Colorado Roofing Association
2007 Golf Tournament Highlights

The Colorado Roofing Association celebrated 25 Years of Golf at West Woods Golf Course in Arvada, Colorado and drew a field of 128 golfers on 32 teams. This year's tournament netted more than $6,900.00 -- $4,200.00 to be applied towards educational scholarships at Red Rocks Community College and the Construction Management program at CSU. The remaining $1,700 will be donated to the Kothenbeutel Stroke Recovery Fund.

This year’s winning teams were:

• 1st: Tim Bowman, Prime Industries; Dave Rueter, GAF Materials; John Weber, D & D Roofing; Chris Avrett, Source Products Group
• 2nd: Tracey Spence, American Roofing Supply; Derek Govan, B.R. McCracken; Joe Gurule, Tiley Roofing; Steve Kirgan, Oldcastle Westile
• 3rd: Jason Rhees, Oldcastle Westile; Pat Cobb, American Roofing Supply; Todd Nathan, Johns Manville; Bob Bellitt, Arapahoe Roofing
• 4th: Mike Ortega, D&D Roofing; Troy Kinney, CertainTeed; Dave Norgren, Skyline Sky-Lites; Mike Panko, MonierLifetile

Additional prizes were also awarded to our on-course contest winners:

• Closest to the Pin: Mike Panko, MonierLifetile for the men and Suzie Boyd, Academy Roofing for the women.
• Longest Drive: Jason Rhees, Oldcastle Westile for the men and Suzie Boyd, Academy Roofing for the women.
• Longest Putt: Rob Tichy of Alpine Roofing on Hole #18.

The ball-in-circle was once again a challenge for golfers. Five players out of a possible 128 players stopped their ball in the circle. The putting contest found only 4 players out of 96 making the putt. The good news is that participants from these two contests donated over $760. Donations did not end there. Member companies all stepped up and donated over two barrels of school supplies for our 1st Annual Stuff For Student drive.

Additional tournament support was provided by volunteers manning the wagering contests. Erica Boyd, GAF Materials, Christina Trujillo, Fowler & Peth and Stephanie Clark of Allied Building Products encouraged golfers to participate in the ball-in-circle contest on Hole No.6, while Gary Theriaque and Stacy Nesvold of Bear Brothers Roofing took golfer’s money for the putting contest.

Thanks to the golf committee members Dan Kothenbeutel, T.C. Cook, BillStearns, Gary Theriaque, Larry Reinhard, Bruce Stewart and Brian O’Brien for their work on putting the tournament together. Debbie and Sondra with IEI also provided their expert support of the event.

Finally, a big thank you to all member companies who sponsored holes, donated prizes for the tee prizes and raffle, and for those who sent golfers to play in the tournament. The quality and quantity of the donated prizes just gets better every year. Without their generous support, we wouldn’t be able to continue our tradition of giving back to the community in the form of the educational scholarships.