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The Rotary Club of Windsor is proud to present the Seventh Annual Ardin Wright Memorial RYLA Golf Tournament benefitting the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. Wednesday June 19th with Tee off at 12:00 The Rotary Club of Windsor sponsors more than 20 young men and women from Windsor High School and Windsor & Severance Middle Schools each year to participate in the RYLA & Young RYLA camps. All net proceeds from the Golf Tournament will be used to sponsor students at the camp.  RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) is a life-changing leadership training program for young men and women where leadership skills and principles are learned, developed and enhanced in an atmosphere of trust and respect. The purpose of RYLA is to encourage and assist current and potential youth leaders in methods of responsible and effective leadership. The Senior RYLA is held at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado, and Young RYLA Conference is held at the Pondorosa Retreat & Conference Center in Larkspur, CO.
The golf tournament is in memory of Ardin Wright, he was an exceptional individual that has left a positive lasting impression on our community as well as our youth. He was a long-standing Rotary member, two time President of the Windsor club, as well as Assistant Governor for Dist 5440 spearheading several international initiatives. He was an awesome Rotarian, with a passion for many Rotary initiatives just some of them including, Paul Harris Fellowships, year-long student exchange program and of course RYLA. He also lead Aero Dentista, an orginazation that flew dentists to Baja California to to serve the poor. As a patriot, he served his country with the Air Force reserves. He was a humble man of great wisdom and humor who managed to stay a child at heart.  This event will be held at Pelican Lakes Golf Course in Windsor CO. The course has water, native wildlife, and an extremely challenging layout. There are over 300 surface acres of water at Pelican Lakes, most of it stemming from the Cache la Poudre River that snakes its way through the entire 7,264-yard course. The course claims to have the most shoreline of any golf course in the United States. The day will feature: - 18 Holes of Golf including cart - $10,000 Hole-in-One Contest - Two other Hole-in-one Contests - Accurate and Long Drive Prizes - Longest Putt Prize - Four-Person Scramble Format - Dinner - Door Prizes - Awards banquet with a great silent auction You can read more details on our webpage here as well as registration for your 4-person team on our website for $125 per player
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