September-October 2014 newsletter

September | October 2014

Olivia Cissell and John Hayden

August 9, 2014 event on the Founders Driving Range Presented by Brookwood Medical Center with

Proceeds to the Greystone Foundation

INDEX

From the President.............................................................1

From the General Manager................................................2

Welcome New Members....................................................3

Welcome New Members & Membership News.................4

Share Your Club & Go Down in History..............................5

Labor Day.............................................................................6

Dining Guide........................................................................7

September Special Events...................................................8

October Special Events.......................................................9

From the Director of Golf.................................................10

From the Director of Instruction......................................11

TaylorMade Performance Lab..........................................12

Aquatics News.............................................................13-14

Fitness News.....................................................................15

Tennis News......................................................................16

Spotted..............................................................................17

Back to School...................................................................18

The Waldrop Family George Trible and Andy Lemons Scott and Denise Shephard

Flu Shot Clinic Friday, October 17th 10am-1pm, Founders

Cost: $20

2014 President [email protected] (205) 790-3771

Dear Members,

As I write this article, we are approximately 40 days from reopening the Founders Golf Course. The Champions Tour has been working diligently to prepare the Founders Course for the 2016 Regions Tradition. We will be releasing a firm October Founders reopening date as well as

an October schedule in early to mid September. When Founders reopens, we will have eleven modified greens. All the bunkers will have been updated and have added new bunkers in strategic places. Our course will have the modifications needed to be Champions Tour ready! Although the Founders Course will be reopening in early October, we do not anticipate the Founders Course to be in pristine condition until spring 2015.

We have officially broken ground on the Founders Golf Operations Building & Plaza and the Legacy Golf Teaching Center! Both projects are on time and budget with the Golf Operations Building & Plaza set to open in April 2015, and the 3-bay Legacy Golf Teaching Center to open in January 2015. The excitement surrounding both projects is immense!

There is a membership incentive going on now. Your name will be engraved on a brick in the Golf Plaza if you sponsor a new member and he/she lists you as the referring member sponsor. Literally become a part of Greystone history... more information on page 5.

Greystone Giving Back We are fortunate to be members of an excellent club. Giving back to our community is something we are great at doing, and I’d like to thank Chairman of the Greystone Foundation, Scott Stone for his hard work in making the Beach Party on the Green event a success despite the shaky weather. Thanks to all of the Beach Party on the Green sponsors, the Greystone staff, and everyone who assisted in putting on and supporting this excellent annual event.

For the tenth year, Greystone hosted the Save the Os 5K benefiting ovarian cancer research. With less participation this year than last, more money was raised totaling over $50,000 for the Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation. Thanks to all key players who sponsored and executed this event, especially John and Jennifer Johnson, Fitness Director Christy Thompson and Assistant Fitness Director Todd Makofski.

Greystone shared in the excitement of the popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday, August 20th. Greystone Members and Residents were invited to come out and get bulldozed with ice water. Approximately 100 Members and Residents took part in the event and over $1,000 was raised to strike out ALS. Thank you to Mike Murphy and ABC 33/40 for bringing awareness to the disease by covering the Greystone community’s involvement. Click here to see the ABC 33/40 clip of the Greystone crew getting bulldozed with ice water!

Thank YOU! The club documented record participation in the month of July. Can you believe there were almost as many rounds of golf (40 short) in July 2014 as July 2013 when both golf courses were open? Thank you for patronizing your club. Now, share our excellent club with your friends and neighbors. There has never been a better and more exciting time to join Greystone!

See you soon at The Stone,

Thank you Jennifer and John Johnson!

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Dear Members,

The party has started! Over the next 20 months, Greystone will go through an amazing transformation. From new buildings… 9,500 sq. ft. Golf Operations Center (cart barn) at Founders and 2,500 sq. ft. Golf

Teaching Center at Legacy to the complete remodel of the lower level (15,000 sq. ft.) at Founders to a renovated and renewed Founders golf course with upgraded greens and bunkers to having a new upscale casual dining room, fitness center, and childcare space, there will be something new for every member. During the critical construction period, there will be inconveniences and unforeseen challenges that might impact your Greystone experience. The staff and construction team will do everything possible to anticipate issues and help make your experience memorable. We will be providing weekly email updates on the progress of the projects. If you miss these, contact Communications Director Mallory Bobba at [email protected] or (205) 986-5147 to make sure you’re on the Greystone email list.

Greystone Gators—Congratulations to the Championship Gator Swim Team! This year, the Gators, made up of 90 swimmers, was led by Allie Davis and Alan Parsons. They completed an undefeated regular season in division 3 and then were moved to division 2, a more challenging level, at the Senior County Championship Meet. The team responded and won the much more difficult division 2. I certainly hope all swimmers had a great summer, and thanks to our coaches, Aquatics Director Corinne Sweet, and all of the parents who encouraged and supported the Gators!

Babies—Congratulations to Fitness Director Christy Thompson and her husband Neil on the birth of their son, Remy. Congratulations to Maintenance Engineer Phil Rankin and Anneetress on the birth of their son, Neo. Our Tennis Department also had two new arrivals not long ago – Co-Director of Tennis, Ryen Valentine gave birth to baby girl Elliot, and Court Maintenance, Alex Gamble gave birth to baby boy Alexander. There must be something in the water!

Personal—It is hard to believe that my son, Marshall will be a senior in college at Auburn. He is enjoying the family environment at Auburn, and is a student recruiter and the vice president of his fraternity. I couldn’t be more proud of him for his dedication to his studies (he got that from his mom), his devotion to his faith, and being active at his school.

As always, I look forward to seeing you and your family at Greystone.

[email protected] 986-5148

Click here for the AL.com article on the Founders and Legacy groundbreaking ceremonies.

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My dear friend, Past President Bob Hilton stopped by to see the course updates on

August 29th. He is ready for some football!

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Welcome New Members & Thank You Sponsors

Ryan Brewer (Kelly) Senior Vice President of Financial Operations,

Education Corporation of America 4239 Marden Way, Birmingham

Sponsors: Roger Swartzwelder & Jeff Fields

Joey Gilliland (Tracy)

President, DC Equipment Inc. 356 Ham Road, Albertville

Sponsors: Jeff Clifton & Bhrett McCabe Referred by & client of Mark Blackburn

Whit Drake (Katie) Attorney & Partner, Drake Law Firm 225 Stonegate Drive, Birmingham

Sponsors: Tom Willingham & David Laning

Jimmy Gustin (Brenda) President, Hanna Steel

625 Highland Lakes Cove, Birmingham Sponsors: Joseph Yost & Josh Coleman

Chris Salmon (Jennifer)

Dentist, Chris M. Salmon DMD 905 Glassford Court, Legacy

Sponsors: Hank McKay & Darin Cissell

Sam Mango (andie) Sales, Hanna Steel

2016 Knollwood Place, Birmingham Sponsors: Sam Mango & Joseph Yost

David Stein (Nancy) Co-Owner, Brothers Recycling Co. 2118 Longleaf Trail, Birmingham

Sponsors: Kyle Walters & Allen Meisler

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Welcome New Members & Thank You Sponsors

Rick Taylor (Alicia) Owner, Bingo Equipment Services Inc.

4587 Highway 431, Heflin Sponsors: James Ramey & Roy Holladay

Chris Tsavoussis Restaurant Owner

504 Barristers Court, Birmingham Sponsors: Petros Kartos &

George Drakos

Interest-Free Upgrade to Golf Membership The Board and Nominating Committee are currently searching for future leaders of the Club. We hope you will consider upgrading your membership to Regular status which enables full golf privileges, ownership in the Club, voting rights, Legacy Transfer rights and Junior Legacy rights. Now until October 31st, you have the opportunity to upgrade your membership to Regular Equity interest free! Contact Ashley Fuentes in the Membership Office for additional details, [email protected] / (205) 986-5146.

Life Membership Update Currently, the Club has 2 Life Memberships available for resale. If you have a friend that might be interested, please contact Ashley Fuentes in the Membership Office for more details.

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Please Join Us in Thanking These Member Sponsors from January—August 2014

Brad Adams Eli Anding

Jim Archibald Jason Baker

Raymond Best Chuck Brand

Marve Breeding Tim Breen

Quentin Brown Norm Browning

John Byars Darin Cissell Jeff Clifton

Curren Coco Robert Cole

Josh Coleman John Coles

Rudy Daniels David DeSantis George Drakos

Don Felder Scott Ferguson

Jeff Fields Janice Folmar

Jimmy Fordham Allen Franklin

Robert Fuentes Kristen Gray John Grimes

Russ Hale Roy Holladay Ralph Hymer Keith Johnson Mark Johnson Todd Johnson

Chris Kahn Petros Kartos Chris Kendall Robert Kim Doug Lamar

Holt Rast IV Todd Reeves McRoy Sauls Jason Sinclair

Wes Steed Scott Stone

Roger Swartzwelder Roy Swindal Jeff Tomko

Kelley Tunnell Barry Vines

Kevin Waldrop Mark Ware

Mike Washburn Jim Whatley Don Williams David Wilson

Tommy Yarbrough Joseph Yost

Wayne Ledbetter Thomas Lozick

Sam Mango Bhrett McCabe

Scott McFarland Hank McKay Tom Miller

Steve Muncher Tony Muncher

Cliff Moss Bill Murray

Mike Oatridge Jim O’Brien

Joby O’Brien Tommy Parsons Kenneth Perry Logan Pichel Dave Pratt

James Ramey

Sponsor a New Member This Fall & Go Down in Greystone History... Literally!

Help us build the new Founders Golf Plaza coming spring 2015, one brick at a time! Have your family name and member since date engraved on a brick simply by referring a new member who joins the Club! In addition to your brick, each referring Member will receive 6 complimentary golf guest passes for sponsoring a new Golf Member and 10 complimentary pool guest passes for sponsoring a new Social Member. How does it work? Contact Ashley Fuentes with the name and contact information of your referral to insure you are linked as the Primary Member Sponsor. Then, make sure your friend lists you on his/her application. Click here for a blank application and fees to forward to a friend. Click here to refer a friend today.

Giving Thanks

Monday, September 1, 2014

Tennis Mixer 9am until 11am

Open to all parents and juniors who would

like to play some points!

Pool Party Pools open 10am until 6pm

Pool Grill open 10am until 5:30pm Pool Bar on Family Pool Deck from 11am until 5pm

Reserve your lounge chair starting at 10am, or bring your own! 10 guests permitted per member

Games and activities for children and adults!

Shrimp Boil 11:30am until 4:00pm

Come enjoy the last summer holiday with a great

Southern-style buffet at the pool!

$15.00++ adults, $7.00++ kids ages 5 - 12

Boiled Shrimp with Corn, Potatoes, Onions & Sausage

Watermelon and Cookies & Brownies

Poolside DJ 12pm until 3pm

Playing tunes and taking requests

No personal music devices please

Legacy Golf ‘n’ Grub Legacy Course open 8am until dusk

Legacy food & beverage from 7am until 8pm

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Family Night Dinner Founders / Thursdays from 5-8pm / Dine-in or take-out / $14++ adults & $7++ kids (ages 5-12) There’s something for everyone on Family Night! Enjoy a soup & salad bar, kid’s station, delicious entrées, plentiful sides, and gourmet desserts. Refer to your monthly calendar to see when it’s BINGO night! Reservations recommended: 986-5120.

Thursday Night Football Founders Trophy Room Terrace / Thursdays beginning September 11th / 6-10pm / No need to RSVP Every Thursday during football season we’ll be featuring the weekly NFL and college games on our HD projector and big screen. Game day menu items and drink specials available through the third quarter.

Falls Dinner Legacy / Fridays & Saturdays / 5-9pm / Entrée pricing $16-30 / Reservations & take-out 986-5120 A five-star dining experience featuring items such as Filet of Beef Tenderloin grilled to perfection, Greystone’s famous Black Grouper, Chocolate Lava Cake, and more. In addition to the signature menu, a Alabama Summer Farm Fresh Prix Fixe menu is offered and features seasonal-inspired 4-course dinner paired to perfection with a glass of wine to accompany each course.

Legacy Late Nite Legacy / Fridays / 9:00pm - 11:00pm / Pricing ranges from $2-13 / Cocktail Casual Attire Unwind and indulge at the Legacy Clubhouse from 9-11pm. Enjoy signature cocktails, wines, brews, and a tapas menu featuring tasty, trendy items such as salmon tartare, fried boursin cheese, and white chocolate lava cake. No need to RSVP.

Sunday Brunch Founders / Every Sunday / 10:30am - 1:30pm / $21++ adult buffet; $10 child’s buffet; $7 breakfast; $7 Soup & Salad Extensive buffet featuring a seasonal salad and soups, a variety of local vegetables and sides items, three plentiful entrées, a breakfast station, and a dessert table filled with Southern Living desserts. Reservations - 986-5120.

Sunday Lunch Legacy / 11am-2pm / First come, first serve seating / Pricing around $11 Down home favorites such as braised beef with carrots & potatoes, southern fried catfish and Greystone’s famous fried chicken are served in addition to our menu featuring salads, soups, sandwiches & burgers. Take-out available 986-5172.

Grab & Go Dinner Tuesday Take-Home Meals for the Family / Legacy / Pick-up from 4-7pm / Pricing for two approximately $25 Homemade meals for you and yours! Two entrée options served with fresh garden salad, your choice of dressing, and warm rolls. Family dessert option also available. Order online, www.greystonecc.com or call 986-5120.

Legacy is your daily dining destination through September 30th. The monthly Club Calendar will indicate dining offerings at each clubhouse. In September, please refer to the 85 Days on the Path of Excellence brochure, pages 6-7 for dining hours of operation. Menus posted online in Member Kiosk, Dining Menus and on the website calendar.

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Labor Day See page 6 for the line-up of Club events!

Fun Friday: Football Kickoff Founders / Friday, September 5th / 6-10pm / No need to RSVP Wear your team colors, jersey, hats and bring your pom-poms to celebrate the return of football season! Complimentary appetizers to include a nacho bar, Greystone’s signature chili, and cheesy puffs. Great beer specials as well as specialty cocktails! Have dinner while you’re here. We’ll be serving buffalo chicken wings - 6 for $7 or 12 for $13 and beef tenderloin medallions with demi glace and sides of smashed potatoes & grilled asparagus for $17.

Greystone Ladies Club All Members are invited to join the Greystone Ladies Club (GLC). The GLC is organized for goodwill, educational and charitable purposes. Annual dues are $30 and lunch programs are $20. Luncheons are held at the Founders Clubhouse once per month September through May. The first luncheon of the year will be Wednesday, September 10th and will feature a Saks Fifth Avenue Fall Fashion Show! Please make reservations on the GLC website, greystoneladiesclub.com.

Stone Brewery Dinner Founders / Wednesday, September 17th / Reception at 6:30pm & Dinner at 7:00pm $65 per person / Limited to the first 56 Members to RSVP online / 48-hour cancellation policy Reception: Go To IPA & Private Library Selection fried risotto with basil & pine nuts, spicy parmesan ranch brioche bratwurst sliders, chow chow, whole grain mustard Round One: Stone Saison butter poached shrimp, saison hush puppy, tarragon cream Round Two: Stone IPA quick smoked sea scallops, spicy tasso grit cake, “stoned” spinach Round Three: Arrogant Bastard Ale ABA braised lamb, fennel mashed parsnips, gremolata pesto Knockout Round: Coffee Milk Stout chocolate & cherry ganache tart, CM stout whipped cream

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Fun Friday: Oktoberfest Founders / Friday, October 3rd / 6-10pm / No need to RSVP Fear no beer, Oktoberfest is here! Complimentary hors d’oeuvres including kartofflesalat which is warm German potato salad, grilled “wursts,” assorted grilled German sausages over peppers & onions, and blaukraut, stewed red cabbage & apples. German wine and beer specials, as well as specialty cocktails! Have dinner while you’re here. We’ll be serving beef tenderloin medallions with demi glace and sides of smashed potatoes & grilled asparagus for $17.

Lobster Night Founders / Wednesday, October 15th / Reservations from 6-9pm / 48-hour cancellation policy Call 986-5120 for reservations 2 pound Whole Maine Lobster…$65.00 (includes soup, salad, sides & dessert) 14 oz. Prime Rib…$46.00 (includes soup, salad, sides & dessert) Surf & Turf …$50.00 (1 pound lobster, 7oz. Prime Rib) (includes soup, salad, sides & dessert) Additional Lobsters (2 pound lobster…$43.00) Traditional Salad Bar with Assorted Toppings and Dressings Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Family Service Side Items: Boiled Potatoes, Fried Okra, Green Beans, Green Tomatoes, and Sautéed Mushrooms Tableside Dessert Service

Family Night Pumpkin Carving Founders / Thursday, October 30th / Reservations from 5-8pm / $15 for pumpkin carving / Please call 986-5120 Enjoy frightening food and pumpkin carving! Wear your costumes and prepare to party! We’ll de-seed your pumpkin so it will be carve-ready. Parents must be on-site during the event. When you call to make your Family Night reservation, be sure to let us know how many pumpkins your family will be carving.

Broadway in Birmingham Tickets Available to Greystone Members! All of the shows in the 2014-2015 Season are available for Greystone Members to purchase. Go to: https://groups.magicspace.net/ and put in your Access Code: greystonemember There are new price levels of tickets. You can see these levels on the page as you login. All shows are expected to sell out, so please purchase your tickets early. The general public does not have access to purchasing tickets at this time, so now is the time to get the best seats available. We hope you will enjoy a wonderful Broadway in Birmingham Season!

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Dear Members,

What an exciting time for our Club with all of the projects happening! It won’t be long before we

open the Founders Course after the renovation. With the project in the hands of the Champions Tour Agronomy Team along with Greystone’s Director of Golf Course Operations Jason Miller, I believe everyone will be more than pleased with the end result. We expect to have some growing in/healing time in order to get greens back to the smooth roll that we are accustomed to. We ask for your patience during this important time.

Cleanup on Aisle Three

Over the past several months, we’ve spent many hours on the course looking closely at different areas seeing how we can improve. One glaring opportunity is to improve on our housekeeping. There are a multitude of cigarette and cigar butts left around the course daily as well as broken tees and general trash. Please help keep your courses in pristine condition by putting broken tees and cigarette and cigar butts as well as any other trash in the golf cart and let us clean it out at the end of your round. We also have ash trays that fit in the cup holder, just let us know that you need one. The key ingredient that all excellent clubs possess is their ability to work together as a team with everyone pulling in the same direction. That is what makes Greystone such an incredible club! If we continue to get involved and help make a difference, there’s no ceiling to how amazing our club can be!

Club Cleaning Bucket Challenge

I am challenging all of our members to take the “Club Cleaning Bucket Challenge!” Do something positive for Greystone Golf & Country Club and its members and I will award you the $20 coupon below. You must be able to state what you did for the Club to deserve (20) “goodwill bucks” to spend in the Founders Golf Shop.

I look forward to seeing you soon!

Director of Golf [email protected] 986-5151

Club Cleaning Bucket Challenge $20 off any purchase of $120

Founders Golf Shop Expiration: September 15, 2014

One coupon per visit. Not applicable to sale items.

Founders no. 18 green is now complete! Make sure you’re on our email list so you get

the weekly course update emails.

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Dear Members,

Fall and football are upon us. It has been a fantastic summer at the Stone with participation in all of our coaching programs continuing to grow. Our Junior Development players have had success in local and regional tournaments while handicaps in our Biggest Loser programs continue to

drop! We are continuing these programs year-round and will be changing the schedule to accommodate college football on Saturdays so the membership can continue to improve while still enjoying tailgating.

The new Golf Teaching Center to be known as the Greystone Performance Center begins construction this month with completion set for January 2015. This will provide us a nucleus for the teaching program and a year-round facility from which to teach, coach and educate golfers to play better more often. The facility will have three state of the art teaching bays which will feature high speed, high definition cameras, 3D motion capture technology, SAM Puttlab, Video Lesson, force and pressure plates. This will provide the ultimate learning environment for our membership regardless of the climate!

We continue to stay busy with the Aimpoint Express clinics which are held twice a month in a group setting and available individually by appointment. Tour players are embracing this green reading technique to increase their strokes gained on the field. Everyone who has taken the two hour clinic leaves with a better understanding of how and why good putters make more putts! There is great article on the PGA tour website highlighting the benefits of what we’re offering with the Aimpoint Express clinics - http://www.pgatour.com/statsreport/2014/08/26/strokes-gained-the-barclays-hunter-mahan.html. The Wednesday E-News will have Aimpoint Express dates posted in it, or if you have a group that would like to get together for a private clinic, please contact Mason, [email protected] or (256) 505-9693 or myself.

I will be busy traveling for the Web.com and FedEx Playoffs during September but am excited to be back teaching this fall helping you, the members reach your golfing goals.

Best wishes,

[email protected] (256) 572-1743

Ahh, yes, I took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge!

Dear Members,

How Far Do You Hit It?

This is a question we ask every player that comes in for a fitting. With over 1,000 players fit since the TMPL opened its doors 4 years ago, we still find it amazing that most players really do not know the average distance or maximum distance of every club in their bag. The VAST majority of all golfers overestimate the distances they hit each club. With all of the resources available at Greystone G&CC, it is somewhat interesting that so few members who take the game seriously take the time to find this out. We recently added GPS to our golf cart services. This system accurately tells you distances to any part of the course from the cart’s location. What good is that system if a player doesn’t know how far each club goes?

Technology today has introduced us to the era of the “Launch Monitor.” These tools are used to take a multitude of different measurements and make other calculations about the flight of the ball and motion of the club through impact. One of the most fundamental functions of these tools is to show the distance each shot is hit. After a player hits a sample of shots with one particular club, we can calculate the average and maximum distance hit (after eliminat-ing the worst 20% of all strikes taken in the sample). MOST players find that their average distances and maximum distances are quite different from their perceptions after going through this process. Some players find that some of their clubs produce shots that are redundant in distance. Others find that they have large gaps between some clubs that they didn’t expect. The bottom line is, we have every tool available to help members determine this crucial infor-mation that can drastically effect their golf games.

If you are curious as to just how far you REALLY hit each club, and want to verify your perception against reality, call us in the Lab sometime and we can schedule a distance gapping session!

TMPL Master Fitter [email protected] 986-5129

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Golf Operations Building & Plaza Coming Spring 2015

August 19, 2014 Groundbreaking Ceremony Left to right: Tom Miller, Joe Verciglio, Calvin Bolling, Frank Paduch, Chris Engel, Van Major, Al Del Greco, Jeff Clifton, Steve Vanderburg, Roy Sewell, Russ Hale, Matt Scalici, Alton Parker, Ron Stanfa, Lane Milam, Rod Fuller, Brad Rosenwald & Bhrett McCabe

Dear Members,

Wow! What a season! Despite the rainy days, you all were out at the Pools in full force on sunny days and supported your Club! You set attendance records for May and July, and therefore made this the second busiest summer in Greystone’s history (with September days

remaining). Thank you so much!

You might think your chance at having a party at the Pools is gone, but it’s not! We will continue hosting pool parties in the Family Pool until September 21st. Private parties are only available during non-operational hours. If during operational hours, parties will receive a reserved section on deck. Please contact our Events Director, Amanda Osburne at [email protected] or at 776-3180 to book your party today!

Labor Day is bittersweet for us – it signals that the pool season end is near but that glorious football season is here! See page 6 for the day’s events at the Pools. After Labor Day, the Family Pool, Baby Pool & Pool Grill will be open for three additional Sundays: the 7th, 14th and 21st. The Adult Pool, though, is open daily until the 21st for those who have completed the Waiver of Liability.

Get your paws ready for our 6th Annual Doggie Dip on Sunday, September 21st from 4-6pm in the Family Pool! Open swim, diving board fun and ice cream for just $5 per dog. Even if you don’t have a dog, come out and enjoy the show because this is single-handedly the funniest event at Greystone. Canine swim suits optional but best outfit will take home a prize!

PLEASE bring back our Pool Towels! Please search your homes, cars, etc. for our blue and white striped towels, and return them anytime to either the drop-off bin in the Pool Park-ing Lot or the front desk of the Founders Clubhouse. Thank you!

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Doggies get the final dip in the pool on September 21st

from 4-6pm!

Aquatics Director since 2006 [email protected] 776-3195

UNDEFEATED Gators Swim Team & Senior County Recap The best compliments our team received this year were all the referrals we got registered on the team! We had a 40% growth going from 67 Gators to 94 this year, and we couldn’t have done it without your recommendations to your friends. We never put a cap on registration because swimming is a sport where EVERYONE gets to participate in the meets and the more the merrier. Help us grow to over 100 next year and we’ll get to offer even more exciting events for the Gators!

Nearly half of the 94 Gators led by first season Coaches Allie Davis & Alan Parsons, qualified for the Senior County Championship which was held at the Birmingham Crossplex! Congratulations to all swimmers whose hard work paid off:

Ward Lockhart (12) not only took home 1st overall in Boys 11-12, but he also BROKE THE COUNTY RECORD for 50 yd Backstroke! The previous record was set back in 1999 with a time of 29.52 and Ward got 29.43. He also broke the Club’s records for 50 yd Breast (previously set by Alex Baker in 2008), 50 yd Free and 50 yd Back (both previously held by William McKinney since 2008). Elena Steed (6) placed 2nd overall in Girls 6 & under. She also broke the Club’s records for 25 yd Back (previously set by Anna Laura Held back in 2006), 25 yd Breast & 25 yd Fly (both previously held by Kara Coleman since 2010). Juliana Steed (8) placed 2nd overall in Girls 7-8 and she broke the Club’s record for 25y d Fly which was previously set by Anna Laura Held in 2008. Taylor Trible (10) placed 3rd overall in Girls 9-10 and broke Anna Laura’s record for 50 yd Back! She has been working towards that ALL summer! Riley Hiers (14) placed 10th overall in Boys 13-14. Luke McKay (17) placed 3rd overall in Boys 15-18.

Every swimmer that went did an excellent job including Jaxi & Josi Arterburn, Emily Clifton, Fenn David, Webb Harper, John Hayden, Mary Madison Hiers, Haley Lockhart, Connor & Liam Lozick, Gavin Major and Ashley Trible. For most of these Gators, it was their first time qualifying for Senior County and we are so proud that they chose to go.

The 19 swimmers that participated in the Senior County Championship were honored at the End-of-the-Season Awards Banquet on August 17th. We hope even more qualifying swimmers will attend this awesome meet next year.

Have a great fall, winter and spring! See y’all next summer!

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Accomplished Gator Ward Lockhart

These Gator girls dominated Senior County! Way to go Taylor Trible, Juliana Steed &

Elena Steed!

Best Detox Foods The following foods are great for helping the body eliminate waste. Try to include these foods into your diet on a regular basis. You will surely feel the difference. Apples Cabbage Turmeric contains an agent that encourages the liver to detox Greens: Spinach, broccoli, kale, etc… Garlic Water

Fall into Fitness What do you want to do to freshen up your fall fitness routine? Here are a few ideas. Hire a trainer Get a complete body assessment Try something new like Yoga, Pilates, or Tennis Gear check—purchase new workout clothing and shoes.

The Fall Fitness Challenge (FFC) is going to help you build you cardio endurance, speed, and strength. This challenge will have you running, stretching, eating better, and lifting weights!! So often people only do certain aspects of fitness, the FFC covers it all! When you complete this challenge, you will receive a FREE 20 minute stretching session with one of our qualified instructors, a freebie at Legacy Late Nite, surprise gifts, and last but not least – acknowledgement! This challenge will begin on Monday, September 15th. You will have four weeks to complete the “to do list.” Register in Fitness Center today or contact us via email, [email protected] or phone, 986-5139.

Fall Special Purchase 20 personal training sessions and choose two of the following for FREE: 2 free training sessions bring a friend 4 times 1 instructional stretching session a free 20 minute conversation with our registered dietician Abby 2 free classes Golf assessment (TPI)

Contact us: [email protected] | (205) 986-5139

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Huge thanks to all members who supported the 10th Annual Save the O’s 5K!

Over $50,000 was raised for ovarian cancer research.

Click here to view the OneDrive Save the O’s photo gallery. Click here for the Facebook

Save the O’s album.

A Message from Your Directors Wow, the summer sure flew by! We had a wonderful summer here at the Greystone tennis courts. Our kids competed hard at the two biggest junior tournaments of the year with our very own Sage Sovic and Connor Coleman winning the state champion-ships for their age divisions! The pros also took 16 of our juniors to Atlanta to watch the Atlanta Open pro tournament. For many of them, it was their first chance to get to see a pro tournament! We will have our next junior USTA tournament the weekend of September 26th-28th! September also brings in Fall Ladies Softcourt season, as well as USTA and Ladies Interclub leagues. We would like to wish all of our teams good luck and good health for the upcoming tennis season!

Ryen Valentine, Co-Director: [email protected] | 986-5144 Kristijan Mitrovski, Co-Director: [email protected] | 986-5145 Lyn Gilbert, Tennis Shop Manager: [email protected] | 986-5154 Find us on the web: greystonecc.com

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October 10th: Friday Night Social, 6pm

Men’s Night: October 23rd, 6pm

October 24th: Friday Night Halloween Bash (juniors)

Upcoming events September 1st: Labor Day Mixer, 9-11am

September 25th: Men’s Night, 6pm

September 26th-28th: Greystone Fall Claycourt Challenge

Fall Junior Programs Beginner Orange Ball Class (8 & Under)

Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 3:30-4:30pm

Intermediate Green Dot Class (9 & Up) Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 3:30-4:30pm

Academy (Tournament Players)

Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 4:30-6:00pm

High School Academy Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 4:30-6:00pm

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Debby and Wayne Fleming Beach Party on the Green

Jeff & Lisa Clifton and Skippy & George Trible Beach Party on the Green

The Meko Family Beach Party on the Green

Ana Ospina & Emma Stephens Beach Party on the Green

The Kendall Family Beach Party on the Green

Chris Battles and George Sides Beach Party on the Green

Janice Folmar, Riley Hiers and Richard Hayes Beach Party on the Green

Logan and Missy McCabe Beach Party on the Green

Jeff & Laura Tomko Beach Party on the Green

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Ava, Francesca & Vincent Indovina children of Eric & Jennifer

The Dennis Family Josh, Shannon and children

Jamison Barnes son of Brian and Anna

John, Luke and Sam Fields sons of Jeff & LeeAnn

Matthew, Talor, Hunter and Blake Herritt sons of Lee & Allyson

Quinn and Paige Pichel children of Logan & Kristin

Hudson Cahalan son of Kyle & Courtney

Landon & Madeline Berg children of Joel & Shannon

Audrey, Jack, Ben and Will Rothman children of Chris & Kristi