The Goose Pond Blog

April 2012 Newsletter

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:11:00 GMT

APRIL 2012 NEWSLETTER

Lyle Sosebee, General Manager

VOLUNTEERS

Numerous golf tournaments and fishing tournaments are held at Goose Pond Colony during the year. Many of the larger events could not happen without the help of volunteers from the community. If you are interested in helping with any of these events, please call Sheryl Bryant at 256-912-0595.

MARINA

It’s now time to renew all MSD inspections. Please see Jim at the Marina to get this scheduled.

CAMPGROUND

WiFi in the campground is now complete. Goose Pond Colony is happy to provide this free service to our campers.

GOOSE POND PLANTATION

The golf course at Goose Pond Plantation reopened on March 2, 2012. Beginning March 29^th the course will be open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As a reminder, the pro shop has been moved across the parking lot into the clubhouse. Please check in there for your round of golf.

MEMBERSHIPS

Goose Pond Colony has started a junior membership. Please contact Ryan at the pro shop for more information. Anyone that wishes to sign up for a regular golf membership may see Sheryl at the main office.

GOLF

The 11^th Annual Ron Marshall Spring Fling was held on March 15th, 16th & 17^th. Meridian Community College in Mississippi won this year’s tournament.

AWARD

Last year, Coach Bo Ryan of Illinois Central College gave an award for meritorious service to Coach Dave Jennings of Alabama Central College. At this year’s Spring Fling banquet, this award was given to the staff and management of Goose Pond Colony for their hard work and dedication to this annual tournament.

SCHOLARSHIP

Logan Chaney, a Scottsboro Golf Team member, has recently signed to play golf with Mississippi State University. She attended the recent Goose Pond Colony board meeting and thanked the staff and management for their support. Ryan Patterson, Golf Professional, commended Logan for her hard work and dedication to the game of golf.

Goose Pond Colony Wins Award

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:14:00 GMT

Goose Pond Colony Wins Award

Goose Pond Colony is once again hosting the Spring Fling golf tournament. This is the 11^th year this tournament has been held at Goose Pond Colony. Ron Marshall, the former coach at Illinois Central College, was instrumental in bringing this tournament to Scottsboro and Goose Pond Colony and 2 years ago, the tournament was renamed the Ron Marshall Spring Fling. Last year Coach Marshall passed away and Bo Ryan became the new head coach of Illinois Central College.

At last year’s tournament, Coach Ryan gave away the first Ron Marshall Award for Meritorious Service to Coach Dave Jennings at Central Alabama Community College. At this year’s banquet and much to the surprise of the staff, Coach Ryan gave this year’s award to the staff and management of Goose Pond Colony for all of their hard work and dedication to this tournament.

Golf Professional, Ryan Patterson accepted the award on behalf of the staff and management. Along with Ryan, the staff of Goose Pond Colony consists of General Manager, Lyle Sosebee, Administrative Assistant, Sheryl Bryant and Golf Course Superintendent, Chris Settles. The staff and management of Goose Pond Colony also rely on a committee of private citizens to help with and host this tournament. This committee consists of Steve Beaird of First National Bank, Rick Wheeler of the City of Scottsboro and Gail Moore of Regions Bank. Without all of their hard work and hours of volunteering, this tournament would not be the success it is.

“We are very honored to win this award. All the people of our community that works so hard to bring this event to Scottsboro deserve much of the credit. This event has grown from a small tournament to the largest Junior College regular season sporting event in the nation and it could not be done without the staff of Goose Pond Colony and volunteers.” Lyle Sosebee, General Manager of Goose Pond Colony.

“The staff at Goose Pond Colony has worked very hard the last 11 years to grow this tournament. From talking with the coaches that attend this event, this has become the highlight of their year.” Mayor, Melton Potter.

“Events like this that bring in so many people to our city have a tremendous effect on our economy. Whether it’s a fishing tournament, golf tournament or an event at our Rec-Com, these events fill up our hotels, restaurants and increase sales in our local stores. These events expose our area to many people from other parts of the country and help to bring them back for return trips. It is great to see.” Matthew Hodges, Scottsboro City Council President.

Last year this event produced over $117,475 in indirect sales for Scottsboro businesses. The participants and guests will spend over $80,350 on lodging and food. In addition, $12,750 will be spent on shopping and fuel.

Cottage Renovation

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:58:00 GMT

At the November 2011 Goose Pond Colony board meeting the Board of Directors voted to begin the second phase of our cottage renovation program. On November 28, 2011 we started the renovation on cottage #11. Cottage #11 and #12 are now complete and cottage #10 is nearing completion. The cottages have new flooring, cabinets, bedding, furniture and paint. We have also added big screen tv's in the living room and both bedrooms. The outside of each cottage has been cleaned and restained. We will be planning an open house in the month of February. Goose Pond Colony is excited about these upgrades and we hope everyone will get a chance to come out and look at our progress.