WEYBURN – The Weyburn and Estevan Rotary Clubs combined their efforts to complete the 2023 Golf Ball Drop on Saturday evening, held at the Weyburn Golf Course, with about 4,222 balls dropped.
Both clubs sold tickets for the drop, which resulted in three cash prizes awarded to the winning numbers that dropped in the hole.
First prize of $5,000 goes to Ryan Olson on a ticket sold in Estevan; second prize is to Cyrus Slater, of $3,000, on a ticket sold in Weyburn; and third, for $1,000, went to Tammy Forcier, also on a ticket sold in Weyburn.
Members of both clubs helped to sort the balls, and only the balls for the tickets sold went into a big bucket, lifted by a crane from Jerry Mainil Ltd. over the golf hole, with the first three in counted as the winners.
Garnet Hart, who organized the golf ball drop for the Weyburn club, said the sale of tickets was down slightly this year.
Of the total, 2,400 tickets were sold by the Estevan club, and 1,800 by the Weyburn club. The location for the ball drop alternates each year between the two cities.
The proceeds after the winnings will go to support the STARS air ambulance service and Estevan Minor Ball.
