Eastern North Carolina Turfgrass Association

June 20, 2013 Southern Wayne Country Club Mt. Olive, NC 28365 Speaker: Ryan Boyles Topic: Understanding Climates Host: Jeff Johnson

Please call Southern Seeds by Monday, June 17th at 1-800-682-1102, so we can make
adequate accommodations.

May 2013

ENCTA Members and Colleagues:

ENCTA has so much to be thankful for. Between the support of our renewing sponsors for 2013, our new sponsors for 2013 and everyone that supported our recent fundraising tournament, we are having a great year. Our fundraising tournament took place on May 16th at Wilson Country Club. Everyone enjoyed the pleasant weather and the well-conditioned golf course that was prepared by Craig Clemmer and his staff.

Past ENCTA President Drew Ramsey and his team from Cutter Creek Golf Club were the runaway winners followed by board member Roger Olmstead and his team from Reedy Creek Golf Course. The teams from Lonnie Poole Golf Course, Tri State Pumps and Cypress Landing Golf Club rounded out the top five.

Mark Moore, a chef at Kinston Country Club was the winner of the offshore fishing trip that was raffled off to benefit the Bill Sutton scholarship. Mark will enjoy a trip aboard the Sudden Impact charter boat out of Atlantic Beach NC. Sudden Impact is owned and captained by former golf course superintendent Jerry Elliott owner of Elliott Enterprises. A special thanks goes to Jerry for his support of ENCTA and the Bill Sutton Scholarship over the last two years.

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2013 Bill Sutton Scholarship is Kristen Edmonds who is the daughter of ENCTA board member Dale Edmonds. Kristen is graduating from Wilson Fike High School. She has a weighted cumulative GPA of 4.9. Kristen will be attending the East Carolina University Honors College where she will be an Early Assurance Scholar for Physical Therapy.

We recently learned of the loss of one of our lifetime members, Max Weeks. Max’s wife wrote to us to notify us of his passing back on September 15, 2012. Max was 73 years old. Max had a B.S. in Animal Husbandry and was a dairy farmer for many years before going back to school and getting a B.A. in Education. After completing his degree in education, Max taught mentally challenged children for many years before going to work for Dupont where he retired from in 1985. After his retirement from Dupont, Max moved to NC and went back to school and took the career path that he loved the most as a Golf Course Superintendent at Quaker Neck Country Club. Max will surely be missed by many.

Our next meeting will be at Southern Wayne Country Club hosted by Jeff Johnson on June 25th. Ryan Boyles from NC State will be our speaker and his topic will be Understanding Climates. This should be an interesting topic and one that I am sure a lot of people are interested in. In July we will have a family night at a Wilson Tobs baseball game. This event will be hosted by Dale Edmonds on July 25th and will give us a great opportunity relax and spend time with our families. We would like to thank all of our 2013 sponsors and invite all of our members to our next few meetings. Please visit our website at www.encta.org for more dates and information on our 2013 schedule.

Good luck to everyone over the next several months!

Brian Green,
ENCTA President
Lonnie Poole Golf Course
(919) 828-7820

Volunteering for a PGA Golf Tournament

At some point in your career, or maybe even every year, a Golf Course Superintendent will give up some vacation time to work for nothing at one of the multi-million dollar events hosted by the PGA Tour. One reason golf courses look so good on TV is because there are 100-plus volunteer turf experts out there making sure of it.

Can you imagine giving up a week of your vacation to get up at 5 am in a strange town and working for 10 hours a day without pay? Well, we had some of our very own ENCTA members volunteer their time to work the Wells Fargo Championship at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC, during the week of April 29. These members were: Charlie Boykin, Jeff Gaylor and Brian Watson.

Thursday May 16th Wilson Country Club Wilson, NC Host: Craig Clemmer

Please call Southern Seeds by Friday, May 10th at 1-800-682-1102, so we can make
adequate accommodations.

March 2013
ENCTA Members and Colleagues:

ENCTA kicked off our year with our annual pesticide conference at Wayne Community College. Rob Woods hosted the meeting that included 4 hours of education and a great lunch. Special thanks goes to Casey Reynolds, Jim Kerns PhD, Travis Gannon PhD, and Rick Brandenburg PhD all from NC State for their presentations.

Damon Libby hosted our March meeting at Star Hill Golf Club. David Jacob CGCS, spoke on Cultural Practices for Management on Ultradwarf Greens. David did a great job of condensing several hours of information into one hour and even had time to answer everyone’s questions. David’s presentation was followed by some great fellowship prior to lunch and golf.

David Bentley CGCS will host our April meeting at Scotch Hall Preserve on April 18^th. Don Riley a Certified Wildlife Biologist, will speak on Native Vegetation Establishment and The Benefits. Don’s presentation will be an opportunity for us all to hear something new that we are not use to dealing with on a daily basis and Scotch Hall Preserve is the perfect setting.

Our fundraising tournament will be on May 16^th at Wilson Country Club hosted by Craig Clemmer. Please plan on joining us for this important event where the proceeds help us support turfgrass research, scholarships and other aspects of the turf industry.

I would like to thank all of our 2013 sponsors and the ENCTA board members for their continued efforts to ensure the success of the association. Please visit our website at www.encta.org for more dates and information on our 2013 schedule.

Brian Green,
ENCTA President
Lonnie Poole Golf Course
(919) 828-7820

April 18, 2013 Scotch Hall Preserve Merry Hill, NC 27957 Speaker: Don Riley, Certified Wildlife Biologist Topic: Native Vegetation Established and The Benefits Host: David Bentley, CGCS

PLEASE CALL SOUTHERN SEEDS BY MONDAY, APRIL 15 AT 1-800-682-1102, SO WE CAN MAKE ADEQUATE ACCOMMODATIONS.

January 2013

ENCTA Members and Colleagues:

ENCTA would like to thank Buckley Brockman from Washington Yacht and Country Club, Justin Helms from Scotch Hall Preserve, and Ben Peters from Smith Turf and Irrigation for their service as a board member for 2011 and 2012. Their service and the support from the companies and clubs that they work for does not go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated. Our new board members who will serve for 2013 and 2014 are Daniel Lancaster from Wedgewood Golf Course, Brian Williams from North Shore Country Club and Chris Pearson from Green Resource. We would like to welcome our new board members and look forward to working with all of them.

Our 2013 meetings are all set with the first meeting being our annual pesticide meeting held at Wayne Community College and hosted by Rob Woods on February 21st. Thanks to Casey Reynolds, Fred Yelverton, Jim Kerns, and Rick Brandenburg from NCSU for some great information and their willingness to speak to us.

Damon Libby at Star Hill Country Club will host our March meeting on March 21st and David Jacob will be speaking on Cultural Practices of Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Greens. Our April meeting will be on April 18th and will be at Scotch Hall Preserve located on the Albemarle Sound where we will be learning about Native Vegetation Establishment and the Benefits.  I am sure that David Bentley, Justin Helms and their staff will have the golf course in fantastic shape.

Our fundraising tournament will be on May 16th at Wilson Country Club hosted by Craig Clemmer. Go ahead and mark your calendars so you can be sure to join us.

As we begin this year, we would like to thank all of our sponsors who have supported us throughout the years and continue to support us. It is because of you that we are able to be such a strong organization and offer great fellowship and education to our members.

Brian Green,
ENCTA President
Lonnie Poole Golf Course
(919) 828-7820

Next Meeting Thursday, December 6th Annual Business Meeting Country Club of the Crystal Coast Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina Host: Andy Ipock

Please call Southern Seeds by Monday, December 3rd at 1-800-682-1102, so we can make adequate accommodations.