The White Falcon - 13.08.1993, Blaðsíða 8

112 tee off for Friendship Golf Tournament
By Lisa Koffler
61 Icelanders and 51 Americans took to the
green recently for the Friendship Golf Tour-
nament. The tournament kicked off Saturday
morning at the Keflavik Golf Course with
112amateurgolfers representing theSudumes
area and Naval Air Station, Keflavfk.
“This tournament marked a reunion of
Friendship Golf Tournaments held between
the Nato base and the clubs from the Sudumes
Penninsula in the past,” explained Tom Kub-
alewski, Recreation Director for the base
gym. “The reunion was a complete success.”
Awards were given in three categories:
Closest to the Hole, Scratch, and Handicap.
Those coming closest to hole numbers 3, 7,
13, and 16 were, respectively: Mike Rosen-
baum within 83 cm, Richard Coming within
91 cm, Johnny Gomez within 4 m, and Tad
Hannich within 1.64 meters.
In the Scratch category, Mike Rosen-
baum was awarded first place for his score of
73 after a sudden death play-off to Elias
Kristjansson. Prostur Astporsson took third
place in this area with his score of 75.
Gavin Reaves shot a 60 and took first
place in the Handicap catagory. Pete
Flemming’s 62 won a close second place and
Chris Mitchell took third with a 64.
As for the overall team awards, NAS
Keflavfk’s myriad of first, second and third
ranking individuals did not hold strong enough
to the prevailing Keflavfk Course Club.
Regardless, all seemed to enjoy the day, in
spite of the looming clouds.
“I think the rain showers actually helped to
improve the scores,” double-award winner
Mike Rosenbaun theorized. “The rain was
sorely needed on the green, although Phil
Hunter, Golf Club pro, had the course in fan-
tastic shape.”
Rosenbaum added that the enjoyment and
camaraderie among the Icelandic and Ameri-
can golfers, both on and off the green, was
very important. “It was an absolutely fantas-
tic tournament. The players enjoyed them-
selves and the company offered by the other
participants.”
This year’s participants already have their
sights set on next year’s gathering. Kub-
alewski hopes that his successor will push for
the event to occur next year.
Midnight Madness raquetball tourney proves a success
By Lisa Koffler
The fourth Midnight Madness Raquetball
Tournament was quite a hit this past Satur-
day. The pre-registration of sixteen individu-
als yielded ten players for the double elimina-
tion raquetball competition at the base gym.
Regardless of the title of the tournament, the
games actually began at 11 p.m. Due to the
quantity of scheduled competitors, and even
with the early commencement, the games
“It was a great tournament
from every aspect”
continued well into the early morning hours.
“Each person sweated his way through,
until 4:30 a.m.,” said Tom Kubalewski,
Recreation Director for the base gym. “It is
evident that the Midnight Madness Tourna-
ments are just as popular today as they were
when we started.”
First place Saturday night went to Clar-
ence Branson of the 35th Supply Squadron.
Steve Nurre of the Coast Guard clenched sec-
ond place, and NAVFAC’s Jeny Harvey
employed a strong forearm for the third place
title.
With the focus of attention last week
being Northern Viking ’93, a favorable
out for the raquetball tournament was qi
tionable. However, it was quite a success,'
and as far as Tom Kubalewski was con-
cerned, “It was a great tournament from every
aspect.”

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