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What's Up St James?.
Thank you,
Roger Nejes 'St. James Sports News' Editor.
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LGA Ladies Golf Association
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The promise of good weather had 73 ladies show up at the
Reserve Club for Tuesday’s
LGA Stableford with a twist. Sadly, the promised sunshine did not come until the last three holes and left some women borrowing warmer clothes from their “Lost and Found”. The twist was each member of the foursome was assigned certain holes where her score had to count as one of the two best scores. Must have made too much pressure as the final tallies were unusually high for this net format.
Tuesday’s play for
LGA will be an 8:00 shotgun at
Players for a Gold Medal Qualifying round while some of the girls will be at Carolina National for the third
Ladybirds event.
1st Place (91)
Deb Bevenour, Dawn Quabeck, blind draw,
Carolyn O’Brien and
Licia Daly
.
2nd Place (90)
Rosanne Farrell, India Cofer, Sue Mills and
Vicki Orem
.
3rd Place (84)
Joyce Trombley, Jackie Schumacher, Susan Dresener and
Kathy MacArthur
4th Place (81)
Sheila Sullivan,
Cindy Kirwan, Cheryl Wilson and
Dorothy McEnamey
5th Place (78)
Mary Barclay, Linda Dybiec, Kathie Stucy and
Roberta Pappayliou
6th Place (77)
Judy Rubin, Patricia Dzambo, Sandi Becka and
Kiki Forsythe
Closest to pin
#2.
Lynn Josten
16'9"
16
Vicki Orem
6'10"
Club 25
Nine gals ventured to Carolina National on Thursday, May 10, for a
Club 25 event. While greens and conditions were not to their usual standards, the course treated each player to a clubhouse drink with lunch. Winners in various divisions included
Sandy Donovan, Sue Mills, Gayle Mitchell and
Judy Rubin.
Ladybirds
The next
Ladybirds event is scheduled for Tuesday, May 15
th at
Carolina National. Sign-ups at Members.
Click Here
to go to the St. James
LGA
webpage on the
POA
website
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Hate’Em was on and Founders it was!! What a name since we love this game. We could pretend that 2 of the holes were
No Worries
and easy pars.... Yippy ... even if we took a 7 or 8 or 9++!! What a great game …. Let’s play it again Sam! T
he game was one best ball on holes 1-3, 2 best balls on holes 4-6, and 3 best balls on holes 7-9.
This Week's Winners Circle
1st Place
Beth Henderson, Liz Creech, Meridith Muehleib, Lynn Zink
2nd Place
Pat Walker, Peg Anderson, Cherie Nichols, Carol Ann Harris
3rd Place
Elaine Boone, Joan Smith, Bertie Belvin, Diana Dell
Closest to pin
# 3
Katie Brazel
10’5”
# 5
Cherie Nichols
4’ 2”
Birdie Club
Cherie Nichols
on #5 and #6 ….
Two Birdies on Founders on the same day …. Now that’s a WOW! Congratulations!!
Next Tuesday's Game 1:30 pm shotgun at
Players
Sign up on Golfnet!!
Click Here
to go to the St. James
LGA 9 Holers
webpage on the POA website
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MGA Men's Golf Association
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Thursday's
MGA
game at the Players Club was the continuation of the
Match Play Tournament.
The final four teams are now set to square off. The teams moving on are:
hmiel/Funka
vs.
Edwards/Stephenson
Shoudy/Mercado
vs.
Genoa/Intrieri
The event was a Stableford 2 better balls of 4. Points were awarded as follows: 1 point for a net bogey, 2 for a net par, 5 for a net eagle, and 8 for a net double eagle.
The team results as well as the closest to the pin winners from both the white and green tees are shown below.
Team Results
1st Place (106)
Michael Rosen, Tom Florip, Mark Pizer, Chet Michewicz
2nd Place (106)
Jonathan Jackson, Thomas Patterson, Jerry Biffle, Terry James
3rd Place (102)
Stephen Tien, Thomas Phillips, David Jargo, John Waters
4th Place (101)
Ed Washa, Rick Winterhalter, John Edwards, Stephen Bilyk
5th Place (99
)
Brian Smith, John Salerno, Pat de Barros, Hugh Cassella
6th Place (96)
Burt Guetz, Alex Scourby, Jack Sturtevant, Thomas Willett
7th Place (96)
James Routh, Howard Quabeck, James Dell, Gary Crowden
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Closest to the pin
Green Tees
# 2
Dev Keenan 8'10''
# 7
Hugh Cassella 6'2''
# 11
Phil Nord 27''
14
Thomas Willett 11'11''
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Closest to the pin
White Tees
# 2
Bardy Walsh 3'10''
# 7
Tim Hogan 3'8''
# 11
Richard Venezia 6'4''
# 14
John Salerno 3'8''
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Intercoastal Interclub League (ICL)
The
ICL
is a six team match play league including
Porters Neck, St. James, Magnolia Greens/Compass Pointe
,
Cape Fear National, River Landing
and
Landfall.
Each club will have 12 members playing plus one pro.
Participation is open to any
SJMGA
member without regard to handicap. For further information, visit the
MGA website
or contact the IGA coordinator,
Lou DiDonato at oth@windstream.net.
Intercoastal Golf Association (IGA)
The
IGA is a seven team
match play league whose primary mission is to provide a format for friendly competition between Men’s Golf Associations in Brunswick County. L
eague teams include
St. James, Rivers Edge, Sea Trail, Farmstead, Lockwood Folly, Carolina National
and
The Lakes
. St James plays home and away matches with each team in the league resulting in a twelve match season. Participation is open to any
SJMGA
member without regard to handicap. For further information, visit the
MGA
webpage or contact the
IGA
coordinator,
Jim York
at jyorksouthport@aol.com
Coastal Carolina Interclub Association (CCIA)
The
CCIA
offers interclub play between
Ocean Ridge, Carolina National,
Compass Pointe
,
Crow Creek, Thistle
and
St. James
with participation limited to
SJMGA
members. The maximum allowable USGA Index for each player is 16. Players with a USGA Index above 16 will be assigned an index of 16.
There are six events per season, one at each location.
For further information, visit the
MGA website
or contact the
CCIA
coordinator,
Tom Lawruk
at tomlawruk@yahoo.com.
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Again this year, the
Men's 65+
Level
3.5
team captained by
Jim Taylor
and
Jim McLoughlin
finished the spring season undefeated. This is 3 years in row that the team has not lost a match. The team will be going to the State
USTA
tournament, May 17-20th, to compete against the winners of the other sections in NC. Members of the team are:
Bob Ames, Jim Alleborn, Jim Parker, Bob Richmond, Jim, Straub, Mike Burks, Bob Patten, Tom Grillo, Dennis Hergenretter, Bob LeMay, Rich Strukel, Jim McLoughlin, & Jim Taylor.
Injuried this year & unable to play were
Bob Feldman
, &
Bob Paloncy
Two members of
St James Tennis Association (SJTA)
,
Martha Reese
and
Barbara McMichael
recently traveled to Pinehurst to compete in a very fun tennis tournament that is run in a Team Tennis format. The only admission requirement is that the entrants be at least 70 years old. The teams consisted of both men and women of all levels. There were 14 teams with ten players on each team. The teams were treated to a lovely supper at the kickoff party.
Each match consisted of one set played by one court of doubles men, 1 of doubles women and 1 court of mixed doubles. Seven matches were played each day, according to Barb. Martha was on team “Mid-Life Crisis” while Barb played on the “Heavy Hitters” team. Barb’s team the “Heavy Hitters” did win the tournament, by one game!
T
he St. James Tennis Association holds a monthly "
New to St. James Tennis
"
event that is open to everyone, both new players and players returning to tennis. The next event will be held
Friday, May 18th
at the Founders Tennis Courts. Contact
Susan Flynn
at
finntastic9@yahoo.com
for more information and to sign up.
Click Here to go to the
St. James Tennis webpage on the
POA website
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Dan Marrazzo
makes a play at first base
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John Neal
stretches for the ball at second base
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Jim Brownfield
strokes a double
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Two More Wins for
Gators
Softball
On Tuesday morning, the
St. James Gators
softball team took on the boys from
Ocean Ridge Plantation
. Our guys put on a hitting clinic, posting 25 runs on 33 hits to take the first game 25 to 13. The big hitters with 4 hits were
Zyg Pukala
and
Mike Gordon
, 3 hits each added by
John Neal, Jim Brownfield, Dan Marrazzo, Bill Eilbracht, Randy Lewis,
and
Dave Morgan.
Winning pitcher was our
Kevin Kremler.
The second game saw the
Gators
come out on top 16 to 3. Leading hitters were
Zyg Pukala
with 4 hits and
Randy Lewis
with 3 hits. Two hits apiece were logged by
John Neal, Jim Brownfield, Leo Mercado, Bill Eilbracht,
and
Jay Murray. Tom Clinton
was on the mound for the win.
Next week, May 15 at 9:15, the
Gators
play the
Winding River
team at Cedar Grove Middle School. Fans are invited to attend.
St. James Jimmies
Sweep Double Header
The
St. James Jimmies
Softball Team took both games of a doubleheader on their home field in Southport against the
Brunswick Slammers
20-7 and 20-11. In the first game, the
Jimmies'
bats were hot with
Dennis Hill
going 4-4.
Jim Cross, John Salerno, Mike Thomason,
and
Steve Tien
all had 3 hits apiece.
John Summerville
hit a home run. The w
inning pitcher was
Roger Albizu
who shut out the Slammers in 3 of his 7 innings pitched.
In the second game, the
Jimmies'
bats stayed hot with
Dave Sleigh
going 5-5,
John Summerville
and
Joe Ferrara
each had 4 hits with
John Salerno, Steve Tien
and
Dale Hundley
all with 3 hits.
Chuck Ott
issued one walk in 7 innings behind a strong infield performance to get the win, which
brings the
Jimmies
record to 5 wins and 3 losses..
Next game against the undefeated
Coasta
l
Tires
next Tuesday at 9:15am at the Lockwood Folly field. Fans welcomed. Prepared by Assistant Coaches
Paul Waksmunski and Chuck Ott.
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We look forward to another fun season of friendly competition starting in late September. Anyone interested in joining a team or being a sub can contact the league president,
Mark Zaenglein
(mzaenglein@ec.rr.com)
to sign up or for more details.
League results and team rosters are available.
Click Here
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St James Model Yacht Racing Club
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Tuesday’s regattas were raced under a cloudy sky with swirling northerly winds with many gusts and holes.
Bill Miller
was our Race Officer today and he devised a two lap course starting to the new Red buoy from the Yellow and Green buoys line. The #1 Buoy was used firstly as an offset and then as a windward buoy on the second lap, after rounding the Yellow buoy downwind. The two long windward legs provided a challenge to both classes, 10
Nirvana
skippers and nine
Dragon 95
skippers.
The
Nirvana
racing produced six different winners in six races.
Ed Thompson
,
Harry Howard
,
Steve Anderman
,
Charlie Sweeney
and
Garett Van Koughnett
each won one race.
Dragon 95 racing was much less variable with
Dick Denzler
scoring four wins, and
Steve Shepherd
and
Peter Wilding
each winning one race.
Peter Wilding
was the Race Officer for Thursday's racing. The
Nirvana
and
Dragon 95
fleets sailed in strong westerly winds, with low humidity and bright sunshine, making this a beautiful Spring afternoon for some sailboat racing. The fleets started at the eastern end of the pond and sailed to the west end Yellow buoy and back to the start line, with a second lap to the Yellow buoy again. The course allowed skippers to use the whole pond to find the fast lanes with consistent wind.
In the
Nirvana
regattas
Mark Hamer
and
Charlie Sweeney
had two wins each with
Harry Howard
and
Garrett Van Koughnett
each winning one race.
In the
Dragon 95
class races,
Charlie Sweeney
and
Garrett Van Koughnett
each had two wins and
Larry Phelps
and
Dick Denzler
each had one win.
The current top
Nirvana & Dragon 65 Class
Spring Series Skippers are
- Garrett Van Koughnett 0.896
- Charlie Sweeney 0.891
- Harry Howard 0.874
The current top
Dragon 95 Class
Spring Series Skippers are
- Dick Denzler 0.918
- Peter Wilding 0.891
- Steve Shepherd 0.861
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St. James Men's Billiards League
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The St. James Pool League’s season starts in September and goes until March with a break for the holidays. There are 26 weeks of competition with 14 teams. Each team has 4-6 players with 3 participating each week. Matches are usually on Thursday nights.
Tom Lippard
is the League Commissioner & can be reached at
tomlippardiii@gmail.com
for information.
For full League standings and more information about the League
Click Here
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Next stop for
St. James Bikers
is gator country: a 14 mile adventure around
Lake Waccamaw (LW)
on
Saturday, May 19
th
beginning at 10:30 am.
LW
is the largest of the natural
Carolina Bay
Lakes, is oval in shape and measures roughly 5.2 miles by 3.5 miles. We’ll gather at the
LW State Park
located at (it’s approximately a 45 minute drive from St. James). We’ll begin the ride at the state park and bike ¾ around the lake checking out the beautiful vistas and “wildlife”. Then, we’ll return to our cars and head a short distance to the picnic area for a BYO lunch (suggestion: you’ll pass a Subway in the Circle K store on the corner of US 17& Rt 211).
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Degree of difficulty: Easy to Moderate
When: Saturday, May 19
th
at 10:30
Where:
Lake Waccamaw State Park
1866 State Park Dr, Lake Waccamaw NC
To visit the
Lake Waccamaw State Park
webpage
Click Here
To Register for the
Lake Waccamaw bike Ride
Click Here
Remember, everyone is welcome to join the bike club and they make it easy. Simply click on the link
Click Here to go to the St. James Bikers webpage on the POA website and then click on the link there
that says "
Join Group"
. It's as easy at that. Now you'll receive updates on activities as well as seeing links to pictures of past rides.
Helmets are required and name tags are recommended.
For more information about St. James Bikers or if you simply have a question, contact
John Lynch
at (910) 253-4457 or at john.lynch45@gmail.com.
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The weather is starting to cooperate and the St. James Fishing Club is taking full advantage of the calmer seas. The first fish caught this year was a Sailfish caught (and released) by Jack McFarlin on Joe Wersosky’s boat. Current standings for the year-long derby are posted below.. The club announced a monthly tournament. Each month 3 fish will be identified and awards will be given for first and second place. Currently Laura Miller and Joe Frangiosa are leading. Full results are posted below. The St James Fishing Club meets the first Tuesday of the month at Members club. Guests are always welcome.
A list of the largest fish caught in 2017 is available
Click Here
A list of the largest fish caught during 2013-2017
Click Here
Click Here
to view the April Derby results as they come in.
Click Here
to view the 2018 Derby results as they come in.
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The ping pong club has more than 80 members and doubles play is every Monday 6:30-8:30 and every Wednesday 3:00 – 5:00 at the Community Center. It is open to all age groups and all levels of play. AARP considers ping pong one of the best activities for people as they age – light on the knees, not hard on the heart, and provides a genuine social setting. Come see for yourself - the St. James Ping Pong Club provides tables and balls (extra paddles are available for first time players to use).
If you are a beginner and wonder about joining, we have several players who will help with reviewing proper serving and other techniques. We can have a table devoted to practice and instruction sessions as needed and requested.
Click Here to go to the Ping Pong Club webpage on the POA website
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