Pleasanton Associates of the Month

Here are our associates of the month at ClubSport Pleasanton for September. Pictured above is Leslie LeRoy, she works in ClubKid. Top right is Sheri Roach, evening MOD. Bottom right is Emily Genzale who takes care of business at the Studio Cafe. Congratulations ladies, thank you for your hard work. I also want to thank Sandi Hanscom for getting me their pictures so all of you can see our stars.

September Associates of the Month

Here are the winners from the following properties, thank you for everything you do to make ClubSport and Renaissance ClubSport great.

Green Valley - Megan Ferral Mary DeMaggio Amanda Parson-Siegel

Walnut Creek - Yulma Rodriguez Rose Jarrett Catherine Sevilla

Oregon - Terres Hendren Daniel Salinas Oscar Frias

Fremont - Joilene Mercado Tory Kennedy Jamie Meafou

Managers of the Quarter Named

Louise Williamson of ClubSport Fremont, left and Jason Schlager of ClubSport Oregon right were named Manager of the Quarter for their respective clubs for the third quarter of this year. Louise is our Membership Director and has jumped in with both feet since joining the team six months ago. Jason, who you met before, continues to do an outstanding job as the Facility Director. Congratulations to both of them.

A State of Mind

This awesome poem was shared from Jason Schlager and Jarod Cogswell. Jason works with a local high school football team and the head coach recites this poem with his athletes before each game. I had the opportunity to witness it first hand last year and it was quite moving. I was reminded of this poem after thinking about the challenges we have faced this year and will continue to face into next. It gives me the chills and fires me up each time I read it, I hope you enjoy.

A State of Mind
Anonymous

If you think you are beaten, your are
If you think you dare not, you won't,
If you like to win, but don't think you can
It's almost a cinch you won't
If you think you'll lose, you're lost
For out in the world you find,
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in a state of mind

For many a game is lost
Ere even a play is run,
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work is begun
Think big and your deeds will grow
Think small and you'll fall behind
Think that you can and you will
It's all a state of mind

If you think you are out-classed, your are
You've got to think high to rise
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize
Life battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can

53 Associate Referrals

We broke the 50 mark for associate referrals, as of right now we are at 53. I think we can hit 100 on this campaign - nice work everyone.

Top Trainers

Here are the ClubSport and Renaissance ClubSport top trainers through September...
1 Alejandro Alvarez RCSAV
2 Marlin Bernabe CSO
3 Ann Affinito RCSWC
4 Pedro Bernardy RCSWC
5 Leslie Davis RCSAV
6 Dave Dunlap PLS
7 Larry Silvestro RCSAV
8 Vanessa Crocker GV
9 Bill Daniels RCSWC
10 Mary Ann Decosta RCSWC

Do You Zumba 2?

Green Valley held a Zumba for Pink fundraiser last weekend and had over 200 participants and raised $3,600 for breast cancer research. If you haven't tried Zumba yet it's time, how can all these people be wrong? Check the Group Fit schedules at your property and give it a shot.

Bad Salad

I subscribe to a variety of nutrition and exercise newsletters that can have some helpful information. I thought this one was particularly good and worth passing on - I have had a few of the salads myself.
Here is a top 10 list of some of the worst restaurant salads you just might be eating.

10 Romano's Macaroni Grill Chicken Florentine Salad – 1,020 calories/17 grams/2,830 mg sodium
9 Quiznos Chicken Caesar Flatbread Salad – 1,020 calories/69 grams fat/2,120 mg sodium Number
8 Quiznos Roasted Chicken Flatbread Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing – 1,070 calories/71 grams fat/1,770 mg sodium
7 Chili's Boneless Buffalo Chicken Salad – 1,070 calories/77 grams fat/4,380 mg sodium
6 Chili's Southwestern Cobb Salad – 1,080 calories/71 grams fat/2,650 mg sodium
5 Ruby Tuesday's Carolina Chicken Salad – 1,129 calories/71 grams fat
4 Baja Fresh Charbroiled Steak Tostada Salad – 1,230 calories/63 grams fat/2,380 mg sodium
3 Chili's Quesadilla Explosion Salad – 1,390 calories/89 grams fat/2,710 mg sodium Number
2 Chevy's Fresh Mex Grilled Fajita Salad made with Chicken, Carnitas, Shrimp or Steak - 1,450-1,620 calories/27-37 grams fat/1,570-2,530 mg sodium
1 worst restaurant salad you may be eating is…. Chevy's Fresh Mex Tostada Salad with Chicken, Carnitas or Steak - 1,550-1,720 calories/37-47 grams fat/2,480-3,310 mg sodium

Happy 7 Year Anniversary RCS Walnut Creek

Today is the seven year anniversary of Renaissance ClubSport Walnut Creek opening. Below are all the associates who helped open the property and are still contributing seven years later - that is an amazing amount of people. Congratulations to these folks and thank you for making Walnut Creek a truly special property.

●Accounting● Sharon Bond, Melinda Holcomb ●Adult Programming● John Abraham, Mike Miumi ●Banquets● Maria Merjano ●Club Service Desk● Harold Ward ●Culinary● Sam Castro, Jose Gomez, Francisco Henriquez Ortiz, Jose Ramirez, Elizandro Vega ●Engineering● Roberto Flores, Joe Tabago, Maurice Tolentino ●Executive Team● Brian Amador, Kevin Cabral, Marnie Harvey, Gani Mabilangan ●Facilities● Jose Flores, Concepcion Ochoa, Susana Perez ●Fitness● Ann Affinito, Pedro Bernardy, Mary Ann De Costa, Katrina Hood, Kandee Shuken, Genoveva Wence ●Food & Beverage● Gloria Castro ●Front Office● Rose Jarrett ●Group Fitness● Karen Chappell, Tiffany Hoover, Kathleen McCormick, Ivy Noceto, Tanya Parmley, Glenda Smith, Ellen Stevens, Kellie Watt, Betsy Wells, Leslie Yewell ●Housekeeping● Yulma Rivera-Rodriguez, Consuelo Tinajero ●Purchasing● Chris Hansen ●Sales & Marketing● Lynne Machalowski ●Spa● Diane Daly, Joseph Tamayo, Sandra Willett

September's Top Sales Representatives

Top Reps: I would like to recognize our 5 top Sales Representatives for the month of September, please help me to congratulate them for a hard fought month:
Suzanne Nadel Oregon
Genthry Padua Fremont
Daniela Lucchesi Walnut Creek
Heather Smith Pleasanton
Diana Jamison Walnut Creek

Associate Referral Update: Thank you to everyone who has participated, the tote board to the right is updated. You can see we are up to 39 associate referrals, definitely our strongest ever. You still have time to get in the the RCSAV-Disneyland Trip or the San Francisco trip by having 5 referrals by December 31, 2009. Your GM and I want to take you to Disneyland - insert your own mental video montage here.

RCS - Walnut Creek In The Running

Renaissance ClubSport Walnut Creek has been nominated as Best Hotel in the Bay Area and we are now in the voting period. Many of you have stayed at the hotel, visited, or heard about it so log in and vote. Tell your friends, lets get us to number 1.
Cast your vote at http://bestofthebaytv.com/vote/181/818 We are currently number 2 behind a hotel in San Francisco.
UPDATE - From Janine
We are up from 53 to 84 votes now in the Best of the Bay competition for the best hotel. Some of you have contacted me to let me know that when you registered your vote you received a prompt indicating that you had already voted for this nominee before. If you have not voted before, your vote will be counted despite what the prompt indicates. It will not, however, allow you to vote more than once. You must exit the website and log back on to see that your vote has been recorded. There is a delay of about 5-10 minutes before this occurs.

Do You Zumba?

Last Saturday we had about 225 crazed Zumba dancers in the gym at ClubSport Fremont. There was live music and a ton of energy in the room for this huge event. This was the only Zumba-Fest that will take place in northern California this year. Louise, Fremont's Membership Director, who also is a Zumba instructor was part of the teaching team for this event. The word is John O'Donovan has made a commitment to participate in next year's Zumba-Fest, that should be something to see.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Events

On September 20th in Portland and September 27th in San Francisco the Susan G. Komen for the Cure walks took place and ClubSport was there with the super stylish shirts. The 5k walk kicked-off ClubSport's Breast Cancer month in October. You can see it was a beautiful day in both cities and everyone had a great time. The photo below is the Oregon Team and the photo right is the LSI/Walnut Creek Team.