Builders come together for Lee BIA’s golf tournament

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Special to The Breeze The 1st Place winners were Norbert Pilz, Hank Knower, Ron Newborn and Gary Esckilsen (left to right) of Preferred Materials.

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Special to The Breeze The winner of the longest drive was Steve Wilkerson with Ferguson Enterprises (pictured left).

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The Lee Building Industry Association (Lee BIA) held its fall golf tournament at Heritage Bay on Oct. 10. Thank you to Lennar Homes for providing such an excellent golf course! This four person team scramble began at 8:30 a.m., and concluded with an awards ceremony. Photos are available at www.bia.net. The winning teams were:

1st Place: Preferred Materials

2nd Place: Knott, Consoer, Ebelini, Hart & Swett, PA

3rd Place: Paul Homes

Longest Drive Contest: Steve Wilkerson of Ferguson Enterprises

Closest to the Pin Contest: Samantha Howes of Hill, Barth & King

Golfers enjoyed one of the finest golf facilities in the Southwest Florida area, along with excellent weather, drinks and lunch. Thank you to Five County Insurance Agency for supporting our association by providing the Hole-In-One Contest. A $500 Visa Gift Card was up for grabs one of our golfers was just a few inches shy of going home with this fantastic prize! Golfers took home door prizes and two special raffle items were given out. Roger Mercado, of the Advanced Closet & Cabinetry team won a BluRay player and Steve Wilkerson of Ferguson Enterprises won a Magellan GPS.

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors: Hill, Barth & King and Michigan Commercial Insurance Mutual (MCIM).

Thank you to our Beverage Sponsors: Allstate, Advanced Closet & Cabinetry, Florida Home Builders Insurance and Wayne Wiles Floor Coverings. Water on the course was provided by Kinetico Water Systems.

Thank you to our Hole and Tee Sponsors: Doyle Electric Services, duPont Builders, Entech Computer Services, Ferguson Enterprises, Five County Insurance, Knott, Consoer, Ebelini, Hart & Swett, Law Office of Kevin Jursinski, Paul Homes, T&M Portable Restrooms and Wayne Wiles Floor Coverings.

Thank you to our Goodie Bag Sponsors: Advanced Closet & Cabinetry, Allstate-Coppin Insurance Agency, B&I Contracting, Hill, Barth & King, Liberty Aluminum, Markham, Norton, Mosteller, Wright & Co., MCIM, Oswald Trippe & Co., and TriCircle Pavers.

A special thank you to our volunteers – Leslie Yurkovac of Gray-Robinson, and Janice Kemp, Tye Matteson, Bruce Foster, Steve Popovich and Brian Nobles of Robb & Stucky.

The Lee BIA wishes to thank the event’s host, Lennar Homes, and all of the sponsors, participants and volunteers. The event would not be possible without the continued support of its members! The Lee BIA is a non-profit organization representing Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, and is a powerful voice for the building industry in the regulatory arena. Membership in the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is automatic upon joining the Lee BIA. These combined memberships provide a seamless, constant flow of information- at the State and National levels- to the local office and directly to the membership, providing status on pertinent actions affecting the industry. For more information on membership and our various programs available to you, please visit www.bia.net.