On The Bay | February 2023

ON THE BAY

ON THE February 2023 BAY

G E T I N T O U C H

Fran roaCh, generaL manager 305.964.4048 - gm@dbycc.com

ControLLer 305.964.4042

kathy ViLLamizar, member biLLing 305.964.4044 - memberbilling@dbycc.com

heydis Perez, aCCounts PayabLe 305.964.4043 - ap@dbycc.com

danieLLa tosta, direCtor oF membershiP & marketing 305.964.4049 - d.tosta@dbycc.com

Craig CorCoran, direCtor oF goLF 305.256.2500 - c.corcoran@dbycc.com

CrystaL hoPkins, direCtor oF Food & beVerage 305.964.4045 - c.hopkins@dbycc.com

dwayne waLden, restaurant manager 305.254.2111 - d.walden@dbycc.com

sureLys negron Figueroa, exeCutiVe CheF 305.9254.2111 - s.negron@dbycc.com

JessiCa terry, Catering manager 305.964.4051 - j.terry@dbycc.com

danieL stoVer, direCtor oF grounds 305.256.2516 - d.stover@dbycc.com

stePhen tiLton, direCtor oF Fitness 305.964.4052 - fitnesscenter@dbycc.com

Pedro Leon, direCtor oF tennis 786.287.2660 - p.leon@dbycc.com

CheryL Porter, head tennis ProFessionaL 305.256.3366 - c.porter@dbycc.com

erik ruiz, FaCiLities manager 305.254.2112 - e.ruiz@dbycc.com

kyLie bringoLa, direCtor oF CommuniCations 305.964.4053 - communications@dbycc.com

meLissa diaz, reCePtionist 305.254.2111 - m.diaz@dbycc.com

President..................................Leo Chomiak

ViCe President.......................... rob sPerber treasurer.................................domingo moreira seCretary..................................steVe JaCobson direCtors.................................PauL garCia

mark LeVitats

Leo mendoza

randy miLLian mPoa rePresentatiVe..............edith neuwahL

C O M M I T T E E S

FinanCe..............................steVe JaCobson/PauL garCia tennis & Fitness................mark LeVitats/rob sPerber goLF & greens..................Leo Chomiak/edith neuwahL house................................rob sPerber/Leo mendoza membershiP........................randy miLLian/domingo moreira LegaL & by-Laws................Leo Chomiak/Leo mendoza grieVanCe..........................randy miLLian/PauL garCia

M A I N D I R E C T O R Y

CLubhouse....................................305.254.2111 dining & soCiaL reserVations......305.278.8688

Fitness Center..............................305.964.4052

Front gate seCurity....................305.256.2518 goLF shoP....................................305.256.2500 member biLLing............................305.964.4044 tennis shoP..................................305.256.3366

A Letter From The President

Dear Deering Bay Members,

2023 is off to a great start here at the Club. We are continuing to see great progress out at the 19th Hole, and in February we will see the installation of mechanical units, light fixtures and fans, counter tops, and other kitchen equipment. Construction of the Pickle Ball Courts started on Monday, January 23rd with an anticipated timeline of about 8 weeks.

Leo Chomiak President Board of Directors

Procurement of furniture and materials for the Phase II Renovation is about 80% complete and we are currently acquiring lead times that range from four to twelve weeks. Renovation areas have been zoned to cause the

least amount of service interruption, and we will keep the membership updated as these projects progress.

The Club finished the year with $11.7M in total revenues which exceeded prior year revenues by $2.9M.

The Club finished the year with a Net Operating Income of $404K which is the strongest financial result Deering Bay has experienced. The first few months of the new year are busy with many events, and we anticipate strong financial results in the first quarter of 2023.

The Chairs and Co-Chairs of our various committees have been set for 2023. Members selected to be on committees will be notified this week. Thank you to everyone who applied to join one of Deering Bay’s committees. We truly appreciate your commitment to the Club.

Chair Vice-Chair

Finance: Steve Jacobson

Membership: Randy Millian

House: Rob Sperber

Golf & Greens: Leo Chomiak

Tennis & Fitness

Mark Levitats

Grievance: Randy Millian

Legal & By-Laws

Leo Chomiak

Paul Garcia

Opi Moreira

Leo Mendoza/Leo Chomiak

Edith Neuwahl

Rob Sperber

Paul Garcia

Leo Mendoza

We are looking forward to a great month culminating in our Men’s Member-Guest Invitational which will be held from Thursday, February 23rd through Saturday, February 25th!

Thank you, Leo

A Letter From The General Manager

Dear Deering Bay Members,

January was an amazing month here at the Club and we look forward to continuing that momentum through the rest of 2023!

Fran Roach PGA General Manager gm@dbycc.com

Our 2023 Copacabana Women’s Member-Guest was an incredible event from start to finish thanks to our team members and Mrs. Geraldine Blakely. Our slice of paradise here at Deering Bay was transformed into a tropical oasis with great food, great weather, and great company!

We are looking forward to our 2023 Men’s Member-Guest Invitational at the end of this month from February 23rd through February 25th.

All Deering Bay Facilities will be open on President’s Day, Monday, February 20th for our members to spend their day off golfing, playing tennis, and dining! The Club will be closed on the following day, Tuesday, February 21st. Book Club will be moved to Monday, February 20th at 4:30pm.

Thank you to everyone that joined us for the Chateau de Pommard Wine Dinner in January. It was an amazing evening filled with delicious food and wine, and we look forward to hosting more of these events this season! We hope to see many of you celebrating Valentine’s Day on Sunday, February 12th for our Couple’s Golf Tournament and on Tuesday, February 14th for our Annual Valentine’s Dinner and Dance.

As a reminder, in compliance with the State Health Codes, animals are not permitted in or around the Club facilities, including the Courtyard. Certified service dogs on a leash may be permitted.

2023 is off to a great start and we are looking forward to the rest of the season!

The best is yet to come,

Fran Roach PGA

February 2023 Calendar of Events

Around The Bay

News From Membership

Privé Golf

Daniella Tosta Director of Membership & Marketing d.tosta@dbycc.com

Private Club Amenities

Full Members at Troon Privé clubs have the privilege to play at other private clubs in the portfolio at a preferred Troon Privé Member rate, cart and range balls included. Members are entitled to bring up to three guests that will play for the host clubs accompanied rates. Each golfer can play up to (6) rounds at any given facility in one calendar year. (This benefit is limited to (3) visits for clubs in the same geographic market when noted in the guidelines). Rounds are subject to the host clubs’ advance booking policy for unaccompanied guest/reciprocal play.

https://www.troon.com/member-programs/troonprivate-member-golf/

In addition to golf, Full Members enjoy amenities at participating Troon Privé clubs, with access to fitness, tennis, aquatics and/or dining.

https://www.troon.com/member-programs/troon-prive-club-amenities/

Resort/Daily Fee Golf

Full Members of participating Troon Privé and Daily Fee/Resort clubs are invited to take advantage of preferred rates at resort and daily fee facilities worldwide. Each Full Member and up to three guests can enjoy great courses and destinations at incredible rates around the world.

https://www.troon.com/member-programs/troon-advantage/

News From The Golf Course News From Golf

Dear Members,

We have gotten off to a great start of 2023! In January, we hosted a great Interclub event, began our President’s Cup Tournament, wrapped up our Men’s Team Championship, and had a hugely successful Women’s Member-Guest Invitational.

Craig Corcoran PGA Director of Golf

c.corcoran@dbycc.com

Special shout-out to this year’s Women’s Member-Guest Champions Shari Spector, Dede Sloto, Jeanie Bonner, and Stacey Koch. We had a blast with the Copacabana theme and had really solid feedback from attendees. Thank you to Geraldine Blakely and the rest of the WGA Executive Committee for helping us put on a great event!

I am extremely pleased with the start of the year and look forward to carrying on this momentum. Looking ahead, I would like to take a moment to highlight some important dates for February:

February 4th: MGA #3

February 5th: Titleist Demo Day (11am-3pm)

February 8th: WGA Seminar

February 9th: UM Sylvester Cancer Link Tournament

February 12th: Valentine’s Couples Tournament

February 15th: Men’s Interclub @ Fort Lauderdale Country Club, XXIO Demo Day (11am-3pm)

February 16th: WGA Twin Trophies

February 17th: Callaway Demo Day (11am-3pm)

February 22nd: Women’s Interclub @ La Gorce

February 23rd: WGA Twin Trophies Rd. 2

Men’s Member-Guest Invitational Practice Round & Dinner

February 24th: Men’s Member-Guest Invitational Day 1

February 25th: Men’s Member-Guest Invitational Day 2

Another busy month with a lot going on! Stay tuned for signups for all these events. We are eagerly looking forward to our UM Sylvester Cancer Link Tournament as well as our Men’s Member-Guest Invitational coming up in February.

Thank you all for your help in kicking off 2023 with a bang!

Craig

News From Golf

News From The Golf Course

Dear Deering Bay Members,

Daniel Stover Director of Grounds d.stover@dbycc.com

As we are in the middle of our golf season here at Deering Bay we are also peaking in the amount of daily golf rounds. This means divots on tees and fairways and ball marks on greens are also becoming more plentiful and multiple members of the golf maintenance team are deployed several times per week to help with both duties. While this is a normal practice for any maintenance crew, the quantity of each on the course is becoming a bit more than we can keep up with.

As golfers, it would help our maintenance team and your fellow golfers greatly if you made sure to fill your divots and repair your ball marks. I invite you to read these quick tutorials from the USGA.

Divots: When using divot mix, it is important to avoid over or under filling divots. Under filling a divot will result in a depression that affects golf ball lie. On the other hand, overfilled divots will damage mowing equipment and create poor playing conditions. To properly fill a divot, bend over and directly place divot mix in each divot, making sure the divot mix does not spill onto undamaged turf. Add divot mix until it is even with the base of the adjacent turf. Finally, just as with replacing divots, use your foot to compact and level the divot mix.

Ball Marks: Insert the ball mark repair tool behind the ball mark and gently pull the top of the tool toward the center. Continue working around the ball mark, pulling the surrounding turf in toward the center of the indentation. Avoid using a lifting or twisting motion because this can damage turf roots. Once you have finished pulling turf in toward the center, gently tamp the area down with your putter to create a smooth, firm surface.

Together we can continue to create better conditions here at the Bay for all of us. I hope you are enjoying your experience so far this season. As always feel free to reach me at d.stover@dbycc.com.

Thank you, Dan

News From Tennis

Dear Deering Bay Members,

As we expected we have begun the New Year with many challenges in front of us. We are just two months into it and have already made significant accomplishments. On the domestic scene we are making our DBYCC tennis teams presence felt! The USTA ladies and SFWDL teams have been giving their best and have won most of their 2023 season matches.

We would like to give special congratulations to our USTA 6.5 senior combo league team who after dominating in Miami participated in the Sectional competition at Orlando and made all the way to the semifinals. But they are not the only one supporting the tennis program; the USTA Men’s team has been involved in very competitive matches and we are very excited about the future of them, the 3.5 USTA men’s team won their first match vs Royal Palm Tennis club and is set up for 4 more matches during this month.

Pedro Leon Director of Tennis p.leon@dbycc.com

In addition to all these great news we also offered an adult round robin on Saturday morning the 28th where we had a lot of fun; Juliana Neves finished in first place and Jeff Fenton was the runner up. We are very happy to say that many members are showing up for clinics and lessons and we also have great turn out on the courts during the weekends.

We are now looking forward to our future events. On February all clinics, USTA and SFWDL matches are continued as scheduled, and on Saturday, February 25th from 9 to 11am we are hosting the Valentine’s Doubles & Mixed Troubles special event where our members will have a morning of tennis, food, love and more; remember to RSVP to this event.

We would like to remind you some familiar programs that we offer:

Ladies’ clinics Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 to 11:00am

Men’s clinic Wednesday 7:00 to 8:00pm

Kid’s group lesson Monday from 4 to 5pm and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30pm Private lesson every day

Please let us know if you would like to participate! Programs must be signed up in advance.

We would also like to remind you that we offer a ball machine at no cost; it is located by the tennis shop back glass door facing the swimming pool; you must be 16 years old or over otherwise a member adult presence is required. You may use it with reservation Tuesday through Friday 8:30 to 4:00pm and Saturday & Sunday 11:30am to 4:00pm. For reservations, please email to p.leon@dbycc. com or c.porter@dbycc.com

This month in our effort to continue offering to the members the best tennis courts in town we are once again depositing clay. We thank everyone for your patience and understanding as our staff work diligently to restore the courts to the level of excellence you are used to. Most important of all, we would like to remind everyone to wear the proper attire and tennis shoes, also that reservations should be made no earlier than two days in advance.

Sincerely,

The Tennis Pro Shop Family

News From Fitness

Dear Deering Bay Members,

I am extremely pleased with the level of acceptance, encouragement, and support the members have instilled in the Fitness Department. The month of February will only surpass the bar and standards we have set for the fitness program.

Stephen Tilton Director of Fitness fitnesscenter@dbycc.com

The new classes are next level in the fitness industry and always creating a challenge to keep members engaged and breaking through personal plateaus.

Our goal was to use the classes to establish a better sense of inclusion and community and we have crushed that expectation. The educationbased classes are led by certified, diverse, and relatable instructors, and continuous content and feature enhancements give members fresh ways to enjoy their wellbeing journey. From recipes to educational classes, our events and seminars will keep members engaged on their journey toward eating healthier. And yes, the recipes are delicious!

Calm the mind, bring awareness to the present moment, and build resilience into your every day through the meditation and movement classes. Mindfulness is the key to mental wellbeing and living a healthier life. With your new access to meditation, yoga, and stress reduction, our classes can improve your mood and mindset. Our high-quality in-house production studio creates and refreshes classes continuously to meet members’ growing needs.

Integrated and custom goal-based programs engage the whole person and population in fitness. The connection between food and wellbeing goes much deeper than simply eating more fruits and vegetables and cutting out processed foods. For members, understanding the full scope of nutrition’s impact on wellbeing may be key to improving your health and productivity. Let’s continue to establish a level of excellence by setting the tone for a progressive, dedicated and determined culture here at Deering Bay.

Remember each member brings value, creativity, and respect to the program. Please continue to enhance each other’s lives through fitness, mindfulness, and nutritional guidance! Looking forward to continuing my efforts to being that game changer for each member’s journey.

Happy February!

Stephen

February 2023 Member Anniversaries

Thank you For Your Continued Support!

25+ YEARS

31 Years: The Schneider Family

31 Years: The Schwartz Family

30 Years: The Podsaid Family

27 Years: The Dresnick Family

27 Years: The Schenkman Family

26 Years: The Sanchez/Senofonte Family

25 Years: The Bell Family

20+ YEARS

22 Years: The Elliott Family

15+ YEARS

17 Years: The Kuhn Family

17 Years: The Waltman Family

16 Years: The DiBello Family

10+ YEARS

12 Years: The Hernandez Family

12 Years: The Saverin Family

11 Years: The Voell Family

10 Years: The Crompton Family

10 Years: The Strawley Family

5+ YEARS

8 Years: The Undorfer Family

7 Years: The Finkle Family

7 Years: The Villanueva Family

6 Years: The Kuys Family

6 Years: The Pacin Family

5 Years: The Lamar Family

2+ YEARS

3 Years: The Thomas Family

2 Years: The Kumar Family

2 Years: The Jezierny Family

2 Years: The Montesino Family

2 Years: The Renaud Family

2 Years: The Greenberg Family

2 Years: The Clavero Family

1 YEAR

The Ramos/Barrantes Family

The Monje Family

The Hooker Family

The Kourakos Family

The Pedroza Family

The Irizarry Family

The Lopez Family

The Strong Family

The Thorpe Family