Special thanks to long time EWGA Members
The Board would like to recognize two of our members for their long connection to the EWGA. Barbara Clement has been a member since 6-20-00 and Julie DeLisle has been a member since 6-18-01. Sadly, Julie has moved to Texas, so she'll be moving her membership to a chapter there.
Barbara plays in two bluegrass bands. They play at local farmer's markets. She joined our Chapter to lend support when we first started out and continues to renew her membership even though she's rarely able to come out and play with us. This weekend she'll be playing at the Orinda farmer's market on Saturday and the Walnut Creek farmer's market on Sunday.
Thanks to both for their continued support!
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California Cup Results
Ten EWGA chapters and one potluck team contended on October 17 and 18 for the California Cup. The weather was just about perfect and the course as challenging as ever. The Cup was won by the Northern Nevada chapter, who were competing in the California Cup for the first time, with twelve points. They won in a card off after tying Sacramento.
NEB was represented by Pat Block, Dorene Davis, Cathy Pementell, Joanne Segovia, Lynn Sletto, and Jane Taylorson. To fill out the field, a couple of Santa Barbara members who had only planned to do Fun Play competed for our team.
Sadly, we didn't win. We did get four points - Dorene/Joanne and Cathy/Jane halved their paired matches, and Dorene, Cathy, and Jane won their singles matches. Nearly all the matches both days went to the final hole. Dorene and Cathy stood out, with 4-and-3 and 3-and-2 victories, respectively, in the singles.
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NCGA Renewals and New Member Information
Pay on the NEB website
If you'd like to become an NCGA (Northern California Golf Association) member or if you want to renew your NCGA membership or transfer it from another club, you can do so now.
NCGA membership gives you many benefits including
- GHIN handicapping,
- discount golf at Poppy Hills GC in Pebble Beach and Poppy Ridge GC in Livermore,
- free gate entrance to 17-Mile Drive for those with tee times there,
- free lessons and clinics at many local participating golf coursesaccess to private and resort courses at NCGA member outings.
- a discount on Dell PCs & Laptops
NCGA membership is optional and is not required by EWGA.
You can join, renew, or transfer from now until December 15th. (NCGA requires all renewals be completed by Dec. 31st so we need 2 weeks between 12/15 and 12/31 to get them all the information and payments for each member. Any NCGA member who has not renewed before the end of the year will be required to pay the additional $10 reinstatement fee charged by the NCGA. Membership covers January 1st through December 31, 2010. If you join/renew after January 1st your membership still expires Dec. 31, 2010 so don't delay! All new and renewing NCGA members who join/renew by Dec. 15th will be included in a random drawing for great prizes by the NCGA.
The cost shown below includes $5 that goes to our EWGANEB chapter to help defray the cost to have a member attend a class to be Handicap certified and maintain our NCGA Associate Club status.
New and Reinstating Members: $50
Renewing and Multi-Members: $40
(Multi-members are NCGA members with more than one club).
To sign-up and pay for NCGA membership (new, renewing, transfer, multi-member) - click here.
If you prefer to pay by mail then send a check (made out to EWGANEB) to our address:
EWGANEB Handicap Chair
1630 North Main St, Suite 162
Walnut Creek, Ca. 94596
Make sure the check is mailed before Dec. 15th.
Any questions should be emailed to handicaps@ewganeb.org
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Mark Your Calendar
Don't Miss a Date!
Poppy Ridge (Year End Event) - breakfast, awards, and raffle followed by 18 holes of golf on October 24, 8:00am - deadline to register September 23 (late registrants accepted);
deadline for breakfast only October 17
Rossmoor Sunday League - Sunday afternoons at Rossmoor (Creekside Course) in Walnut Creek. Contact Joanne Segovia at jcsegovia@comcast.net by the previous Tuesday. Tell the guard at the gate you are there to play golf with Joanne Segovia.
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Holiday Party
At Sunny Neon
Alice Miller will again host the NEB Christmas party at Sunny Neon at 598 Patterson Blvd in Pleasant Hill on Friday, December 11th at 6 PM. This year it'll be pot luck and BYOB.
Alice would like to request women bring a toy or Hoodie Sweatshirt to donate to the holiday charity group she works with - VEISTA. They help families in all of Contra Costa with two gift distributions, one in Concord and the other in Richmond.
Please RSVP to Alice. And if you can help set up or clean up, or need directions, please let her know.
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White Elephant Raffle
Donations Needed
As part of our fundraising efforts, we will have our usual raffle at the Year End event at Poppy Ridge on October 24th. In addition to some wonderful prizes, we would like to encourage our members to donate those white elephant items you may have at home that are in excellent condition. If you have something to donate, please contact Joanne Segovia at jcsegovia@comcast.net to arrange pickup or delivery of your items.
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Golf Events of Interest
Bay Area Fall Golf Show
The fifth-annual Bay Area Fall Golf Show opens its doors at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, Oct. 23-25, 2009! The season's biggest golf event, the Bay Area Fall Golf Show features blowout, end-of season pricing on name-brand clubs and equipment from Golf Mart, fun skills contests with fabulous grand prizes, free lessons from top NCPGA pros and more!
Every show attendee will receive a goody bag worth more than $75, including a free round of golf at any of several local American Golf courses, a free Par-3 Membership from San Ramon Golf Club and a one-year subscription to Golf Digest. The first 500 golfers through the door each day will also receive a two-ball sleeve courtesy of Bridgestone Golf.
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More Golf Events of Interest
Rick Laforet
Rick has some Goodies and some Game options for you.
First the Game:
Did you know you could Winterize your Golf Game? Have a playing lesson with the Personal Golf Coach to build a Personal Practice Plan that captures all the Right Stuff and the other stuff to work on.
Here's what you get:
- Playing Lesson Package to track all your statistics and discoveries,
- Golf Journal to capture notes and questions about any aspect of your game,Video of the swing you have On The Course, to compare to.
Just contact Coach Rick to schedule you playing lesson at Shadow lakes, Deer Ridge or a local Tri-valley golf course. He will arrange tee times and you'll be ready to play. On the day of your play, show up at least 30 minutes prior to tee time, pay for the green fees separate from the lesson fee of $70 and get the package to start. The coach will play with you for 9 holes and you can continue on for the remainder of your round.
This is only available until December 7, 2009.
Now for the Goodies
Come to the Bay Area Golf Show and see three speakers on various aspects of the game, including:
- ERIC JONES, the 2003 RE/MAX World Long Drive Senior Champion and LDA Long Drive Tour Senior Rookie of the Year for 2004, and PGA Teaching Professional will be at the Golf Show Friday and Saturday on the main stage teaching you how to add 20 to 50 yards to your drive as well as the keys to consistent distance.
- RICK LAFORET, PGA Class A Teaching Professional with teaching experience at both the Nike Golf Learning Center in Milpitas and the Seaver Golf Academy at Poppy Ridge will be at the Main Stage and in the Free Lesson Area. There are five stages to your golf game: Contact, Recovery, Playing, Betting and Competing. Do you have the right equipment for every stage?
- DOUG ACTON, PGA Personal Pro will be on hand Friday and Saturday at the ForeverLawn On the Green providing free swing analysis to all attendees. A Class A PGA Professional, Doug Acton brings 37 years experience to help you at this year's Bay Area Golf Show
Go to http://bayareagolfshow.com/ for more details.
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