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The Portsmouth Sports Club Membership
Get Your Application Here

We invite all persons interested in becoming a member to complete a membership application and give it to a current member, or mail to P. 0. Box 237, Portsmouth, Virginia 23705.

The Portsmouth Sports Club meets on the third Monday of each month  at 12:00 noon at the Elizabeth Manor Country Club to hear a featured speaker and to enjoy good fellowship.

2011-2012
Portsmouth Sports Club Board Officers


  

President                           Richard Wentz

Vice President              Cindy Morris

2nd Vice President        James Short

Secretary                      Eddie Mitchell

Treasurer                      Jack Welsby


Board of Directors

Lee Armistead  

Collage of

Brian Atwood

member pics-

Roger Brown  

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Robin Cooke

photo to see

Johnny Harrell

large version

James Holley

Bill Kline 

(then click

Ned McCabe

again for

Nick Moore     

full size)

Richard Trumble
Gracie Lee Van Dyck
Paul Vestal
Eddie Webb
Jimmy Williams


    Members of the Year


Carroll Creecy


Jimmy Currie
Benn Griffin
Johnny Harrell
Steve Hetzler
Walter Jernigan
Bill Knowles
Gene Luke
Thom Perry
Steve Philbrick
Douglas Powell
Nick Moore

Todd Rose
John Spence
Burle Stromberg
Jackie Taylor
Rod Triplett, Jr.
Gracie Van Dyck
Paul Vestal
Eddie Webb
Jimmy Williams
Brian Atwood
Lee Armistead
Gene Luke

LIFE MEMBERS

“Ace” Parker
Chandler Harper 
deceased
Joseph Lofurno
deceased
Doug Powell
Doris Leigh
Gracie Lee VanDyck
Gene Luke
Bruce Rader
Jimmy Williams
Bill Leffler

Portsmouth Sports Foundation, Inc.


The "Foundation" was created in 1991 by the Portsmouth Sports Club for the purpose of providing scholarship grants to deserving, graduating high school student/athletes from the City of Portsmouth and Western Branch High Schools.

The "Foundation" has created a charitable endowment through the efforts of The Portsmouth Sports Club membership, and contributions from local businesses, charitable foundations, and many individuals.

It has been the goal of "The Foundation" to build an endowment that will support the increase in both number and dollar amount of future scholarships. This has been accomplished this year with the awarding of eleven scholarships in the amount of $3,500 each. The Foundation Board and the Sports Club will continue to evaluate this objective in the future, and make the appropriate increases as the endowment's growth allows.

Currently, five of the awarded scholarships are given in the names of W. O. "Bill" Lewis, Past President and Sports Club Person of the Year; Joseph & "Boots" LoFurno, Life Member and his wife; Chandler Harper, member of the PGA & Virginia Sports Hall of Fame; Marty Brennaman, Ford C. Frick Award Winner/ The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame; and Roland "Buck" Dodson, current Chairman of the Sports Foundation, Past President and Sports Person of the Year.

Since the inception of the Portsmouth Sports Foundation, the scholarships awarded through the Jamboree in 2009 was approximately $221,000.00. At the Jamboree held on January 25, 2010, eight scholarships were awarded in the amount of $3,500.00 each ($28,000.00 awarded that night).

At the March 3, 2011 Jamboree, there will be eleven scholarships awarded at
$3,500.00 each, making the total scholarships awarded approximately $285,500.00 since the Foundation’s inception. The balance of the endowment fund is now $200,000.00. You are invited to become a part of this very worthwhile endeavor by making a "Tax Exempt" contribution to The Portsmouth Sports Foundation, Inc., P. O. Box 237, Portsmouth, Virginia 23705.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Buck Dodson, President

Gracie Van Dyck, Vice President

Bill Kline, Secretary

Gene Luke, Treasurer

Nick Moore, Immediate Past-President

Brian Atwood

Richard Harrison

Don Hundley

Bill Leffler

Todd Rose

Burle Stromberg

David Tynch