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Gentlemen of the BTC |
November 23, 2023 |
I hope everyone had a
wonderful Thanksgiving. I’m
sorry that I didn’t have the newsletter ready on
Thursday. I was at the
firehouse and at my firehouse if you are working
on Thanksgiving or Christmas, it is a very long
and hectic day. There were
family members and guests coming in and out all
day. If you haven’t been in a
firehouse on Thanksgiving, you can’t imagine the
amount of food. From 6:30am
until about 9pm there was constant food.
We cooked 8 turkeys of various cooking
methods and seasonings, a huge whole ham, every
side dish you could think of and more appetizers
and desserts than you could possibly eat in a
month. All of this after a
huge breakfast that should have put us into a
food coma. We are probably
all in need of a cardiac stent after Thursday.
Now that we are past
Thanksgiving the Christmas season has officially
begun. We will be having our
annual BTC Members Christmas Dinner at Silver
Lake on Tuesday December 5th at 6:30.
We had a great turnout at the Golf Awards
Dinner earlier this month. I
hope to see at least as many people at the
Christmas Dinner.
This past Tuesday was our
third week of bowling. We can
now split off into two divisions.
The divisions will be divided by total
pinfall + handicap. The
Creative Colors team is leading the way in that
category with 250 pins more than the next
closest team. Leading the way
in the “win” column is Band of Brothers
(formerly known as Team Schwenn).
They are still undefeated (21-0).
That may soon come to an end.
I don’t think the bowling gods will look
favorably on a team that changes their name
while undefeated. That’s some
bad bowling ju-ju.
There were some big scores
out there this week. Tony
Alexander’s 279 was the top score of the week.
The ageless wonder Gar Ward had a 255
game. Gary Foster, Dennis
Samoska Jr. and Keith Tadevich all had scores in
the 240’s. We had a 2-way tie
for the low score of the week (96).
Dennis Samoska Jr. had this week’s top
series (714) and Tony Alexander fell just one
pin shy of 700.
I wasn’t able to bowl due
to an elbow injury that was supposed to keep me
out for 4 to 6 weeks. That
ain’t gonna happen. I went to
see Scott Lee at Andy’s Pro Shop to get a ball
drilled backwards and a pair of ambidextrous
bowling shoes. Next Tuesday I
will try to bowl left-handed.
That should be quite an adventure.
After bowling I went to
Chef Klaus to say hi to Al Baldermann and the
tennis guys. When I walked
into the restaurant I asked the hostess where
all of the loud people were and she pointed me
right to where the tennis guys were.
This wasn’t just any day.
It was Mike Ganz birthday.
The singing of Happy Birthday as you
could imagine wasn’t quite the Tabernacle Choir.
It’s always a good time hanging out with
the tennis group.
These guys don’t just make
noise, drink and eat. They do
play some tennis. Seventeen
guys were roaming the courts this week.
I say roaming because I heard that Bill
Lillwitz took a death-defying stroll across an
active court that he wasn’t playing on.
Maybe death defying is a bit exaggerated.
I’m pretty sure that the balls were not
traveling at Novak Djokivic speed.
Rob Rollins had the most victories this
week winning 21 of 29 games.
Just as impressive if not more impressive was 88
years young Ed Rooks who won 50% of his games.
If you are interested in
bowling or playing tennis, contact Al Baldermann
(Tennis Chairman) or Keith Tadevich (Bowling
Chairman). Even though the
seasons have already started, it is not too late
to get involved. It’s a great
way to get out and hang with the guys,
especially for the newer members.
Golf may be the main part of the club but
bowling and tennis provide the best opportunity
to get to know some of the members.
The high temperature today
might only be 36 but that doesn’t mean you
should forget about golf.
Don’t miss out on Black Friday Golf Specials.
You could probably find some deals on
golf balls. If you lose anywhere near as many
golf balls as I do, you might want to stock up.
With only 23 weeks of
bowling/tennis left we will be back on the golf
course before you know it.
Happy November Birthdays:
Bill Foster (2), Tom Tucker (2), Dan
Tomkins (2), Ken Poteracki (5), Tony Alexander
(5), Robert Long (9), Roger Stewart (11), Gary
Foster (11), Kelly Melfi (13), Scott Lee (13),
Mike Breier (16), John Roberts (16), Ron Bazan
(17), Scott Carter (17), Tom Wilson (21), Mike
Ganz (21), Kevin Bewley (27).
Let me know if I missed
anyone.
Anthony Serritella – Secretary
serritella.outlandmedia@gmail.com
(630) 430-5742
Extra Italian Day handouts & cigar accessories for sale, while supplies last. See Rich at the Christmas dinner (6:30) at Silver Lake CC on 12/5/2023.
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Drizzle Stik &
sleeve of balls |
Cigar holder
or Lighter |
Ball Claw
Pickup |
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$25 |
2 for $5 |
2 for $5 |
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