The New England Livery Association (NELA) held their annual golf tournament on Tuesday, September 24, at the fantastic Marlborough Country Club in Marlborough, Mass. The weather cooperated, delivering dry and very comfortable 65-degree weather for the 85 people attending the event. Dozens of sponsors and volunteers stepped up to make sure the event ran without a hitch, including Platinum Sponsors Above All Transportation & Maine Limousine, Boston Carriage, and Lancer Insurance & Research Underwriters. Other top sponsors included United Private Car, Commonwealth Worldwide, Driving Transactions, Colonial Cadillac (who provided a LYRIQ as a hole-in-one prize), Gem Worldwide Ground, Grech Motors, Waverley Insurance, EBizCharge, Leros Transportation Group, Aadvanced Limousines, AOT Global, BLS, Brown & Brown Insurance, Freedom Assets, Inc., GriDD Technologies (GNET), LTI Worldwide Limousine, MetroWest Car Service, My Limousine Service, Cross Insurance Agency, Master's Transportation, and the LMC Groups.
NELA President Brett Barenholtz of Above All/Boston Car/ETS/Maine Limousine with CD/NLA Show Pass Winer Alicia Hayes of American Classic Limousine
The annual NELA Golf Tournament attracted 85 attendees and participants
NELA Executive Director Rick Szilagyi of Lexian Management extended special recognition to the NELA Golf Committee, led by Larry White of Above All/Maine Limousine and Tina Benson of L.A. Limousine, for their hard work in making the event a success. Rounding out the committee were board members Alicia Hayes of American Classic Limousine, Brittni Kirk of All Points Limousine, Steve Crispo of Research Underwriters, Terry Murtaugh of United Private Car, Denis Sema of Prestige Limo, Jim King of Waverley Insurance, Jay Pearson of EBizCharge, and Pat Enxing of Pat’s Car Service, and Katya Portnaya of Boston Carriage. These NELA board members continued their support of the event by serving as volunteers during the event, and were joined by Becky Laramee of All Points Limousine, Chris St. Cyr of American Classic Limousine, and Lynda Saitta of Momentum Drives, Lee Sickles of A-Executive, Deb Rourke and Sarah Anderson of Avery Insurance, and Jason Dornhoffer of United Private Car.
Brett Barenholtz served as master of ceremonies for the evening portion of the event
Participants were given the opportunity to qualify for a Putting Contest, introduced to the annual event in 2023. Once the golfers finished their eighteen holes, everyone moved back to the putting practice green, where the qualifiers had one chance at a 35-foot putt. One by one they stepped up, while the other qualifiers remained with their backs turned, so they did not receive an advantage watching the speed and break of the long putt. The prize, a large Yeti cooler provided by American Classic Limousine, went to Dave Harrington of All Points Limo.
L to R: Brett Barenholtz with Team All Points Limousine: Kenny Bogar (holding son Oliver), Brittni Kirk, Dylan Brown, and Dave Harrington
After the contest, everyone sat down to the evening’s lavish dinner. Szilagyi introduced NELA President Brett Barenholtz of Above All/Boston Car/ETS/Maine Limousine, who served as master of ceremonies for the evening. This year’s winners of the tournament included a first-place award to L.A. Limousine and second place going to All Points Limousine. Chauffeur Driven donated a pass to the 2024 CD/NLA Show in National Harbor, which was won by Hayes.
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