2017 Hook & Ladder Golf Tournament

The 10th annual Gary Thompson Agency Hook & Ladder Golf Tournament was held on Thursday, August 31st at the Red Cloud Golf Course near Red Cloud, NE. This year was a special year not only to celebrate the 10 years this tournament has been going but also to remember Greg Choquette, a previous GTA owner, who was instrumental in starting this tournament 10 years ago. He is greatly missed and GTA was honored to hold this tournament in memory of him this year. 

In order to field a team in the 4-person scramble, at least one team member must be on their local fire department or local EMS department. 

Gary Thompson Agency partners with Farmers Mutual of Nebraska, EMC Insurance Companies and Nationwide as corporate sponsors of this charity golf outing. Prize money is collected from these corporate sponsors and team entry fees as well as hole sponsorships from several other companies to allow 100% of the proceeds (minus golf course expenses) to be paid back to the participating teams. 

We appreciate all the hard work and dedication that our local, volunteer first responders provide to those in need. This tournament allows us to give them a small portion of the recognition they deserve. The tournament was a success this year:

• $4,400 paid back to the placing Fire Departments!
• 11 Rural Fire Departments in attendance (3 teams allowed per Fire District)

We send a special thank you to all that were in attendance and to all the GTA staff that helps to organize and run this tournament. 

Pictured above are Blake Erickson – Tim Valleau (FM Marketing Rep) – Riley Tonkin (EMC Marketing Rep) – Crale Bauer – Tyson Jordening

Posted below are the 2017 tournament results:

Championship Flight

1^st – Blue Hill Team #2

Tyson Jordening – Tim Waterbury – Josh Henderson – Alex Buschow

2^nd – Guide Rock Team #3

John Ely – Josh Scholtz – Aaron Giger – Riley Schultz

3^rd – Blue Hill Team #1

Wayne Bonifas – Jim Meyer – Terry Jordening – Trent Jordening

4^th – Red Cloud Team #2

Ryan Zimmerman – AJ Lockhart – Dan Conway – Darin Barnes

1^st Flight

1^st – Superior

Mike Fenimore – Dave Williams – Blake Erickson – Dayre Williams

2^nd – Guide Rock Team #2

Kent Duffy – Jeff Ord – Bruce Ohmstede – Rick Duffy

3^rd – Clay Center

John Story – Clay Fischer – Tim Messenger – Mike Wolfe

4^th – Fairfield Team #2

Casey Kluver – Todd Deines – Andy Engle – Aaron Hyland

2^nd Flight

1^st – Nelson

Chuck Tuttle – Jerry Bargen – Ken Rempe – Darren Myers

2^nd – Ruskin

Adam Sidlow – Brad Hemberger – Neil Hemberger – EJ Kothe

3^rd – Lawrence #2

Wayne Kohmetscher – Wayne Hoelting – Brad Kohmetscher – Nathan Faimon

4^th – Lawrence #1

Greg Pohlmeier – Dave Kohmetscher – Randy Himmelberg – Phil Schroer

3^rd Flight

1^st – Fairfield #1

Perry Ridgeway – Sam Nejezchleb – James Bassett – Justin Jarchow

2^nd – Hildreth #1

Bob Greening – Tom Kruse – Steve Bunger – Jeff Jelden

3^rd – Blue Hill #3

Rocky Zimmerman – Jeff Toepfer – Bill Zimmerman – John Weddingfeld

4^th – Hildreth #2

Mike Garret – Ryan Knaus – Joel Panter – Steve Panter