SUNDAYS...

1st Seatings: 10:00am to 11:30am2nd Seatings: 1:00pm to 2:30pm

SIGN UP ONLINE

December 8th &15th

GRAND BALLROOM$18++ Kids 12 & Under $37++ Adults

Children 3 & Under Eat FreeAdult & Kid Brunch Buffets Guests Welcome

Professional Photographer: Tom Brill

BreakfastBreakfastBreakfastwith with with

SantaSantaSanta

n ov e m b e r 2 0 1 9 vo l u m e X i v n u m b e r 9

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 2

wednesday, november 27th

after you have wrapped up all yourthanksgiving prep. head on over to the

fireside for this great annual tradition!

Book ClubWednesday, November 67:00 in the Benton Room

NOVEMBER’S BOOKMemoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Hicks

DECEMBER’S BOOKCall Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Morris

JANUARY’S BOOK Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

All are welcome - guys and gals!JUST SHOW ON UP AND JOIN THE CLUB!

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 314TH ANNUAL

H SIGN UP ONLINE!

LADIESHOLIDAY GATHERING

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5th

Starting at 6pm in the Pearsall Room, please join us for this year’s LadiesHoliday Gathering. This event gives us all an opportunity to give back to thoseless fortunate than ourselves during the Holiday season. This years recipients

are listed below with their mission statements.

PRICE OF ADMISSION – TOY $25-$30 AND A DONATION TO ORIONSIGN UP ONLINE

MOM’S HOUSE...Mom’s House is a nonprofit organization that provides safe and secure childcare fromsix weeks up to four years of age so that qualified single parents can complete their education (i.e. high school,

GED, technical school or college). momshouse-phoenixville.org

FREE CLINIC OF PHOENIXVILLE...The Clinic provides quality health care to the uninsured andundeserved, in an atmosphere that fosters dignity and respect. It is our privilege to do so. theclinicpa.org

ORION...ORION believes that every person deserves shelter, food, clothing, transportation, access to health-care and human interaction. The Phoenixville based ORION listens at the street level and responds to the unmetneeds of our most vulnerable neighbors with creativity, compassion and collaboration. orioncommunities.org

As in years past, the price of admission is a toy for a child ages birth to 12 years old at the cost of $25-$30. Inaddition this year we will be supporting ORION whose mission statement we have provided. They are asking forpersonal care items, gift cards to Target, Giant and Wawa, socks, $10 gift cards and laundry detergent. Pleasebe as generous as you can. It is like giving a gift to ourselves, knowing we are making a difference in our com-

munity during this season.

RiverCrest Golf Club will provide a light supper and an evening of reconnecting with old friends and makingsome new ones. The bar will be by signature. Hoping you will mark your calendar and join us. Bring a friend –

the more the merrier! Please be sure to RSVP so we will know how many people to prepare for.

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 4

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 5

Fall is a very busy time of year on the golf course. The cool nights and low humidi-

ty bring some of the best conditions of the season. The grounds crew has been

busy the last few months preparing things for next season. Fescue areas have been

cut down and sprayed, most of the playing surfaces are being aerated, bunkers

will be edged back, sod repairs will be made to traffic areas and the irrigation system will be reviewed and

repaired for next year.

The grass range tee is now closed for the season. last week’s frosts have begun to push our bermuda grass

into dormancy, and it is critical that we minimize the traffic it receives from now until next spring. This fall

the grounds crew has been increasing the playability of the short game area, by working the chipping green

back down to greens height.

The rest of this month the grounds crew will be focusing on finishing our aeration processes. We will be

bringing in a company to assist us with fairway aeration next Thursday, november 7th. We will unfortunate-

ly need to keep the course closed that morning, as we work to process and clean up the aeration plugs on our

25 acres of fairways. The process and goals will remain the same, however; with their additional equipment,

we will be able to finish all the remaining fairways in just over a day. We will still be pulling up soil and cre-

ating a natural composting system that will improve the chemical, physical, and biological conditions of our

fairways. i will be updating the blog over the course of that day, as we work. Thank you in advance for your

understanding for this inconvenience as we work to improve the golf course for years to come.

SuperinTenDenTS’ upDATe

Tim eDWArDScourSe

SuperinTenDenT

Green AerATionFinally, we have scheduled our final

greens aeration for november 18th

through 20th (monday, Tuesday, and

Wednesday). This process will be

similar to what we did in August. We

will be removing a core and filling

the holes with topdressing sand. our

current plan to to do several back

nine greens monday morning before

the golfers get to the holes, then on

Tuesday get as many greens done as

possible before nightfall, and use

Wednesday for wrapping things up.

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 6

NIBLICKSfrom the the professional staff

HOLIDAY SHOPPING NIGHTSIN THE GOLF SHOPDECEMBER 4TH & 5TH FREE PRESENTS! (IF YOU PULL 100%)

FREE DRINKS AND APPETIZERS! (Guaranteed)The annual Men’s and Ladies Shopping nights return in

early December, featuring complimentary cocktails and

hors d’ oeuvres while you are shopping. All Men’s,

Ladies and Junior apparel, leather products, framed pho-

tos, stationary, glassware, holiday candles and much

more are in stock! There is a “Secret Santa” Sale where

once you select your items to purchase, you will draw a

discount ranging from 15%-100% OFF out of Santa’s Hat

(who will be the lucky one this year?) In addition, all in-

stock equipment and golf bags will be 10% off.

MEN’S SHOPPING NIGHTWEDNESDAy, DECEMBER 4TH4:30 – 7:30pm in the Golf Shop

LADIES SHOPPING NIGHTAND HOLIDAY GATHERINGTHURSDAy, DECEMBER 5TH, 2018Ladies Shopping Night

4:00pm – 6:45pm in the Golf Shop

LADIES G-FORE TRUNK SHOW

Calling ALL Ladies – The Golf Shop will be having a fun

G-Fore Trunk Show during the Ladies Shopping Night.

Our Philadelphia Sales representative will be bringing the

collection of G-Fore Ladies Apparel and Golf Shoes. All

orders placed at the Trunk Show will be 20% OFF! This

is a great opportunity to come out to socialize with other

RiverCrest Ladies, golfers and non-golfers alike!

LADIES HOLIDAy GATHERING TOy BENEFIT

FOLLOWING IN THE CLUBHOUSE

After shopping head up to the Pearsall Room and join the

Ladies of RiverCrest in their annual Toy Collection for

local charities. This is an outstanding way to give back to

the community and put a smile on a young child’s face on

Christmas morning. An unwrapped gift will be your

entrance ticket for a social night of complimentary drinks

and appetizers.

NOVEMBER GOLF HOURS OF OPERATION & STARTING TIMESGOLF COURSE

Weekdays & Weekends

the first starting time is 9:00am (Frost may delay 1st time)

GOLF SHOP

Weekdays & Weekends

opens at 9:00am and closes at 5:00pm

DRIVING RANGE (weather permitting)

The Driving Range hours will shorten after daylight savings

changes.

Mondays – opens at 8:30am and closes at 3:30pm

Wednesdays – Sunday - opens at 8:30am and closes at

4:30pm

NOTE The Golf Shop, Bag Room and Driving Range will

be closed on Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 28th).

The golf course will be open to players walking and carry-

ing their bags beginning at 9am (weather permitting).

MEN’S FALL MEMBER MEMBER WEDNESDAY, October 16TH The annual Fall Member-Member tournament was played

on Saturday, October 5th. With 98 players participating for

the championship, David Barlow and David Antoniuk put

on a clinic finishing first overall and placing in the Top 4 in

each of the three 9-hole formats. With an almost 5 point

victory, they left a lot of teams fighting for 2nd place,

which turned out to be a great race being won by Mike

Ogilvie and Sean Morris, followed closely by Jason Lewis

and Jay Francis.

1st Place David Barlow & David Antoniuk 95.6

2nd Place Mike Ogilvie & Sean Morris 100.8

3rd Place Jason Lewis & Jay Francis 101.8

4th Place Travis Shaffer & Marty McCarthy 102.1

5th Place Adri Osman & Steve Burns 102.2

6th Place Chris Pettit & Dana Larose 102.5

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 7

a record year for Hole-in-Ones This year will go down as the year of the Ace! 2019 is now the

year with the most Member Hole-in-Ones with 20 (just got

another one a few days ago!!) The previous record was 14

aces in 2008. Congratulations to the Members below!

April 6 Mark Decker Hole #13

April 7 Kayley Roberts Hole # 3

May 16 Mike Dominick Hole # 3

May 23 Susan Thomas Hole #17

June 19 Johan Scholdstrom Hole #9

June 24 Robert Huntzinger Hole #5

June 29 Paul Farnsworth Hole #5

July 13 Paul Cuttic Hole #3

July 13 Carter Devol Hole #3

July 14 Phil Imbesi Hole #3

July 17 Terry Fair Hole #3

July 20 Mike Levin Hole #17

July 21 Russ Wilson Hole #5

July 27 Bill Booth Hole #3

August 29 Diane Bartunek Hole #5

September 1 Maureen Levin Hole #17

September 4 Tom Ruggieri Hole #17

September 20 Delia Keys Hole #5

October 26 Chris Carey Hole #5

October 30th Karen Stanley Hole #5

2019 LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATIONAWARD WINNERS! Thanks to great recruiting by the Ladies Committee there was a

great turnout of 41 Ladies in the LGA in 2019. The fall themed

banquet featured a cocktail hour, dinner, awards and a Beatles

themed trivia contest. A good time was had by all in attendance.

The season long award winners were:

MOST POINTS Sheryl Rose

MOST IMPROVED PLAyER Christina yeager

RINGER BOARD CHAMPIONS

A Flight Karen Thomas

B Flight Nancy Antoniuk

C Flight Sheryl Rose & Barb Cox

D Flight Meg Decker

GOLF SHOP CREDIT WORTH AN EXTRA 15% The Golf Shop will be offering a limited time bonus to help you

spend all your Golf Shop winnings from this year! From

November 1st through November 17th your Golf Shop Credit and

Gift Certificates will be worth an additional 15% on all Golf Shop

merchandise. So if you have $150 in Golf Shop credit to use the

value will now be $172.50. So turn your winnings into a little

more and visit the Golf Shop between November 1st and 17th!

2019 Women TOURNAMENT CHAMPsINDIVIDUAL MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONDelia Keys

BETTER BALL MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONS Sheryl Rose and Susan Thomas

LADIES MEMBER MEMBER CHAMPIONS Meg Decker and Cindy Fessick

LADIES MEMBER GUEST CHAMPIONS Cindy DeVol and Maude Kent

LADIES CLUB CHAMPION Suzi Spotleson

LGA MOST POINTS Sheryl Rose

LGA MOST IMPROVED Christina yeager

LGA RINGER BOARD WINNERS Karen Thomas, Nancy Antoniuk, Sheryl Rose,

Barb Cox & Meg Decker

HUSBAND & WIFE CHAMPIONS Dave and Nancy Antoniuk(Net), Kevin and Allie Robertson (Gross)

2019 MEN’S TOURNAMENT CHAMPsMEN’S MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONDave Antoniuk

MEN’S BETTER BALL MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONSCasey McComas & Tim Westfall

SENIOR MEN’S MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONChris Caba

SENIOR MEN’S BETTER BALL MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONSFrank Acuna & Colin Macphee

MEN’S SUPER-SENIOR MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONDavid Saunders vs. Chuck Thomas

MEN’S SCRATCH MATCH PLAy CHAMPIONCraig Labarbera

MEN’S MEMBER/MEMBER CHAMPIONSCraig Hammer & Andy Keys

MEN’S CLUB CHAMPIONGary McCabe Jr.

MEN’S SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONKurt Meyers

MEN’S MEMBER/GUEST CHAMPIONSJim DiGuiseppe & David Fazzini

MEN’S FALL MEMBER/MEMBER CHAMPIONSDavid Antoniuk & David Barlow

colby’s rule of the monthrule 16.1d Abnormal course conditions; relief for ball on putting Green

Colby and Rita just celebrated Halloween by wearing matching

Mickey Mouse outfits. Somehow Colby went from being a zom-

bie with a bloody-gory mask to the least scary character in his-

tory. Truth is, Rita’s outfit was worn by Colby when he was her

age, and being a great big brother he wanted to make it a spe-

cial Halloween by dressing like her. Either that or his motive

was that every door they hit they got double the candy this year

(and since Rita isn’t eating candy yet, Colby hit the mother

lode!)

Rita didn’t give up her candy all that easy though. She made

Colby promise to take her golfing every day for two weeks lead-

ing up to our annual family trip to Pinehurst over Thanksgiving.

Rita wanted her game to be in top shape when she got there.

Colby still thought that it was a good deal (most houses gave

Rita extra candy since she was so darn cute!)

The first couple days were spectacular fall days; crisp air,

vibrant colors on the trees and fast greens! They were enjoying

bonding as siblings and getting their games in shape. Then

those bonds were put to the test. Monday morning they woke

up to 40 degrees and a light rain. The forecast was to get a

steadier rain and have the wind pick up, certainly not the best

golfing conditions. Colby informed Rita that they wouldn’t be

playing that day. Rita protested, reminding Colby that he made

a promise (and he’d already eaten all of Rita’s candy, so there

was no going back now.)

Colby could think of 100 things he’d rather be doing than play-

ing golf on a cold, rainy day. But he made a promise, and he

knew he needed to keep it. Rita kept warm by wearing her

fleece pajamas under her rain pants and jacket. Maybe not the

best look, but she was prepared for the elements. Colby lay-

ered up as well, and off they went. They elected to walk to

keep warmer (and Colby had a few Twix bars he had to burn off

as well.)

The high winds and increasing rain made scoring difficult. Rita

didn’t seem to mind as she was focused on working on her

game. They both trudged around the course battling the ele-

ments. Very few words were spoken between the two (Rita

doesn’t know that many and Colby wasn’t in the speaking

mood.) When they got to the 10th green Rita’s ball was on the

front left lower portion of the green, while Colby’s was on the

back tier where the pin was located.

Up to this point the greens had drained remarkably well and

putting hadn’t been an issue. However, on this green Rita’s ball

was sitting in the middle of a small pond. Rita had dealt with

abnormal course conditions (temporary water) in the fairway

before, but this was the first time she had to deal with it on a

putting green. She asked Colby the ruling. Since he wasn’t in

the best mood he didn’t want to give it to her. No worries, she

went to her bag and whipped out her rules book.

Under Rule 16.1d Abnormal Course Conditions; Relief for Ball

on Putting Green - If a player’s ball is on the putting green and

there is interference by an abnormal course condition, the player

may take free relief by placing the ball at the nearest point of

complete relief, no closer to the hole. The nearest point of com-

plete relief must be either on the putting green or in the general

area. Rita’s nearest point of complete relief was on the lower

right side of the green where there was no water and she was

not closer to the hole.

Rita swung as hard as she could trying to whack the ball up

onto the top tier. With the greens now holding maximum water,

it was like putting on Velcro. The ball didn’t quite make it to the

top, then it slowly made its way back down towards Rita, and

then like the water itself the ball headed to the lowest point

back into the small pond. Colby couldn’t contain himself and

let out a huge laugh. His little sister smiled and laughed as well.

He told her not to worry; it was good practice watching balls

come back off the green for when they would play Pinehurst #2.

Happy Thanksgiving!

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 8

2019 Superintendent’sRevenge zThe team of Kurt Meyers, Vince Small, Mike Angelos and

Larry Kessler carded a round of 67 to finish first in the Gross

Division. Henry Rodrique, Mike Kelly and Mark Panek post-

ed a score of 68 to finish second. The Net Division winners

were the team of Jack Bukowski, Cat Colby, George Cox and

Barb Cox who posted a round of 59.4. Mike and Diane

Bartunek and Mike and Trish McGarry teamed up to shoot

59.9 which was good for second place. I’m sure Tim and his

staff were close by watching and laughing!!

BACKYARD BRAWLS HALTED BY MOTHER NATURE 36 Men headed to Spring-Ford and 16 Ladies stayed at RiverCrest for the

matches. A light rain greeted both courses as play began at 12:00pm. At

1:00pm the greens at Spring-Ford became flooded and play was halted.

The rain continued and as a result the Men’s Backyard Brawl was not con-

tested for 2019. The Men’s Brawl will resume in 2020 back at RiverCrest.

The Ladies Brawl continued on but wasn’t until 3:00pm that the greens

started to puddle, at which point play was halted. The Ladies Captains

made a decision prior to beginning play that whoever was winning the

matches would be victorious. As a result RiverCrest Ladies won back the

trophy. Congratulations Ladies!

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 9

GOLF ACADEMY NEWS WITH BRIAN MOOSE

DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION HALLOWEEN CLINIC!

NEW TO THE WINTER LESSON SPECIAL?

CHECK OUT THE DETAILS BELOWThe Golf Academy again will be offering an 8 lesson package starting November 1st for the

price of $400 for members. Non-member price for the 8 lesson package is $500. New to

the winter lesson package? If you have never participated in the winter lesson special you

will get an extra hour added to the package! The lesson package will only be available for

purchase by booking your first lesson by the end of December and all lessons should be

used by February 28th. Lessons packages will include a detailed plan of attack for overall

golf improvement with end of winter goals and objectives. Use of our latest technologies

including V1 software, Boditrak, Flightscope, and SuperSpeed Golf will be used during les-

sons based on each individual. Individual lessons are also available, rates are as follows:

One hour of instruction $60 for members and $70 for non-members.

Thank you to all the parents for your generous donations!!! We almost hit 300 pounds of food that was donated to

The Open Door in Royersford! So much fun to see the juniors in their costumes and participate in silly games just

for candy. Also thank you to my helpers, I couldn’t do it without you! Until next year…

WINTER IS ALMOST HERE & SO IS THE WINTER LESSON SPECIAL!

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 10

Don’t have the rivercrestapp yet?

for assistance, contact jeremy at jjl@rivercrestgolfclub.com

The app makes it easy for you to:View and Register for Upcoming Club Events

View Club News

Book Tee Times

Make Dinner Reservations

View Statements

View the Member Directory and Contact Information

Push Notifications

Update your Profile Picture

To get started:If you have an iPhone, search and download

Clubessential from the Apple App Store. If you

have an Android device, search and download

Clubessential from the Google Play Store.

After you open the app, we recommend you allow for

push notifications and location services so that you may

receive important communications from the club (frost

delays, pool closures).

Enter the following Club ID on the sign-in screen: RCGC

Then, use the same Username and Password that you

use to log into the full club website.

You are off and ready!

THE CLUBHOUSE DRESS CODEThe Club seeks to promote a friendly relaxed atmosphere both onand off the Course. However, Members and visitors are reminded

that a reasonable standard of dress is required at all times. Below areseveral guidelines on what can be worn at the Club.

SHIRTS

FOOTWEAR

PANTS

KIDS

Shirts must be tucked in at all times, with the exception of

button down oxford and dress shirts. Golf and Polo shirts

are required to be tucked in.

Dress sandals are considered appropriate. Flip flops and

sneakers are not considered appropriate.Children 12 and under should adhere to the same dress

code as the adults with the exception of polo shirts being

appropriate untucked. Pullover hooded sweatshirts, tee shirts

with writing and images are not considered appropriate.

Jeans are considered appropriate attire. However, jeans

with rips and frayed edges (including ladies designer jeans)

are not considered appropriate. Cargo shorts and pants

are not considered appropriate.

NOV EM B E R 2 0 1 9 T H E P R E S E R V E PAG E 11