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SportsTalk: Vance Charter Booster Club Hosts 5th Annual Golf Tournament April 2

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The Vance Charter School Athletic Booster Club has room for a few more teams at the 5th golf tournament, scheduled for Thursday, Apr. 2 at Henderson Country Club.

Get that team registration in by the Friday, Mar. 6 deadline to ensure a spot in the tournament, which has a 12 noon shotgun start. The tournament will cap entries to 22 four-person teams.

Don’t know a birdie from a bogey or a wood from a wedge? No worries – you can still come out to the post-tournament gathering that begins about 6 p.m. Tickets to that event are just $25. Come out for food, fellowship, a cash bar and live music from Whiskey Bent, a Granville County band.

VCS Athletic Director Lance Stallings said the school works to provide its student-athletes, and students as a whole, with the best experience possible. “It’s not possible without the booster club and the athletic department,” Stallings said. “We’re very fortunate to have the best of the best at Vance Charter School.”

The golf tournament is one of the booster club’s major fundraisers each year, and Booster Club President Caroline Overby said the activities surrounding the tournament will include again this year a silent auction. Tournament winners will be announced at the evening event as well.

The golf tournament has several presenting sponsors – Drake & Seymour Dentistry, Sossamon Funeral Home and Chick-fil-A – but there are other sponsorship levels to choose from, too:

  • Blue level – $700 – includes entry fees and all the things during and following play
  • Silver level – $1,250 – builds on Blue level, plus a Mulligan package and signage on two holes
  • Gold level – builds on Silver level, plus signage on 3 holes and the scoreboard, as well as four polo-style shirts

The golf tournament is designed to be a fun event, but organizers are keeping their sights on the real reason for the tournament – raising money that will provide meals, additional equipment and uniforms for the school’s athletic program.

Proceeds also go to fund scholarships, awarded to two seniors to help with their post-graduation plans.

Citing the school’s non-profit status, Overby said, “every single penny goes back straight back to the kids.”

Visit https://www.vancecharter.org/page/athletics to learn more or find them on Facebook or other social media platforms.

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TownTalk: Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers Annual Golf Tournament Shaping Up

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The annual Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers golf tournament tees up Thursday, Aug. 14 at Kerr Lake Country Club. There are 19 teams signed up so far. Danny Wright, the local organization’s treasurer, says there’s still room to squeeze in a couple more.

Folks may be familiar with the way Crime Stoppers works, and Wright said the local organization has recently made a $5,000 reward for information in a case. Often, the reward is $2,000 or less, he said.

To be clear, the local group receives no state or federal funding – it relies on donations from individuals, businesses and other community organizations to be able to make the rewards.

Organizers hope to raise between $10,000 and $12,000 with the golf tournament.

The four-member teams pay $200 that includes a round of golf, lunch and snacks. Lunch and check-in begins at 11:30 a.m., with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

The hole sponsors are key to generating the income, he said. Hole sponsorships are $100 and there’s still time to become a sponsor. Call Wright at 252.432.1141 to learn how.

“The reward is a bonus,” Wright explained, “something extra. We like to think that good community-minded citizens would share information without having to be paid to do so.”

Crime in communities is nothing new, and it seems sometimes that Vance County has more than its share, Wright said. It’s the advances in technology that are helping to make it simpler to share information to law enforcement agencies.

Crime Stoppers uses a P3 app in addition to a phone number for individuals to send helpful information.

But there also are links on the group’s social media page and website that facilitate to report information as well.

“For every crime that occurs, somebody somewhere sees something and knows something and we are the organization that facilitates the flow of that information into the hands of law enforcement – anonymously,” Wright said. Emphasis on the word “anonymously.”

The technology has changed, but the premise of seeing something and reporting it is the basis for Crime Stoppers.

“It’s still up to the individual in their community to want to watch and be vigilant as to what is going on in their community and report,” Wright said. “We are relying on the good faith of our community citizens. If you don’t have the safety and security of your citizens, you have absolutely nothing.”

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SportsTalk: Carolina Mudcats win 5 of 6 against Myrtle Beach, move to 8-1 on the Season

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue talk about Minor League Baseball and what happened over the weekend. The guys also talk about Rory McIlroy’s win in the Masters and also high school baseball and games that are coming up! That and much more on SportsTalk!

Minor League Baseball over the weekend:

  • The Carolina Mudcats won 5 out of 6 games in this past series against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. The Carolina Mudcats are now 8-1 on the year with their lone loss being against Myrtle Beach in Game 3 of the series, falling 6-2. Rivera, Holobetz, Langhorne, Garcia, and Hernandez each get a win. The Carolina Mudcats return to Five County Stadium on Tuesday when they face off against the Delmarva Shorebirds.

Friday MiLB Scores:

  • Buffalo 8 Durham Bulls 5
  • Carolina Mudcats 12 Myrtle Beach 9

Saturday MiLB Scores:

  • Durham Bulls 4 Buffalo 1
  • Durham Bulls 2 Buffalo 1
  • Jacksonville (FL) 4 Charlotte 3
  • Jacksonville (FL) 3 Charlotte 1
  • Greenville (SC) 5 Asheville 0
  • Asheville 5 Greenville (SC) 2
  • Greensboro 4 Winston-Salem 0
  • Greensboro 4 Winston-Salem 3
  • Kannapolis 16 Lynchburg 11
  • Lynchburg 8 Kannapolis 2
  • Fayetteville 8 Delmarva 6
  • Fayetteville 6 Delmarva 0
  • Carolina Mudcats 4 Myrtle Beach 3
  • Hickory 8 Augusta 7

Sunday MiLB Scores:

  • Buffalo 5 Durham Bulls 3
  • Jacksonville (FL) 4 Charlotte 3
  • Asheville 8 Greenville (SC) 2
  • Winston-Salem 10 Greensboro 4
  • Hickory 4 Augusta 3
  • Kannapolis 8 Lynchburg 7
  • Fayetteville 6 Delmarva 0
  • Carolina Mudcats 8 Myrtle Beach 6

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VGCC to hold 32nd Benefit Golf Tournament on May 3rd

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Vance-Granville Community College’s 32nd Annual Endowment Fund Golf Tournament, presented by Union Bank, will be held at the Henderson Country Club on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. All event proceeds support the mission of the college, the Endowment Fund and student scholarships.

With the support of numerous golfers and sponsors, the annual event has raised more than $650,000 since its inception in 1985. The 2015 tournament alone generated a record-breaking $100,318.

This year’s morning and afternoon rounds will begin with shotgun starts at 8 a.m. and at 1 p.m. The afternoon round is sold out, but there are openings in the morning round.

The format is four-person “Captain’s Choice Super Ball.” Golfers can form their own teams of four, or sign up and be put on a team. Teams will be handicapped based on handicaps supplied by each player. Trophies will be awarded for first through third place teams in both rounds. Other awards will be given for “closest to the pin” and “longest drive.”

A hole-in-one on Hole 9 will be rewarded with a 2016 Toyota Avalon, courtesy of Toyota of Henderson, while a player who hits a hole-in-one on Hole 16 will win a 2016 Mahindra 1533 Tractor with Loader, courtesy of Vanco Outdoor Equipment.

Other special bonus prizes for both holes-in-one include PING golf clubs and bag (Hole 4), an iPod Touch and gift card (Hole 9) and an HDTV (Hole 11). Even if there is no hole-in-one, there will be special prizes for the golfer who comes closest to the pin on these holes.

The cost for one golfer to enter the tournament is $150. In either round, that fee includes greens fees, cart, meals, gift bag, and practice balls.

A light breakfast, lunch, and dinner (immediately following the afternoon round) will be served in the HCC clubhouse. A silent auction and door prize drawings will be held in conjunction with dinner.

Businesses and individuals can take advantage of sponsorship opportunities at various levels. Businesses may also donate products or premium items featuring the company’s logo to be placed in golfers’ gift bags, or to be given as door prizes.

For more information, contact Kay Currin at currink@vgcc.edu or (252) 738-3409.