2016
On the clear, cool morning of May 7th over 100 golfers from the produce industry gathered at the beautiful Royce Brook Golf Club in Hillsborough, NJ, for NAPAR’s annual Pete Class Memorial Golf Tournament. The usual full breakfast was served before the 8:30 shotgun start.
The most popular gift item at sign-in was a logo golf hat dedicated to NAPAR Chairman Emeritus Joe Procacci. The golfers also received attractive NAPAR logo golf shirts in several colors.
The day was overcast, but play wasn’t interrupted by rain as it was the previous year. The tournament was played in a “shamble” format and was finished in about four-and-a-half hours. By 1:30, the golfers gathered for lunch, the raffle and awards in the Pavilion, while they waited for the pro shop to confirm the winners.
Golf equipment and pro shop gift certificates, iPads and Kindles, sports watches and, of course, cash were raffled off while the golfers ate and waited for the results. The grand prize of $3,000 was won by NAPAR Board Member Derrick Jenkins, who immediately gifted it to his son Darius.
GOLF AWARDS
First Place Gross – Tony Harmon, Bob Abate, Alex Penza, Matt Horvath
Second Place Gross – Paul Lee, Mono Lee, James Han, Gil Young Choi
Third Place Gross – Doug Hamel, Rob Kajewski, Jerry Pucci, Brian Samer
First Place Callaway – John Lundbald, Mike Keen, Bill Keen, Frank Paone
Second Place Callaway – Robert Holdstein, Bob Goodwin, Michael Borjarski, Chris Sterwart
Third Place Callaway – John Hagan, Richard Barkasy, Jim Forgione, Mike Shay
Senior Long Drive #18 – Botch
Men’s Long Drive #6 – Darius Jenkins
Men’s Closest to the Pin #3 – John Ehart
Men’s Closest to the Pin #8 – Bob Goodwin
Men’s Closest to the Pin #17 – Rich Corvasck
SPONSORS
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR VALUED SPONSORS
PLATINUM
GOLD
Six L’s Packing Company
Bartolotta, LLC
National Produce Brokers
SILVER
Trinity Vegetable Exchange
Tustin Mechanical Group
BRONZE
Advanced Electronic
Alpine Marketing
Apple-A-Day
Ballard Produce Brokering
C Lane Corp.
Country Fresh
David Oppenheimer & Company
Dole Fresh Vegetable
Dynasty
First Northland Fruit
Frank Donio
Fresh Cut Produce
Fresh Start Produce
G. Cefalu & Bro. Inc.
Hampton Farms
JGL Produce Co.
John Vena
Johnson Produce
Modern Produce
Nathel International
New York Produce
Noble Worldwide
Patterson Truck Brokers
Penn Jersey Paper Co.
Philip G. Ball Co.
Pioneer Growers
Polymer Logistics
Process Borthers Sales Corp.
Robinson Fresh
Rocky Produce
Russo Farms, Inc.
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Sealed Sweet
Sunkist Growers
Sweet Pac
T.F. Produce
T.M. Kovacevich-Philadelphia
Tony Vitrano Company
Tobert Produce
Tropical Brands Packing Corp.
Veg Pro International
Victor Joseph & Son
Voyager Farms
Wuhl Shafman Liberman Corp.
OTHER SUPPORTERS
Able Tape & Packaging LLC
Agroexport Avocados
CENVEO Label Co.
Community-Suffolk
De Trani Distribution Co., Inc.
East-West Label
Ecoplast
Exterior Restoration & Systems
Henkel Adhesives
Louis P. Matucci & Associates LTD
McConkey Insurance
Smith Packaging
Sunsweet Growers
Total Packaging Solutions
Voita West
Weber Display & Packaging
WeiserMazars