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Twelve of Rossmoor's Wild Card champions battled it out in the spirit of competition and camaraderie. The standard was remarkable with very few unforced errors, lots of long rallies, counter-punches and put away winners.
In a nail biting final round, Susan Hill and Dave Kern took a close victory over Rowena Slee and her partner to clinch the following results.
For the women, Rowena Slee and Susan Hill shared first place, each with 18 points. Becky Reiss took second and Linda Hague took third.
One the men's side, Dave Kern took first place with 19 points, edging out Ed Logwood on 18 points, with Ron Wyman coming third.
All players qualified for the Championships by placing in one of the monthly Wild Card tournaments hosted by the Rossmoor Tennis Club. These events are open to anyone in Rossmoor, whether or not they are a member of the club. The tournaments are played over seven rounds.
Congratulations to the winners and all the other finalists: Barbara Blum, Carol Pillsbury, Margaret Logwood, Shin Kim and Terry Quinlan.
We'll see you back again in 2020.
[Left to Right in the picture: Ron Wyman, Ed Logwood, Dave Kern, Susan Hill, Rowena Slee, Becky Reiss and Linda Hague]
Another great monthly Rossmoor Tennis Club Wild Card! Saturday July 6 saw 70 degrees, low humidity, great weather and 24 eager players.
Six rounds of very competitive play saw the womens' and mens' leaders face off in the last round. In the end Becky Reiss and her partner won out, knocking Jerry Robinson out of first place and down into third. Ed Logwood and Jim Lindsay seized the opportunity to sneak by into first and second places.
On the womens side, Susan Mann took second alone. In the spirit of fun, three women collaborated to create a three-way tie for third place. Congratulations to Poppy Tanner, Shin Kim and Terry Tobey.
Left to right:Terry Tobey, Shin Kim, Jim Lindsay, Becky Reiss, Ed Logwood, Susan Mann, Poppy Tanner and Jerry Robinson.
8 rounds of chopping and changing teams had the winners working their way up to the top court..
In the final round, Roger Artley and Terry Tobi took a closely fought decision over Terry Quinlan and Allan Tam.
On the second court, Elicha Gatelmundi and Jerry Robinson were edged out by Ed Logwood and Eileen Plotkin.
The new format was judged to be a great success with a lot of positive comments. Teams split and change every round with the winners moving up toward the top court.
It was a glorious crisp fall morning, ideal for the tournament of champions -- the Wild Card Championships. Coffee, breakfast, orange juice, all provided by Rowena Slee. Glorious!
18 women and 12 men qualified by placing first through third in one of club's many Wild Card tournaments during the year. Competing in the grand finale were:
On the womens' side: Cinnamon Renvall, Eppie Ying, Joan Gardner, Liz Rutter, Shelly Schlender, Shin Kim, Susan Mann and Terry Quinlan.
On the mens' side: Alan Tam, Chris Bang, Chris Christopher, Ed Logwood, Ken Steiner, Larry Barclay, Mike Ying and Ron Wyman.
Things started slowly with many 2-2 ties in the first two rounds but then some players started to pull away, then others caught up again. After more rounds of jockeying, five of the eight men were still in contention to win, and four of the women, going into the last round.
Liz Rutter and Susan Mann both scored three points in the last round to stay in joint first place, while Shin Kim and Terry Quinlan took joint third place,
Allan Tam's last round perfect score wasn't quite enough to catch Ed Logwood who took first place, leaving Allan in second. Ken Steiner and Mike Ying tied in third place.
Congratulations to all competitors. See you next year. Your tournament director, Chris Slee.
Buckeye Grove was filled with music, food and more than 50 tennis aficionados on Saturday evening 18 August. It was the tennis club's Jimmy Buffet themed "Burgers in Paradise" party.
The festive atmosphere was made possible by the efforts of Mary Ann Shields and other club members who gathered parrots, festive tablecloths, parrot lights and other tropical decorations. Byron Kelly worked the blender serving up custom margaritas with a variety of salt rimmed glasses. Lenny Cook served up perfectly done burgers and special request entrees, staying cool while thinking of the kayak trip along Puget Sound glaciers that he took two weeks ago.
The home-made side dishes of salads, casseroles and desserts brought by the club's excellent chefs were all mouth-watering.
As the evening cooled some players got on the courts for friendly doubles matches. The Tennis Club's Saturday evening BBQ's, following a potluck format, will continue throughout the summer.
Photo Captions: Photo 1: Burgers in Paradise Chef Lenny Cook, Photo 2: Burgers in Paradise organizers Byron Kelley and Mary Ann Shields
Research indicates regular badminton and tennis are sports most protective to health, while football and running are bottom of the table
Photograph: Cyberimage/Getty Images
Not keen on racket sports? Don’t despair: the authors stress that all types of physical activity are beneficial to health.
If you want to stave off death for as long as possible, you might want to reach for a tennis racket.
Scientists attempting to tease apart the benefits of different sports have found that regularly taking part in sports such as badminton or tennis reduces your risk of death at any given age by almost 50%, with swimming and aerobics also proving protective.
The men’s team ran into a buzz saw at Round Hill CC on May 23. We lost 4-1. Here’s the scores:
Larry Barclay and Frank Haswell. L 6-1, 7-5.
David Hickey and Bernie Wolf. L 6-2, 6-2.
Jerry Robinson and Dave Kern. L 2-6, 6-2, 10-12.
Ron Wyman and Barry Brian. L 6-3, 7-5.
Chris Christopher and Murray Veroff. W 6-3, 6-4.
At Line 1, Larry and Frank came up against a former collegiate player and his team mate who were both very strong, as the final score denotes. They fought back in the second set and only a single point made the difference between winning and losing the second set.
Bernie and David, playing at Line 2, were overcome by a huge server by the name of Mike. Mike not only had a big serve, but he also had smooth finesse and touch, hitting many drop shots for outright winners. Power and finesse in the same player is very unusual.
Line 3 players Jerry and Dave had many chances to win but were overcome by a wily RH team. The final 10-point tiebreak third set was a nail biter with the lead changing hands many times.
Line 4 players Barry and Ron, having lost the first set, were up 5-2 in the second, but, alas, their opponents made a comeback and won the second set. What a revoltin’ development!
Chris and Murray played at Line 5 and were the only Rossmoor team to win. Hey, one out of five is better than none.
The team thanks Larry Barclay for handling the captain duties.
