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Annual Retired Boxers Foundation Golf
Tournament now officially the "Irish Micky Ward
Celebrity Golf Classic"
[Simi Valley, CA]
The Retired Boxers Foundation
is please to announce the Annual Retired Boxers Foundation
"Irish Micky Ward Celebrity Golf Classic,"
which is the 5th Annual Tournament, is on
September 8th, 2008, at the Indian Ridge
Country Club in Andover, MA. This year’s event promises
to be even better than the last with the addition of
a fantastic new championship venue. This year’s event
will once again be a scramble format with some great
contests and prizes. Register early because space
is limited! For business or individuals who wish to
showcase their company or cause, we have many sponsorship
opportunities available, for specific details please
see our sponsorships page. Jacquie Richardson, Executive
Director of the Retired Boxers Foundation, along with
Alex "The Bronx Bomber" Ramos, Founder and
President of the Retired Boxers Foundation, are asking
for the boxing community to step up to the plate. "Without
the support of the boxing community, we simply cannot
serve the hundreds of retired professional fighters
who contact us each year. 100% of what we raise goes
directly to the retired fighters," said Richardson.
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The mission of the Retired Boxers Foundation
is to assist retired professional boxers, especially
those suffering from alcohol and substance abuse problems,
homelessness and the effects of pugilistic dementia
(the medical term for being "punch drunk"), in the transition
from their glorious days in the ring to a dignified
retirement.
"Irish" Micky Ward, former WBU
Light Welterweight World Champion, was appointed to
the Retired Boxers Foundation Honorary Board of Directors
on December 1, 2003 and was the first retired professional
boxer to receive the Retired Boxers Foundation first
"Undisputed Champions for Dignity Championship
Belt". According to RBF Founder and President,
Alex "The Bronx Bomber" Ramos, "Micky
Ward retired with dignity after a career that spanned
nearly 20 years. He represents everything
we want the sport of boxing to be: A sport where world
class athletes compete with the best in their class,
give the fans what they really want to see, and retire
when they want to. " Ward said he is looking forward
to hosting the RBF Golf Tournament for the benefit of
all the fighters who have retired from the sport of
boxing. His goal is to make sure that those who follow
him are allowed the same dignity in retirement that
he has claimed. All proceeds of the 3rd Annual Irish
Micky Ward Celebrity Golf Classic will go to the Retired
Boxers Foundation, an IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
whose mission is to assist retired professional boxers
in the transition from their glorious days in the ring,
to a dignified retirement.
Ward is from Lowell, Massachusetts, and
started boxing at the age of 7. He retired with a record
of 38 wins (27 knockouts) and 13 losses. Ward’s most
memorable fights will go down in history as the "wars"
with Arturo Gatti. In three fights against Gatti, the
fight in May 2002 was named "2002 Fight of the
Year" by Ring Magazine.
Please join us for as great day of golf and help out
a worthy cause at the same time.
This year’s event will be organized
and managed by Premiere Golf Events.
2008 Entry Fee $175.00 Per Player
Includes:
For more information and for registration
blanks, go to www.rbfgolf.com
For additional information on the tournament
or becoming a sponsor, please feel free to contact these
golf committee members.....
Stephen Fournier
President
603-974-0942
sfournier@premieregolfevents.com
www.premieregolfevents.com
www.newenglandholeinone.com
Rick Dupuis
Tournament Committee
978-808-7217
dupuisrick@hotmail.com
John Descoteaux
Tournament Committee
978-479-8809
jdescoteaux@lowell.k12.ma.us
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