Village Club of Sands Point - August 2019 Newsletter

THE VILLAGE CLUB OF SANDS POINT AUGUST 2019 - newsletter 1 THAYER LANE, SANDS POINT, NY 11050 | 516.944.7400 | WWW.VILLAGECLUB.ORG

IN THIS ISSUE… Contents Q&A WITH GENERAL MANAGER & CHAIR MEET OUR NEW MEMBERS Golf update GOLF COURSE UPDATE RACQUET SPORTS UPDATE POOL & grille opening hours Food & beverage update Chefs corner Upcoming events

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Mansion office 516.944.7400 Grille reservations 516.944.7207 Golf pro shop 516.944.7840 Tennis pro shop 516.944.7843 Pool 516.944.5213 ACCOUNTING 516.944.5438

Q&A SESSION WITH THE CHAIR OF VCSP AND THE GENERAL MANAGER For this month’s newsletter, we sat down with Matt Engel, the Chair of the Village Club of Sands Point, and Dana Cancellaro, CCM our General Manager.

Please find a link to the Video below or by clicking here.

MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING UPDATE WELCOME NEW MEMBERS July 2019 3

POOL MEMBERSHIP

DINING MEMBERSHIP

Adrienne & Joshua Mandelberger Macha & Harry Einbender

Howard & Marjorie Berrent Charles Bodouva

Golf News July was a hot month for golf! Nonetheless we had busy schedule.

NINE & DINE We had a record turnout for our first Nine and Dine of the Season.

GROSS WINNERS Front Nine Rich Scarpa, Caroline Hayday, Dineen Tallering, Andy Mosby Back Nine Chris Callahan, Kate Callahan, John Krim, Debbie Krim

NET WINNERS Front Nine Paul Braithwaite, Nancy Braithwaite, Dan Kasle, Annette Kasle Back Nine Roy Mirro, Janet Mirro, Joe D’Alonzo, Dina Degiorgio

Our Next Nine and Dine is Friday August 16th. 5:30pm Shotgun

WOMEN’S MEMBER GUEST We also had a full field for Our Women’s Member Guest. The winners were: Gross Michelle Yoo, Susan Oh, Jenny Song, Mindy Lee Net Paula Davis, Rita Schneider, Carin Blejwas, Carol Bastien

MET TWO-PERSON TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Congratulations also goes to our two teams that qualified for the Met Two-person Team Championship.

Men: Chris Callahan/Jeff Holtzman Women: Deb Josephs /Jackie Aaron

MAYOR’S CUP One of our premier events of the season is our Mayor’s Cup. This is a two day two person team event. It was a “Fain Sweep” as Mark and Luke Fain won the Net(Mayor’s Cup Champions) while Jacob and Rachel Fain won the Gross.

Congrats to all our winners and much appreciation goes to all who participated.

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Golf Course Update A Note from the superintendent I can’t believe it’s already August! Over the next few weeks, we will begin to seed and aerify some of the voids in the fairways. I know that some of these fairway spots are unsightly, but we are replacing the undesirable grass species with Bentgrass. As many of you have noticed, the fairways are firmer and faster this year. The Bentgrass doesn’t require the constant watering and stands up to the heat and stress of the summer as the Poa can’t handle it without constant care and attention. Below are pictures of #2 fairway taken 1 year apart. On the right you can see large burned out areas of poa. We aerified and seeded them with bent grass and this year the areas have held up with little to no stress.

The tees, approaches and greens have all filled in since last year as well. We still have a few small voids in these areas, but they will disappear completely with a few more aerifications and topdressing. We are forgoing the August 12 aerification of the Greens this year. We will instead wait until later in the season when we can perform a more aggressive aerification and verticutting. These processes are vital for the health of the green. The aerification allow us to remove organic matter from the greens and replace it with fresh clean sand. The verticutting removes the older larger blades of grass and thatch build up. Together these processes provide lots of opportunity to grow some new bent grass, improve drainage, and also to improve the playability and texture of the greens.

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Golf Course Update A Note from the superintendent The pictures below are from #5 green. It’s a comparison from how the greens looked last year at this time and how they look today.

The golf course has come a long way in the last year. We still have lots to improve upon and will be working diligently to improve the conditions here at VCSP. I hope to see you all out here enjoying the course soon. If you ever have a question or concern, please feel free to stop me or send an email to golfcourse@villageclub.org Ethan Johnson Superintendent 6

Racquet Sports Update .

A Note from the Interim Director SWING AND SWIM Swing and Swim was a huge success this summer. For 7 weeks, before going down to the pool for supervised swimming and lunch, participants practiced tennis specific games and skills as well as general age appropriate coordination and motor skills.

2019 club championship Congratulations to the following winners and runners up Masters Singles Men’s B Doubles Women’s B Doubles Spencer Feldman Ira Edelblum Michelle Duran Champion: & Jeff Goldstein & Erica Tropp Runners Up:

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Ken Elan

Ken Elan & Bob Kolodney

Tracey Bianco & Stacey Gould

Racquet Sports Update WOMEN’S member guest Thank you to all of those who participated in the 2019 Ladies Member-Guest. 23 doubles teams were placed into round 3 robin flights which were named after Long Island Tennis Legends, McEnroe, Annacone, and Gerulaitis, where they battled for the flights top prize.

Breakfast, lunch, and shopping were also served up for the ladies.

Gerulaitis Flight Winners: Alyssa Hattem & Carlie Alin

McEnroe Flight Winners: Maria Mangino & Diane Girgenti

Annacone Flight Winners: Nicole Meyer & Jodi Rosen

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Pool Pool opening hours TUESDAY: 11:00AM – 7:00pm WEDNESDAY: 11:00AM – 7:00pm THURSDAY: 11:00AM – 7:00pm FRIDAY: 11:00AM – 8:00pm SATURDAY: 10:00AM – 8:00pm SUNDAY: 10:00AM – 7:00pm

Pool snack bar TUESDAY: 12:00pM – 6:00pm WEDNESDAY: 12:00pM – 6:00pm THURSDAY: 12:00pM – 6:00pm FRIDAY: 12:00pM – 7:00pm SATURDAY: 11:00AM – 7:00pm SUNDAY: 11:00AM – 6:00pm

Grille Opening Hours Hours of Operation CALL 516.944.7207 FOR RESERVATIONS

TUESDAY: 11:30AM – 3:30PM WEDNESDAY: 11:30AM – 8:00PM THURSDAY: 11:30AM – 8:00PM FRIDAY: 11:30AM – 9:00PM SATURDAY: 11:30am – 9:00PM SUNDAY: 11:30AM – 8:00PM 9

FOOD & BEVERAGE UPDATE July flew by and we are gearing up for a busy August packed with events!

We had a great turnout for our annual campout on the grand lawn. Our Havana Nights party was well attended by all ages throughout the club, filled with live music, an authentic Cuban cigar roller and beautiful weather!

Our anticipated drive-in movie night at the driving range happens August 8th, and another thirsty Thursday at the pool August 15th.

We cannot wait for Labor Day to celebrate our 25th Anniversary with an elaborate firework show along with Famous New York City food trucks.

Mark your calendars for our Dueling Piano night September 21st to end this great summer season!

Keep an eye on the social emails, we have a great line up of events throughout the rest of the year!

Ashley Romanelli Food and Beverage Director

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FOOD & BEVERAGE UPDATE Chef’s corner Our garden here at the VCSP is currently producing many of the fresh herbs we use throughout all of our kitchens. We take a look around the garden with Chef Jack Clark and Sous Chef Stuart Brown. To view the video, click on the picture or click here

AUGUST CALENDAR

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