Chester River Golf Tourney Nets Nearly $41,000 to Help Fund Surgical Equipment Purchases

June 3, 2016 was a great day at Chester River Yacht and Country Club as 128 golfers and more than 30 volunteers turned out for Chester River Health Foundation’s 22^nd Annual Golf Tournament.
This year’s tournament proceeds were dedicated to benefit UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Surgical Services Department for the purchase of important new surgical equipment: high definition, white light digital colonoscopes and endoscopes.
“This new state of the art equipment, which is now on order, will help identify and treat colorectal cancers and other digestive system disorders at the earliest possible stage and thus, save lives,” says Maryann Ruehrmund, executive director, Chester River Health Foundation. “The tournament proceeds, which exceeded $40,500, were a big step toward covering the total equipment cost of $200,000. It was wonderful to see so many community residents, along with many of our hospital physicians and staff and vendors, come together to have fun while supporting such an important cause.”

Ruehrmund also expressed the Foundation’s gratitude to the tournament’s lead sponsors, Gerard S. O’Connor, MD, a board-certified general surgeon practicing at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, and Mark Zwanger, MD, a former Chestertown Emergency Department physician and his husband, Malcolm Kram, DVM. “Dr. O’Connor, Dr. Zwanger and Dr. Kram demonstrated their strong support for our hospital’s continued service to residents of Kent and Queen Anne’s counties, and their leadership in supporting the golf tournament is much appreciated by the Foundation Board and the hospital staff.”
The tournament this year featured a “step aside” shotgun start, which golfers seemed to really like, Ruehrmund says. Winners are as follows:
Ladies
1^st place, with score of 77: Genie Wootton, Jackie Phillips, Debbie Williams and Leah Northup.
2^nd place, with score of 83: Margie Elsberg, Dinah Riordan, Sandy Bjork and Marjorie Adams.
3^rd place, with score of 86: Joyce Burris, Ruth Stolp, Sue Edson and Jane Hukill
Men
1st place, with score of 57: Rusty Pritzlaff, Seth Ricketts, Chuck Ministero and David Landskroener
2nd place, with score of 61*: Glenn McCormack, Scott Jones, Hazen Arnold and Mark VanSant
3^rd place, with score of 61*: Rich DeCosta, Jim Canatella, Paul Canatella and Michael Charlton
*Second and third place were determined using USGA tie-breaker rules.
Mixed
1^st place, with score of 60: Erin Gillespie, Jim Gillespie, Ron Athey and Bob Kent
2^nd place, with score of 62: Kirk Williamson, Scott Smith, BJ Amtmann and Annie Amtmann
3^rd place, with score of 67: Linda Ruane, Rob Carroll, Brian Leutner and Keith Gould