Tournament History
The Richie Mann Invitational Golf Tournament was started 12 years ago by Richie Mann as a constituency fundraiser when he was Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly representing Richmond County.
When Richie resigned from politics in 1998 he decided to keep the tournament alive and to dedicate the funds raised to a charitable organization. The Atlantic Chapter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation was chosen, out of respect for co-workers, relatives and friends who had suffered or were suffering from the disease. In particular, Richie dedicated the event to Emmie Luther Hiltz, a co-worker who is a breast cancer survivor and who has dedicated a large part of her life to making things easier for other breast cancer victims.
Over the past ten years the Richie Mann Invitational, as it is called, has contributed $525,000 to the Atlantic Chapter of the Foundation and another $22,000 to a cancer patient assistance program. This has been possible because of the tremendous corporate and individual support for the event.
Now one of the largest golf tournaments of its kind in Canada, the event has been designed to encourage all participants to, first and foremost, have fun, enjoy the golf, food, entertainment and other activities and to leave with new friends and some prizes. The remarkable attendance (60+ teams per year) is testimony that the recipe for a successful tournament has worked.
This year's event, the 12th Anniversary for the Breast Cancer Foundation, will be held the weekend of August 15, 2009.
