OSC's United Way Volleyball Tournament

On Friday, June 8, 2012, three hundred and twenty five (325) participants came together for the 24th annual Otis/United Way Volleyball Tournament at the Otis Service Center in Bloomfield, CT. The event raised $12,615 for the United Way Community Campaign.

Forty-four teams came from as near as OSC and as far as Sikorsky in Stratford. Most of the UTC companies were represented in the tournament: UTC Corporate of Hartford, Hamilton Sundstrand of Windsor Locks, Otis of Farmington and Bloomfield, Pratt & Whitney of East Hartford and Middletown, Sikorsky of Stratford, UTC Fire & Security of Farmington, Carrier of Farmington, and UTC Power of South Windsor. 2012 also saw teams come from outside the UTC umbrella, including Bolton High School, New Hartford Parks & Recreation, and YMCA.

The event was sponsored by AFD Industries, Inc., Allied Electronics, Bassette Company, Draka Elevator Products, Eurest Dining Services, GBG The Corporate Gift Source, Grass Fours Volleyball League, Kaman Industrial Technologies, Lentron, Leppert-Nutmeg, Mainfreight USA, Maxton Manufacturing, Morgan AM&T / National Electrical Carbon Products, Mr. Trophy & Company, Northeast Lock, Otis Service Center, Penmar Industries, Precision Escalator Products, Quintana Associates, SnapCab by Bostock, and T.E.T. Manufacturing.

The Otis Service Center United Way Committee would like to extend a special thank you to the tournament volunteers, team captains, Griffin Land, and the Grass Fours Volleyball League.

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

Tournament Champions

Power League "SPR" From: Hamilton Sundstrand		Advanced League "We?ll Have Another" From: UTC FS/Power & Lenel

Team Members: Tim Church, Shane Ryan, Michael Loudon (captain), Badger Bergman, Phil St.Pierre, Rachel Cervone, Inna Sergaychik		Team Members: Drew Kirchner, Todd Bryden, Kent McCord, Kim McCord, Karen Pasquale, Rich Garmon (captain)

Intermediate League "Big D.I.G." From: Otis - OECF		Recreation League "Fireball" From: Otis NSAA/NSAHQ/1FS

Team Members: Mindi Chen, Dave Ginsberg, Dang Nguyen (captain), Daryl Marvin, Tadeusz Witczak, Mark Olthuis, Angie Bull, Marianne Bober		Team Members: Fyodor Grechka, Vicky Grechka, Peter Correia, Ilene Slifstein, Bob Packer, Steve Patton, Jill Pinkey (captain), Jamie Zamkovdfd

Tournament Runners-Up

Power League "Jumping Beans" From: Pratt & Whitney Middletown		Advanced League "Pain in the Grass" From: Bolton High School

Team Members: Byron Monzon (captain), Jan Phillips, Megan Baraldi, Aaron Brenner, Lee Jacobs		Team Members: Tom Sullivan (captain), Tyler Wimgate, Mike Rash, Jose Diaz, Renee Midford, Erin Sweeney

Intermediate League "HS United" From: Hamilton Sundstrand		Recreation League "IT & Service Ops" From: Otis NSAA/NSAHQ/1FS

Team Members: Kevin Duffy, Galen Kulp, Michael Carra, Jared Rugg, Cora Treacy (captain), Jeannette Dehmer		Team Members: Bob Yelenak (captain), Brian Schetzel, Kamal Natarajan, Rakesh Kumar, Brandon Paguni, Ron Pepin, Daniuel Meunier, Sandy Gray,Yosi Haimes, Nancy Handley, CJ Handley, Sandra Crain