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2013 May 2013 Volume 1, Issue 1 Hours of Operation: 11:00am-9:00pm all weekends and Memorial Day School hours: 3:00pm - 8:00pm Monday through Thursday May 27 th - June 13 th and August 26-29 After

1 2013 May 2013 Volume 1, Issue 1 Hours of Operation: 11:00am-9:00pm all weekends and Memorial Day School hours: 3:00pm - 8:00pm Monday through Thursday May 27 th - June 13 th and August After June 14 th: 11:00am - 9:00pm seven days a week Special Interest Articles: New Aqua Ventures Camp Mon-Fri 8:30am to 4:30pm $235 Weekly Rate DSRC Prom, Saturday June 8 th from 7 11pm New Member Happy Hour, Saturday June 8th from 6-7pm Individual Highlights: Social Events 2 Swim Team 2 Tennis 3 Safety 4 Member 5 Hours 6 Closures 6 Communiqué Don t miss our annual Opening Day Celebration which will be held Saturday May 25 th from 12-2 pm. The DSRC Board will be working the grill serving hotdogs and hamburgers and kicking your summer off with a smile. Come out and see everything the Club has Darnestown Swim & Racquet Club Spring Meadows Dr. Darnestown, MD Opening Day Celebration May 25 th NEW Aqua Ventures Camp DSRC is offering a new and completely revamped summer camp run by a professional camp counselor with years of experience designing, organizing, and managing youth camp operations. DSRC has hired Zina Harabatch to oversee a summer camp that will specialize in tennis, swim, crafts and other outdoor activities. Aqua Ventures camp will run daily, Monday-Friday 8:30am to 4:30 pm (with the opportunity for morning and aftercare) from June 17 th to August 9th Exclusive to DSRC members only! Cost is $235 per child per week to offer and enjoy an afternoon with your neighbors. This event is free for members. Our general manager, Dave Hardy and his team have been working hard to prepare the club for a new season. Many of our youth family members have been hired to work either as DSRC life guards or For those that are tennis enthusiasts we will still be offering a tennis camp option for our camp that will be overseen by our tennis professional, Bob Denham. The Tennis camp will be run in coordination with Aqua Ventures. Registration for Aqua Ventures Camp will be completed via our Team Unify system; which is currently used for both tennis and swim team registration and management. Team Unify will streamline and simplify the registration and payment process. snack bar service over the summer months. We welcome each of them on board. Be sure to take notice of the newly paved DSRC parking lot. Camp Registration: Step 1.Access Step 2. Click on EVENTS. Step 3. Scroll down the list of events until you see the Week Dates - Summer Camp Registration (example: June 17 ~ 21, 2013 Summer Camp Registration). Click on the week you want to register for camp. You need to register for each week your camper will attend. Step 4. Follow the process to finalize camper information, camp dates, payment, etc. Contact: dsrc.aquaventures@gmail.com for more information.

Don t miss our upcoming social events DSRC Members, Peter and Lisa Carothers with their guests enjoying our Cinco de Mayo fiesta held May 4 th, 2013 at the club.

So keep your eye out for the DSRC social news and events listed on the DSRC entry bulletin board as well as the Darnestown and Racquet Club Social Page (Like us on Facebook to receive the most up to

2 Don t miss our upcoming social events DSRC Members, Peter and Lisa Carothers with their guests enjoying our Cinco de Mayo fiesta held May 4 th, 2013 at the club. We are working hard to create a summer social calendar that will have everyone joining in - from the young ones, to the middle and high school teens, to the "adults" of the club. So keep your eye out for the DSRC social news and events listed on the DSRC entry bulletin board as well as the Darnestown and Racquet Club Social Page (Like us on Facebook to receive the most up to date info, pictures, etc.). Contact Susan Vafa if you have any questions (svafa@hotmail.com). June upcoming events include: We are excited to welcome the newest Club Members on Saturday, June 8 for a New Member Happy Hour from 6-7pm. Immediately following the happy hour is the first ever DSRC PROM! Come dressed for prom (if you are so inclined however casual wear is okay too!). Soul Easy will be playing our favorite tunes from the 80 s while pictures are being taken of you and your prom date as you sip spiked punch and nosh on food fit for a prom king and queen! Remember to keep an arm s length away from your partner while slow dancing. Please RSVP in advance by sending check to: DSRC Prom P.O. Box 3574 Gaithersburg, MD or signing up in the DSRC Prom RSVP guest book located at the pool entry desk. Make all checks payable to DSRC. $20/person in advance; or $25/person at the door. Our All Members School s Out Party will be held Friday, June 14 th from 2-4p.m. No more teachers, no more books, just pizza, snow cones, popcorn, and friends at the pool! $3/person at the door for unlimited pizza from 2p.m. to 4p.m. More fun events to come, including a highlighter party for our middle/high school teens, movie/raft night, and our Luau... so get ready to enjoy summer once again at the pool! DEMON Swim Team Our swim team welcomes two new coaches this year; Head Coach Pat Tozzi and Assistant Head Coach Lauren Nickerson! The Demons, who will be competing in A Division, hope to follow up last year s successful season with another great showing. Pat, Lauren and all of the assistants look forward to a fun filled summer of competition and fun. For more information on the team, pre team or swim lessons and to register please see our team unify website DSRC Communiqué Page 2

3 Tennis Anyone? Led by Tennis Pro Bob Denham, DSRC has one of the most extensive tennis programs in the area with something for the entire family. We mix tennis and fun with Friday Night Adult Tennis Socials, Tuesday Ladies' Night (beginners welcome to come early 6:30-7 pm for a little assistance in scoring and proper positioning), Wednesday Men's Night, and Thursday Teen's night. For the DSRC children, we have club subsidized clinics that we call "team practices" for players age 4 and up. Our youngest work at developing their eyehand/foot coordination, while the older and more accomplished compete against other local swim & racquet clubs. From beginner to advanced player, there is a lowcost program for every child. For those with a competitive streak we will have Club Tournaments, ladders, and men's and women's intra-club teams, where we play other clubs in our area. Bob offers a variety of daytime and evening clinics and lessons for all skill levels, including the popular Saturday Morning "Weekend Warriors" that improves your game and your conditioning. In addition to the weekend warrior program is a beginner/intermediate class taking place Saturday morning as well. We look forward to another great season and hope to see everyone on the courts. Bob s contact information: Demonstennisteam@yahoo. com or Tennis Team Registration: Step 1.Access Step 2. Click on EVENTS. Step 3. Click on April 18 ~ July 7, Tennis Registration Step 4. Follow the process to finalize tennis team information, payment, etc. Meet Bruce Goldstein, DSRC Tennis Program Coordinator Darnestown Swim and Racquet Club is proud to announce the addition of Bruce Goldstein to our staff as the newly created Program Coordinator. Bruce will be tasked with creating more club-wide awareness of the multitude of offerings DSRC provides. There will be a heavy emphasis on the junior tennis side of the club and the new day camp. He has a strong tennis background having worked as a teaching pro and tennis director at many area country clubs, including Norbeck, Manor and Indian Spring. Bruce will be helping out with some of the clinics and team practices, and he is looking forward to becoming very involved at the club. Welcome aboard Bruce. Meet Bruce Goldstein, DSRC s Tennis Program Coordinator. DSRC Communiqué Page 3

4 Club Safety and Supervision Reminder As always safety is our most important focus in the summer; please read below for important pool safety reminders that will help keep our children safe all summer long. 1) Make sure your children and guests swim in an area of the pool that is appropriate for their swimming ability. 2) Keep a close eye on your children or guests when they are in the main pool or the baby pool area. Our lifeguards are there to maintain a safe environment but there is no substitute for parents properly supervising their children. 3) All children under the age of 13 must always be supervised by an adult. They are not to be left unattended at the pool by themselves. 4) Notify the guards immediately if you see others not following pool rules, such as: a. Someone pushing others in to the pool. b. Dangerous rough-housing such as dunking or wrestling. c. Diving in No Diving Areas. 5) Follow all the posted pool rules and regulations. 6) Notify the Pool Manager of any other safety issues that you become aware of. We heard you, and DSRC is trying to improve communication. Please send your ideas, comments, and suggestions to Janet Swisher, DSRC Communication Director at janetswisher@verizon.net Just a reminder that we use a pre-paid snack bar system in which you pay with credit card or check and the amount paid is put on to your account and all purchases come off of this pre-paid amount until your account reaches a zero balance. We do not accept cash at the snack bar so money can only be added to your families account with a credit card or check. Please see the snack bar attendant for help or any questions regarding the snack bar. As always we are open to suggestions regarding food or drinks carried at the snack bar, we try our best to keep the snack bar a healthy place for people to get meals and snacks. DSRC Communiqué Page 4

Member Highlight Meet Tyler and Conner Vafa; DSRC Members since 2010! Meet Susan and Ali Vafa. Susan is the DSRC Social Chair and Ali is an avid tennis player and right hand man to Susan.

Susan is the DSRC Social Director and sits on the DSRC board. She has held this post for the past two years and hopes to be there for many more.

5 Member Highlight Meet Tyler and Conner Vafa; DSRC Members since 2010! Meet Susan and Ali Vafa. Susan is the DSRC Social Chair and Ali is an avid tennis player and right hand man to Susan. Meet Ali, Susan, Tyler and Connor who have been DSRC members since The Vafa family moved to the Darnestown area in 2004, from Gaithersburg. Susan is the DSRC Social Director and sits on the DSRC board. She has held this post for the past two years and hopes to be there for many more. Tyler is in 5th grade and excited about attending Lakeland MS next year. Connor is 8 and will be a 3rd grader. Both boys attend Darnestown Elementary School. When he is not on the DSRC tennis courts, he is a technical consultant and has been in the IT industry for the past 22 years. He has a passion for business, specifically online ecommerce. Actually it is more than an interest; Ali is a local Darnestown ecommerce entrepreneur. He has launched a new ecommerce website BUYHOOD.com. What exactly is BUYHOOD.com and how does it differ from its competition, you may ask? Great question! BUYHOOD.com is an ecommerce website designed from a consumer s perspective. We all like to save money. How great would it be to also support our local community in the process? As a Seller, BUYHOOD.com offers a low one-time listing fee for as long as it takes for the item to sell. They don t nickel and dime you. A fair price is charged for a great service. As a community member, they promote local transactions, which mean no shipping fees. When was the last time you found something using other services but noticed it was more expensive to have it shipped than what the item actually cost? Instead of telling you more about it, DSRC invites you to stop by the website and check it out for yourself. Use DSRC code BH2013 to list your items at no cost. Hurry, offer expires 7/5/13. BUY Local SELL Local SAVE Money Look for another featured MEMBER in our June newsletter. We believe it is nice to get to know your community swim and racquet club members. As you know DSRC is a community pool. Within our community we have many talents. Please donate your time and special talent to the pool whether it is graphic design, lawn service, handy-man, organization, etc. We need all the volunteers we can get! Thank you Vafa family for all you do at DSRC. DSRC Communiqué Page 5

6 Hours of Operation Darnestown Swim and Racquet Club Spring Meadows Drive Darnestown, MD OFFICE PHONE: (301) :00am-9:00pm all weekends and Memorial Day School days: 3:00pm - 8:00pm Monday through Thursday May 27 th -June 13 th and August After June 14 th: 11:00am - 9:00pm seven days a week Please note during school days our NEW time to close is 8p.m. GUARDS DESK: (301) GENERAL MANAGER: Dave Hardy davidhardy27@hotmail.com ASSISTANT MANAGERS: Catherine Kakalec Daniel Dresser Sean Duncan We re on the Web! See us at: Scheduled Closures We do our best to not to interfere with the normal hours of operation but due to some swim activities and holidays the pool is occasionally closed when it would otherwise be opened. Listed are the scheduled closings to date. Please keep up to date by visiting often, we always post any abnormal hours on the about page. Pool opens at 12 noon: Saturday June 8, 15 and July 6 Pool closes at 3:30pm: Wednesday July 3 and 10 Pool closes at 5pm: July 4 th Memberships We currently have memberships available so if you have any friends or family members that may be interested please have the family come to the Club for a tour and to find out more about what DSRC has to offer. DSRC Communiqué Page 6

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