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SSUE 2 VOLUME 3 I
APRIL - JU NE, 2015
Memorial Day Celebration & Pool Opening Day May 25, 2015 at 11:00 am
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IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the General Manager • New Members & Club Events Summer Tennis Extravaganza • Junior Development Programs
GENERAL MANAGER News
From the General Manager’s Desk Dear Woodmore Member, Thank you for choosing The Country Club at Woodmore as your recreational home and for being a Member. Your decision to call the club your home is a decision that we recognize and very much appreciate each and every day. In the coming year, you will see further progress in positioning Woodmore as a premier fine private club in the Washington D.C. area. Through our continued commitment in providing facilities customary of a fine private club, you will see additional capital dollars designated for projects this year to further enhance your experience and that of your guests when entertaining. To highlight a few: Golf Course • Bunker Sand Replenishment • New Cooler Houses and Trash Receptacles • Additional Irrigation Coverage Clubhouse • Palmer Grill Enhancements and Television Upgrades • New Dinnerware and Glassware • Expanded and Enhanced Food and Beverage Turn Operations Pool • Replaster Main Pool and Wading Pool Surfaces • Pool Deck Repair • Enhanced Landscaping Understanding that while the physical enhancements to the club are necessary to keep pace with the industry and return this club to prominence, much attention must be paid to the level of service expected as a member of this fine club. While John Kauzlarich and the golf operation team and Brandon Collins and the golf course operations team do a wonderful job of providing this level of experience, Lashelle Thomas and Chef Ray Chen have already laid the foundation through training programs and standards of operation to enhance the level of service and your experience when dining with us.
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Additionally, please join me in welcoming our new Director of Banquets and Catering, Ms. Nakia Wilson. Nakia brings with her a solid background in corporate and social events as well as an attention to detail required to execute parties, events and weddings seamlessly. She is very excited in her new role and would love to help you execute your banquet and catering needs. As an update, the Club’s membership has grown by 152 Members to date and now totals 540 Members strong! With your help, we will continue on this upward path and further secure the Club’s future. In those efforts, we are pleased to welcome Ms. Sarah Novak, Director of Membership, to the team at Woodmore. She comes with a wealth of experience and an eagerness to get to know each and every one of you on a personal level. She and the entire team will look for ways to build added value to your membership and create partnerships with you to help in our efforts to achieve our membership goals in 2015. In closing, for those of you I have already met…it has been my pleasure! And for those I have yet to meet… please ask for me when you visit the club next. I am very excited to be with you here at Woodmore and very much look forward to building a relationship with each and every one of you and adding value to your membership each and every day. The Country Club at Woodmore’s mission is to provide an exceptional level of service and create the very best club experience, each and every day, for its Members. As always, please let me know how I or we may be of assistance in any way. Warm Regards,
Jon Vodehnal General Manager
MEMBERSHIP News
Meet the new Director of Membership It is with great pleasure that I introduce myself as the new Director of Membership Sarah Novak. I Look forward to leading the club in recruiting new members along with retention of existing members. Most recently I was working for Bf Saul Hospitality where I was the Regional Sales Manager- Sports for Seven hotel properties in Loudoun County. I worked with housing bureaus and individual sports teams to facilitate housing for large scale sports tournaments in the DC Metro Area. During my career I have extensive experience in the sports industry where I have worked for the Washington Wizards/ Mystics, Seattle Storm and the New York islanders. My experience working with season ticket holders will be a great asset to the members of the Country Club at Woodmore because I understands the importance of members understanding their membership benefits so that members can take full advantage of their membership benefits. With spring right around the corner we encourage each of you to reach out to your network and invite a potential member to the club. Over the spring and summer months we will be hosting a series of “Member Days Out” where you can invite Friend/coworker/relative/neighbor to experience the club with you. We hope that these “Member Days Out” will encourage you to help grow our family at the Country Club at Woodmore. For those of you that participate in these events & with your referral joining the club we will be rewarding you with one month dues waved! Please reach out to myself for more information. I live in Alexandria with my Yorkshire Terrier, Sprocket. In my free time I enjoys refurbishing furniture, weekend brunches, traveling and cooking. Stop by the membership office to say hello or email me at snovak@ccwoodmore.com or call directly at 301.249.8589.
NEW MEMBERS It is with great pleasure that i announce the new members to Woodmore: January Ms. Linda Andrews Ms. Page Sharon Ms. Nesbitt Leslie Mr. & Mrs. Gregory & Katina Maison Mr. Stephen Holt
February Mr. & Mrs. Christopher & Colleen Morton and Family Mr. & Mrs. Rugene & Avis Spruill Mr. Little Scott & Ms. Tracy Barwick and Family Mr. & Mrs. George & Tanya Pollard & Family
March Mr. Stewart Wyatt & Ms. Ryan Lee Mr. Beau Rothschild & Mary-Margaret Hasslocher Mr. & Mrs. Misha Solodovniko & Irina Koval & Family Mr. & Mrs. Darryl & Mekeba Barnes & Family Ms. F. Meglan Knight
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G ENERAL FOOD & BMANAGER EVERAGE News News
From the Food & Beverage Directors Desk Dear Members of Woodmore, This winter has been a long and very cold season, but with the current temperatures it’s finally time to shake off the cabin fever! We, in the Food & Beverage Department, are constantly thinking of new and exciting ways to bring you the private club experience I hear most of you talk about. Theme Dinner nights, which has been well received, was just the beginning of what I feel can be an exciting and new dining experience. Chef has been hard at work constructing a mouth-watering, appetizing and diverse menu. It will include items such as Steamed Shrimp tossed in Old Bay Seasoning, Honey Glazed Sweet Potato Wedges dusted in Cinnamon & Vermont Maple Syrup drizzle, Fish Tacos, Po’boy Sandwiches, Specialty Flatbread Pizzas and Sesame Crusted Tuna Steak just to name a few. As always we have our weekly Wine Down Wednesday from 6pm to 8pm with live entertainment on March 18th, April 1st, April 15th and every other Wednesday following. As well as, Friday Night Happy Hour from 4pm to 7pm. Please do not forget to mark your calendar with the following clubhouse events. Mother’s Day Brunch-May 10th Memorial Day Buffet-May 25th Father’s Day Brunch- June 21st If there is anything you may need please do not hesitate contact me at lthomas@ccwoodmore.com or (301)292-6100 ext 207.
It’s Always My Pleasure Serving You, LaShelle Thomas
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Memorial Day Celebration
POOL OPENING DAY
! E R E H Y L L IT’S FINA Please mark your calendars for our Memorial Day Celebration and the beginning of the swimming season here at the club, with our pool opening day scheduled for Monday, May 25, 2015 at 11:00 am. The celebration will include an outdoor barbeque located on the clubhouse patio, outdoor games for everyone, and of course SWIMMING.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FUN EVENT KICKING OFF THE SUMMER & POOL OPENING FOR 2015!5
EVENTS
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From the Department of Banquets and Catering I am a seasoned event professional with over 10 years of experience in the event industry. My passion for events began when I helped a friend plan her destination wedding in the West Indies. It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun. The marriage didn’t last, but my love for “All Things Wedding” and this industry has lasted through the years. After graduating from Howard University I decided to pursue a career in events management. From there my career took off and I have not looked back since. I have had the privilege to plan events for everyone from high profile celebrities to some of Washington’s top dignitaries. My career has provided me with the opportunity to plan all types of events. I’ve planned album release parties, congressional receptions, tradeshows, and conferences. A few years ago, I planned a breast cancer awareness event in conjunction with the Links organization and discovered this hidden treasure called the Country Club at Woodmore. During our first site visit I fell in love with this venue. Never did I imagine that two short years later a position would open up that would allow me to become part of the great team that I experienced at the country club. I jumped at the opportunity and I’m very excited to be joining the team as the new Director of Banquets and Catering. I’m excited to get to know each and every one of you and assist you with all of your event planning needs. I have a lot of great ideas in store and cannot wait to share my passion with you. Thanks, Nikki
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SAVE THE DATE News
Mother’s Day Brunch May 10
Memorial Day May 25th
Member – Member Team Championship May 30-31
Father’s Day June 21st
Independence Day July 4th
Women’s Member/ Guest August 8
Men’s Invitational September 24-26
GOLF
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Junior Golf
2015 Junior Development Programs “Junior golf at Woodmore is the heartbeat of this great game. You can play it all your life. You don’t have to be big, strong, fast, or even part of a team to enjoy golf. And the more you play the more fun it is.”
Weekly Junior Clinics
Memorial Day Week May 27th thru Labor Day Weekend September 6th - $20 per clinic Every Wednesday (5:00pm to 6:00pm) starting May 27th, and Sundays starting June 7st (2pm to 3pm)
3-Day Junior Camps
June 23rd – June 25th & August 4th – 6th (9am to 5pm) - $125 per child These three day camps will be just like traditional Junior Week, but it will allow your child additional access to Woodmore’s golf facilities and instruction from the Professional Golf Staff.
Pro – Junior
Sunday, June 28th & August 9th (1:00pm) – No Cost A three hole event that allows juniors the opportunity to play on the golf course with a member of the professional golf staff. The tournament will include on course instruction on the rules, course management and a little friendly competition.
Parent – Child Challenge
Sunday, June 21st (1:00pm Tee Times) - $25 per team - (cart fee optional) An eighteen hole two-person team tournament with a scramble format designed to find Woodmore’s premier golfing family. Teams can be any combination of adult and junior and is a wonderful opportunity for friendly competition and family bonding.
Junior Week
July 14th – 17th (9 am to 5 pm) - $125 per child An experience for juniors aged 6-18 that includes lessons in golf and tennis, lunch, and fun splash in the pool. Conducted and supervised by the Professional Golf Staff, this is ultimate opportunity to learn valuable golf skills and meet new friends.
Junior Club Championship
July 19th (3:00 pm Tee Times) – No Cost A championship for junior boys and girls, ages 12 – 17, to play a competitive stroke-play event and be crowned the Junior Champion.
2014 Overall Junior Champion – Mr. Nick Foster
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GOLF News
Golf Fitness Mac James’
Welcome to the official season of golf! Future of Fitness will be sending out fitness tips to help you physically prepare for this upcoming season. The 1st tip is something we hear all of the time; improve flexibility, improve your game. The key to improving your flexibility is weight loss. Losing weight is one of the hardest things for everyone to do. It is also one of the things 90% of us set off trying to do every year. 3 Things To Help You Start Weight Loss: 1) Drink more water. Drink 1/2 of your body weight in ounces of water daily. 2) Eat small meals every 2 to 3 hours throughout the day. 3) Cut out refined sugar (Soda, table sugar, and sweets) for 14 days. At Future of Fitness, we are have a nutritional program, Diet Free Life University which allows you to eat the things you like to eat and lose weight. We use this system to teach you consumption frequency, portion control and food combinationsfor maximum fat burning. If you’re ready to learn how to live without dieting again this is the program for you. Feel free to email questions about about Fitness or Nutrition and our Diet Free Life University program to mjamesfof@gmail.com.
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GREEN
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Greetings from the Green Department! Hopefully the cold weather is behind us and we can start focusing on golf course preparation instead of snow removal. Due to the late snow this year, we are having to play a catch up on the golf course. Projects that are normally done in late February and early March have been pushed been several weeks. As you are playing over the next few weeks, you will notice our staff busy aerifying fairways, mulching, taking care of stumps, and repairing bunkers from the winter in addition to preparing the golf course for daily play. These are all tasks that we normally would have completed by Mid-March. I want to remind everyone that our spring greens aerification is coming up on April 6th and 7th. Even with an early application of fertilizer to boost plant growth, the time it takes for the greens to recover in April is largely dictated by the weather. Let’s cross our fingers and hope mother nature cooperates with us!
Finally, as we head in to the season, I would like to ask for the membership’s help in maintaining the golf course by observing basic gold etiquette. Please remember to repair your divots in the fairways, either by replacing the divot or filling it with sand. Use whatever method you feel comfortable with—the most important thing to remember when repairing a divot is to leave a level lie for those playing after you. Please repair your ball marks on greens and if you have time, take the opportunity to repair someone else’s that may have been overlooked. The ball mark is properly repaired when you would feel comfortable putting over it. Thank you in advance and I look forward to seeing everyone at the Club. For the most up to date information about the golf course operation, please follow us on twitter @CCWoodmore or visit our blog at www.ccwoodmoregcm.com. Fairways and Greens, Brandon Collins, Golf Course Superintendent
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COMING SOON 2015 SUMMER TENNIS EXTRAVAGANZA Programs include Men’s Doubles Competition Tuesday – 4:30pm - 8:30pm Women’s Doubles Competition Wednesday – 4:30pm – 8:30pm Mixed Doubles Competition Thursday – 4:30pm – 8:30pm Drop-in Tennis Social 3rd Friday of each month starting May 15 (4:30-7:30) Tennis Drills Competition Saturday – 10:00am 12:00pm Noon Private and Semi-private Lessons with theour Professional Tennis Instructor, Kenney Callender
We look forward to seeing you at the
OPENING TENNIS PARTY To register for: Doubles Play please contact Bruce Martin 202-997-0288 Private lessons / Tennis Drills Kenny Callender 202-427-3324
CLUBHOUSE HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY Closed TUESDAY 8 am – 5 pm WEDNESDAY • THURSDAY • FRIDAY • SATURDAY 8 am – 9 pm SUNDAY 8 am – 6 pm DINING HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY - TUESDAY Closed WEDNESDAY • THURSDAY • FRIDAY 11:30 am – 9 pm SATURDAY 8 am – 9 pm SUNDAY 8 am – 6 pm GOLF SHOP HOURS OF OPERATION TUESDAY - SUNDAY 8 am - 5 pm CLOSING TIME WILL VARY ACCORDING TO DUSK Bag Storage & Range will be open 30 minutes before the first available tee time.
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