Tavistock News - January 2023

TAVISTOCK NEWS

JANUARY 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

MECHANICAL BREWERY

BEER DINNER

Wednesday, January 11th

TRIVIA NIGHT

Wednesday, January 18th

APRES SKI LODGE

Saturday, February 4th

VALENTINE’S DAY

DINNER

Tuesday, February 14th

RESERVATIONS: 856.429.1866

SAVE THE DATES

Please hold all reservations for save the dates until a formal advertisement is published.

TRIVIA NIGHT

Wednesday, February 22nd

JIMMY QUAIL PRESENTS

THE BEATLES

Wednesday, March 1st

Please Note: Events after October 1st are subject to change due to the Long Range Construction Plan. All entertainment events are subject to a 48-hour cancellation policy.

WELCOME 2023

THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE

Linda W. Eynon

On behalf of the Entertainment Committee, I want to wish the Tavistock family a very happy and healthy New Year. We hope you enjoyed your holidays with family and friends. 2023 promises to be an exciting year for our Club as we all eagerly await the completion of the renovations. In the meantime, the Entertainment Committee has a few events planned to help us through the quiet winter months.

On Wednesday, January 11th, join us for a Beer Dinner, featuring the handcrafted beers of Mechanical Brewery in Cherry Hill, along with a menu designed to compliment the beers planned by Chef Kelly. In 2021, Mechanical Brewery won a Gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival for their English-style pale mild ale. The festivities begin at 6:30 PM with a cost of $60 (all inclusive). Make your reservations early as this event will surely sell out, especially with our limited space.

Trivia Night returns in 2023! On Wednesday, January 18th, we’ll host the 1st Trivia Night of 2023. So gather your trivia group of up to 8 per team, get your reservation in early, and prepare to match

wits against other Tavistock groups in the quest for Trivia Champs.

On Saturday, February 4th, the Entertainment Committee is hosting its first ever Après Ski Lodge on the Club grounds. Heated tents, furry blankets, out-door fire pits, music, light bites, Martini bar, Bubbly bar, hot chocolate bar and other accoutrements will make you believe you’re in Vail, Colorado. This adults only event begins at 5:00 PM, with acoustic music until 7:00 PM, then a DJ from 7:00 – 9:00 PM, with a cost of $50++ per person. Don’t forget to make your reservations early; you’ll definitely want to be inside the heated tent in February!

Join us for another Trivia Night on Wednesday, February 22nd. A great indoor fun activity. We hope to see you there.

Finally, watch your Tavizine and the Tavistock News for updates on all events. Be sure to stop by for brunch on Sunday and enjoy the addition of live music, appearing several times a month. Welcome 2023. On behalf of the Entertainment Committee, we thank you for your support of the events. As always, if you have any suggestions, we would love to hear from you.

To make a reservation for any of these events, call 856.429.1866

EDITORIAL STAFF

Production David Latimer

Content Coordinator

Michelle Scianni

Contributing Editors

Patrick Butkus

Linda Eynon

Victor Frederico

Michelle Hawk

Susan Klemick

David Latimer

Colin Mack-Allen

Richelle Maestro

Jack Merget

Chef J. Kelly Morrow

Michael Rivera

Kim Sandelier

Michelle Scanzano

Jason Walker

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Women’s Golf Holiday Party

WOMEN’S 9 & 18 HOLE GROUP Richelle Maestro

The Tavistock Women’s Golf Association hosted its annual holiday party on December 7th. The Club was beautifully decorated for the holiday season and a buffet of delicious hors d’oeuvres and sweets was enjoyed by all. There was a putting contest and door prizes were awarded. The festive event was planned by Ellen Richey-Porter, Susan Hodges, and Elizabeth Wallace. Special thanks go out to Pat Butkus and Christian Simms for joining in on the fun and to the banquet staff for their impeccable service. It was a wonderful kick off to the holiday season!

Publisher James McGarry

2022 Year in Review

GOLF DEPARTMENT

Patrick Butkus

Happy New Year!

It’s hard to believe we are wrapping up yet another golf season at Tavistock Country Club. We had an action-packed year with plenty to look forward to in 2023. In the bullet points below, you will see some of the fun facts of the 2022 golf season.

Thank you for a great year and all the best in 2023!

• 26,000 rounds of golf recorded

• Over 50,000 golf tees used

• 100+ scored golf events completed

• Over 200 match play rounds completed

• 10 Hole in Ones

• Over 50,000 miles of golf cart miles driven

• 12,000 + golf balls purchased from the golf shop

• 468,000 putts holed out (this number is probably closer to 300,000 because no one holes out all the time)

• 125 sets of clubs re-gripped

• Approximately 125,000 golf balls hit in the training room

CLASS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND GUESTS.

GREENS COMMITTEE

Jason Walker

Dear Members,

As the golf season comes to a close, I hope you all have been able to take advantage of some of the great fall days we have had. I would like to provide an update from the Green Committee on a number of items, specifically the scheduled priorities for this winter with our Superintendent Vic Frederico, and the announcement of a new consulting golf course architect for Tavistock. Before getting to that, I would like to thank Vic and his staff for another season of exceptional playing conditions! Despite weather challenges, labor shortages, and supply issues, the course was as nice as any in the area. Time and again I heard from members and guests how great the course was. In fact, many said it was the nicest conditions of anywhere they played.

In the past the Green staff have typically taken on one large project over the winter. The tree removal between 6 and 14 was the most recent, with other areas in years past. Along with drainage, tree management on our property is one of the highest priorities for the Green Committee. At this point, there’s no question our tree management program is paying dividends. With more sunlight and airflow, our turf is firmer and

dryer than ever, leading to less days closed after significant rain events. By far, most of the trees we have removed have been inferior species trees, and in many areas removing them has allowed for some of our specimen trees to flourish. For this winter, Vic and his staff are turning their attention to enhancement of the property. Tree trimming and pruning, clearing overgrowth, and cleaning out our many creeks and ditches will be the focus. The course remains in exceptional winter condition, and we ask that you continue to take care of the course by fixing ball marks and filling divots.

I also have exciting news to share with you. Earlier this year a sub-committee was formed to initiate a process to interview golf course architects to develop a new master plan. I would like to thank the following members for their time and input in this very important aspect of the Club. Steve Bender, Adam Bracy, Patrick Butkus, Liza Cartmell, Matthew Duncan, Vic Frederico, Tom Hutchinson, Colin Mack-Allen, Bill McGuinness, Jamie Slonis, John Suender and Anthony Van Dervort.

It had been nearly 20 years since the last master plan was developed and the Green Committee and Vic felt strongly it was time to begin the process again. Our course has changed dramatically in those 20 years as has the game of golf. In addition, there are a number of functional items that need updating such as drainage, irrigation, bunkers, greens, available pin placements and green surrounds. For clarity, this is a plan for the future and will help guide the Club for the next 10 plus years. Unlike in the past, this is not intended to be a plan to close the course and make major changes, although we will likely continue to close a few holes each winter to do work as we have done the last several years. After a lengthy and thorough process that included developing a formal RFP, soliciting responses from six architecture firms including our current architect, receiving and reviewing four proposals, and narrowing our candidates to three, I’m excited to announce that the committee unanimously decided on Jaeger Kovich and his firm Proper Golf!

The committee was impressed by his background, his ideas, and his enthusiasm for the opportunity to work with Tavistock. He has extensive experience with two of the leading golf architects of this generation, Tom Doak and Gil Hanse, and established himself with his own firm eight years ago. I encourage you all to check out his website, www.propergolf.com, to learn more about him, but here are a few highlights of his background:

• Founded Proper Golf in 2014

• 13 years in golf construction and architecture.

• Consulting and Master Plan work focused on historic Met, GAP and Massachusetts Areas and maximizing the potential of some other up and coming clubs.

• Eight years working for Tom Doak at Renaissance Golf Design and Gil Hanse. Shaping, running projects, on-site work.

• Recommended by Tom Doak for first solo Master Plan in 2014, slowly compiled a list of clients while working for Gil Hanse between 2014-2019.

• Became the “Restoration Point Man” for Gil Hanse thanks to a very successful restoration project at Ridgewood (NJ), which led to Aronimink (PA), The Creek (NY) and others.

Over the next 8-10 months Jaeger will be spending a significant amount of time at the Club developing his plan. In fact, you may have already seen him out on the course with his large sketch pad and flying his drone taking pictures. We will keep you all posted on the progress of his plan with the expectation it will be complete sometime this summer. Lastly, I would like to recognize and thank Jim Nagle and Forse Design for their many contributions to Tavistock over the years. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions and I look forward to seeing you around the Club.

Jason Walker Green Committee Chair

2022 Year in Review

GREENS DEPARTMENT

Victor Frederico

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2022 Year in Review

HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT

Kim Sandelier

While we have a dedicated tenured staff, recent economic and social developments have made staff retention as well as employing new staff a challenge. We currently employee 165 employees with various skills across 12 departments. We appreciate the hard work our staff puts in to make your experiences memorable. In 2022, the HR department focused on strategies to help entice employees to continue employment in a staff friendly environment. Here are some of these strategies:

• Quarterly Employee Meetings & Employee Newsletters

• Health & Wellness Education Program Emails & Webinars that included topics like Food Safety, Diabetic Health, Breast Cancer Awareness, Foot Care, Health & Fitness to name a few

• Financial Wellness Sessions that covered financial information and planning such as ROTH 401K, FAFSA & 529 College Planning, General Investing, Empower Site Training

• Ronald McDonald House Volunteer meal prep – four separate volunteer meals provided to patients & their families

• Annual Employee Appreciation Event - Battleship NJ – over 100 employees & family members in attendance - 25 raffle prizes, tour of the ship, dinner, DJ & Dancing

• 2022 Employee Satisfaction Survey, Development of Employee Focus Group

• Book Challenge - Sept staff collected over 100 books for children at St Christophers Hospital

• Employee Incentives

• Starbucks Coffee Gift Cards

• Phillies Opening Day Raffle

• Union Soccer Raffle

• Mr. Softee Ice Cream Days

• Wawa Gift Cards

• Top Golf Employee Night

• TCC Employee Night at the Phillies

• Chick-Fil-A Lunch Delivery

• Spooky Box Halloween Give Away

• Painting with a Twist

• Staff Turkey for the holidays

• 12 Days of Employee Appreciation Gift Give-Away

• Annual Employee Holiday Gift

2022 Year in Review

Michelle Scanzano

This year, with the pandemic mostly behind us, we held several brand new events for the Club. Here are just a few highlights:

Christmas Craft Boxes

Large craft boxes full of festive activities for kids ages 5+ as a great gift or a fun craft activity.

Puttle Championship

A simple putting game where players hit their ball towards the puttle pins and aim for the center pin!

5K Fun Run

This non-timed “Fun Run” took place on the golf course.

Symphony in C - All Brass Quartet

A beautiful concert with a full brass quartet and dinner under the tent.

Miss Mariah’s Manners - Old Soul Etiquette

A course for children ages 6-11 to learn the fundamentals of etiquette.

THE GOLF ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA

Philling the GAP is a monthly series that highlights the many services provided by the Association to its membership. Visit www.gapgolf.org and click the “News” tab. Scroll down and click “Philling the GAP” in the green box on the left side of the screen. It’s the perfect refresher.

New year, same you — or is it? Did you move recently? Change your email address perhaps? Update your profile with GAP. Visit www.gapgolf.org and click the “My GAP Locker” tab. Members can make any necessary changes here. Oh, and they can also opt to receive GAP Magazine — a free member benefit — moving forward.

Annual Reminders

Update Your Roster Photo

Visit tavistockcc.org>Member Central>Roster Photo Follow the instructions on the Roster Photo webpage.

Add or Change an Email to Receive Tavizine

If you would like to add an email address to receive Tavizine, or if you need to update your email address, please email mscanzano@tavistockcc.com

Share your Good News

Share all major life milestones with your community! To submit Good News for the newsletter, please email Michelle Scanzano: mscanzano@tavistockcc.com

2022 Year in Review

FOOD & BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT

Jack Merget

The Food & Beverage Team set up a whole new warm & cozy restaurant in the ballrooms and retired the old space for a new and exciting Tavistock Dining Room, soon to be unveiled.

Here’s a look back at the Member Events from this past year:

• Tavistock After Dark

• Derby Day

• Butterfly Ball

• Brunch with Santa, expanded over two weekends

• 4th Annual Brewfest

• 2nd Annual Carnival with over 530 attendees

• Cigar Dinners

» Hosted two this year

• Wine Events

» Four wine dinners (Ken Wright, French, Addax & Elyse Wine Dinner, Penfold’s)

» Seven complimentary wine dinners

» One wine showcase

• Hosted two Chef’s New Menu Tastings

• Hosted the Tavistock England Country Club here (Last meeting of the two was in 2013)

• Holiday Celebrations

» Valentines Weekend

» Irish Night

» Easter

» Mother’s Day

» Finishing off year with our famous Holiday Buffets & a New Year’s Eve Party

• Family barbecues (Fourth of July, Labor Day, & Father’s Day)

• Madrigal Dinner featuring Haddonfield High School for a sold-out show

Dining Hours

Sunday Buffet

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Dinner Tuesday - Thursday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday & Saturday 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Sunday 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Bean on the Green Coffee Shop

Tuesday - Friday 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Men’s Locker Room Bar Monday - Friday 1:30 PM - 9:00 PM Saturday & Sunday 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Bar Closing Hours

TCC Bars close at 2:00 AM. Last call is 1:40 AM. All members and guests must exit the Club by 2:00 AM.

If there are no members to serve, the bar will close: Sunday - Thursday 9:00 PM Friday & Saturday 10:00 PM

CLASS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND GUESTS.

2022 Year in Review COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

Michelle Scanzano

2022 was a big year for the Communications Department. In July, we welcomed our new Communications Director, David Latimer, who works with the Communications Coordinator, Michelle Scianni. As part of this new transition, we’ve made changes throughout the year to enhance our delivery of Tavizine and the Newsletter, ensuring a timely and accurate publication. Our social media presence through Instagram has been maintained with fresh, new content weekly, including new video content. As part of Phase II of our Long Range Master Plan, we’ve been keeping members up-to-date in a number of ways, including Instagram posts, weekly Tavizine updates, and monthly Newsletter articles. This has all been memorialized on our LRMP Blog, which features weekly posts that can be visited on our website at anytime and will remain even after the project is complete. As we move forward we welcome feedback to continue to keep all our lines of communication open.

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2022 Year in Review

MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT

CLASS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND GUESTS.

Michelle Scanzano

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU FROM TCC STAFF

THANK YOU & HAPPY NEW YEAR! THE ENTIRE STAFF AT TCC

On behalf of all Tavistock Country Club employees, thank you to all the members who contributed to the Employee Holiday Fund.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU FROM TCC STAFF

THANK YOU & HAPPY NEW YEAR! THE ENTIRE STAFF AT TCC

We wish you happiness, peace and prosperity in the coming year! Your generosity is truly appreciated!

Membership Posting

The Membership Committee has approved the following Tavistock Country Club prospective member applications to be posted to the membership at large:

Class Candidate Business

SOG Jessica Keenan

Sponsor

Jack Tarditi Keller Williams

Realtor

SOG Greg Kuroda General Counsel

Bromley Neurology

SOG Michael Liggera VP Client Services

Keystone Information Sys.

SOG Richard Lauletta Self Employed

William H. Bromley

Anthony Van Dervort

Edward Hutchinson Real Estate/Developer

SOG D. Gregory Winther SVP Acquisitions

The Shidler Grp.

Matt Hepburn

These name(s) are hereby “posted” for the next 30 days. Upon no objection from the membership and after membership committee review, they will be interviewed by the membership committee as classification openings become available. Any objections to an applicant should be addressed to the Membership Chairman within 30 days.

Anthony Foursha – Membership Chairman 100 Tavistock Lane Haddonfield, NJ 08033 afoursha@yahoo.com

Bryce Arruda is a CPA and Director with KPMG, LLP. Bryce and his wife Erika, live in Haddonfield with their two daughters, Emersyn and Lara. Bryce is a hometown boy who attended Haddonfield Memorial High School before Lehigh University. Bryce is involved with the Wounded Warrior Project and the American Institute of CPAs. Bryce enjoys golfing, fishing, football and spending time with his family.

[SOG/Sponsor: Jack Tarditi]

Paul DeMartini is the President and CEO of Trodat USA, Inc., an office products company. Paul and his wife, Maryanne live in Haddon Heights and have four children; Justin, James, Nick and Samantha. Paul attended Haddon Heights High School followed by college at New York University. In his spare time, Nick spends his time with City of Hope and Shriners Hospital and enjoys gardening and boating.

[SOG/Sponsor: Robert Hunter]

Joseph Peda is a Project Manager for CITI. Joseph and his wife, Jennifer, live in Haddonfield with their son, William. Joseph attended high school at Verona HS in Verona, NJ, followed by college at the University of South Florida, in Tampa. Joseph is a current member at Harbor Pines Golf Club and enjoys music, golfing and the beach.

[SOG/Sponsor: William Schade]

Kyle Naylor is a Project Manager with Transigma, a Management Consulting firm. Kyle and his wife Maureen, live in Voorhees with their daughter, Reagan. Kyle attended Fairfield High School in Connecticut followed by Gettysburg College. Kyle enjoys playing golf and tennis and looks forward to playing golf here at TCC.

[SOG/Sponsor: Bob Reilly]

FOR OUR MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND GUESTS.

2022 Year in Review

Susan Klemick

In January 2022, Tavistock Country Club changed the software utilized to process the Club’s Golf & Retail, the Food & Beverage & Banquet sales, along with the Accounting, Website and Email communications platforms with the goal of enhancing our member’s experience with the Club. New Point of Sale Equipment was installed in the Golf Shop, Dining Rooms, Men’s Grille, Snack Shop and Kitchen. In May, the accounting team transitioned to the new software platform for the Club’s banking vendor to process daily transactions.

Work Anniversaries

Congratulations to: Donna Marshall 25 years Sue Tindall 20 years

New Member Sponsors THANK YOU 2022 NEW MEMBER SPONSORS!

Mark

Course Care Reminders

GREENS DEPARTMENT

Victor Frederico

Over the past few weeks, we have prepared the golf course for winter play, and here are a few reminders for the course over the next few months. All of the course accessories, including all of the tee markers, have been removed for winter refurbishing. Please tee off from different spots of your choice over the next few months! Most of the men’s (yellow tee marker) par 3 tees, as well as a few select black tees, will be covered for the winter to help with recovery. We started this practice a few years back, and it helped our areas with the most divots a lot going into the golfing season. Please use this as an opportunity to tee off from a teeing area that you would not normally use. It’s a great opportunity to see the course from a different perspective! We have also added two separate pin locations to each green, as per our normal practice for the winter. Please keep in mind that there WILL BE NO EZLOCATOR PIN SHEETS through the winter. We will start the daily pin sheets at the beginning of the golfing season, most likely around April 1st of 2022. Also, please rotate the flag to the other hole on each green after your play. Rotating the flag will help disperse the wear and traffic on the greens throughout the winter. Finally, periodically throughout the winter we will utilize temporary pins on a few of the greens, or all the greens depending on the circumstances. During the freeze and thaw cycle, it is sometimes necessary to close a green, so we do not hurt the root zone of our greens.

PLEASE DO NO WALK ON A GREEN WHEN IT IS CLOSED!

When walking to the next holes tee, from a temporary green it is VERY important that you walk around the green. Thanks for following all our winter rules....and please do not forget to fix your ball marks throughout.

2022 Year in Review MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT

Michael Rivera

Various Winter Tasks & Accomplishments

• Covid sanitation throughout TCC property

• Ceiling in Coulter Room

• Window treatment blinds and shades in Banquet Room

• Picked up furniture for new offices at Borough Hall

• Cleaned combi oven in kitchen (preventative maintenance)

• Ordered new doors and hardware for banquet room

• Installed new steamer in kitchen

• Repaired espresso machine

• Cleaned ice machines & compressors

• Detailed cleaned bathroom

• Installed air compressor for shoe cleaning area at Golf Shop

• New office set up in Borough Hall

• New Office furniture for Chef’s Office

• Power wash veranda/courtyard area/rear of Clubhouse prep for painting

• Ongoing painting veranda/courtyard soffit and columns

• Steamer/oven cleaned and water line replacement

Various Spring Tasks & Accomplishments

• Sanitation Throughout TCC Property

• Outhouse renovation

• Cleaned ice machines & compressors

• New kitchen door

• New exhaust fan in Banquet Kitchen

• Ongoing painting

• Tent and electric installed

• Ongoing power washing (patio)

• Signera in Halfway House

• Greenhouse electric disconnect

• Gutter cleaning around Clubhouse

• Repair and paint column to left of main door

Various Summer Tasks & Accomplishments

• Sanitation Throughout TCC Property

• Heat lamps repair in kitchen

• Cleaned ice machine & compressors

• Oven in kitchen

• Banquet Kitchen dishwasher repair (two heating element replaced)

• Repair rear gate to receiving area

• Descale dishwashers, combie oven

• Paint vestibule area

• 655 Warwick repairs

• Paver repair in front of Clubhouse

• Caddie master desk/bag drop repair

• Power wash siding Men’s Grille/Locker Room area

• Cleaned/sanitize keg storage room

• Rebuild compressor dog house in flower bed

• Ladies Lounge ceiling repair and paint

Various Fall Tasks & Accomplishments

• Sanitation Throughout TCC Property

• Portable partitions for renovation

• Phone & pc wiring for Ballroom move prepped

• Planning for bar construction for Ballroom move

• New gas line in kitchen with new appliances

• Fire suppression installed with new kitchen equipment

Congratulations Christian! GOLF DEPARTMENT

Patrick Butkus

Congratulations goes out to Christian Simms. Christian recently accepted the Head Professional position at Medford Village Country Club. He will be starting as Head Professional at Medford after the first of the year. If you get a chance, stop by the shop to wish him the best. Thank you for everything Christian and all the best to you as your already successful career continues to progress.

A Note from Christian Simms, PGA

I wanted to take a moment to extend my sincerest gratitude to the membership at Tavistock. Having spent four seasons at Tavistock and never having one day feel like “work” has been a dream. I cannot thank everyone enough for the welcoming and friendly atmosphere. I look forward to hearing about the continued success of the Club and am certain the membership is in wonderful hands. I will never forget my time spent here at my second home, Tavistock Country Club.

Thank you!

CLASS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND GUESTS.

COUNTRY

5K FUN RUN To view the full photo gallery, visit our website.