Tournament team members (l-r) Richard, Ron Harris, Roscoe Brown, Sam Hunter. (photo: Jeanine Lewis)
BY AAGD STAFF
(November 16, 2019) It was an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start that kicked off the 22nd Annual Onyx Ski & Sports Club of Tampa Bay Inc. golf tournament in Tampa, Fla. Although cloudy skies brought in wind and rain and 63-degree temperatures, participants were up for the challenge at the fundraiser event held at the historic Rogers Park Golf Course. At the end of the day, Sam Hunt’s team took home the first-place win with a score of 61. “77-year old Sam Hunt is very knowledgable and he was such a pleasure to be around,” said Roscoe Brown.
Ron Harris (left) with Roscoe Brown
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Onyx Ski & Sports Club of Tampa Bay Inc. became an official club of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS) on May 20, 2000. Additionally, in order to better serve its members, Onyx was officially accepted as a member club of the Florida Ski Council on May 31, 2008.
The club’s mission is to introduce minority adults and particularly minority children to winter sports. Onyx hosts an annual golf tournament fundraiser to help fund various winter sports activities for underprivileged and academically accomplished youth of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Pasco, and other Bay Area counties in Florida. The golf tournament was started in 1997.
