Some amateur athletes among the attendees at this year’s Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. conference woke up early Sunday morning to compete for a good cause, taking to the links and the rink to participate in two annual events benefiting the Spencer Educational Foundation Inc.

Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, Mass., hosted the 19th Annual Spencer/Gallagher Golf Tournament sponsored by brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. With two 18-hole championship courses designed by Rees Jones and Nicklaus Designs, Pinehills is listed among Golf Magazine’s “Top 10 You Can Play” and received 4.5 stars from Gold Digest.

Sunday’s outing drew 72 golfers and raised $40,000 for the Spencer Foundation. Besting the Pinehills layout Sunday were the first-place group of Mark Bainer, Don Gibson and Todd Tschantz; the second place foursome of Pat Walsh, Tim Sterling, Ed Longfield and Mark Weidner; and the third-place grouping of Doug Thomson, Mark Ryan, Leonard Streeter and Jonathan Ervin.

While golfers took to the links in Plymouth, four teams of skaters took to the ice at the Edge Sports Center in Bedford, Mass., for the annual NAPCO Spencer Cup sponsored by Edison, N.J.-based broker NAPCO L.L.C.

At the rink, 50 skaters faced off as Team Canada and Team USA, with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Americas sponsoring the jerseys and the medals. In addition to players’ entry fees, the hockey organizers collected admission from spectators to add to the group’s contribution to the Spencer Foundation. The annual hockey competition was expected to raise $10,000 for the risk management scholarship program.

The hockey event featured a new format this year, according to Carsten Scheffel, chief executive officer-U.S. at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. Rather than two teams as in past years, this year’s NAPCO Spencer Cup saw two U.S. teams and two Canadian teams square off in two first round games, before teams moved on to a final medal round. “We kind of followed the Olympic theme,” said Mr. Scheffel, who skated for one of the Team Canada teams.

The U.S. was victorious in each of the first round contests, 4-3 and 4-1. Ultimately, however, the higher scoring of the Team Canada squads from the preliminaries—Mr. Scheffel’s team—won the final match against one of the Team USA groups by a score of 4-3, taking the gold medal, with the two Team USA squads winning silver and bronze.

Of course, such victories don’t come without a price, even when they are for charity.

“After playing 80 minutes of hockey my back is killing me,” Mr. Scheffel said.