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Cupertino Tennis Club News
November, 2007
My Spin on Things by Bob McCord, President
The annual CTC General Membership meeting is scheduled for Saturday, December 1st, at the Cupertino Hills Swim & Racquet Club. The meeting will start at 5:30PM with refreshments, appetizers and pizza! The business meeting will begin at 6:30PM with the election of the 2008 CTC Board. The election is a chance for your voice to be heard about who will represent you in the operation of your Tennis Club. With free food, an important voting opportunity and good friends to touch base with do you need any other reason to attend?
Due to the strong
interest from so many members, the CTC Mixed Doubles social, held on October
7th, was a great success. The tennis, food and prizes were excellent and
we learned a few things that will make next year's socials even better.
Thanks again to Arlene Hanson for organizing this event and thanks also
to Mike Wilkens for helping to make the day run smoothly by scheduling
the partners and their games ahead of time. Thanks go out to all of the
people who pitched in to help Arlene as well. The CTC Board would like
to ask all of you to think about volunteering to coordinate a social (or
two) next year. There are plenty of people willing to help - we just need
someone to take the lead. Come to the CTC General membership and toss
your hat into the ring!
Have you seen the CTC tennis towels? Some members received their towel
at the tennis social. There are some logistics to figure out for getting
them to everyone so please be patient. We will be distributing the CTC
towels at the December meeting - one more good reason to attend!
The Cupertino Sports Center has set the date for their 2008 Open House. It will be on Saturday, January 12th, from 10 AM until noon. In the past, they have offered great discounts on yearly membership rates to those attending the Open House and will do so again this year, simply adding a year on to your current membership. Mark your calendars and stop by.
Play well and have
fun,
Bob McCord
"Volley"
Your Way to Successful Returns!
By Dana Gill, Director of Lifetime Tennis
Many people swing away at every return of serve. This technique works well for slow 2nd serves, but is problematic for faster 1st and 2nd serves since it adds unnecessary power and decreases accuracy. In order to put more balls in play and improve placement, simply shorten the back swing and block or "volley" the return (after the bounce, that is). Roger Federer has been doing this for years with his backhand return. Since the surfaces of Wimbledon and the US Open are so fast, he minimizes the power serves of the likes of Andy Roddick with compact, controlled returns. He learned this from Pete Sampras, who utilized this skill to achieve many Grand Slam victories in the 90's.
USTA and GRAND
PRIX News
by Bob Larocca,
USTA coordinator
The Club had several members that qualified for NorCal's end-of-the-season Grand Prix Tournament. On the women's side, we had Ava Wu, who won the Women's 3.0 Singles Championship and Natalya Bach and Jessica Ma making it to the semifinals in Women's 3.5 Doubles. On the men's side, Anthony Brittis and E.G. Kim finished 2nd in the Men's 4.0 Doubles, losing a three set final to fellow club member Stephen Spray and his partner.
On the Senior Circuit, the Club showed outstanding strength in the over 65 and over 70 age groups. Bob Slavik and Larry (Bud) West are now the #1 pair in NorCal 65 Men's Doubles. Bob also teamed up with Tony Fadelli enough times so that their team ranks 3rd. Bob has the highest individual ranking for 65 Doubles players, with Larry in 2nd place and Tony in 5th.
In the 70 Men's Doubles, Hal Zamzow and Tad Yoshikawa hold the honor of being the top rated team in NorCal and they are tied for 2nd place in the individual rankings as well.
Well done, everyone!
CTC
Member Appreciation Social Report:
And the Winners are............
by Arlene Hanson, Social Coordinator
The CTC Member Appreciation Social was held on Sunday, October 7th and
it looked like everyone had a lot of fun. I received many positive comments
from players saying that the social gave them a chance to meet and play
with other people in the tennis club besides the players on their USTA
teams. They also said they would like to see more of these socials.
The Social was a mixed doubles round robin with 27 women and 27 men participating. The event had 6 rounds scheduled and each player played 4 rounds consisting of 8 no-ad games. Mike Wilkens prepared an interesting series of matches for the players, and successfully provided competitive matches for everyone. In two of the rounds, players partnered with (and played against) those at their own level. The other two rounds were "mixers", with a variety of 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 player combinations.
Everyone kept track
of the number of games they won and after playing 32 games, submitted
their score sheets to Charlie Hanson. Scores were tallied and announced
by Charlie Hanson. McHarts pizza was delivered and devoured. A bottle
of wine was awarded to the 6 players who won the most games. And the winners
are...................
#1
Len Lyfoung 25 games
Tied for #2:
Anne Neeter 22 games
Bob McCord 22 games
Tied for #3:
Anna Boyarshinova 21 games
Shannon Thwaite 21 games
Raymond Yan 21 games
The - Most - Amazing - Cookies to bring to your next interclub!
Thanks to Sue Williams for this great recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter
6 oz semi sweet chocolate
1 cup flaked coconut
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
10 oz cream cheese, softened
1cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
(Makes 4 dozen cookies)
Instructions:
Microwave 3/4c butter
& 2 oz chocolate for 1-2 minutes until melted - stir frequently
Stir in crumbs, coconut, & pecans
Press into bottom of 9x13 pan.
Chill 30 minutes
Microwave remaining butter & chocolate until melted.
Spread over cream cheese layer.
Chill - cut into squares - enjoy!
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