Photos By Paul Miller Jr.
North Myrtle Beach, SC–The Appalachian Lumbermen’s Club held its Annual Beach Meeting at a new location and with dozens of new faces in April.
The Club moved to the Avista Resort for the annual event and had more than 130 attendees. Casual networking is the theme for this weekend and included forest industry representatives from landowners, sawmills, distribution yards and secondary manufacturers from the central Appalachia region.
The group held two well-attended receptions and a dinner that was followed by a spirited game of Deal or No Deal. Participants were drawn and allowed to select a case that held cash prizes. Before opening the case, they could accept cash offers to sell or keep it.
There were also golf and beach cornhole events. The golf winners were:
1st place A Flight Josh Turner
2nd place A Flight Jay Reese
3rd place A Flight Jeff Dougherty
4th place A Flight Peter McCarty
1st place B Flight Rodney Lawing
2nd place B Flight Linwood Truitt
3rd place B Flight Ray Turner
4th place B Flight Dave Sondel
1st place C Flight Lee Lybrand
2nd place C Flight Andy Nuffer
3rd place C Flight Eric Carroll
4th place C Flight Toye Oshoniyi
Most Honest Golfer: Karl Schmertzler
Hole Contests
#1 Closest in 3 par 5 – sponsored by TM Hardwoods, Jeff Dougherty
#2 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by New River Hardwoods, Josh Turner
#3 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by Lawrence Lumber Co. Inc., Mark Pierce
#4 Closest to pin par 3 – sponsored by ECM Solutions, Rodney Lawing
#5 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by BolDesign, Eric Carroll
#6 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by New River Hardwoods Inc., Peter McCarty
#7 Longest drive women – sponsored by Parton Lumber, Marijo Wood
#8 Closest pin par 3 – sponsored by S & S Sprinkler, Marijo Wood
#9 Closest in 3 par 5 – sponsored by The Timbermen, Eric Carroll
#10 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by Ally Global Logistics, Terry Robbins
#11 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by WR Hardwoods, Jeff Dougherty
#12 Longest drive men – sponsored by Penn-Sylvan Int’l, Jeff Dougherty
#13 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by New River Hardwoods Inc., Jay Reese
#14 Closest in 3 par 5 – sponsored by Lawrence Lumber Co. Inc., Peter McCarty
#15 Closest pin par 3 – sponsored by Neff Lumber Mills, Mark Pierce
#16 Closest in 2 par 4 – sponsored by New River Hardwoods Inc., Jeff Dougherty
#17 Closest in 3 par 5 – sponsored by TS Manufacturing, Josh Turner
#18 Closest pin par 3 – sponsored by Parton Lumber, Andy Nuffer
.Cornhole contest winners: Chelsea Jordan and Brian Ballard
The next event for the Club is September 13 Meeting at the Crown Plaza in Asheville, NC.
More details available at www.lumberclub.org.
