WATERBURY — The 29th Annual Jack Friel Memorial Golf Scramble, to benefit Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA), will take place at the Country Club of Waterbury on Monday, June 21.

Registration opens at 11 am, lunch begins at 11:30, and shotgun start is at 12:30 pm.

Individual entry fee is $250 and foursomes are $1,000. Birdie ($1,000) and Eagle ($2,000) sponsorships are available. Pairing a sponsorship with a foursome yields $250 savings on birdie level and $500 savings on eagle level.

New this year is a Live Scoring Sponsor ($2,500) which includes a Stay and Play package from the Dormie Network, a small portfolio of private golf clubs. Winners of the raffle will be announced during the outing dinner. Third prize is a $250 Visa gift card; second prize is a $750 Visa gift card; and first prize is a $5,000 Visa gift card. Only 150 tickets will be sold. The cost is $100 each. Winners need not be present.

Participants will receive a tee gift (golf hat and a dozen golf balls), barbecue buffet lunch, complimentary soda and snacks, complimentary adult beverages at lunch and during the round from Reverie Brewing Company and Litchfield Distillery, 18-hole scramble tournament with prizes in both gross and net divisions, automatic entry in a hole-in-one contest for a car from Ingersoll Automotive, two-hour open bar after golf, and buffet dinner with carving station.

Optional games include the Golf Cannon and Last Person Standing. A raffle table and a silent auction with a number of desirable lots (e.g. foursomes at private area clubs) will also be available. One of the lots is a threesome of golf at Bull’s Bridge Golf Club hosted by Joe LaCava, Tiger Woods’ caddie and a Newtown native.

Newtown Savings Bank is the tourney's presenting sponsor.

“We’re proud to be a long-time supporter of Newtown Scholarship Association. Supporting their mission of helping Newtown youth achieve their educational goals is more important than ever,” said Ken Weinstein, Newtown Savings Bank President & CEO.

“It’s been a really tough year for families navigating through the college funding process, which has been significantly impacted by the COVID pandemic,” added Meghan Krebs, NSA Board Member and Newtown Savings Bank FVP/Chief Credit Officer.

Naming Sponsor: Michael & Jackie Friel; Eagle Sponsor: JP Maguire Associates; Birdie Sponsors: Ingersoll Automotive, Litchfield Distillery, Merrill Lynch - The Tackman Group, Nanavaty Davenport Studley White, Neubert, Pepe & Montieth, Reverie Brewing Company, Savings Bank of Danbury, and Sippin Energy Products.

For more information and to register, visit newtownscholarship.org/events. Raffle tickets may also be purchased there.