3rd Annual Fire and Ice Golf Scramble Fundraiser- Spring Creek

A great big THANK YOU! to all of the sponsors and participants in Nevada Outdoor School’s 3rd Annual Fire and Ice Golf Scramble Fundraiser last Saturday, May 20th at the Spring Creek Golf Course.  The day was full of beautiful weather, great golf shots, and lucky winners!

The theme for the event is “Fire and Ice” and we raffled off 4 firearms and 4 Cordova 48 Qt Coolers.  The firearm winners were: Pete Romero who won a Savage 17HMR custom stock rifle sponsored by Elevation Transport; Neil Smith who won a Howa 1500 Hunter .270 rifle sponsored by RamCon Construction; Jeff White who won a Mossberg 500 20-gauge shotgun and D. Gates who won a Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun sponsored by Nevada Outdoor School.

The Cordova cooler winners were: Wayne Brenner sponsored by High Mountain Metal, Jessie Going sponsored by State Farm Insurance – Shaboyna Dutton, Cathy Rich sponsored by Canyon Construction, and lucky D. Gates sponsored by American Legion – Post 5.

Twenty-four - 4 person scramble teams came out to support Nevada Outdoor School and competed for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes, plus 3 on-course game winners.  Due to a 2-team tie with a score of 61, there was a quick putt-off to determine the winner.  The 1st place team of Michael Kay, Ryan Owen, Clint Jensen, and Shaun Larson – all from MedX-Air One – the main tournament sponsor, each won a $50 gift card to the Star.  The 2nd place team of Chet George, Tom Smith, Chris Martinez, and Shaun Murphy – also with a score of 61, each won a $35 gift card to the Spring Creek Golf Course.  The 3rd place team of Keith Preston, Jeff White, Kristine Austin-Preston, and Susan Austin-Preston, with a score of 62, each won a $25 gift card to the Spring Creek Golf Course.  We also presented prizes to the “most in need of improvement” to the 2- person team of Adrian Valdez and Raul Macias with a score of 86.  They were gifted a sweet leather head cover donated by Ruby View Golf Course and coupons to Big 5.

We added some fun to the tournament play with some on-course games for yardage advantages on hole #7 and hole #10 where participants were challenged with some NOS outdoor ethics education questions to spark conversation about safe and responsible outdoor recreation and exploration.

The winner of the ladies’ closest to the hole contest on #8 was Kristine Austin-Preston and she was awarded a trip to Wendover to golf at Toana Vista Golf Club with a guest and an overnight stay at one of the Wendover Fun’s 3 resorts. The winner of the mens’ closest to the hole contest on #17 was Shawn Murphy and he was awarded with a trip to Jackpot to play golf at Jackpot Golf Club with a guest and an overnight stay at Cactus Pete's.

Additionally, there was a Straightest Drive competition on hole #2.  Winner, Kelli Boulette hit the straightest drive with a shot 4 inches off the center line and won a $100 gift card to Scheels.

Thank you to our donors – Elko Broadcasting and Elko Convention and Visitors Authority for advertising, Jackpot Golf Club and Toana Vista Golf Club for rounds of golf, Cactus Pete's and Wendover Fun for the overnight hotel stays, Scheels for the gift card, The Star for the 1st place prizes and Ruby View Golf Course for the leather head covers.

Lastly, thank you to Arms R Us and Gun World for the discount on the firearms, and thank you to Andrew Collins and his team at the Spring Creek Golf Course for so much help to NOS in hosting this annual fundraiser event.  It gets bigger and better every year!