“Huskies Bite Bulldogs”
UConn withers less vs. Butler
Record Charity Money Raised!
The game was a snoozer. Anticlimactic. UConn 53, Butler 41. Most exciting thing was to see who would come in 94th place. Oh my. Butler shoots 18% for the game. UConn too tall and smothering. But you know the story. Nevertheless a great post season for both teams and one of the most exciting tournaments in many years. VCU challenged and made it exciting. All number one and two seeds fell, and in the end, the much aligned Big East was somewhat redeemed and came out on top!
Congratulations to Roger Kinsey, our 2011 March Madness Champion.
Runner up was Mike Pyfferoen. No longer lost in the mail.
Last place gift was pocketed by Ron Eaton, taking 4% of the prize pool.
Bridesmaid this year (11th place and out of the money) was Corey Greening.
The Official Total paid pool entrees is 420. Same as last year, and a record number. Your prize winnings will be based on this number. 80% of the entry fees goes to the prize pool, in the breakdown as listed in the opening letter at the start of the tournament. See the website. We pay out the top ten and last place. Additional $ 100 was split for the ties for 94th place. 20% of the original fees go to the charities in addition to the benevolent donations of those kind individuals listed above.
Charity News
I would like to thank our top donors this year for their very generous additional contributions to the March Madness tournament:
Lance & Stacy Payton Gary Gurtcheff Susanna Burkhead Maria Del Rio
Tom Franks Brad Fulkerson Phil Gilson Tom Lilly
Mike Cleary Colleen Martin Max Gibson Dan Jones
Keith Miller Eric Throop Steve Carter Jack Cleary
Tom Lilly Dale Todd Keith Bratton Bruce Baker
Thanks also to the following additional participants for their charitable donations:
Terry Alvey Steve Anderson Don Apple John Anoskey Shauleen Barker Don Barry Dan Baumann Keith Bersch Dan Bishop Ron Bonger Joel Bowers Mike Blake Brandon Boots Joel Bower Randy Braun Jillian Brinkley Dan Brown Les Bumm David Carlson Laureen Cates Bill Cleary Chris Combs Mike Davenport Lois Davidson Diana Danheiser Vince Daniels MariEllen Dentino Tim Eisenhut Bryant Elkins Scott Elliott Steve Elliott Kevin Elpers Karen Embry Susanne Emge Travis Farhar Kristin Forest Rick Friedman Steve Gabel Sam Garau Chris Gilkey Brian Goffinet Patty Gowdy Bob Graper Ken Graves Cory Greening Jim Hall ToddHerrenbruck Terry Iafrate Rhonda Jenkins Jason Jones Paul Kainrath Dorothy Kaiser Kevin Kalb Jody Kissel John Lamb Jacob Lesandrini Michael Lightner Dave Machisko Bev Marshall Zach Martin Alyssa Maynard Diana McDaniel Judy McDonald Bryan McFarland Keith Mercer Greg Meyer John Miles Eric Miller John Miles Irene Morgan Jim Norris Gary North Skip Oliver Chuck Oswald Jimmy Pearson Paul Perry Donna Preziotti Vince Prop Michael PyfferoenLarry Renschler Steve Ripperger Kathy Rohlfing Tom Rose Jim Sandgren Brian Schymik Kevin Shinar Mert Shipman Jeff Smith Joe C. Smith Fred Stutz Susan Sublett Brian Tullar Mark Vickers Lee Wagmeister Eric Wandel Steve Ward Steve Warren Rob Wathen Tom Weber Matt Weitz Derek Wellman Pat Wempe Rick Wepsic Ross Whitacre John Willis Greg Willming Jim Wilsbacher Adam Wood Rick Zeiher
128 participants contributed extra donations to the charities this year., above their entry request. This is an all time number of additional donors! Thank you.
...... $ 1680 was garnished from the entry fees to devote to our charitable endeavors. $ 6720 goes to the prize pool. Thanks to your outstanding generosity... $ 5820 has been received in additional donations.
For March Madness 2010...... Our GRAND TOTAL of CHARITABLE GIVING is:
.................. $ 7500 to be donated this year. Another record! Thank you all for participating.
$ 5500 will be granted to the March Madness Endowment Fund administered through the Warrick County Community Foundation.
$ 2000 will go to House of Bread and Peace.
We have now completed our fifteenth year of March Madness. We have now collectively raised $56,500 in total giving. Should you so desire sometime this year, drop us a line or perhaps consider our funds for your future gifting. I would like to emphasize the latter. It is important we build our fund, which is permanent. For better, for life! We actually granted out a small amount last year to the Ecumenical Soup Kitchen of St. Clement, our first grant from the endowment!
Special thanks goes to Gary Gurtcheff, our fabulous webmaster
Please keep us advised of any email changes. Email your comments and parting remarks...
JPMORGANMD@MAC.COM or GARYGURTCHEFF@MAC.COM
Winners’ checks will be sent out by mail within the next couple of weeks. Charity proceeds will also be forwarded this month.
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Congratulations to our top ten finishers.
THE FINAL TALLY
2010 Top Ten Winnings
1st place Roger Kinsey $ 2688 00
(Evansville, IN)
2nd place Mike Pyfferoen $ 1344 00
(Newburgh, IN)
3rd place Shannon Glassco $ 672 00
(Evansville, IN)
4th place Maureen Martin $ 470 40
(Brookline, MA)
5th place Eric Trice $ 336 00
(Evansville, IN)
6th place Steve Carter $ 268 80
(Olathe, KS)
7th place Dorothy Kaiser $ 201 60
(Newburgh, IN)
8th place Ray Kixmiler $ 201 60
(Newburgh, IN)
9th place Michael Lightner $ 134 40
(Evansville, IN)
10th place Phil Coudret $ 134 40
(Newburgh, IN)
LAST PLACE Ron Eaton $ 268 80
(Newburgh, IN)
94th place (6 tied) see the website $ 20 each
420 Paid Entrees
“Nothing spectacular comes without a good challenge”