NCSS Charity Golf Tournament
Sports play an important role in American society. While sports have been a “social glue" that bonds America together, sports cause injuries, even deaths. It is the mission of the National Center for Sports Safety (NCSS) to decrease the number and severity of such injuries.
To help us fulfill this mission, we have developed a course (PREPARE) designed for educating coaches on sports safety. The course is aimed at educating coaches on how to prevent common injuries, how to recognize symptoms of potentially dangerous conditions, and how to stabilize a situation until a medical professional arrives.
As a follow-up to last year’s 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament, NCSS hosted its 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Limestone Springs Golf Club in Oneonta, Alabama.
The tournament played an instrumental role in fulfilling NCSS’s mission: to promote the importance of injury prevention and safety on all levels of youth sports through education and research. The NCSS focuses on decreasing the number and/or severity of injuries through developing and teaching sports safety courses and collecting, analyzing and researching injury data.
NCSS had an exceptionally successful event and thanks to our contributors, staff and volunteers we were able to double the amount of money raised from last year’s tournament. A total of 25 teams competed for the chance to win an Apple iPad, Nintendo Wii and Apple TV (per participant). A twist to this year’s tournament included a fourth team drawn at random for their chance to compete in a shoot-out.
Our supporting sponsors were a valuable assets: Alabama Power, Buffalo Rock, Honours Golf, Lemak Sports Medicine and Renasant Bank.
A sincere thank you to all of the teams who participated: AL Employment, Alabama Power, AQ2 Technologies, Biomet, Bledsoe Bracing, Brighthouse Networks, Budweiser, Buffalo Rock, Cayenne Medical, Creative Benefit Solutions, Depuy Mitek, Drayer Physical Therapy, Harris Tynes Realty Group, Iron Works Fitness, IT Rockstars, J.F. Smith Group, Lemak Sports Medicine, Morin Process Equipment, Nutech Medical, Palomar Insurance, Pearce Bevill, Renasant Bank, The Lemak Group, The Tidwell Group and Zimmer Orthopedics.
Congratulations to all winners!
1st Place—Bledsoe Bracing
- Jeremy Banks
- Dr. Will Burkhalter
- Drew Oakley
- Mayfield Armstrong
2nd Place—Zimmer Orthopedics
- Steve Daniel
- Steve Schewe
- Clayton Brewer
- Glenn Sisk
3rd Place—IT Rockstars
- Josh Ream
- Todd Sims
- Sky Strange
- Brett Palazzo
Closest to the Pin Winner—Mike Perry and Randy Cole
Putting Contest Winner—Bill Walker
Longest Drive Winner—Chris Hummel
We would also like to thank all of our hole sponsors: 1st Response; Dr. Amanda Martin; Brighthouse Networks; Business Interiors; Cardinal Health; Champion Sports Medicine/Physiotherapy; Code Collect; ComplyMD; Cornerstone Fitness & Wellness; Gonzales & Strength; Gordon, Dana, Still, Knight & Gilmore; Haskell Slaughter, Hendon & Huckestein; Highland Technical Services; Howard Bentley Buick GMC; Integrated Solutions; J. Smith Lanier; K&W Associates; McKesson Medical-Surgical; Med Jet; Practice Partners in Healthcare; Schaeffer Eye Center; Selective Inc.; Senator Roger Bedford; Solumark Partners; Sports Dynamics; State Representative Craig Ford; SuccessEHS; Sunbelt Glass; The Shopping Center Group; Tro Jung Brennan and Zimmer Orthopedics.
Additional contributing sponsors were also a valuable component: ALFCA, All Medical Sales, Apex Budweiser, Buffalo Rock Construction Partners, Charles Miller, Constantine’s, Crest Cadillac, Hendon & Huckestein, Holt Audio, Nutech Medical-Surgical, Practice Partners, Randy Cole, Randy Jones Insurance Agency (Nationwide), Stewart Organization, Taylor Publishing and Vestavia MRI.
The NCSS will begin planning the 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament in January, 2012. If you are interested in participating in the upcoming tournament please contact Kathryn Gwaltney or Jenna Beach at 866-508-NCSS (6277). (Details will be posted as soon as they are available.)
