Eastern North Carolina Turfgrass Association


ENCTA Members and Colleagues:

What a summer we have had? It seems like this was one of the busiest summers we have had in a long time; from growing in the Bermuda grass on the fairways and greens from winter kill to a very wet spring to a drought during late summer. But ENCTA still found time to get together during these busy times even though we had to cancel one of our meetings.

Our June 19th meeting at Reedy Creek Golf Course was canceled due to the weather conditions. Mr. Mickey McCord from McCord Golf & Safety Services was going to speak on How to Develop Your Own Golf Course Safety Program. He will be rescheduled to speak at our September with Mr. Bill Anderson at Falling Creek Country Club in Kinston. This will be a two hour meeting.

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2015 Bill Sutton Scholarship is Kristen Edmonds, who is the daughter of ENCTA Treasurer Dale Edmonds. Kristen is a rising junior at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. She is in ECU Honors College and she is majoring in Physical Therapy with a GPA of 3.9.

July gave the members of ENCTA and their families an opportunity to get together after hours at a Morehead City Marlins baseball game in Morehead City, NC. Andy Ipock, Vice President of ENCTA and GCS at the Crystal Coast Country Club hosted the July meeting and Vandemark Sod Farms sponsored the event. Kristen Edmonds, daughter of the ENCTA Treasurer Dale Edmonds, was presented with the Bill Sutton Scholarship in between the first inning. The food, attendance and organization were pretty good considering we were off the beating path. This was a great opportunity to relax and spend time with our families.

Our August meeting was a joint meeting with the Cape Fear Association at North Shore Golf Club in Sneads Ferry, NC, hosted by Brian Williams. Matt Martin was the speaker. In September we had our Annual Golf Championship at Falling Creek Country Club hosted by Kyle Oakes and sponsored by Cardinal Chemical. Mr. Bill Anderson, CGCS from the Carolina Golf Association spoke on what he saw in the summer of 2015 and Mr. Mickey McCord from McCord Golf & Safety Services spoke on How to Develop Your Own Golf Course Safety Program.

Hope to see everyone at the Carolina GCSA Conference in Myrtle Beach in November. Our ENCTA business meeting and end of year meeting in December will be at Cypress Landing Golf Club. We would like to thank all of our 2015 sponsors and invite all of our members to our next few meetings. Please visit our website at www.encta.org and our Facebook page for more details and information on our 2015 schedule.

Stanley Elliott, CGCS
ENCTA President
Cypress Landing Golf Club
252-378-5743

Thursday December 3th Cypress Landing Golf Club Chocowinity, NC Annual Business Meeting Host: Stanley Elliott, CGCS

PLEASE CALL SOUTHERN SEEDS BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH AT 1-800-682-
1102; SO WE CAN MAKE ADEQUATE ACCOMMODATIONS OR USE E-VITE TO
INFORM US THAT YOU ARE COMING; BUT DO NOT USE BOTH.

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Next Meeting: 2015 Coastal Cup ENCTA vs. Cape Fear Wednesday October 7, 2015 River Landing Country Club (River Course) Wallace, NC Host: Chris Humphrey, GCS

For information: Please contact Andy Ipock at 252-269-9051 or Stanley Elliott, CGCS at 252-378-5743.

Next Meeting: Thursday September 17th Falling Creek Country Club Kinston, NC Host: Kyle Oakes Speakers: Mickey McCord, McCord Golf and Safety Services Bill Anderson, CGCS, Carolina Golf Association Agronomist Topic: How to Develop Your Own Golf Course Safety Program What We Saw In The Summer Of 2015? ASSOCIATION GOLF TOURNMENT

Please call Southern Seeds by Friday, September 14th at 1-800-682-1102; so we can make adequate accommodation or use e-vite to inform us that you are coming; but do not use both.

Next Meeting: Thursday August 20th North Shore Golf Club Sneads Ferry, NC Speakers: Matt Martin, Horticultural Crops Research Station, NC State Topic: New Fungicide Strategies for Spring Dead Spot and Fairy Ring Diseases on Ultradwarf Bermuda Greens Host: Brian Williams

Please call Southern Seeds by Monday August 17th at 1-800-682-1102; so we can make adequate accommodations or use E-vite to inform us that you are coming, but do not use both.

ENCTA Members and Colleagues:

Our April 16th meeting took place at Belmont Lake Preserve Golf Club in Rocky Mount, NC. Thanks to David Coley and his staff for the hospitality. Mr. Jim Schultes from A. C. Schultes spoke on Understanding Wells and Pump Stations. We also gave away a Lifetime Member reward to Mr. Robert Hinton.

Our fundraising tournament sponsored by Smith Turf & Irrigation took place on May 14th at Timberlake Golf Club in Clinton, NC. Thanks to Austin Allison and his staff for having the course in excellent condition. The team of Green Resource with ENCTA members Chris Pearson and Brian Green were the winners in a playoff; followed by the team of Revels Turf & Tractor with ENCTA members Neal Duff and Cam Copley. The teams from Southern Seeds, Cypress Landing and TSP rounded out the top five. Donnie Page and Richard Frazier were our longest drive winners and Les Bailey, CGCS and Mike Kennedy were our closest to the pin winners sponsored by Howard Fertilizer and ENCTA.

On June 19th our meeting at Reedy Creek Golf Course was cancelled (postponed) due to the weather (extreme heat). Mr. Mickey McCord from McCord Golf & Safety Services was going to speak on How to Develop Your Own Golf Course Safety Program. We have rescheduled Mickey for September; we will have a 2 hour meeting at Fallen Creek.

Andy Ipock hosted our family night at the Morehead City Marlins baseball game on July 16th. This event was sponsored by Vandemark Farms. This was a great opportunity to relax and spend time with our families.

Our next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Cape Fear Association at North Shore Golf Club in Sneads Ferry, NC. Matt Martin will be our speaker. In September we will have our Annual Golf Championship at Falling Creek Country Club hosted by Kyle Oakes and sponsored by Cardinal Chemical. Mr. Bill Anderson, CGCS from the Carolina Golf Association will be speaking on what we saw in the summer of 2015 and Mr. Mickey McCord from McCord Golf & Safety Services will be speaking on How to Develop Your Own Golf Course Safety Program. We would like to thank all of our 2015 sponsors and invite all of our members to our next few meetings. Please visit our website at www.encta.org and our Facebook page for more details and information on our 2015 schedule.

Stanley Elliott, CGCS
ENCTA President
Cypress Landing Golf Club
252-378-5743

ENCTA Members and Colleagues:

We had a very informative meeting in March. Thanks to Ken Gerhardt, General Manager and Josh Purvis, Golf Course Superintendent and their staff at Carolina Colours Golf Course in New Bern for hosting the event. Dr. David Hardy, Dr. Kristin Hicks and Dr. Weimin Ye all from NCDA & CS Agronomic Division, spoke to us on how to best interpret soil, tissue, water and nematode tests. I would like to personally thank them for taking time out of their day to spend with us. And for those of you who did not come; you missed a great lunch, the chicken and mac & cheese were awesome.

We had a great meeting in April. Thanks to David Coley and his staff at Belmont Lake Preserve Golf Club for hosting the event. Jim Schultes from A.C. Schultes spoke on the Understanding of Wells and Pump Stations. Great information was shared with us.

ENCTA has so much to be thankful for. Between the support of our renewing sponsors for 2015, our new sponsors for 2015 and everyone that supported our recent fundraising tournament. We are having a tremendous year, better than last. We have the most sponsors then we ever had. Our fundraising tournament sponsored by Smith Turf & Irrigation took place May 16th at Timberlake Golf Club in Clinton, NC. Thanks to Austin Allison and his staff for having the course in great condition.

Our next meeting will be at Reedy Creek Golf Course hosted by Roger Olmstead on June 18. Mickey McCord from McCord Golf and Safety Services will be speaking on How to Develop Your Own Golf Course Safety Program. In July we will be have a family night at a Morehead City Marlins baseball game in Morehead City, NC. This event will be hosted by Andy Ipock and sponsored by Vandemark Farms on July 16th and will give us a great opportunity to relax and spend time with our families. We would like to thank all of our 2015 sponsors and invite all of our members to our next few meetings. Please visit our website at www.encta.org and our Facebook page for more dates and information on our 2015 schedule.

Stanley Elliott, CGCS
ENCTA President
Cypress Landing Golf Club
252-378-5743

Next Meeting: Thursday July 16th Big Rock Stadium Morehead City, NC Host: Andy Ipock Morehead City Marlins Game (www.mhcmarlins.com)

Please call Southern Seeds by Monday, July 13th at 1-800-682-1102, so we can make adequate accommodations or use e-vite to inform us that you are coming, but do not use both.

Next Meeting: Thursday June 18th Reedy Creek Golf Course Four Oaks, NC Speaker: Mickey McCord, McCord Golf and Safety Services Topic: How to Develop Your Own Golf Course Safety Program Host: Roger Olmstead

Please call Southern Seeds by Monday, June 15th at 1-800-682-1102, so we can make adequate accommodations or use e-vite to inform us that you are coming, but do not use both.

George Thomas Davis Jr., 68, of Wilson, died with his beloved family by his side on May 5, 2015.

The family will greet friends at Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive N., Wilson, on Thursday, May 7, from 6 -8 p.m. A celebration of life will be held 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, at First United Methodist Church, 100 Green St. NE., Wilson, where he was a lifelong member.

Tommy is survived by his wife, Marianne Mattox Davis; and their two children, Mary Elizabeth Davis Walker, and her husband, Andrew, and Anne Huitt Davis O’Hara, and her husband, Kevin. He was born in Wilmington on March 9, 1947 to George Thomas Davis and Mary Elizabeth Clark Davis.

In addition to his wife and children, he is survived by his uncle and aunt, Bill and Alice Davis; aunt, Sara Davis Etheridge; his father-in-law, Dr. Huitt Everett Mattox Jr.; and his brothers-in-law, Dr. Huitt Everett Mattox III, Dr. Thomas Fleming Mattox and Walter Anderson Mattox, their spouses and children.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, David Clark Davis; and his mother-in-law, Mary Lou Bridgers Mattox.

Tommy will be remembered for his unconditional love for his family, his love of golf and his love for Duke University sports where his father was selected as the Blue Devil’s most valuable player and All American in 1944. He was the superintendent at Wedgewood Golf Course and during his tenure made it into one of the most beautiful public golf courses in North Carolina. In addition, he was instrumental in starting and was a lifelong supporter of the Wilson Junior Golf Program and spent many hours helping the young people in Wilson build and sharpen their golf skills.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1423, Wilson, NC 27894-1423, Wilson Medical Center Hospice, 1705 Tarboro St. SW., Wilson, NC 27893-3428 or the charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements are by Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive N.,