JUNE

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MAC High School Senior All-Star Soccer Games – Off-site

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The MAC will host the 2023 High School Senior All-Star Soccer Games at Soccer Park in Fenton! The games will feature the top male and female soccer players in the St. Louis area. Tickets will be sold at the gate.

6 p.m. | Girls game

8 p.m. | Boys game

Adults: $7 Students: $5

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Dalhousie Play Day – Off-site

Enjoy an MAC golf outing at Dalhousie Golf Club. For reservations, call the Dalhousie Golf Club at 573-332-0818 ext. 309.

11 a.m.

$115 per person, includes lunch

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Father’s Day Brunch W

Enjoy brunch with the family at the West Clubhouse to celebrate Father’s Day.

10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Adults: $39.95, plus Club charge

Children (5-12): $14.95, plus Club charge

Children 4 and under: Gratis

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Hall of Fame Dinner DT

Enjoy an evening of camaraderie and celebrate the Club’s tradition of athletic excellence as the class of 2023 is inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame.

6 p.m. | Cocktails

7 p.m. | Dinner

8 p.m. | Program

$75 per person, plus Club charge

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Family Fun Night W

Bring the family to the pool in your best swim attire from the early 1900s and other decades to continue celebrating the MAC’s 120th anniversary! This event will include a boat regatta, a movie under the stars, live entertainment and much more.

5 p.m. | Games and Lite Bites

6:30 p.m. | Boat Regatta Registration

7:30 p.m. | Boat Regatta

Movie to follow

No charge to attend.

4 America’s Birthday Parade Breakfast Buffet DT

Enjoy a breakfast buffet in the Sportsman’s Club to celebrate the 140th America’s Birthday Parade. Continue the festivities by attending the annual St. Louis parade downtown!

7-10 a.m.

Adults: $20.95 per person, plus Club charge

Children (5 and older): $12.95 per person, plus Club charge

Children (4 and under): Gratis

26 10th Annual Ryder Cup Match Play – Off-site

Sponsored by MAC Golf Club and MAC Basketball League

This year’s MAC Ryder Cup is at Glen Echo Country Club. For more information, contact Katie Maurer at kmaurer@mac-stl.org.

2 p.m. shotgun start $80 green fee ($26 cart fee) mac-stl.org/events

Members must cancel reservations 72 hours prior to the event to avoid a charge of 33% of applicable price. No-shows will be charged in full. Cancellations must be made online or by contacting the MAC Catering Department. All events held in the Missouri Room require business attire unless otherwise specified.

Letter From The President I

am extremely honored to write this first Cherry Diamond column as the 108th President of the Missouri Athletic Club. It is particularly humbling to assume this role in the midst of the 120th year of our iconic institution. I am grateful to be serving with my fellow officer class, Cheri McLaughlin, Mark McClanahan, Mark Niemeyer, and Aaron Pawlitz, each of whom is a committed and proven leader who will put the Club and its Members first in all things.

President Beumer and I have had a little over four months of transition time together, and I thank him very much for his counsel and guidance over that period. A number of Past Presidents have been eager to offer support, which has been sincerely appreciated. I also wish to congratulate President Beumer for his successful leadership over the past year. In like manner, I am thankful for the other departing officers: Steve Albart, Tracey Beckette, Justin Fowler and Chris Swank. These gentlemen all provided tremendous leadership for the Club and certainly left it in a better place than they found it. During their Board tenure, membership numbers grew to and remained at (modern) record levels, the newly renovated 1903 Dining Room and Jack Buck Grille opened with great success, the Speaker Series was initiated and is thriving, and our old defined benefit pension plan obligation has been addressed and eliminated, just to name a few significant accomplishments. This outgoing group of leaders has been cohesive and very hard-working, and they will be missed. With respect to the outgoing officers, I would be remiss not to give a special note of thanks to Governor “General” Beckette: he recently completed his NINTH year of continuous board service. His leadership, particularly with planning, has been invaluable.

I have enjoyed getting to know better and working with our now “Junior” Board class: Governors Tom Dankenbring, Tim Maynard, Jodi Peterson, Gary Sextro and Jeff Wehmer. With a year under their “belts,” I know they are all ready to take on this year’s challenges and opportunities. Finally, congratulations again to our newly elected Governors: Carrie Burggraf, Adrian Di Bisceglie, Mike Kozeny, Matt Masiel and David Sweeney. I know they are ready to get to work on behalf of the Club! Our Club depends on new leaders every single year who answer the call to run for the Board and serve the Club and its Members.

This coming year will be one of both celebration and transition. We will continue to celebrate our great and historic Club throughout this 120th anniversary year. At the same time, we will bid farewell to MAC General Manager Wally Smith, who will be retiring after providing the Club with nearly a dozen years of outstanding leadership. The Board and the Search Committee have been working for many months on this significant transition to find the right next professional to lead our Club and its outstanding staff. One thing we have learned during this process is that a leader in the club industry with Wally’s length of service is quite unusual. We are very fortunate that Wally chose us years ago and that our past leaders hired him. But Wally is not leaving us quite yet; we will have time in the coming months to properly thank Wally for all his service.

As I write this article, we are hopefully close to being in a position to announce our next leader; stay tuned! I do ask that all Members be patient through this period of change. Rest assured our Board’s goal is not to rest upon our successes but to continue to work to make our Club the very best it can be in all respects.

In moving forward this year, our Board will be guided by our Club’s Vision and Mission statements, which I believe are worth repeating as we kick off a new Board year:

Vision

To be the foremost private club in St. Louis known for attracting exceptional people and enriching lives for generations.

Mission

To create extraordinary experiences in all aspects of club life in the spirit of excellence, service, and tradition.

These words were chosen carefully and intentionally. They are powerful, aspirational and inspirational.

We will work hard as a Board to live up to our Vision and Mission statements in all things we undertake. And if we can move the Club even a bit closer to meeting these high standards, it will be a successful year indeed.

Again, it is a great honor to be a Member of the MAC and to help lead it. I hope to see each of you around the Club soon.

Respectfully,

Neal Perryman, President Missouri Athletic Club