2022 Atlanta IATSE Charity Golf Tournament Raises More Than $24,000

Following a 2-year pandemic hiatus, the annual IATSE Charity Golf Tournament returned to the greens this past Saturday, April 30^th, at the Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City. 27 teams from around Atlanta’s production community faced off over the course of 5 hours under warm April skies, raising more than $24,000 for the charity Meals on Wheels Atlanta.

 

Click here to view photos from the 2022 Tournament

 

2022 Sponsors & Hosts

The 2022 tournament was hosted by IATSE Local 479 and co-hosted by IATSE Local 798, and organized by members of the Local 479 Golf Committee and supported by Local 479’s Women’s Committee. Local businesses and organizations stepped forward to sponsor holes (full list below).

 

The Cause

This year’s tournament marked 10 years of charitable support by members of IATSE for organizations making a difference around Georgia.

This year’s charity was Meals on Wheels Atlanta, a dedicated corps of volunteers delivering consistent meals to our senior neighbors. The meals they serve are nutritious and delicious, prepared by experienced chefs under the direction of a dietician. MOWA also provides a robust home repairs program, pet food supplies, and an emergency food pantry. They are on a mission to end senior hunger in Atlanta.

 

The 10^th Annual IATSE Charity Golf Tournament raised $24,594 toward this noble cause.

 

Joshua Rumohr, Chief of Organizational Strategy for Meals on Wheels Atlanta, accepted the donation on behalf of the organization, thanking teams and sponsors at the opening acknowledgements before tee-off:

“Thank you so much. We can’t do what we do at Meals on Wheels Atlanta without the support from community organizations. What we do is an extremely important mission and we know that the need grows more and more every day. We are blessed to be the beneficiary of gifts like this.”
– Joshua Rumohr, Chief of Organizational Strategy for Meals on Wheels Atlanta

 

The Course

Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City is a 27-hole championship golf course featuring three diverse nines: Homestead, Old Mill, and Graveyard.

Scramble Rules

To accommodate 27 teams in a reasonable period of play time this tournament is run as a “scramble”, with each team taking a score at the end of each hole based on the single best shots from each position on that hole. Each of the 27 teams was assigned a starting hole from among the 27 available holes on the course, playing to complete an 18-hole round of golf.

 

Winners

First Place

Team Moose Lighting walked away with the best team score, each player in the foursome winning:

• A bottle of Bushwood Front 9 Ultra-Premium Kentucky Bourbon
• Bose speakers donated by Oz Magazine
• $25 Visa Gift Card
• $15 banjo coffee card

 

Putting Contest

Frankie Madero of Team Get Real #2 took this prize, winning:

• Won a barbecue grill
• certificate for a round of golf for 4 at a Canongate club

 

Longest Drive

Joe LaGanke of Team Moose won for the longest drive on hole 3 of the Homestead, while Conner Dickerson of Team Minion Madness won for the longest drive on hole 6 of Old Mill. Each player won:

• A bottle of Bushwood Front 9 Ultra-Premium Kentucky Bourbon
• Personal Bose Bluetooth speaker

 

Closest Pin

Brian “Budge” Johnson of Team New Mafia won for closest to the pin on hole 3 of Old Mill with 8 feet 2 inches, while John Metcalfe of the IATSE 600 team won for his accuracy on hole 5 of Graveyard with 7 feet 7 inches. Each player won:

• A bottle of Bushwood Front 9 Ultra-Premium Kentucky Bourbon
• Personal Bose Bluetooth speaker
• 2 premium cigars

 

Hole in One

This year’s prize was $10,000 – there were no winners.

 

Drawings

Drawings were held for a variety of prizes.

 

Officers in Attendance

This year we were honored to host representatives from the International, including:

• International President, Matthew D. Loeb
• 4th Int’l Vice President / Dept. Director, Motion Picture & TV Production, Michael F. Miller
• 9th Int’l Vice President, Phil LoCicero (President IATSE Local 478)
• Assistant Department Director, Motion Picture & Television Production, Dan Mahoney
• 12th International Vice President, C. Faye Harper

 

IATSE Local 479 (Host of Tournament)

• President, Ray Brown
• Business Agent, Mike Akins
• Director of Membership, Kevin Amick
• Labor Delegate, Myra Foy (Women’s Committee Chair)
• Sergeant at Arms, Kathy Tonkin-Vazquez (Golf Committee Chair, Women’s Committee Co-Chair)

 

IATSE Local 798 (Co-Host of Tournament)

• President, Angela Johnson
• Field Representative, Samantha Reese

 

IATSE Local 52

• Field Representative, Mandie Demeskey

 

 

2022 SPONSORS

Please join us in thanking our sponsors:

 

Full Hole

Channel Ocho

Cinelease (as well as a half-hole sponsor)

Cofer Brothers

Cryoblast

Herc Entertainment

IATSE (the International)

IATSE Local 600

Independent Studio Services (ISS)

Lightscape Lighting Control

Moose Lighting

Print Lab

Reel Supplies

Trilith Studios

Venture Roofing

 

Half Hole

Sweet Jones BBQ Sauce

Haddad’s Inc.

Cinelease

 

TEAM LISTINGS

Several alternates were introduced on the day of the tournament, so if you see an error please reach out to the IATSE Local 479 Golf Committee.

C-Bombers

• Steven Basso
• Art Schultz
• Jerry Parker
• John Bowman
• David Ghegan (alternate)

 

Cofer Brothers

• Larry Parks
• Steve Swinger
• Keith Torrence
• Reggie Austin
• Will Holcomb (alternate)

 

Company Time

• Ryan Ketchum
• Jordan Tyson
• Robert McWates
• Michael Patterson

 

CryoBlast

• Brian Mohney
• Jeff Horricks
• Hayden Hill
• Devin Hill

 

Derbend Management Assets

• Brian Chustz
• Brian Cooper
• Jeff Mayday
• Tom Lacy

 

Fore Guys

• Dean Grimes
• Clark Grimes
• Sam Situmorang
• Scott Dale

 

Get Reel #1

• Stephen Gindorf
• Tracy Stockwell
• Steve Faser
• Brynner Goen

 

Get Reel #2

• Bongo
• Ryan Campo
• Frankie Madero
• Brandon Remteria

 

Grip House

• Gary Holmes
• Mike Tyson
• Will Frazier
• Kris Gordon

 

IATSE International

• Matthew D. Loeb
• Mandie Demeskey
• Michael Miller
• Dan Mahoney
• Phil LoCicero

 

MBS #1

• David Irwin
• Jeff Murrell
• Larry Sher
• Mitch Ursetta

 

MBS #2

• Justin Memovich
• Matt Penner
• Derek Page
• David Galindo

 

Minion Madness

• W. Jones
• Craig Dickerson
• Gregg Curtis
• Conner Dickerson

 

Newnan Mafia

• Chris Cotone
• Ron Hynson
• Brian “Budge” Johnson
• Scott Gaston

 

Nubes

• Danny Holcomb
• Eric Wolff
• Janet Street
• Bruce Street

 

Power Lab

• Ryan Naylor
• Tyler Childs
• Chris Spears
• Andrew Fernandez

 

Propular Persons

• John Sanders
• Todd Bridges
• Kamilla Bridges
• Jason Parisher

 

Team Local 600

• Jonathan Irizarry
• Brian Rosso
• John Metcalfe
• Ian Forsyth

 

Team Local 798

• Tim Reese
• Luke Waki
• Samantha Reese
• Angela Johnson

 

Team Moose

• Mitch McDannald
• Joe LaGanke
• Nick Gaston
• Jared Parsons

 

Team Venture

• Jason Thompson
• Danny Coulter
• Chris English
• Ohio Chris

 

The Fore Casters

• Kevin Cheatham
• Craig Cheatham
• Brian Richedi
• Ryan Lizardi

 

The Little Rascals

• Kelly Tillery
• Mickey O’Neill (Alex)
• William Hayes
• Rick Gardner

 

Trash Talkers

• Steve Ficke
• Tom Zell
• Joel Mitchell
• Jeff McMahon

 

Trilith

• JoAnn Perritano
• Curtis Myer
• John Samson
• Jim Scaiffe

 

Turn Down for Putts

• Jesse Olivares
• Christian
• Travis Bobbitt
• David Brown

 

ZZZZ Top

• Jude Levasseur
• Nic Vallecillo
• Drew Orcutt
• Dennis Sikes