CT Street Fair

Sales are final, and many of the 2008 Street Fair vendors made more money than ever before. 2008 CT Street Fair was held in the parking lot of the Club with 30 booths and 6 boot sale vendors. Street Fair is an annual event open to all Trace residents to enjoy a fall festival with unique items on display for purchase. Perfect Carolina weather contributed to the large crowds and CTCC's outdoor grill cooked-up Trace hamburgers and hot dogs too. The CT volunteer fire department was on-site providing residents with educational material. 103.1 FM radio station provided easy listening music all day long adding to the carnival atmosphere. The most popular booths were the women's 9-hole book sale and "Just a Growin' Produce" with their tasty strawberry cider. Also, local artists had several pieces available to purchase, as well as, Longaberger, Mary Kay, Sterling Silver, hand made bird houses, hand crafted wooden items and floral arrangements, the WGA sold lost and found items from the Pro Shop, Shoppes of Steel Street and Sanford Antique Mall were some of the highlighted vendors. Another community-focused festival for all Trace residents sponsored by the CT Country Club added to the treasured sense of community.Special thanks John and Susan Thorn for organizing the Street Fair this year.

1st Annual Lake Fest

2008 Lake Fest was a fun and festive event for all Carolina Trace residents. Carolina Trace Country Club and the CTA-CTCC Joint-Lake Committee (JLC) sponsored the event. Tracers could enjoy pontoon rides, kayak rides, a performance by the Temple Teens from Temple Theatre, face painting, water balloon contests, take your best shot to hit the pirate ship, watch a remote control boat reach 60 miles per hour, fishing contests, darts, Trace Jeopardy, Head Pro Trick Shot demonstrations, putting contests, hit balls at the driving range, swim in the Club pool, purchase CT cookbooks, commemorative tile, CT history, aquatic plants for Lake Trace, a 50/50 drawing and many prizes were given away every 30 minutes. There were also information tables throughout the venue where residents could learn about the exciting projects of T.U.F.F. and the JLC, wellness efforts, meet the on-site brokers and landscaping team at Carolina Trace Gated Properties, receive a special membership offer from the Club, and enjoy a cook out on the Country Club outdoor grill--to name a few activities.

Special thanks goes to Lee and Max Mortensen Amcher, Libby Bibb, Tim Hart, local corporate sponsors, and more than 200 volunteers to make this event possible.

Club Champions

(Pictured from left to right: Keith Reeves, Diane Conti, and Head Pro Mike Krick)

Men’s Club Championship: The men played Match Play over the past month with the Semi- finals and Final being played on August 29th and 30th. A Semi-finals match was between Ron Heppell and Keith Reeves. The other Semi-finals match was between Fred Berman and Jim Morris. The match between Heppell and Reeves went all the way to the 20th hole, and Reeves won. Berman finished his match against Morris on the 18th hole. The Finals were set: Reeves vs. Berman. The match went back and forth, Berman in the lead, Reeves in the lead... and after twelve holes Berman was one-up. Then, Reeves came storming on to win the next four holes and win the match 3 & 2. Heppell won the consolation match.

Ladies Club Championship: Solid play year-after-year wins championships and that is exactly how "Consistent Conti" plays. Diane Conti has now won her 12th Ladies Club Championship at CTCC. Of the twelve times Conti has played in the CTCC Ladies Club Championship, she has won all of them (12/12). The ladies played three rounds of stroke play to decide their championship on August 28th, 29th and 30th. Conti was challenged early by Tina Drew and Marie Inzerillo. In the end, Conti stayed strong and won the three day event by 17 shots. Tina Drew was runner-up with a three day total of 265 and Marie Inzerillo finished third with a three day total of 270.

Competitive golf on two world-class championship courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. is one of the many features that sets CTCC apart from many other communities.

(Keith Reeves and Fred Berman)

(Ron Heppell and Jim Morris)

(Tina Drew, Diane Conti, Marie Inzerillo)

Tennis is Thriving

CTCC has many active tennis programs, pictured are some of the core players. The CT Tennis Association sponsors tennis tournaments on holiday weekends and also club championships for mixed doubles, women’s doubles and men’s doubles. Beginners-to-experienced players are welcome to join the Association. Women’s drop-in tennis is held on Monday's and Friday's and men’s drop-in tennis is held on Tuesday's and Thursday's. View your copy of the Member Directory and contact Women's Coordinator, Debi Skibitsky or Men's Coordinator, Pepe Correlo for more information. Our members play on four, lighted Har-Tru courts that are the envy of many larger tennis facilities in North Carolina.

WGA Championship

The Women’s Golf Association Championship was held on Tuesday August 12th & 19th. The tournament was a thirty-six hole individual low net. The ladies were split up into four flights of nine-to-ten players per flight. The first day of the tournament players played the Lake Course and the second day, the Creek Course. The overall champion for the event was Diane Keep with a two round total of 133.

First Flight winners: Marie Inzerillo with a score of 139 took first place, 2nd place went to Marcia Connor who scored 140, 3rd place went to Chris Heppell with 140 and a tie for 44th place between Carole Philbin and Sue Palmer at 143.

Second Flight winners: 1st place went to Polly Scalice with a score of 144, a tie for 2nd place between Phyliss Gray and Mary Ann Pruchnik with 147 and 4th place belonged to Karen Towson who finished with a score of150.

Third Flight winners: BiBi Brown with 147 took first place, 2nd place was a tie with Kathy Salasko and Lyona Beck with 149, and 4th place was Helen Woodside at 150.

Fourth Flight winners: 1st place went to Janice Daniel at 145, 2nd place was Judy Colwell with 146, 3rd place went to Dottie Gall at 150, and 4th place was Joan Gustavson with 151.

Head PGA Golf Professional, Mike Krick and Assistant PGA Golf Professional Brock White enjoyed organizing one the WGA’s major annual tournaments. Many flight winners had very close scores, “we all enjoyed watching two very competitive days of women’s golf at Trace” stated Krick.

ESPN Radio Spotlight

Head Pro Mike Krick will once again be featured on ESPN Radio. For more than a decade, Krick has been featured on many radio and TV programs talking about the industry, professional and rising amateur players, and the latest happenings at Carolina Trace Country Club. Krick's 8/8/08 radio spot will feature news about the PGA Championship, the progress of the new Carolina Trace CC clubhouse, and our incredible membership offer to join the Club before the clubhouse is completed. It is certainly an asset to have a talented golf professional work for so many years at our Club, but it is even more treasured when you have a golf professional that loves the game as much as Krick does.

Summer Short Game School

Head Pro Mike Krick and Assistant Pro Brock White coached the first of four classes for our Summer Short Game School. The classes incorporate individual and group instruction for chipping, pitching, putting and bunker play. Women are scheduled on the first two days and men are scheduled next week for days 3 and 4 of the summer school. One of many qualities you find in both Krick and White is the keen ability to work with beginning and experienced golfers. Both Pro's enjoy interacting with members on specified techniques, no matter the level of game-- and that is not an industry standard. In addition to many other amenities, CTCC is well-known for our two world-class courses, full-length driving range, and short game practice area all complimented by a friendly and talented professional staff. Our Pro Shop is open 364 days of the year, and it is a CTCC standard to have a professional staff so accessible to our strong and growing membership. We encourage all members to sign up for individual lessons or enjoy a series of concentrated lessons.

Demo Completed

Demo of the clubhouse has been completed. Architectural drawings of the new clubhouse exterior have been released to the members, as well as Phase 1- the temporary dining facility.

Demo progress

Progress of the demolition of the clubhouse is ahead of schedule.

WGA Member-Member Photos

Overall Winners were Carol Burgess and Mary Lynn Riddle. Flight Winners are pictured below.