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Committees: Country Club Management Committee Country Club Management Committee 2010 Annual Report
Jay McGrail, Director of Operations, Joe Keefe, PGA Golf Professional, Chris Riley, Assistant Golf Professional and Jake Silva, Golf Course Superintendent continue to improve the golf course, the facilities and the recreational opportunities available at South Shore Country Club ("South Shore") for the families of Hingham to use and enjoy. We are pleased that our golf membership base is still growing (we now have a waiting list). Also, again this year, we have had an increase in the number of golf rounds played on our course. We believe this reflects the improving condition of our golf course and the enhanced value of our golf programs. Further positive recognition came this year with requests that South Shore host several important regional amateur golf events. As an example, this summer we will be hosting the Mass Golf Association 2011 MGA Public Links Championship. We are also especially proud of improvements achieved this year in our professionally run junior, and adult golf programs, our upgraded driving range and practice areas, our expanded beginner and advanced swimming lessons, and our enhanced dining and banquet facilities. We also continue to offer tennis instruction and candlepin bowling for kids and adults. This year, we began two new ventures to better utilize our facilities in the winter months. In addition to opening the course for year-round golf, weather permitting, this November, we installed two "state of the art" indoor golf simulators and opened a golf and sports bar and restaurant ("The Tour"). Seasoned golfers and beginners can now play golf on over 30 different and challenging golf courses or work on their game on the simulator practice range. The golf simulators also allow us to offer private golf lessons year-round. The Tour offers pub food and big screen TV's to watch sporting events while using the golf simulators or playing darts. Last winter we completed a major renovation of our ballroom and restaurant (Greenside Grill and banquet facilities). In order to introduce these renovated facilities to the Town, an open house was held for all Hingham residents. The open house included: a ribbon cutting ceremony involving the Board of Selectmen and other town dignitaries, tours of the facilities and complementary food and beverages. Raffael's, the operator of the Greenside Grill, The Tour and the event and banquet facilities at South Shore, had a banner year, including the first events in our brand new Outdoor Pavilion. The Greenside Grille, open to the public for Lunch, Dinner & Sunday Brunch has customers coming in both day and night to enjoy the refurbished outdoor patio, main dining room and the piano bar. The Greenside Grill also serves as the 19th hole for golfers (and others), serving beverages and food before and after a round of golf. Our outdoor pool had its best year on record. We signed a new three-year contract with the South Shore YMCA, allowing us to provide more efficient scheduling of swim lessons and open swim times. Improvements, such as a complete repainting and clean up of the locker rooms and the addition of a protective, permanent sunshade area, also enabled us to continue to grow our pool membership base and increase swim team participation. Finally, we also experienced a significant increase in community activities and events, including: our annual Kite Day Festivities, in the Spring; our new annual Halloween Hayride Extravaganza and Party, in the Fall; and our Fourth Of July Parade Golf Outing/Fund Raiser, in the Summer. (We welcome suggestions from town residents of other activities that will increase utilization of our facilities by the community). We have highlighted just a few of the exciting recent developments occurring here at South Shore and we are proud of what we have been able to accomplish in 2010. We anticipate an even more exciting 2011, at your South Shore Country Club.
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