OSC's United Way Volleyball Tournament

Over 320 participants enjoyed beautiful summer weather as they competed in Otis' 22nd annual United Way Volleyball Tournament on June 11, 2010. The event, held at the Otis Service Center in Bloomfield, raised a record $11,461 for the United Way Community Campaign!

The competition consisted of 43 teams with games played on 20 volleyball courts. There were four skill levels of play: 7 in the Power division; 8 in Advanced, 17 in Intermediate; and 11 in Recreational. Many UTC companies were represented in the tournament: Hamilton Sundstrand, Otis Engineering Center Farmington (OECF), Otis NSAA Headquarters, Otis Service Center (OSC), Otis World Headquarters (WHQ), Pratt & Whitney, UTC Power, and Sikorsky Aircraft. Additionally, two teams from the Hartford YMCA participated.

The event was sponsored by AFD Industries, Inc., Allied Electronics, Bassette Company, CDP Fastener Group, Dynapar, Eurest Dining Services, Janus Elevator Products, Inc., Lentron Corp., Leppert-Nutmeg Inc., Mainfreight USA, Mr. Trophy & Company, Otis Service Center, Precision Escalator Products, Inc., Pro Systems, Inc, Quality Elevator Products, Inc., Quintana Associates, Inc., SCS-AIM, SnapCab by Bostock, Springfield Spring Corp., T.E.T. Mfg. Co. Inc., The Bernd Group, and Tracey Gear & Precision Shaft.

The Otis Service Center United Way Committee would like to extend a special thank you to the tournament volunteers and helpers: Anika Grey, Chris Koenig, Dave Fairbanks, Fran Lacaille, Holly Kizilski, Jack Cegelka, Jeanne Droste, John Hayduski, Karen Ansaldi, Lily Yang, Margarita Baquero, Matt Fournier, Mike Henderson, Norman Bird, Rich Pierce, Mike Wu, Courtney Kane, Ed Martano, Rich Garmon, Bob Kessler, Jeffrey Rink, Gary Watkins, Paul Champagne, Team Paragon Robotics, the Eurest Team (Scott Martin, Patricia Ouellette, Joan Fleishman, Cindy Bucchieri, Nicole D'Amato, Heidi Fleishman), Lisa Jankowski, and Frank Dyer.

Also, a special thank you to all the Team Captains, Griffin Land, the Grass Fours Volleyball League for loaning equipment, and to the following individuals for loaning nets: Rich Garmon, Cathy Neale, Alex Kidder, Carl Anderson, Eric Lichtenberger, and Mike Reiter.

On behalf of the OSC United Way Committee, we thank you and look forward to next year!

Tournament Champions

Power League "Ball Busters" From: Sikorsky		Advanced League "Safe Sets" From: Otis

Team Members: From the left: Michael Gardner, Amanda Olmstead (Captain), Danny Goncalves, Brian Quinn, Emily, Ken Serke		Team Members: Gary Colson, Kim Sherba, Barb lane, Trung Pham, Bill Sawyer (Captain), Matthew Marriot

Intermediate League "IT Leadership Program" From: UTC		Recreation League "Service Ops & IT United" From: Otis - OSC & 1FS IT

Team Members: 1st Row: Alex Mesa, Kerry Shamaly (Captain), Jenni Braun, Jennifer Bernardino 2nd Row: Anthony Smith, Alan Rumpf, Jeremy Querido, Junisa Grear		Team Members: (L to R): Kamal Natarajan, Jon Spinelli, Susan Meunier, Brian Schetzel, Dana Newcomb, Nancy Handley, Bob Yelenak, Bob Brady, Daniel Meunier, Sandy Gray, Louis Sheldon, and Norman Bird (captain). (missing from photo: Yosi Haimes)

Tournament Runners-Up

Power League "El Fuego" From: Pratt & Whitney		Advanced League "Knights" From: Pratt & Whitney

Team Members: Carlos Cede?, Jennifer Monroy, Matt Cribbin, Mario Morales (Captain), Stephanie Rivera, Erick Ramos		Team Members: Jessica Sims, Pravin Gangadharan, Ranga, Toby Varghese (Captain), Amanda Colgan, Sujith Sasidharan

Intermediate League "Set-To-Kill" From: Pratt & Whitney		Recreation League "Jerry's Kids" From: Otis - OSC
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Team Members: Standing Left to Right: Sateesh Kummaripurugu (Captain), Cliff Balinskas, Leslie Spence, Tai Tran, Sandeve D'Costa		Team Members: Paul Francischelli (Captain), George Rivera, Wally Butler, Jesus Nieves, Kevin Hendon, Kim Winalski, Brenda Murphy