2008-08-08

C.V.C. Ladies 18 – Hole Group Christmas in July – Member Guest



A little rain did not deter our members and guests from competing for our lovely Christmas prizes purchased by our chairladies. Arlene CoJohn and Linda O’Grady. The Winners were: 1st Low Gross: – Liz Frumberg & Kathryn Frumberg Betsy Morin & Claire Rothschild 2nd Low Gross: – Mary Werner & Suzanne Kelley Diane Brady & Megan Werner 1st Low Net: […]

Foxen Wins Gold At Empire Games



Dave Foxen, a 2007 graduate of Garden City HS, won the 2008 Empire State Games wrestling championships this past weekend in Binghamton, NY. Foxen took home the Gold medal in Greco Roman wrestling as well as the Bronze medal in the Freestyle competition at 152lbs in the open division (athletes over 18yrs old). In winning the Greco Roman class, he […]

Soccer League Selects Top Players



Matt Rogers from Garden City has been selected to represent Long Island at the under eleven twelve within the Long Island Junior Soccer League – LI United program during the 2008-09 season. The Long Island United program was developed by the one hundred member clubs of the LIJSL to provide an elite level academy training environment for Long Island’s top […]

The Cardinals Are 2-peat Champs



The Majors (11-12 year olds) National League Cardinals won the Garden City Little League Championship for an unbelievable second straight year. It was late on a Saturday night in June but everyone was wide awake for the awesome 3-1 victory. All of the Cardinal parents would like to give a big thank you to head coach Bob O’Brien for coaching […]

Garden City Recreation Roller Hockey fall program announced



Learn & Play Program Who: Ages 5-7. When: Sunday Afternoons. Session 1 – 12 to 1 p.m. Session 2 – 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Where: Roller Hockey Rinks @ Community Park This eight week program will begin on Sunday September 7, 2008 . This program has been designed to introduce the exciting game of Roller Hockey. No experience is required […]

Garden City Casino Men’s Member-Guest Tournament



he Garden City Casino held its Annual Men’s Member-Guest Tennis Tournament this weekend with a field of 15 teams competing throughout the day. The main draw Championship featured the young guns of Gerald DiChiara and his guest John Russo taking on the older Rocco D’Errico and his guest, Mark Andrade from Long Beach. The crowd of 30-plus were treated to […]

GCCC Golf News



Ladies 18 Golf News Results 36 Hole Member-Member Tournament July 15 & 22, 2008 Winner Claudia Galvin & Jean Kiley 125 Runner Up Elinor Penna & Gail Harney 127 Garden City Country Club Ladies 18 Golf News Results Rest Of Field Play July 15, 2008 Low Gross Janet Sheridan 106 Low Net Hilde DiGacomo 76 July 22, 2008 Low Gross […]

Cherry Valley Club Olympics Tournament



On July 16 Cherry Valley Club hosted a member-guest and member-member Olympics Tournament. The nine holers started their day with a power breakfast and then proceeded to enjoy their day of golf using the popular Pinehurst format. To honor the theme of the Olympics, flags of various countries decorated the luncheon tables. Culinary delights included cuisine from North America, South […]

Troop 243 Goes To Washington, D.C.



Troop 243 visited Washington, D.C. in November of 2007, walking many miles and visiting great places of national and historical significance. The first stop was the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing where the Scouts took a great tour of the place where “the money is made”. They saw more cash in that one tour than they will probably […]

School Board To Meet



  The Board of Education of the Garden City Public Schools will meet in a regular session on Tuesday, August 12, at 8:15 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room of the Administration Building, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, NY.