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CALENDAR AUGUST/SEPTEMBER PAGE 21-22

THE BOARD CORNER

Dear Members,

The club is enjoying a terrific season with remarkable weather and well-attended events. The recent Town Hall meeting to discuss the results of the strategic planning survey generated a lot of positive discussion about the club's future. The strategic plan will serve as the framework for continuing our Club’s momentum in building a stronger, sustainable future. It will identify key initiatives we must accomplish to meet our Mission for a family focused membership and to continue to reflect our stated Vision and Values.

We are working with the McMahon Group in developing and refining the Strategic plan. We hope to have an initial draft completed in the next several weeks. This will include developing specific Action Plans to address the key initiatives to deliver a compelling membership experience, provide strategic governance and empowered management, as well as financial stewardship. The Board of Governors will communicate the highlights of our planning process to the membership and will report on our progress toward the goals. We expect the positive momentum to continue throughout the second half of the year.

As we approach our 100-year anniversary, we are proud to reflect on our strong tradition of family and values. For over 97 years OLCC has been a place where families create memories and form lifelong friendships. Our mission and vision statements ensure that we continue to focus on what is most important to our members. Our Strategic Planning Survey confirmed that our mission and vision statements are still relevant and important to our membership. OLCC is committed to upholding its set of core values: Family Focused - Fiscal Responsibility, Excellence – Integrity – Inclusivity –Shared Passion. This embodies our traditions of respect, integrity, sportsmanship, and excellence. We are proud that our members exemplify these core values at the Club and in the community. These values make it easier for us to connect with each other and build relationships. Our traditions provide a sense of continuity, and it helps to keep OLCC grounded in its history.

With thoughtful planning and a commitment to tradition and values, we are confident we will remain a premier family-focused club in the Midwest for many years to come. As we move forward, we welcome feedback from our members to ensure we stay true to our mission and vision.

We look forward to creating many more memories together!

Katie Izzo Governor Jim Gatward Governor Bob Sullivan Governor

Steve Dailey President Mark George Vice President

Eric Schwab Treasurer

John Higgins Secretary

Gregg Speaks Governor Matt Pappas Governor

2023 Board of Governors

President

Steve Dailey

Vice President

Mark George Treasurer

Eric Schwab

Secretary

John Higgins

Governors

Katie Izzo

Jim Gatward

Bob Sullivan

Gregg Speaks

Matt Pappas

General Manager

Peter Swick Orchard

MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER

The Memories We Create at Orchard Lake

I can't believe it's August already - time truly does fly when we're having such a wonderful time. The summer has been overflowing with activities and there's still so much more in store for us.

Looking back, I can't help but recall the myriad of exciting events we've enjoyed. The Tin Lizzie Member Tournament, multiple thrilling regattas, and our diverse junior sports programs were merely the beginning. Our men and women's golf league, the memorable Smoke on the Water Fireworks Night, and the spirited Pink Shirt Invitational were just a few more highlights. The Players and Blue Coat Tournaments added their own charm to this incredible season.

Peter Swick General Manager

Our tennis, pickleball, and paddle courts have been bustling with countless matches, complemented by the delightful Apple Island Swim and Mini Meet. Our Club has also been the backdrop for numerous member weddings, showers, family functions, and milestone celebrations. Not to forget our very first town hall of the season, during which we began drafting our strategic plan for the future.

As we transition into August, we have a vibrant line-up of activities. We're eagerly anticipating all the Club Championships, the Member Caddie Tournament, and the End of Summer Party. We're also hosting two family campouts – one in August and another in September. Add to this the quintessential Michigan summer days spent on the golf course, at the pool, on the beach, dining, or just enjoying a BBQ at the picnic grove - there's no shortage of ways to savor the rest of the season with our loved ones and our Club community.

Each memory created here at Orchard Lake Country Club is a testament to the relentless efforts of our dedicated staff, who consistently strive to deliver the best membership experience in the Midwest. I encourage you to extend your appreciation to our team members when you see them around - a simple "Thank You" goes a long way!

Looking forward to seeing you around the Club soon,

Peter Swick General Manager

Orchard Lake Management Team

Administration

Peter Swick General Manager pswick@orchardlakecc.com

David Simpson Clubhouse Manager dsimpson@orchardlakecc.com

Marty Agnello Controller magnello@orchardlakecc.com

Nicole Petrone Membership Marketing Director npetrone@orchardlakecc.com

Beth Deaton Website Administrator bdeaton@orchardlakecc.com

Carol Molina Director of Human Resources cmolina@orchardlakecc.com

Hospitality

Doug Ganhs Executive Chef chef@orchardlakecc.com

Sarah Harris Catering Director sharris@orchardlakecc.com

Atara Krakoff Assistant Catering Director akrakoff@orchardlakecc.com

Greg Stangis Food & Beverage Director gstangis@orchardlakecc.com

Nathalie Fregonara Banquet Manager nfregonara@orchardlakecc.com

Tom Kruszewski Fitness Director tkruszewski@orchardlakecc.com

Golf Operations

Brian Sleeman PGA Head Professional bsleeman@orchardlakecc.com

Aaron McMaster Green Superindendant amcmaster@orchardlakecc.com

John Gilbert Golf Services Manager jgilbert@orchardlakecc.com

Racquet Sports

Lincoln Wirgau Racquets Director lwirgau@orchardlakecc.com

Lakefront

Kevin Fogarty Swim Team Coach

Doug Irey Pool Manager

Bruce Lilley Waterfront/Sailing Center Director blilley@orchardlakecc.com

Main Number/Reservations

248-682-0100

General Manager 258-682-1604

Accounting

248-682-2622

Catering 248-682-0911

Greens Building 248-682-2150

Golf Shop

248-682-2500

Racquet House 248-682-2334

Starters Booth 248-682-5340

Orchard Lake Country Club

DIRECT PHONE NUMBERS 2023

Dates to Remember

2023 SAVE THE DATES!

AUGUST

Fri., 11 – Sat. 12 Family Camp Out

Saturday, 26 End of Summer Party

SEPTEMBER

Sat, 2- Sun, 3 Family Camp Out 2

Monday, 4 Labor Day Buffet

Tuesday, 5 Clubhouse and Golf Course Closed

Wednesday, 13 Past Governors’ Golf and Dinner

OCTOBER

Sunday, 1 Annual OLCC Family 5K Walk/Run

Friday, 6 Glow Golf

Sunday, 8 Kids’ Etiquette Class

Sunday, 22 Family Halloween Party

Wednesday, 25 Caddie Banquet

NOVEMBER

Friday, 10 Daddy Daughter Dance

Thursday, 23 Thanksgiving Buffet

Wednesday, 29 Ladies Holiday Boutique

Thursday, 30 Ladies Holiday Boutique

DECEMBER

Saturday, 2 Santa Brunch

Sunday, 3 Santa Brunch

Thursday, 7 Annual Meeting

Friday, 8 Holiday Lunch Buffet

Saturday, 9 Christmas Cheer

Sunday, 17 Going Out with a Bang!

Welcome New Members

Member in Waiting- Active

Matthew & Mackenzie Williams

Creative Artists Agency – Agent (Hockey)

Children: Nellie

Member in Waiting- Active

Matthew & Amy MacLean

Brownyard MacLean Specialty Insurance – CEO/President

Children: Matt, Tommy, Patrick

Not Pictured:

Member in Waiting- Active

Richard & Samantha Dalimonte

Luminar – Director of Sales/Business Developer

Children: Richie, Frank, Henry

Member in Waiting- Active

Robert & May Hesano

D&G Grocers Wholesale & Distributors - Owner

Children: Meagan, Melanie, Anthony, Maria

Member in Waiting- Active

Griffen & Karli Molino

Self Employed – Investor/Project Developer

Children: Montgomery, Bennett

Member in Waiting- Active

Dr. Bernardo & Tracy Rojas

Bernardo Rojas II, MD PLLC – Owner, Physician

Children: B. Andrew

Not Pictured Social:

Social Membership

Manuel & Samantha Amezcua

Mass Mutual Great Lakes - CEO

Children: Ava, Atlas

Social Membership

Dr. Stephen & Stephanie Lynch

Heart Cardiology Consultants

PC - Cardiologist

Children: Ella, Margot, Walter

Social Membership

KC & Heather Ryan

Central Sales, LLC – VP Sales, CTR America – Sales Manager

Children: Ross, Charlie, Kenny

Social Membership

Chadwick & Katie Stelkic

True Fabrication & Machine, Inc. – Vice President

Children: Beckett, Louisa

Member in Waiting- Active

Cavitt & Kimberly Randall

MBX Clearing/SI Capital – CEO

(MBX Clearing), COO (SI Capital)

Children: Brooklyn, Stella

Member in Waiting- Active

Nicholas & Dr. Pamela Kuusisto

Quality Chaser Co. – President

Operations

Children: Mikey, Elsie

Social Membership

Dr. Seetha & Dr. Rakesh Vakhariya

Basha Diagnostics –Chief Neuroradiologist

Children: Karishma, Rithik

Social Membership

Carter & Katie Williams

Deeps, Inc. – Founder & CEO

Children: Cannon, Mack

Run the Lake 5K

Registration is open and the 3rd Annual OLCC 5K run is less than three months away. It's the perfect time to commit to a fitness related event and start your training program. The event is on Sunday, October 1st. For more information, or to register, please scan the QR code or visit

www.runsignup.com/Race/Events/MI/OrchardLake/RuntheLake5K

2023 Run the Lake 5K Sponsorship Opportunities

In order to host a first-class running event, we are looking for sponsors for our third annual 5K and inaugural kid’s fun run. This includes having professional timing, awesome race swag, shiny awards and a delicious post run breakfast. And at the end of it all, we’re going to donate additional proceeds to The First Tee of Greater Detroit. Here are the sponsorship opportunities:

The High Five

$100 Donation

Receive a special “thank you” to your company or family name at the start/finish line and at one of the mile markers.

The Pace Setter

$500 Donation

Receive everything above as well as your company name, logo or family name on the back of the race t-shirt.

The Personal Record

$1,000 Donation

Receive everything above as well as your company name, logo or family name displayed at the start/finish line and on the race awards.

The Course Record (Limited to one)

$2,000 Donation

Receive everything above as well as having your company or family named as the presenting sponsor of the event alongside Orchard Lake Country Club.

For additional details on sponsoring the event or registering to run or walk, visit: runsignup.com/ Race/MI/OrchardLake/RuntheLake5K

Waterfront YOGA

Waterfront Yoga is in full swing. Join Lauren on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am and Thursday mornings at 10:00am for a foundational type class, focusing on breath work, movement and meditation. Class is great for beginners as well as seasoned practitioners. Please be sure to sign up in advance via the website or app. This allows Lauren to plan accordingly for her class and allows us to notify you of any location changes due to weather or outdoor events.

Book your private Yoga event at OLCC! Grab a group of friends, members or guests and spend an hour, or longer, becoming more conscious of your mind and body. Examples include a pre-round golf warmup session with your foursome or a group of girlfriends by the water with mimosas. Email tkruszewski@orchardlakecc.com to coordinate your private Yoga party.

Introducing Jane Roda

Jane is joining OLCC as a personal trainer and fitness instructor. Jane is a graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in Exercise Science. Her passion for Fitness comes from being a competitive athlete in Swimming, Tennis, and Volleyball. Her career in the fitness industry is going on ten years strong. Jane is an experienced certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor with focus on athletic performance, special populations, and small group training, Jane comes from a country club background and has experience helping male and female golfers, tennis players, and swimmers improve performance. As we introduce Jane to the OLCC membership, we are offering a personal training special: Book 5 sessions for only $400, normally priced at $525.

Golf Update

Heading into August and Competition Results

We hope you and your family are enjoying the late summer at Orchard Lake! As we look ahead to August, family programming takes center stage as we have some new events on the books for our members to enjoy prior to the return of the school year. All members are encouraged to join us for Club Championship Weekend, August 11-13, where we’ll gather men, women, juniors and our young adults for a stroke play event and recognize our top players in both gross and net divisions.

Brian Sleeman PGA Head Professional

The Orchard Lake Member-Professional, aka the Carp Invitational, follows on August 17, and pairs foursomes of men with invited club professionals from the area for an enjoyable day of golf with proceeds benefitting the Evans Scholar Foundation and The First Tee of Greater Detroit. The Family Scramble – another new event – follows on August 20. All ages are welcome for a very casual, “outside the box” event sure to provide fun memories and a great time for all.

The Ralph Dailey is our net Senior Club Championship and takes place on August 22-23, with divisions sorted by player ages between freshmen (ages 50-59), sophomores (ages 60-69), juniors (ages 70-79), and seniors (ages 80 and up). The Husband & Wife Championship is always fun, Women’s Charity Event, and second Nine, Wine & Dine all line up through the remainder of the month.

Looking further ahead, keep an eye on your inboxes for September updates on After School Golf, The Ward Cup, the Labor Day edition of Red, White & Blue, and more. There’s plenty more on tap for the remainder of the season and we’re looking forward to sharing it all with you!

Briam Sleeman PGA Head Professional

OLCC and First Tee – Greater Detroit

This season Orchard Lake Country Club is supporting First Tee – Greater Detroit, a youth development organization that uses golf to teach local youth critical life skills and traits such as honesty, integrity, perseverance, resiliency and self-confidence. On June 27th, the club was part of a very unique and special experience for First Tee participant Shaun Horne.

OLCC hosted Shaun and Morgan Hoffmann for a few holes of golf that were filmed as part of a special project that Morgan is working on, which will detail the lives of youth golfers.

Morgan is a professional golfer, Greyson co-founder, the former #1 amateur in the world and a three-time All-American at Oklahoma State University. Morgan was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and is today a health and wellness advocate who has been able to transform his personal health through natural healing modalities. Two-time Emmy award winning filmmaker Stephen McGee is the filmmaker working with Morgan and his team.

For Shaun, who is an aspiring collegiate golfer, the chance to meet and play golf with Morgan was a rare opportunity. OLCC was thrilled to be part of this wonderful and life-changing experience and work with First Tee – Greater Detroit to make it happen. Thank you to Aaron and his team who got the course ready earlier than usual and also helped make sure the day went smoothly.

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2023 PLAYERS INVITATIONAL RESULTS

OVERALL CHAMPIONS: BOB LIGON & SEUNG YANG

FLIGHT WINNERS

Flight 1 Christian Allen & Don Barnes

Flight 2 Adam Gordon & Jordan Lanyi

Flight 3 Bob Ligon & Seung Yang

Flight 4 Scot Curry & Joe Satko

Flight 5 Kory Wilcox & Chris Wybo

Flight 6 Matt Schloop & Mike Schloop

157 Points

152 Points

158 Points

145 Points

153 Points

155 Points

2023 WOMEN’S MEMBER-MEMBER WINNERS

FLIGHT WINNERS

A PATRIOTIC AND FESTIVE TURNOUT!

Flight 1 Gina Morgan & Kristyn Cousino

Flight 2 Janet Murray & Jen O’Farrill-Diaz

Flight 3 Mary Beth MacGuidwin & Kathy Martin

Flight 4 Suzanne Thomas & Jan Hoge

42 Points

45 Points

43 Points

47 Points

2023 PINK SHIRT BALL TOSS!

SHIRT FLIGHT WINNERS

OLCC GOLF EVANS SCHOLAR HISTORY & PLAQUE

The Evans Scholars Foundation - administered by the Western Golf Association - has been a part of the Orchard Lake caddie program for over 60 years. In recognition of this history and in celebration both of those who have earned the scholarships and those who have so generously contributed, the club is purchasing a physical plaque to be displayed near the Golf Shop. We hope this plaque will instill a sense of pride in this life-changing program and our participation within it.

Additionally, we will be profiling some of the 56 Orchard Lake caddies – past and present – who have become Evans Scholars, with some meaningful updates on their lives and careers. Keep an eye out for more profiles in future Birchbarks, and if you may be interested in making a donation for the plaque or learning more about the Evans Scholars Foundation, please contact Brian Sleeman. Thank you all for your efforts and generosity!

Racquets

Peak Season Tennis in August at Orchard Lake

August at Orchard Lake Country Club means peak tennis season. All of the training that has been put in on the courts is going to pay off during our Junior Interclub Finals coming up this August 6th-8th. We are aiming to knock out last year's first place finisher, Pine Lake, and take back our title. As for the adult tennis program, classes have been going great and we can't wait to continue seeing you all out on the courts. We encourage players of all levels to participate in our variety of group programs! Please see more details below.

We have been using orchardlakecountryclub.com as our sign-up website this year. You can see all of our available class times and dates on the calendar and sign up on there as well. The classes for the month of August are also listed below. Please keep in mind a few time changes due to our Junior Camp Schedule. These time changes will go into effect starting the week of August 14th. The first two weeks of August will be the same class times as we have been running in the months of June and July. We will have no programming on August 8th due to interclub finals.

ADULT TENNIS WEEKLY SCHEDULE

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Cardio Tennis All Levels: 10-11am

Pickleball 101 Beginners: 11:30-12:30 pm

Adult Beg/Int 5:30-6:30pm

Ladies Night Out: 6:30-8pm

Men's Night Doubles Play: 6:30pm

THURSDAY

Cardio Tennis All Levels: 10-11am

Senior Tennis Night: 3pm

FRIDAY

Ladies Beginner/Advanced Beginner: 9-10:30am Ladies Intermediate/Advanced: 10:30am-12pm

Pickleball 201 Advanced Beginner/Intermediate: 10:30-12:00 pm

SATURDAY

Cardio and Play (Advanced): 8:30-10am

Cardio Tennis All Levels: 10-11am

Adult Beginner/Intermediate: 11am-12pm

Pickleball 301 Intermediate/Advanced: 12-1pm

SUNDAY

Cardio Tennis All Levels: 8:30-10am

Cardio Tennis All Levels (High Schoolers Welcome): 10-11am

Adult Beginner/Intermediate: 11-12am

Pickleball Open Play: 12pm

Lincoln Wirgau, USPTA Director of Racquets

OLCC RACQUETS

JUNIOR TENNIS CAMP SCHEDULE

ANKLE BITERS

3-6 year olds: 10-10:45am Tuesday through Friday

5-6 year olds: 10:45-11:30am Tuesday through Friday

7-10s

Class: 11:30am-1pm Tuesday through Thursday Fridays will be match days beginning at 12:30pm

11 & UPS

Class: 1pm-2:30pm Tuesday through Thursday Fridays will be match days beginning at 12:30pm

These camps will run from the week of August 15th through the week of September 3rd and will be for the following days:

Week 1: August 15th-18th

Week 2: August 22nd-25th

Week 3: August 29th-September 1st

The cost of the August camps are as follows:

Ankle Bitters: $25 per session

7-10s: $120 per week

11 & Ups: $120 per week

Please note that there will be no Junior Programing for the week of August 7th, as Junior Interclub Finals are on the 6th, 7th, and 8th.  We will be running our adult Cardio from 9-10am on the 9th and 10th.

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