Athletes Against Autism Holds First Canadian Golf Event
With over 20 athletes and celebrities in attendance, the Inaugural Athletes Against Autism Golf Tournament in Kelowna, British Columbia raised nearly $200,000 in support of the research, awareness, and outreach programs of Autism Speaks Canada.
Sunday evening, the Grand Okanagan Resort welcomed over 175 guests to a cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner program and live auction hosted by internationally renowned motivational speaker Linda Edgecombe.
On Monday, Harvest Golf Club hosted the golf tournament, which included four hole-in-one contests: two for an Infiniti G35, two for 20' boats. In addition to 50/50 contests for putting and Accurate Drive sponsored by Scotia McLeod, there were contests for Closest to the Pin and Longest Drive, followed by a BBQ Dinner & Awards Reception.
Athletes and celebrities on hand to help support the event were AAA co-founders Olie Kolzig, Byron Dafoe and Scott Mellanby. AAA members attending included Boston Bruin Chuck Kobasew, Head Coach of the Edmonton Oilers Craig McTavish, Vancouver Canuck Matt Pettinger, former producer of Hockey Night in Canada Ralph Mellanby, actor Lochlyn Munro, former Calgary Flame Mike Vernon, along with many others.
Sunday evening, the Grand Okanagan Resort welcomed over 175 guests to a cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner program and live auction hosted by internationally renowned motivational speaker Linda Edgecombe.
On Monday, Harvest Golf Club hosted the golf tournament, which included four hole-in-one contests: two for an Infiniti G35, two for 20' boats. In addition to 50/50 contests for putting and Accurate Drive sponsored by Scotia McLeod, there were contests for Closest to the Pin and Longest Drive, followed by a BBQ Dinner & Awards Reception.
Athletes and celebrities on hand to help support the event were AAA co-founders Olie Kolzig, Byron Dafoe and Scott Mellanby. AAA members attending included Boston Bruin Chuck Kobasew, Head Coach of the Edmonton Oilers Craig McTavish, Vancouver Canuck Matt Pettinger, former producer of Hockey Night in Canada Ralph Mellanby, actor Lochlyn Munro, former Calgary Flame Mike Vernon, along with many others.
From left, committee member and sponsor Kevin Edgecombe, AAA co-founders Byron Dafoe, Olie Kolzig, Scott Mellanby and committee member Grant Sheridan
Olie Kolzig "Athletes Against Autism" helmet featured in the live auction
Byron Dafoe, left, and Alex MacPherson
Special thanks to our major sponsor Pareto Platform and our supporting sponsors: Mission Hill Winery, Cucina Cabinetry, Pushor Mitchell, Okanagan Spring Brewery, The NHL, Aquilini, Edgecombe Builders, Benson Salloum Watts Law Firm, Cordell Rich Infiniti/Nissan, Trepanier Manor, RPM, All Weather Windows, Scotia McLeod, Prism Distributions, the Kelowna Rockets, Guardian Life, Kelowna Capital News, The Daily Courier, Standard Life and Capri Insurance.
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