The Chamber held its 8^th Annual Golf Tournament on June 11^th at The Island Golf Course.  The tournament was a huge success, despite the hot and humid conditions.  And despite the afternoon rain, a record 94 golfers played this year! The winners are listed below.

The tournament would not have been possible without the dedicated volunteers and sponsors of the event.  The volunteer committee and course volunteers were:

Christy Anderson-The Cottonport Bank

Addie Armato-Pointe Coupee Electric Members Corp.

Bonnie Bianca-Delta Title

Joanie Bishop-Point Coupee Electric Members Corp.

Dale Crochet-DC's Grill

Bonnie Denova- Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union

Jeff Hendrickson- Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union

Joy Hopkins-Placid Refining

Kathy Kirby-East Baton Rouge Schools

Gary LaBauve-Trosclair Print. Inc.

Drew Maciasz- Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union

Jessica Plaisance-Eagle Environmental Services

Hugh Raetzsch- Lyon's Specialty Co./AA Vending

Marcel Stuart-Bizzuka

Buddy Tucker-Retired (ExxonMobil)

A special Thank You to the Chamber staff--Tootsie, Amanda and Deborah--for all their hard work!

Our wonderful Sponsors were:

Platinum Sponsors:

A. Wilbert's Sons, LLC

Dow LA Federal Credit Union

INO Therapeutics

The Dow Chemical Company

Riverview Development

Corporate, Hole, In-Kind and Door Prize Sponsors:

Alexander Financial

American Gateway Bank

Archie Terminal, LLC

Basin-River Electrical

Baton Rouge Coca-Cola

DC's Grill

Delta Title

Eagle Environmental

Entergy

Enterprise Products

Extreme Inflatables

ExxonMobil Port Allen Lube Plant

FAMCO

Hanks Pontiac

Iberville Bank

Keypoint Federal Credit Union

Louisiana Bayou Bistro

Latter & Blum/Marc Barker

Link Staffing Services

Lyon's Specialty Co., LLC/AA Vending

McDonald's/Valluzzo Management

Mockler Beverage

Morales' Grocery

Patin Engineers & Surveyors, Inc.

Placid Refining Company LLC

Pointe Coupee Electric Members Corp.

Pointer Smith Contracting Corp.

Ports America

Shintech

The Cottonport Bank

Trosclair Print, Inc.

Vicknair Printing

And last but not least, our "Hole-in-One" Sponsor, Harvest Ford-Lincoln-Mercury in Plaquemine.

The Winners of the 8th Annual Golf Tournament:

1st:  Community Coffee (57)

2nd: The Dow Chemical Company (58)

3rd:  INO Therapeutics  (59)

Skills Challenge: Sean Marcantel-Gage Telephone

Poker Run: Dennis Blanchard-Southern Packaging Team

Longest Drive: Mary-Michael Burns-Enterprise Products Team

Closest to Hole Winners:

Will Gauthier-A. Wilbert's Sons Team

Lynn Robertson-GSA, Inc. Team

David Wesson-The Dow Chemical Company

Charles Graffeo-Community Coffee

CONGRATULATIONS to ALL the WINNERS!

We hope that next year's tournament will be even bigger and better! We look forward to your participation!