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Celebrating our 28th Annual Golf Classic

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of Proceeds Go Towards Student Scholarships.

Kingswood Golf Classic

Save the Date!  September 6, 2024

For general information or if you wish to be a corporate sponsor please contact us below.
Can't Make It? Register a Virtual Team
Can’t get to our Golf Classic in Sussex, NB on Friday, September 8?  You can golf from wherever you are and still be a part of the Kingswood Golf Classic.

 Here’s How:
  1. Get a team together.
  2. Register your Team here.
  3. Suggested donation is $250 per person.  You can make a donation, ask your friends to support you with an online gift, or send their gift with contact information for receipting purposes using the Pledge Form.
    Donation receipts will be issued for all gifts of $10 or more.
  4. Golf anytime from August 1 – September 7, 2023.  Tournament Rules apply to all golfers – (tournament rules below).
  5. Send your team score to Debbie Benson by September 7 – bensond@kingswood.edu or call 506.432.4411.
  6. Join the Kingswood Classic Awards Banquet on September 8, 2023  at 6:30 PM Atlantic Time.  You will receive a link to join the banquet by Zoom.
  7. You will be eligible for prizes for Best Team Score and Most Funds Raised.
  8. You will also receive a Kingswood Golf Shirt in the mail.
  9. Even though you can’t be physically present, you can enjoy a day on the links while investing in a Kingswood University student.  Every dollar raised goes to scholarships.

If you have any questions, contact Debbie Benson at bensond@kingswood.edu or 506.432.4411.

Register Your Virtual Team
Event Schedule

Friday, September 8, 2023

12:00 – 12:45 PM
Golfer Registration & Check-in at Sussex Golf and Curling Club

12:45 PM
Cart Talk & Review of Rules

1:00 PM
Assigned Hole for Shotgun Start

After Golf
Kingswood Golf Classic Awards Banquet held at Kingswood University, Wesley Hall (lower level of Saunders Irving Chapel). Great food, prizes, and a university update from President Steve Lennox.

Tournament Rules
  • Each team member tees off on every hole. The best of the tee shots is selected and all players play their second shots from that spot. Each team member may place their ball within one club-length of the selected shot, no nearer to the hole.  The best of the second shots is determined, then all play their third shots from that spot, and so on until the ball is holed.
  • A minimum of 1 drive must be used from each team member.
  • If the selected shot is in a hazard, the ball may be placed within one club-length, but must remain in the hazard and placed no nearer to the hole.
  • If the selected shot is on the fringe of the green, the ball may be placed within one club-length, but cannot be placed onto the putting surface.
  • When putting, the ball must be placed within one putter head length of the selected shot, no nearer to the hole.
  • Most important rule of the day – HAVE FUN!
Prizes and Awards

Build your Team Legacy!

Scholarship Naming Rights will be awarded to the top 3 fundraising teams.

  • 1st place Fundraising Team will have the privilege and honour of naming a $3000 scholarship to be awarded in 2023.
  • 2nd place Fundraising Team will have the privilege and honour of naming a $2000 scholarship to be awarded in 2023.
  • 3rd place Fundraising Team will have the privilege and honour of naming a $1000 scholarship to be awarded in 2023.

Traditional Tournament Categories

  • Team with Best Score
  • Longest Drive (men’s & women’s)
  • Most Honest Team

Hole Prizes 

  • Hole 1: Longest Drive contest
  • Hole 4: $15,000 towards a car at City Auto
  • Hole 6: Closest to the Pin contest
  • Hole 15: $5,000 vacation from Expedia Cruise Ship Centre Saint John
  • Putting Green: Visit before you tee off on Hole 1.  Successful putts will be entered in a draw for a great prize
Golfers Pledge Sheet

Directions:
Print off the pledge form below to record and track your fundraising efforts – cash, cheques and on-line support.

You must bring this sheet with you (along with corresponding cash and cheques) when you check-in at Sussex Golf Club.

On-line pledge support can be made by directing your sponsors to the Sponsor a Golfer page.  You’ll be notified by Debbie Benson when someone has made an online contribution of support for you.

Download Your Pledge Support Record Sheet

Sponsors 2023

Platinum Sponsor

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Gold Sponsor

 

Silver Sponsors

 

 

 

Bronze Sponsors

 

 

 

 

 

Hole In One Sponsor

 

 

Closest to the Pin Sponsor – Hole # 6

Longest Drive Sponsor

 

 

 

Putting Green Sponsor

 

 

 

Kingswood Classic 2023 Results

It was a spectacular fall day as 98 golfers took to the course on Friday, September 8, for the 27th Kingswood Golf Classic.  They played with the purpose of raising funds for financial aid and scholarships for students at Kingswood University, and raised a record-breaking $73,000!

Individual Achievement

Longest Drive on Hole # 1 – Matt Veysey

Closest to Pin on Hole # 6 – James Finlay

Hole in One on Putting Green – Hole in One:  AJ Guptill, Shayne Brennan, Scott Brooks, Brian McMillan

Top Church Trophy

The Top Church Trophy given for number of teams in the tournament and funds raised goes to Saint John First Wesleyan who brought six teams and raised over $9,500 for the Golf Classic.

Top Three Fundraising Teams

The top three fundraising teams earn naming rights to Scholarships to be awarded to Kingswood University students in the fall semester.

The top Golf Scholarship, valued at $3,000, is named by Tony Benson’s team in memory of Tony’s “old team” – the Hugh, Don, and Dave Memorial Scholarship. This year’s team included Dave McCrea, Linda McGuigan, Natasha Moffett, and Marianne Williams, and raised a total of $8,790.

The $2,000 Golf Scholarship is named by the Browns Flat Putters with Gary Churchill, Russell Hall, Walter Long, and Ralph Manzer, raising a total of $7,590.  This year’s scholarship is named in memory of Russell’s aunt, Ruby Booth, who passed away this year.

The $1,000 Golf Scholarship is named by the Bengals from Saint John First Wesleyan.  This team, comprised of John Crozier, Jim Irvine, Nathan Perry, and Quinton Saunders, raised over $6,604.  This scholarship will be named the Saint John First Wesleyan Scholarship.

Top Three Fundraising Individuals

3rd Place Fundraiser: Linda McGuigan raised a total of $2,340

2nd Place Fundraiser: Walter Long raised a total of $3,530

Top Individual Fundraiser: Nathan Perry raised over $3,555

Congratulations to our top fundraisers!

Best Team Scores

Coming in third place for best score, with a score of 62, was Kings Church St. Stephen Team 2.  Pete Stubbs, Don McGee, Shayne & Amy Brennan made up the team.

Two teams tied for best score this year with a score of 58:  

Team Balding:  Scott Brooks and Matt, Isaiah and Oren Veysey

Team Nelson:  Dave Graham, Jay Guptill, Mark Moore, and Doug Nelson

For the first time, we had a team consisting of four generations!!  Team Guptill with Claude, Rod, AJ, and Levi enjoyed a great day and brought in a score of 63 – well done, team Guptill!

For the first time, over $73,000 was raised through corporate sponsorships and golfers raising support.  Thank you to all who participated, making the Golf Classic a success!

 

Kingswood Classic 2022 Results

It was a spectacular fall day as 76 golfers took to the course on Friday, September 9 for the 26th Kingswood Golf Classic.  They play with the purpose of raising funds for financial aid and scholarships for students at Kingswood University, and raised a record-breaking $65,000!

Individual Achievement

Longest Drive on Hole # 1 – James Carpenter-Tonning

Closest to Pin on Hole # 6 – Ladies:  Linda McGuigan    Men:  Mark Muscroft

Hole in One on Putting Green – Hole in One by Stuart MacDonald, Matt Veysey, and Jay Muir

Top Church Trophy

The Top Church Trophy given for number of teams in the tournament and funds raised goes to Saint John First who brought four teams and raised over $8,000 for the Golf Classic.

Top Three Fundraising Teams

The top three fundraising teams earn Naming rights to Scholarships to be awarded to Kingswood University students in the fall semester.

The top Scholarship valued at $3,000 is named by Saint John First Wesleyan Team 2.  This team, comprised of John Crozier, Jim Irvine, Nathan Perry, and Quinton Saunders, raised over $6,800.  This year’s top scholarship will be named in memory of Margo “GoGo” Perry, who died suddenly last year.  Nathan fondly remembers his grandmother.

The $2,000 Scholarship is named by is Tony Benson’s team in memory of Tony’s “old team” – the Hugh, Don, and Dave Memorial Scholarship. This year’s team, Margaret Crothers, Natasha Hazen, Dave McCrea and Linda McGuigan, raised a total of $6,075.

The $1,000 Golf Scholarship is named by the Browns Flat Putters comprised of Russell Hall, Terry Hurd, Walter Long, and Gary Churchill, raising a total of $4,449.  This year’s scholarship is named in memory of Rev. Dr. Ken Gorveatte who served in ministry both at Kingswood and in local church ministry.

Top three fundraising individuals

3rd Place Fundraiser:  Walter Long raising a total of $1,564

2nd Place Fundraiser:  Linda McGuigan raised a total of $1,760

Top Individual Fundraiser:  Nathan Perry raised over $5,000 as our top fundraiser.

Congratulations to our top fundraisers!

Best Team Scores

3rd Place – 67 – Lawson’s Team – Charles & Vicky Lawson, Doug Nelson, and Matt Veysey

2nd Place – 65 – Back Nine Bandits – Justin Allen, Brad Chutt, Levi Younker, and Cecil Van Buskirk

1st Place – 61 – City Auto – Mark Muscroft, Mike Swift, Kevin Bernard, and James Carpenter-Tonning.

For the first time, over $65,000 was raised through corporate sponsorships and golfers raising support.  Thank you to all who participated, making the Golf Classic a success!

 

Kingswood Classic 2021 Results

What a great day to celebrate the 25th Kingswood Golf Classic on Friday, September 10. We had 75 golfers play with the purpose of raising funds for financial aid and scholarships for students at Kingswood University, and raised a record-breaking $60,000!

Individual Achievement

Longest Drive on Hole # 1 – Jason Muir

 

Closest to Pin on Hole # 6 – Steve Trueman

Hole in One on Putting Green – Dwayne Frost, Charles Lawson

Top Church Trophy

The Top Church Trophy given for number of teams in the tournament and funds raised goes to Saint John First who brought four teams and raised over $4,000 for the Golf Classic.

Top Three Fundraising Teams

The top three fundraising teams earn Naming rights to Scholarships to be awarded to Kingswood University students in the fall semester.

The top Scholarship valued at $3,000 is named by Tony Benson’s Sussex team in memory of Tony’s “old team” – the Dave, Don, and Hugh Memorial Scholarship. This year’s team, Margaret Crothers, Natasha Hazen, Dave McCrea and Linda McGuigan, raised a total of $5,780.

 

The $2,000 Scholarship is named by the Browns Flat Putters comprised of Russell Hall, Terry Hurd, Walter Long, and Brian MacDonald, raising a total of $5,015. This year’s scholarship is named in memory of Mrs. Pat Briggs who passed away this year after a battle with cancer.  Wayne & Pat Briggs pastored Browns Flat Fellowship for several years.

The Fredericton team made up of Peter Beckwith, Ken Hooper, Ron McArthur and Bob Wood achieved the honour of naming the $1,000 scholarship for their third place achievement in fundraising with a total of $2,230 raised. This scholarship is named the Greg & Lynn Honourary Scholarship in honour of Greg Mann and Lynn Paris and their service to food service at Kingswood for over thirty years.

Top three fundraising individuals

3rd Place Fundraiser:  Terry Hurd with $1,515 raised

2nd Place Fundraiser:  Russell Hall with a total of $1,550 raised.

Top Individual Fundraiser:  Walter Long raised a total of $1,700 for this year’s Classic!

Congratulations to our top fundraisers!

Best Team Scores

3rd Place Tie 66 – Team Guptill:  A J, Claude, Jay and Rod Guptill

2nd Place Tie 66 – Fredericton Team:  Peter Beckwith, Ken Hooper, Ron McArthur, Bob Wood

1st Place – 64 – Team Whitters:  Bob Whitters, Nick Whitters, Bill Kyle, Paul Secord.

For the first time, over $60,000 was raised through corporate sponsorships and golfers raising support.  Thank you to all who participated, making the Golf Classic a success!

Photo Credits: David Taylor

Kingswood Classic 2020 Results

The 24th Kingswood Golf Classic held on Friday, September 11, saw 76 golfers on the Sussex Golf Course to Play with the Purpose of raising funds for financial aid and scholarships for Kingswood University.

Individual Achievement

Longest Drive on Hole # 1 – Kevin Bernard


Closest to Pin on Hole # 6 – Jay Muir

Hole in One on Putting Green – David Armstrong, Rod Guptill, Travis Smith

The Top Church Trophy given for number teams in the tournament and funds raised goes to Coastal Church. With Pastor Jason Parker, they fielded four teams and raised nearly $9,000 for the Golf Classic.

Top Three Fundraising Teams

The top three fundraising teams earn Naming rights to Scholarships to be awarded to Kingswood University students in the fall semester.

  1. The Brown’s Flat Putters achieved the honour of naming the $1,000 scholarship for their third-place achievement in fundraising with a total of $3,685 raised. The team consisting of Russell Hall, Terry Hurd, Len Landry, and Ken McGeorge have named the Bruce & Roxie Cheney Honourary Scholarship in honour of Bruce & Roxie’s twelve years of distinguished service as Caretakers at Beulah Camp & Conference Centre.

  2. The $2,000 Scholarship is named by Team Sussex comprised of Margaret Crothers, Dave McCrea, Linda McGuigan, and Steve Moffett. This team raised a total of $4,615.  The Don Moffett & Hugh Hogg Memorial Golf Scholarship is named in memory of previous long-time members of this team.
  3. The top Scholarship for 2020 is named the Coastal & Oceanview Christian Academy Scholarship. This scholarship, valued at $3,000 is named by Fairway to Heaven team comprised of Jonathan Hoogerwerf, Adam Kenney, Brett Laidlaw, Jason Parker, and Andrew Ross. This team raised a total of $5,340.

The top three fundraising individuals

3rd Place Fundraiser:  Peter Beckwith with $1,320 raised

2nd Place Fundraiser:  Russell Hall with a total of $1,900 raised.

Top Individual Fundraiser:  Adam Kenney from Coastal Church in southwest Nova Scotia, with a total of $5,040 raised!  Congratulations to Adam who has raised more than any individual in any Kingswood Classic.

Best Team Scores

3rd Place Tie 67:

  • Team Guptill
    A J Guptill, Claude Guptill, Rod Guptill, Matt Veysey
  • Finlay & Friends
    James Finley, Andy Jay, Peter Moore, Jay Muir

2nd Place 66: Sussex/Moncton
Dave Armstrong, Charles & Vicky Lawson, Ron Vail

1st Place 61: City Auto 
Kevin Bernard, James Carpenter-Tonning, Mark Muscroft, Mike Swift

Over $52,000 was raised through corporate sponsorships and golfers raising support. Thank you to all who participated, making the Golf Classic a success!

Kingswood Classic 2019 Results

The 23rd Kingswood Golf Classic held on June 8, 2019, saw 80 golfers on the Sussex Golf Course to Play with the Purpose of raising funds for financial aid and scholarships for Kingswood University.

Individual Achievement

Longest Drive on Hole # 1 – Matt Veysey

Closest to Pin on Hole # 6 – Rod Guptill

Longest Putt – James Carpenter

Into the Pool – James Carpenter

The Top Church Trophy given for number teams in the tournament and funds raised goes to Saint John First Wesleyan who fielded three teams and raised over $2,300 for the Golf Classic.  Congratulations to Lead Pastor Graham Perry.

Top Three Fundraising Teams

The top three fundraising teams earn Naming rights to Scholarships to be awarded to Kingswood University students in the fall semester. 

  1. The top Scholarship valued at $3,000 is named by Team Sussex comprised of Tony Benson, Margaret Crothers, Linda McGuigan, and Cully Robinson.  This team raised a total of $4,285.  The Donald R. Moffett Memorial Golf Scholarship is named in memory of previous long-time member of the team Don Moffett.
  2. The Brown’s Flat Putters have the honour of naming a scholarship valued at $2,000 for achieving 2nd place in fundraising with $3,913 raised.  Members of this team are Russell Hall, Terry Hurd, Walter Long, and Ken McGeorge.  They have named this scholarship in memory of Rev. Jack MacKenzie, a godly servant who faithfully served in ministry until his death in May of 2019.
  3. The Grand Manan team of Michael Park, Casey Benson, and Leon Quick won 3rd place in fundraising, and have chosen to name their scholarship the Chappy Cook Honourary Golf Scholarship valued at $1,000.  Funds Raised:  $2,075.

The top three fundraising individuals

Top Individual Fundraiser: Tony Benson, raising $3,485

2nd Place Fundraiser: Walter Long, raising $1,993

3rd Place Fundraiser: Michael Park, raising $1,500

Best Team Scores

1st Place: Bob Whitters Team – 62
Blake Kyle, Marcus Norrad, Bob Whitters, Nick Whitters

2nd Place: Aramark Team – 63
Tom Burrell, Brian Slemming, Matt Veysey, David Weatherby

3rd Place: City Auto – 64
Kevin Bernard, James Carpenter, Mark Muscroft, Mike Swift

Over $43,000 was raised through corporate sponsorships and golfers raising support.  Thank you to all who participated, making the Golf Classic a success!

Kingswood Classic 2018 Results

The 22nd Kingswood Golf Classic held on June 2, 2018, saw 80 golfers on the Sussex Golf Course to Play with the Purpose of raising funds for financial aid and scholarships for Kingswood University.

Individual Achievement

Longest Drive on Hole # 1 – Rod Guptill

Closest to Pin on Hole # 6 –Ralph Manzer

Closest to Hole on Putting Green –  Mike Doiron

The Top Church Trophy given for number teams in the tournament and funds raised goes to Sussex Wesleyan who fielded three teams and raised over $5,500 for the Golf Classic.  Congratulations to Lead Pastor Don Ingersoll.

Top Three Fundraising Teams

The top three fundraising teams earn Naming rights to Scholarships to be awarded to Kingswood University students in the fall semester. 

  1. The top Scholarship valued at $3,000 is named by Team Sussex comprised of Tony Benson, Margaret Crothers, Steve Moffett, and Linda McGuigan. This team raised a total of $4,510.  The Donald R. Moffett Memorial Golf Scholarship is named in memory of long-time member of the team Don Moffett.
  2. The Brown’s Flat Community Scholarship valued at $2,000 is named by the Browns Flat team of Anne MacNeill, Heather Gray, and Mike & Jennifer Veres, raising a total of $3,465.
  3. The second team from Browns Flat will name the third scholarship p valued at $1,000. Members of this team are Russell Hall, Terry Hurd, Walter Long, and Ken McGeorge. Funds Raised:  $3,000.

The top three fundraising individuals

Top Individual Fundraiser:  Tony Benson, raising $3,810

2nd Place Fundraiser:  Anne MacNeill, raising $2,580

3rd Place Fundraiser:  Michael Park, raising $2,217

Best Team Scores

1st Place: Woods Harbour/Harvest House – 69
Jason Parker, Cal Maskery, Thomas Flemmicks, Randy Pirie.

2nd Place (tie):  Excel Terminix– 70
Shaun Ricker, Dexter Lyons, Joe Banks, Ryan Belding

2nd Place (tie):  Saint John 1 – 70
Graham Perry, Mike Doiron, Bentley Boucher, James Smith

Over $50,000 was raised through corporate sponsorships and golfers raising support.  Thank you to all who participated, making this a very successful Golf Classic.

Your participation makes a difference!