Spring at the Pastime Athletic Club

We hope this finds you all well!

Although Syracuse Basketball isn't marching us into spring, there is a lot to enjoy at the Club and in the sporting world. 

Come down to work on your golf swing and bring the kids to get a jump on their baseball swing in our hitting cages.

We are looking forward to the Master's with our annual Master's Challenge. A game board is attached here and can be returned to the Club with payment. Masters coverage begins on April 6th.

NCAA Basketball action daily! 

Live European Soccer on regularly in the afternoon.

Baseball is getting underway and we will be happy to tune in to any available game you'd like to see.

Our Men's Monday basketball playoff's start this week at 6:00pm. Come down to see some interesting and entertaining basketball. You might not be impressed but you won't be dissapointed. Drinks are allowed in the gym but as always, take out what you bring in and let's keep the popcorn in the bar.

May 2nd!  "Mint Juleps and Busted Lips" A Day of Thoroughbreds

'Mint Juleps" will be served all day in preparation for the running of the Kentucky Derby in the evening and then the scene will turn to boxing and the drink to "Bloody Manny's" as we prepare for the Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao boxing match. (Everyone may have their favorite but remember that Mayweather represents American Boxing).  We are hoping to add some other events at the Club in between these two incredible sporting events.  We will purchase the fight package.

Mark it on your calendar!

We have some fantastic new members to welcome! 

Be sure to welcome and introduce yourself to new faces at the Club.

Eric Vinal

Bud Pecoy

Bob Quirk

Joe Rossi

Matt Marko

Ben Keser

Robert Pienkowski

Please continue to encourage your friends to join. 

Fish Fry

We are constantly working to improve our menu and hours. As support for our kitchen grows we will be able to offer more.  Our Friday Fish Fry has been successful and we have decided that we will continue this throughout the year.  On Friday March 27th the Syracuse Elks will host the Fish Fry dinner.

Open Bowling

Fridays from 5:30 - 9:30

Bring your friends and family down for a fun night of bowling.

Baseball

We are hoping to enter a Pastime AC team in the Syracuse Men's Senior Baseball League. Players are needed. The Club will help with the costs and with fundraising.

Owen Donovan has volunteered to manage this team. Please contact Owen if interested at ragtimeball@aol.com.

Needs and Wants

We are planning to upgrade our front door buzzer to a video doorbell for the safety of our employees. This will give our employees the option of seeing/speaking to who is at the door before buzzing them into the building if needed. We are in need of a small tablet for the interface portion of the system. The tablet can be iOS iPod or iPad or an Android device of any size. If you have something that is not used and could be donated to the club it would be greatly appreciated.

We are always looking for old sporting material from Pastimes, Syracuse or any other local sports pictures, signs, banners, trophies etc, for Club rooms.  These can be dropped off at the bar or left in the outer office.

News

Thank you very much to John Brown for restoring the old Welcome Pastime A.C. sign that hung in the gymnasium for many years, was destroyed and is now back and hanging proudly. This sign was also used in the past on the Club's St. Patrick's Day parade float.  Thank's to Judd Davis, we have decided to register the Club in next years parade and resume this tradition.

Congratulations to our Chili Chowder Cookoff Winners.

Chili Winner: Jeremy Irwin

Chowder Winner: Wayne Hess

Thank you to everyone who participated. 

All the entries were delicious and everyone had a great time.

We continue to work hard to participate and improve our neighborhood and community. We have joined the Greater North Salina Business Association.  We are working with Northside UP to create beneficial partnerships with our neighbors.  We are working with the Washington Square Park revitalization committee to offer volunteers and resources that will help them restore ("save") this landmark and important recreational space for our neighborhood's young people.  We are committed to sponsoring charities that are important to our members. Please email us if you need space for a fundraiser or just a door prize. 

125th Anniversary Campaign

Thank you so much to all who have pledged or donated thus far. We know that this campaign will be successful and will help to ensure a prosperous further for the Club.

We are in the process of forming a 125th Anniversary Committee.  This committee will assist with fundraising and help to prepare a celebration to mark the occasion.  Please email us here or leave us a note if you would like to join this committee.

Charity Basketball League to start in April. Email us to join or for more information.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about your Membership.

Have a great weekend and thank you for your support.

See you at the Club!

Exciting Times

We hope this finds you all well.

Things at the Club continue to improve thanks to all your support.

We are proud and grateful to all of the families that participated in our youth basketball league which wrapped up this week.  The kids worked hard and got better every week.

We hope that all of the parents will consider a year round membership at the Club so the kids can continue to work on their skills throughout the year.

As the spring sports season approaches, remember that we have the batting cage and driving range set up for the kids to start preparing.

Please welcome our Newest Members. We are proud and excited to have you join.

Latavius Murray

Gerry Ashe

James Baker

Robert May

Matt Straub

Peter Conover

Duriel Carney

Todd Teeter

Tim Rudd

Dave Herring

Makuei Chol

Lino Magen

Terrell Bonner

Please introduce yourself to new faces and make them feel comfortable.

Anthony Bourdain visited the Club in December to spend time with one of our members, Frank Shattuck. Bourdain will be featuring Frank in an upcoming episode of a show he's working on called, "Raw Craft".  The producer's felt that the Club fit in well with the show.  Here is a link to the trailer for the show which shows Frank working out downstairs and then shows Bourdain walking outside at the end.  Thanks again to Frank for sharing this experience with us.

Raw Craft

Our 125th Anniversary Campaign is underway and we are $7,300 closer to our goal of $125,000. Thank you to all who have made donations or pledges. We are looking for Campaign Committee members. If interested, please email us here.

Our Friday Fish Fry will begin this Friday for lunch and dinner and will run through Lent.

Club space reservations can now be requested on our web site at : www.pastimeathleticclub.org/reservations.html

Consider us when planning your next gathering.

We will be posting a meeting of the GSIOC within the next week, The GSIOC (Gebhart Sauter's Iye Opener Club), founded in 1894, is a Club made up of Pastime Members, who have a private Club Room on the second floor.  We plan to reorganize the club, collect dues and make renovations to the Club room this spring. Stay tuned for more info.. 

Email us here if you are interested in joining.

We are also in the process of cleaning out the upstairs kitchen to make room for more exercise space.  We need to sell the commercial dishwasher that is up there. Please let us know if you can help us get that sold. Also, let us know if you have any gym equipment, weights, boxing equip, etc that could be used upstairs.

We are still looking for sports memorabilia, pictures and posters for our Club rooms. Feel free to drop stuff off at the bar or contact us here to arrange for pick up.

As always, please email us here with any questions or concerns.

Have a great week!

125th Anniversary Celebration Campaign!!!

Our 125th Anniversary Celebration Campaign is underway! Thank you to our Board of Directors for making the first pledge of $6,000. Please consider pledging what you can and stay tuned for more information.

PAC Updates

We hope this finds everyone well!

It's been a busy few weeks at the Club.

New Members 

We are excited to welcome more new members to the Club.  

As always, please introduce yourself when you see new faces.

David Foor

Marc Sacco

Kevin Vieau

Nelson Villanueva

Ryan McMahon

Joe Antuna

Brian Turner

Enrique Carrasco

Welcome to the Club! 

We are here if you ever have questions.

Contact us at this email address anytime or call Becky Heindorf with Membership questions at 315-863-0125.

Events

The gymnasium will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday next week (2/4-2/5) for refinishing.  

Sunday February 1st 6:30 pm

Super Bowl XLIX Party!! Join us for the big game at the Club. Drink and Food Specials!!

SU Tailgate Party: Saturday February 7th against Pitt. 

Tailgate starts at 2. Tipp Off at 4.  Chili and Wings!!

Chili Chowder Cook Off!!

Sat March 7th 12-2 during the SU/NC St game at noon.

Sign up at the Club or just come and judge.

Duke Raffle Tickets available at the bar!! 

($10 for a chance to win 2 tickets to the game on Feb 14th)

Please help us sell more of these tickets.

Annual Meeting

Thank you to all who attended our annual meeting on January 20th.

The meeting was opened by John Falge with some remarks about our progress over the last year and a welcome to our new members. We then had presentations regarding our progress and status by John Beaudoin, Tom Donovan and Ted Ackerman.  At the meeting we highlighted some of our accomplishments over the last year, which included...

 ~ Addition of over 100 new members, a 30% increase.

 ~ Over $140,000 in capital improvements while paying off over $20,000 in debt.

We continue to focus on our members, while also increasing our income and improving our facilities.

We've made incredible progress over the last 12 months and we are excited to see where the next 12 months will take us.

Thank you all for your support.

125th Anniversary

At the annual meeting we announced our 125th Anniversary Celebration Campaign. (Poster Attached) Our goal is to raise $125,000. Funds raised will be used to ensure that Our Club will be renovated, updated and prepared for an exciting and sustainable future that will last another 125 years!  We will celebrate our success together with events leading up to our Anniversary and a Party to mark the occasion. The Board of Directors has pledged $6,000 to get this campaign started.  Donations can be made at the club and left in the campaign box or with a bartender. Special arrangements can be made by contacting Becky Heindorf at 315-863-0125.

We are forming a 125th Anniversary Committee.  If you are interested in joining this committee, please let us know here or contact Becky at the number above.

Have a great week.  See you at the Club!

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News and Events

Happy New Year!

We hope this finds you all well.

We've had a wonderful holiday season at the Club, catching up with old friends and making new ones.

Welcome to our newest members! Be sure to introduce yourself to new faces around the Club. 

We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you soon. Please let us know how we can make your experience better.

Anthony Bourdain

Tim O'Dell

George Neshevski

Matt Alexander

Ben Kilmartin

Sean Halligan

William Halligan

Jeremy Irwin

Chol Majok

Tim Osta

Jason Lazarski

Dan Byrne

Bryan Sizing

James Manyang

John Dau

Martin Akol

Upcoming Events

Pastime Athletic Club General Meeting and Installation of Board of Directors : January 20th 6:00pm

We will provide updates and discuss an exciting future for the Club.

SU v Clemson Tailgate Party January 17th Party Starts at 2:00 Game starts at 4:00pm 

Pre- game snacks, music, drinks……halftime pizza, deli sandwiches, salads, $5 per person.

Duke Raffle!  $10 tickets for a chance to win 2 tickets to the SU v Duke game on Feb 14th. Tickets available at the bar!

Anthony Bourdain - (CNN travel/food connoisseur) visited the Club on December 16th and graciously accepted a Membership.

Despite the rumors, he was not in search of our old Sauerbraten recipe.  He came to the Club to visit one of our members, Frank Shattuck, who he is working on a project with.  We are grateful to Frank that he included us and that the Club will play a part in their project. We will share more information about it when it is complete. We were able to give Anthony the insiders tour of the Club and discuss where we have come and where we hope to go. He applauded our achievements and encouraged us to continue our efforts, recognizing that, what we have, is quite unique in American culture.  

Please continue to let us know how we can improve your Club experience.

Thank you for your support!

News and Updates December 15th

We hope this finds you all well.

Things continue to improve at the club and we look forward to seeing you over the holidays.

Upcoming

We will be having some informal holiday parties that we hope you can attend.

~ An informal Pastime Christmas Party will be held this Friday 12/19 4-8pm. 

~ Friday 12/26 Out of Towner's Happy Hour: Bring your out of town friends and family to the club from 4-8.  This will be a great opportunity for you to show your friends and family the club and invite them to join our membership. Remember that out of towners only pay $75/year for membership!

We will draw our $25 raffle on 12/26.  

There are still tickets available so please stop in and buy a ticket if you haven't already.

~ Join us for all the SU Games! Come Tailgate Inside before!

Holiday Hours

Christmas Eve       7am - 6pm

Christmas Day       Closed

New Years Eve      7am- 10pm

New Years Day      7am - 8pm

~ January 20th 6:00pm ~ Pastime Membership Meeting and Board Installation.

News

We are currently selling raffle tickets for 2 Duke/SU tickets (2/14/15) for $10.

Available at the bar.

We've added Pizza to our menu. 14" pizza for $8. Have one with friends at the bar or grab one to bring home for dinner.

We have some New Members to Welcome:

John Tracy

David Colangelo

Chris Scanlon

Kevin Nickels

Lingsen Zhang

Tim Cooney

Welcome to the Club! Let us know how we can improve your experience.

~ We have been adding and improving our exterior lighting with help from National Grid and Smart Watt Energy. New LED lights are helping add safety and security around our property at night.

~ If you are or know any contractors who would like to make a proposal on renovating our shower/steam room please encourage them to do so. This renovation does not need to be done using tile, any and all bathroom materials and designs will be considered.

We will continue to take bids as we prepare a budget and expect to complete this over the summer.

Needs and Wants

We are looking for Syracuse/SU/Pastime/High School/Parochial League pictures, signs, memorabilia, etc.. to help us decorate the bar and other areas of the club.  If you have anything collecting dust at home, please bring it to the club and we will find a place to display it proudly.  Items can be given to a bartender, placed in the outer office, or you can contact us here and we will arrange the exchange.

There are a few areas of the club that are in need of new furniture.  We are looking for comfortable chairs (leather type material for easy cleaning) for our entranceway.  If you have access to waiting room style comfortable chairs at a good price, please let us know.

As always ~ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

Happy Holidays!

All is well at the Pastime Athletic Club

"The only sound more pronounced than the rolling bowling balls, clanging weights or cheers at the bar this weekend was the sound of children laughing and playing hoops in the gym."

That's what the Club is all about.  Thats what we are working hard to preserve and protect.

We hope you are all well and that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Things continue to improve at the Club and our membership continues to grow.

We would like to welcome our Newest Members to the Club:

Dan Venditti

Dan Young

Jim Burns

Stephen Haust

Ted Tompkins

Tyler Knickerbocker

Nat Dunn

Mike Nocevski

Bob Vertucci

Eric Marcinkowski

Chris Mango

Charles Mango

Patrick Togni

Tyler Eustace

Steve Nickels

Steve Antuna

Thank you all for joining. We appreciate your interest and support. Remember that this is your Club and we hope you will take advantage of our space by using it for activities that make you and your family stronger.  Contact us here anytime with questions or concerns.

News

~ Improvements have been made to out Fitness Center.Come take a look. We have improved our exercise space significantly.

~ We are working to improve our upstairs kitchen which is being emptied to create additional exercise space for activities such as cross fit, boxing and group    classes.

~ Renovations to the upstairs GSIOC bar are almost complete. We will be posting a notice soon to call for a meeting of the GSIOC Club, which is a very old Club within the Club that has not met is quite a while.

~ We are taking focus on our exterior lighting and property surveillance to ensure the comfort and safety of our members in and out of the Club.  Please remember

Upcoming Events

Join us on December 6th at 7:00 pm for another Paint, Sip and Be Merry Event when we paint "Harvest Moon". Register at http://www.paintdrinkandbemerrysyracuse.com/