2010_Tournament
Photo Gallery2010 marks another successful fundraising event for the Ida Ballard Simon
Golf Tournament. The tournament, held at the Riverside King Golf Course
in Memphis, TN, raised over $10,000.00 for its scholarship endowment
fund. This year’s event, originally scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, April 24th
was rescheduled to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 25th due to stormy weather
conditions in Memphis.
Luckily, the rain stopped and the sun came out to welcome teams to a
beautiful Sunday morning for 18 holes of golf.
Around noon, teams began signing in and enjoying light refreshments
while friends and well wishers mingled and purchased raffle tickets. Golfers teed off around 1:20 while organizers, volunteers and friends moved to the clubhouse deck to enjoy the music, beverages and some highly competitive card games.
Event planners began to notice dark clouds moving in around 4:15 and moved from the deck and took cover under the breezeway just in time to avoid the next round of weekend rain.
Teams finished their rounds and returned to the clubhouse around 5:00 p.m. for the awards ceremony. In addition to the trophies, golfers walked away with gifts and raffle prizes.
The tournament honors the late Ida Ballard Simon, former graduate and Vice President for Advancement at Lincoln University – a historically black college. Proceeds from the tournament will be utilized to 1) endow the scholarship account with Lincoln University Foundation and enable the 1st full scholarship to be awarded to a 2011 graduating senior from a Memphis Public School interested in attending Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri (Ida’s undergraduate college alma mater), and 2) a $500.00 Book Scholarship will be awarded to a 2010 Memphis Public School City graduating senior who has enrolled or been accepted by a Trade School or Historically Black College
or University. Interested parties can go to www.ballardfamilysite.org to learn more about the fund or make a donation.Golf Tournament Results (4 person scramble):
TROPHIES
TEAM Names
Score
PLAYERS
Championship
The Telein Group
55
Greg Odem, Stanley Blue, Greg Taylor
2nd Place
Brooks Team
60
Willie Brooks, Charles Jackson, Jerry Williams,
Lafayette Young
3rd Place
Utica’s Team
61
Utica Cunningham, Darrell Mathis, Ed Taylor,
Jordan Turner
4th Place
Mitchell Technology Group
62
Marvell Mitchell, Marvell Mitchell Jr
The Hill Family Team
64
Ken Hill, Bob Myers, Pat Isaelle
The Pasley Team
71
Don Gayso, Betty Gayso
The Ballard Family Team
72
Mario Ballard, Andrew Houston, Fred Houston
A&A Bail Bonds
74
Gaylon Love and Sons
Cards Tournament Results (Spades):
TROPHIES
PLAYERS
1st Place
Theresa Perkins, Mary Miller
2nd Place
Linda Peete, Rosalyn Yates
The Ida Ballard Simon Scholarship Fund would like to THANK ALL SPONSORS!PLATINUM PLUS SPONSOR: The Telein Group, Ella Ballard
PLATINUM SPONSOR: The Hill Family, Clyde and Linda Peete, Cheryl BallardGOLD SPONSOR: Dr. Sharonda Peete
SILVER SPONSOR: Hughrey and Carolyn Tippett
BRONZE SPONSOR: Mitchell Technology Group, Charles and Jackie Ballard,
Victor and Pamela Pasley, Ronald and Bernice Stuart
BEVERAGE SPONSORS: Memphis Light Gas & Water and D Canale Beverages
PHOTOGRAPHY SPONSOR: Winston TaylorVIP SPONSORS
Timothy Peete Coty Drew and Yuri
Earlean Morgan Glen Howard
Theresa Perkins Stacey and Kathy Lewis
Willie and Anita Biles Robert and Ruth Newton
Vernell Stepter Carolyn Cave
Andrew Houston Willie Gregory
The Balm In Gilead
Maestro Herman Rankins
Ewing Moving and Storage
Pete Mitchell and Associates
Lowery Bogee and Saddie SmithMcDonald's of Canton Mississippi
Angela Warren and James McNeil
Mt. Vernon High School - New York (Ella's students)
Also, we would like to give a special thank-you to our 2010 Volunteers!
Rosalyn Yates Sonya Smith Theresa Perkins Mary Miller Lewis Estillion and daughter (Aisha T.)