners in the morning flight were Jim Antwine, Jason Ballard, Kevin Gewin and Joey Ray of Motomco with a score of 60. Second place winners in flight one were Larry Butler, Virgil Holloway, Jeff Pharr and Perry Web of Food Processing Equipment Company (FPEC), also with a score of 60. (Ties were determined by scorecard playoffs.) Third Place in flight one went to Clint Grimsley, Bill Hodge, Randy Jones and Tim Kasinger of Ag Forte, LLC. Larry Butler of FPEC took home a prize for closest to the pin on hole 13, Dennis Lester of the UA Feed Mill team won an award for having the longest drive on hole 4 and Joe Parsley of Degussa Corp., and Brad Bowen of Cumberland tied in the morning putting contest.
First place winners in the afternoon flight were Daryl Muldoon, P.D. Rakestraw, Tom Roark and Bill Templer of Simmons Foods with a score of 57. Second place winners were Mark Cook, Randy Counts, Mark Cox and Jamie Statler of Aerotech with a score of 58. Third place winners were Hex Bisbee, Rick Barrows, Sean Barrows and Shaun Penny of Multi-Craft with a score of 61. Closest to the pin was Sherri Barnhill of Barnhill Poultry, longest drive winner was Syd Tatum of Alpharma and the afternoon putting contest winner was Howard Lester of the UA Feed Mill.
Major sponsors for the tournament were Cobb-Vantress, Inc., FPEC and Safe Foods Corporation. Jones Motorcars of Fayetteville provided the car for the hole-in-one prize, Harps Food Stores provided snacks and the Arkansas Farm Bureau donated the items in the goodie bags passed out to participants.
The following companies participated in the tournament: 4-State Poultry Supply, Aerotech, AG Forte, Alpharma, Alternative Design, Aviagen, Barnhill Poultry, Bayer, Biomune, Cobb-Vantress, CTB (Chore-Time), Cumberland, Degussa, FPEC, Farm Bureau, Farm Credit of Western Arkansas, Hubbard Farms, Intervet, Jones Motorcars, Motomco, Multi-Craft Contractors, Novus International, O.K. Industries, Poultry Emeritus Faculty, Poultry Feed Mill, Safe Foods and Zero Mountain.
Since the poultry tournament started six years ago, over $100,000 has been raised through this event for scholarships in the department.