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Area roundup: Benefit golf tournament set for Saturday
Thursday, April 12, 2012
By BULLETIN STAFF REPORTS -
The third annual Walker Shank Memorial Golf Tournament will tee off at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Park Country Club.
The overall champions of the four-man captain’s choice tournament will receive a set of four VIP weekend passes to Rooster Walk 4, set for May 25-27. The set is valued at $600. Prizes also will be awarded to the net champions as well as closest-to-the-pin and longest drive winners.
Golfers will receive a pulled pork dinner as well as a post-tourney party with a live band in the FPCC ballroom.
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Penn-Shank Memorial Scholarship Fund at Martinsville High School.
The entry fee is $60 per person or $220 per team. Entry forms can be found at www.roosterwalk.com or at area pro shops. For more information, email Johnny Buck at roosterwalk@gmail.com.
Sons of Amvets golf
tournament to be held
The Sons of Amvets Golf Tournament will be held May 19 at Beaver Hills Golf Course in Martinsville.
Team entries are $160, and individual entries cost $40. The format for the tournament is captain’s choice, and first and second place awards will be given.
The tournament will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start.
Food and soft drinks will be served, and hole sponsorship costs $50.
For more information, contact Ricky Catron at 647-8605 or Beaver Hills at 632-1526.
TUESDAY’S PREP RESULTS
Carlisle 8
Hargrave 1
Carlisle’s boys tennis team defeated Hargrave Military Academy 8-1 Tuesday at Chatmoss.
The Chiefs swept all six singles matches and went 2-1 in doubles play.
Carlisle is now 2-1 in Virginia Independent Conference play and 2-1 overall.
Singles
No. 1 Mac Dobbins (C) def. Frank Chang (HMA) 10-0
No. 2 Lester Coleman (C) def. Michael Lu (HMA) 10-0
No. 3 Peter Daniel (C) def. Zheng (HMA) 10-3
No. 4 Alex Wang (C) def. Turner Wall (HMA) 10-3
No. 5 Luke Beavers (C) def. Nabil Barquawi (HMA) 10-3
No. 6 Kevin McCallum (C) def. Hungpo Hu ( HMA) 10-0
Doubles
No. 1 Will Bennett/Tim Powers (C) def Chang/Lu (HMA) 8-4
No. 2 Miles Rachner/Colin Rachner (C) def Zheng/Chang (HMA) 8-1
No. 3 Bennett White/Aarron Davorsky lost to Wall/Barquawi 4-8