RCC 2021 Golf Tournament raises over $50,000
The 37th Anniversary Clifford Bullard Memorial Golf Tournament raised over $50,000 during the event held on Thursday, October 14 at Pinecrest Country Club in Lumberton. In all, the RCC Foundation grossed $51,716.61 and netted $44,233.69 after expenditures were accessed.
This was a 17.5% increase over the previous year in which the college raised just over $44,000 with its tournament in 2020. Since the beginning of the tournament in 1984, the RCC Foundation has raised a little over $650,000.
“On behalf of the Foundation, I would like to thank our generous sponsors and all of the people that contributed to making this tournament successful,” said Jessica Bullard, RCC Foundation Director. “Coming into this year tournament, we wanted to try some new ideas and they paid off with surpassing our goal.”
Jessica adds, “The Foundation appreciates the Bullard family for supporting our mission and students.”
The Robeson County Team placed first in the tournament and second place went to the Drew Bullard Team.
1st Place – Robeson County Team
2nd Place – Drew Bullard Team
Other accolades at the RCC Golf Tournament included:
- Hole #3 Longest Drive Winner Lee Todd
- Hole #7 Closest to the Hole Winner Brian Haymore
- Hole #10 Closet to the Hole Winner Rocky Baker
- Hole #12 Closet to Hole Winner Robb Saleeby
- Hole #2 Closet to Hole Winner Terrance McCallum
The tournament consisted of 36 teams, with a combined total of 143 players, more than 80 sponsors, and 25 volunteers. The tournament featured two celebrity basketball legends, Al Wood and Dereck Whittenburg, who headlined the event.
“This is just a wonderful event,” said RCC President Melissa Singler. “It’s very phenomenal… it is becoming like a homecoming every year. We are so thankful for our sponsors and those in the community who continue to support Robeson Community College. We could not do this without you.”
These monies raised will go towards supporting the RCC Foundation and the mission of Robeson Community College through providing scholarships for students as well as funding faculty/staff initiatives that support student success.
The date for the 2022 tourney has already been set.
The 38th Anniversary Clifford Bullard Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on October 6, 2022. If you are interested in getting involved either as a sponsor, player, or volunteer, please contact Jessica Bullard at jbullard@robeson.edu or (910) 272-3235.
The RCC Foundation would like to thank all of its sponsors for the 37th Anniversary Clifford Bullard Memorial Golf Tournament, which included:
Corporate Sponsors
Bullard Restaurant Group
Platinum Sponsors
Mountaire Farms
Silver Sponsors
Don & Linda Metzger
Emerson Ventures
Cakes & Pastries
Metcon
First Citizens
Georgia-Pacific/Lumberton Cellulose
City of Lumberton
Robeson County Commissioner
Pauline Campbell District 2
Bronze Sponsors
Bowman Murray Hemingway
Architects, PC
Mark III
Forms & Supply (FSI)
BB&T now Truist
John Lowery for Lumbee Tribal
Chairman
RCC
Hunt’s New & Used Tires
Bruce Farms
Town of Pembroke
Brandon D. Hunt, NC Farm Bureau
Insurance Agent
UNC Health Southeastern
Dorsey Landscape & Irrigation
Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc.
HealthKeeperz
Robeson County Commissioner
Judy Sampson District 5
Robeson County Commissioner
Tom Taylor District 7
LREMC
Mary Jane Richardson for District Court Judge
Watts Water
Robin & Justine Saleeby
Paul G. Brooks, WoodmenLife
Robeson County Commissioner
Faline Locklear-Dial, District 4
Hole Sponsors
1st Choice Realty
Chemours
Shelena Smith For Clerk of Court
Les & Kim Noble
Image Supply, Inc.
Lumberton Rotary Club
Liberty Realty Group
Two Hawk Employment Services
US Cold Storage
First Bank Bank
Alan & Rose Avant
The Staffing Alliance
Senator Danny Britt
Dalton P. Brooks, DMD Family and
Cosmetic Dentistry
Century 21
Musselwhite, Musselwhite, Branch & Grantham Law Firm
Pembroke Area Chamber of
Commerce
The Locklear Firm
Lumberton Chamber of Commerce
Jonathan Connor At Law
Dr. Mac Montilus
Elkay
Air Doctor of Lumberton, Inc.
Board Member Chris Lowery In Memory of daughter Cailey Grace Lowery
In Memory of County Commissioner
Raymond Cummings
Pembroke Fast Lube
Lance Herndon, Robeson County
Commissioner District 8
McIntyre Leadership Development Group
Tamara Collins Kemp, CPA, PLLC
Golden Corral (Stocks Investment)
Lumberton Housing Authority
Lumbee Guaranty Bank
John’s Fuel Service
Bob’s Jewel Shop
Kiwanis of Robeson – Lumberton
Pate Investment Management
Chemours
1st Choice Reality
- Preston Douglas & Associates, LLP
Hunt & Brooks, LLC Attorneys at Law
Paul G. Brooks, Jr, WoodmenLife
Mayor Bruce Davis, City of Lumberton
Eric Chavis, Lumberton City
Councilman
Leroy Rising, Lumberton City Councilman
John Carroll, Lumberton City Councilman
Karen Higley, Lumberton City Councilwoman
Owen Thomas, Lumberton City Councilman
Chris Howard, Lumberton City Councilman
Melissa Robinson, Lumberton City Councilwoman
Comtech
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