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Dear NBCC Members ,
The holiday season is here , and it truly is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year .
This time of the year is filled with families , parties and fun — as well as celebrating memories and highlights from the year . This year at Newport Beach Country Club has been very special , with so many memorable moments .
Robin Shelton CCM , PGA Master Professional General Manager Newport Beach Country Club
From a staffing standpoint , we created and added three new positions to our team that we believe have enhanced the member experience . We promoted Melanie Stacklie to training manager , and she has been developing training and onboarding programs for all departments . Andrew Cichon joined our team as our new sommelier and is doing an outstanding job . Our desserts are now all made in-house , from scratch , thanks to our new pastry chef , Donovan Kolanek . Additionally , we believe in “ internal promotion ” and moved 11 of our team members into higher-level positions that align with their future goals .
It is hard to select the best highlights from projects , events and special experiences . Our golf course improvement project has received overwhelmingly positive feedback and we have improved our golf course by making it both more playable for our members , and more challenging for better players . The skydiving Easter bunny was a huge hit . I loved our Mother ’ s Day flower cart . The Men ’ s and Women ’ s Member-Guests and Big Wine , Small Plates were a blast with Chef Graeme and the culinary team hitting a home run .
On an industry level , NBCC received new awards from industry peers and trade magazines . The club started off the year by receiving the award of Distinguished Club – Elite Status from The BoardRoom magazine , in partnership with Forbes Travel Guide , for “ private clubs that are recognized as providing a member experience at a level attained by only the finest clubs in the world .” Club + Resort Business magazine also awarded us with the following honors this year :
• # 4 – Top Ranked Clubhouses
• # 4 – Top Ranked Patios ( for the Seahorse Grille patio )
• # 1 – Top Ranked Pro Shops
It has been a very special year and , as you celebrate some great memories from 2022 , we hope that moments spent at the club and the improvements we have made this year come to mind .
Best wishes for a great end to 2022 and more exciting things ahead at NBCC in 2023 !
All the best , Robin Shelton
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