SVFC 25th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, June 8

The Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company and Auxiliary are looking for golfers and sponsors for their 25th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, June 8 at Blue Fox Run Golf Course, 65 Nod Road, Avon.

For more information, a registration form or online payment options go to www.simsburyfd.org. Nine sponsorship levels begin at $100 for a tee/green sponsorship up to a gold sponsorship for $3,000 for a complete golf package for 8 players, sponsorship of a hole, tee and green signs, sponsorship of pin flag, 8 embroidered golf shirts, 8 embroidered golf towels, and a gold sponsorship plaque.

For golfers, the cost per player who registers and pays by May 19 is $150.00, or $200.00 after that date until May 31, which includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, a gift bag, a box lunch, dinner and an awards ceremony. Guest dinner tickets may be purchased for $50.00.

Registration begins at 8:30 am with a shotgun start at 10:00 am. The cash bar, banquet dinner and awards ceremony will begin at the completion of the tournament, at approximately 4:00 pm.

For a fee, golfers can test their golfing skills against a firefighter in firefighting gear. Closest to the pin earns bragging rights.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation, which sponsors the Arthur C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp each summer, the Fire Company’s Lieutenant Richard Kelleher Memorial Scholarship and the Bowman Kerr Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship, Fire Company safety, firefighting and educational equipment. More information on the Burn Camp may be found at www.ctburnsfoundation.org. Golfing information is at www.simsburyfd.org, email svfclagolf@hotmail.com, or call 860-658-1971.