We have two important work days scheduled, and need many, many hands.

1. Grommet Party: On Thursday, May 8, we will be inserting the rest of the grommets into our cut and drilled straps. It would be awesome to have about 15-20 helpers.  We will be meeting in the Clubhouse at 7:00 p.m. Bring your favorite relaxing beverage and Murraywood will provide some delicious snacks. Please say you’ll help: annieb1@mindspring.com.
2. Assembly Party: On Saturday, May 10, we will be putting the straps onto the chairs and loungers.  This will be a labor intensive process, with teams of 3 working together. The straps must be heated to 200 degrees in boiling water, and then stretched and screwed onto the frames. I would like a minimum of 24 workers. Also, we need one more turkey cooker (Joe Provence, Alex Paris, and Walter George are already providing cookers – just need one more!). Please, please say you’ll help: annieb1@mindspring.com.

We will be feeding everybody on Saturday with burgers and dogs, and of course, the customary beverage will be available. Saturday needs to be a no-kids event due to the 200 degree pots of boiling water.

Who wants to play Quads? We want to find out if there is sufficient interest in a 4.0/4.5 Women’s Quads.  Play would be on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. starting May 15 and would run through the summer.  We would need a minimum of 12 regulars and a handful of subs.

If you are interested, please contact Anne Reynolds at annieb1@mindspring.com or 803.429.3031

As usual, Murraywood members are the best!   We have folks all over town drilling holes in our cut straps….shout out thanks to: Phil Watson, Richard Longphre, Ken Stevenson, Jim Disher, Mike Curtis, Tony Reynolds, Jim Mostellor, and Chad Mohon! Drillers Extraordinaire!

While the guys drilled, the Remove Old Yucky Straps Team went to work.  Many thanks to: Alex Paris, Walter George, Chris Bradley, Judy Mohon, Chad Mohon, and Tony Reynolds.  Helpers included Callahan Bradley, William Mohon and Caroline Mohon.  They team removed 1,650 straps yesterday! That’s 3,300 screws!

The loungers without straps make a great place to play “fort.”

Meanwhile, over at the Interview Lifeguard Station, Beth Bradley, Kristen Werdunn and Anne Reynolds inserted and pinched grommets into the newly drilled holes. Murraywood Sweatshop!

Come out to the Ballentine Chick Fil A for dinner on Wednesday, April 23rd to support the Murraywood Sharks! Just mention the Sharks, and Chick Fil A will donate a portion of the night’s sales back to the Swim Team! Eat More Chikin!

Last week, we posted two photos on our Facebook page, inviting members to answer questions about the photos to try to win guest passes.  Here’s the first photo:

We immediately got three correct responses from Judy Mohon, Eric Mayer and Brandi Harper-Hoppe.  As seen in the photo below, these boxes contain reels of royal blue strapping for fixing our chairs and loungers.  All three correct guessers are receiving two guest passes for use at the pool.

The next contest was to calculate how many inches of strapping we purchased. Melanie Valdez correctly guessed 36,000 inches!  Congrats and look for your guest passes in the mail! Like us on Facebook to compete in more fun contests over the summer: www.Facebook.com/Murraywood.