Women’s Driving Clinic and Stand Up Paddleboard Event

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The first activity this year is the Women’s Driving Clinic on June 14 sponsored by Action Water Sports (AWS). Contact Action if you are interested. There is a discount for GS residents and any money raised goes toward Breast Cancer Research. This is a great way to have fun driving a new boat and learn or polish up your skills at driving and docking. It starts at 9:00 am and will be done by 11:00.

Then the staff from Action will be starting the Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) event at 11:00 am over by the launch. Below are the details of what we will be bringing for that event.

– AWS will provide 6 identical 12′ 6″ Bic paddleboards w/ paddles to be used for the race. Plus they will bring 2-3 additional boards for people to use who have no interest in participating in the race but would still like to learn how to paddle board

– The course will be set up just off shore, near the boat launch.

– The race is held with up to 6 participants paddling the course at a time and the top qualifiers advance to the next round.

– No experience is necessary so anyone can show up and participate in the race, and it is completely free to participants.

– The winning male and female for the event will each receive a $50 gift card to AWS.

Here is more information on the SUP event

The Wakeboard Event that was held last year was a huge success. We are working to bring it back again this year. Stay tuned for more information on that.

We have a great neighborhood and a lot of fun. Thanks again for your cooperation. We hope to keep the fun rolling!!

Here are some new Aerial Photos of the lake

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Enjoy these new photos taken on Memorial Weekend.

GS Ski League

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Skiers,

For those who are not familiar with the Georgetown Shores Ski League (GSSL) we are an unofficial group made up of individuals who like the challenge of improving their skiing ability in the company of friends. This improvement is scored and tracked by each individual using the buoys in the west bay. If you have only free skied, you should really try it. It is kind of like a golfer always going to the driving range and then someone introduces them to a course where they keep score. It can be a little frustrating but the challenge to improve is very satisfying.

If anyone has questions as to how the course is done, stop by the house of any of those who ski it regularly and ask. We would love to chat with anyone about it.

We track it on the web form and every set entered gets added to the database. You do not need to be striving to win the league to be entering your scores. Everyone who wants to track their skiing is welcome to enter data. The formulas are all set for the new year and all we need to do is get the names of those who want to track scores added to the list of skiers names.

The “Kick-Off” for the 2014 Georgetown Shores Ski League will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Rainbow Grill in Hudsonville. Breakfast will be at 8 am and a short general meeting will follow.
If you are interested in participating this year and can’t make the breakfast, please contact Randy Karel at randyk5635@gmail.com.

The league will start on July 1, 2014 and end on August 31, 2014. We will be using the months of May and June to determine your initial handicap. In order to calculate your 2014 handicap, you need to enter six scores in the League Webform prior to July 1st.

We will be covering the scoring at the kick-off meeting. We will use a handicap system that will level the playing field for the beginner to advanced skier. Tracking your scoring is as simple as entering your score into a web site (Thank you Randy Plaisier). Scoring will include head to head completion, points for # of sets skied, points based on percentage of improvement, and points from a summer tournament. Scoring will be covered in more detail at the kick-off meeting.

Once again, we are looking forward to this year’s league competition. Whether you are a beginner or you have been skiing the course for a few years, the handicap system will allow everyone who enters the ability to compete. The ski league, even though competitive, is more about meeting neighbors and people who like to water ski.

GSSL

Come see a Ugandan Children’s Choir!

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One of our residents, John VanDyke, traveled to Uganda in 2011 with his daughter, Emily, to minister to orphans and rural pastors. Now 16 of those children are in the U.S., conducting concerts. They will be performing lakeside at the VanDyke’s house (1721 East Shore Ct.) on Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. (Chapel Pointe Church as back-up/weather venue.) Bring a lawn chair, or anchor your boat on the southwest section of the east bay, and enjoy the true joy of worshiping with singing, dancing, stories, and drums.

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