New Member
Orientation
All members
invited!!!
New Member Orientation is scheduled for next
Wednesday night, April 25th at 6:30pm in El
Cerrito.
New members already received a personal invitation to attend,
but we thought it would be good to let the entire
membership know too. It's a great opportunity to
learn more about EWGA and the benefits of membership. All
members are welcome.
There will be drinks and appetizers and you are also welcome to
bring a friend (or two) who might be interested in finding out more
about the EWGA Northeast Bay Chapter.
Please RSVP to Margaret Hamersley membership@ewganeb.org as soon as possible if you
will be able to attend and whether you will be bringing a
guest. The address will be provided when you
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Next EWGA Golf Event -
Blue Rock Springs - West
April 28th,
Saturday
 Sign up now for
the next EWGA Golf Event at Blue Rock Springs
-West. We will be playing our Chapter Championship at
this course on June 30th so this will be a
good opportunity to start practicing. Or just come and
enjoy a fun round of golf.
Cost is $56 ($66 after Friday if space is available) and
includes a cart, prizes, fun, and more. Nine spaces
still left at the time this eBlast was mailed.
If you are looking to carpool from any direction,
Starla Chimienti has volunteered to be the contact
person. Email her at starlarc@aol.com .
Deadline to register
extended to Friday, April 20th.
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Sponsorship
Committee
Needs Your
Help
Ladies,
The Sponsorship Committee is looking for
volunteers who are willing to put in an hour a week and are not
afraid to ask for contributions. If you feel the desire to
help, please contact Marcella at either
925-240-1268 or 925-980-8593 or email sponsorship@ewganeb.org.
At present we are working on "Hole Sponsors" for the Vintner's
event on June 2nd. This is a fun event that helps us support
Wardrobe for Opportunity and LPGA Girls Golf at Diablo Creek
GC.
Thank you in advance for helping to promote Your local chapter
of EWGA.
Marcella de la Cruz, Sponsorship
Chair |
PGA Free Fitting and
Trade-Up Month
To help you get more out
of your game, The PGA of America, in partnership with Golf Digest,
the PGA Trade-In Network and the PGA.com Value Guide, cordially
invite you to participate in PGA Free Fitting & Trade-Up Month.
During the month of April, PGA Professionals around the country
will offer free 15-minute expert fitting sessions to ensure that the
clubs you currently play with or plan to purchase are the right fit
for your game.
Custom fitting will help you have more fund playing golf and
shave strokes off your scorecard.
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NCGA
Competitions
NCGA Members!
Here is your chance to represent the NEB Chapter and have some fun
as well! For the first year we are going to try to field some
of the Team sanctioned events held by the NCGA (both team and
individual play). The events are:
1) The Associate Club Championship - Best
Two Balls of Four. We can send 2-person teams
for this Best Ball event. You can be any handicap but you have
to play to a max of 18.4.
2) The Associate Club Four Ball Net
Championship. We can send one 2-person team.
Again the max handicap you can play to is 18.4
3) The Senior Four-Ball Net
Championship. One 2-person team must be age 55 by
9/18/07 and again can be any handicap but must play to an
18.4.
4) The Associate Club Net Amateur
Championship. We can send 3 people and this is
individual competition not team, and you play to your true
handicap.
Please let Pat Block know if you are interest
in this opportunity as soon as possible at plblock@comcast.net .
If you have questions about what it is like to compete in NCGA
events, please email Joyce Glatt at NCGATournaments@ewganeb.org . She is our
chapter expert on NCGA competitions and will gladly answer your
questions and point you to many other NCGA opportunities to compete
as an individual. Joyce writes: If anyone is interested in NCGA Individual
Tournament where each player registers herself online, they need to
read the tournament information in the annual NCGA Blue Book,
especially:
- Attention Tournament Players
- Tournament Policies
- Pace of Play
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CWAC - CA Women's Senior
Amateur Championship tournament
CWAC -
CA Women's Senior Amateur Championship tournament, which is being
held at the Bayonet Golf Course May 14-16 (M-W) in
Seaside, CA is currently looking for more women, age 50 or older,
with a handicap of 25 or lower, to participate. They have
extended the deadline for entry to April 30th.
This is a 3-day flighted tournament, cumulative stroke (gross),
shotgun start. They need more participants to meet their
minimum field and will wave the 22.3 handicap minimum for otherwise
qualified applicants (valid USGA handicap below 25 - does not need
to be an NCGA member - at least 50 years old).
They have arranged lodging discounts with the Inns by the Sea
group.
Entry fee is $250.00 (includes green fees, cart, continental
breakfast and Wednesday awards luncheon).
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680 Twilight
Golf
Thursday nights -
5pm
Something new! Karen
Turner has agreed to coordinate Thursday night 680 Twilight
play. She's going to try a couple of courses to see what works
best. The first course will be Canyon Lakes
GC at 640 Bollinger Canyon Way in San Ramon.
You can start as early as this Thursday, April 19th but
you must email Karen at kvturner@comcast.net by 10am
Thursday morning and tell her when you plan to
arrive. If there are not enough women then she'll start next
week. |
| Driving Range Session
at Diablo Creek GC in
Concord
On Sunday, April 22nd join
an Education Committee member at the Diablo Creek Golf
Course driving range to hit balls with, work on your short
game, or just "talk golf". Located at 4050 Port Chicago
Hwy., in Concord.
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Women's Golf Day at
Hiddenbrooke
Monday, May
14th
Morning Session:
$55
18 Holes of Golf followed by Lunch
8am Shot Gun
12:30pm Lunch
Afternoon Session: $40
Lunch followed by 9 Holes of Golf
12:30pm Lunch
2pm Shot Gun
Lunch includes Grilled Chicken or Salmon Caesar Salad and
Dessert
Golf includes cart, range balls, sleeve of golf balls and fun
contests on the course!
Deadline to register: Friday, May 4th at
4pm
Call Alisa Byram 707-558-0330 x 206
Mail check to: Hiddenbrooke Golf Club, 1095 Hiddenbrooke
Parkway, Vallejo, Ca. 94591
Note: This is not an EWGA event
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Sponsorship
Committee Seeks Hole
Sponsors
Vintners - June 2nd
Chapter Charity Event
We are planning for
our annual Vintner's Charity Event for June
2nd. Proceeds allow the chapter to continue supporting
Diablo Creek Girls Golf and Wardrobe for
Opportunity.
Consider having your business or recommend this opportunity to
others. It's a terrific deal for additional visibility
and a great way to help the chapter and support two programs that
are near and dear to our hearts.
For $50 each sponsor receives:
- Tee signage and recognition for 1 hole
- Recognition in the weekly eBlast each of the 3 weeks preceding
the event
- Table space for presenting appropriate promotional
literature
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Chapter Championship
Scramble Teams!
Are you
interested?
 EWGA
members who are interested in joining a scramble team for the
2007 Chapter Championship on June 30th can
contact Ginny Taylor at events@ewganeb.org . She will be collecting
names.
Pictured above at Red Hawk GC in Reno is our 2006
Chapter Championship winning scramble team. Ginny
Taylor, Jane Taylorson, Cindy Maxim, and Pat Block.
Scramble teams are a great way to compete. You play with
members of your own chapter against other chapter teams. The
team is required to be made up of members with varying handicaps
and a handicap factor is
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Seeking Two 9-hole
Coordinators
New Chapter
Program for Monarch Bay
 We are
looking for two members who would be willing to share the
coordination of a new chapter program for "9-holers" at the
Marina course at Monarch Bay in San Leandro.
We hope to do this on the 3rd Sunday of every month, with a
30-minute clinic by John Bearden, golf pro,
followed by 9-hole play - all for a cost of $22!
Before this great opportunity can become a reality, we need 2
volunteers to:
- track web signups from members
- communicate with John as to the numbers participating each
month
- participate in the clinics and play
- encourage chapter participants
- and enjoy being a part of EWGA!
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Mark Your Calendar
Don't Miss a Date!
April 18th, Wednesday -
Nike Demo Day at Chuck Corica Golf Complex in Alameda, 4-8pm
April 19th, Thursday 10AM -
Deadline to sign up for 680 Twilight Golf at Canyon
Lakes for Thursday 5pm
April 20th, Friday - Deadline to
register for Blue Rock Springs - West
April 21st, Saturday -
Special Play Day at Hiddenbrooke GC, 10am (registration full)
April 22nd, Sunday - Driving Range Session at
Diablo Creek GC in Concord
April 25th, Wednesday - New Member Orientation
at 6:30pm in El Cerrito (see article above)
April 28th, Saturday - Golf event at Blue Rock
Springs (West) in Vallejo
May 4th, Friday - Deadline for Women's
Golf Day at Hiddenbrooke
May 11th, Friday - Wardrobe for
Opportunity, Spring for Success Luncheon
May 14th, Monday - Women's Golf Day at
Hiddenbrooke
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