CTCNewsletter PassingShots September 2012

A message from the CTC President:

Fellow CTC members,

I hope you are enjoying the umbrellas shadingthe USTA competition courts 2-7. The umbrellas are part of the Sports Centerfacility improvement projects funded by our Club. Recently, we have also added6 more

benches to those courts. As I mentioned in the last newsletter,the Board is also working on 2 projects that

should be ready this fall. First, we are working with the SportsCenter on a court weather-conditions viewing web cam. Our goal is to have it installed and online before the rainyseason. Second is a brand-new CTCwebsite. Our web master and histeam are working hard to launch a beta version in the latter part of thisyear. I would like to ask for yourpatience regarding our completion dates since volunteers are doing all of thework in their free time. On behalf of the CTC Board, I would like to thank allof the members who sent us facility improvement suggestions throughout the lastyear. I also appreciate all of the feedback we have received on the actionsthat the Board has taken. Yoursuggestions and comments are always helpful in setting our direction and focus.

Admiring the success of the Women’s Interclub,many men in the past year had requested the Board sponsor a Men’s Interclub andin response, (in the last newsletter), I announced that the Board voted to funda Men’s Interclub for 2013. Iasked for anyone interested in participating to email me. So far, I have received only a handfulof responses. I would like to keepthis offer open for another couple of months. If there is still not enough interest, we will close theoffer and no money will be allocated to the Men’s Interclub in the 2013 budget.

Time has gone by so fast - we are alreadyapproaching the 4th quarter of the year. It is now time, yet again, to startforming the new CTC Board for 2013. The elections and final selection of the next Board will be held at theAnnual Membership Meeting in December. Although every Board Director position is up for nominations, 2positions will definitely be vacant and need to be filled. Because of the 2-year term limit forthe CTC President and Treasurer positions as dictated by the CTC Bylaws, bothJack Stanley and I will be leaving the CTC Board at the end of the year.

I urge everyone who would like to volunteeryour time and effort for the betterment of the Club to consider running for aBoard Director position for 2013. Please contact Pat Frischmann, CTC Vice President at V-P@CupertinoTennisClub.orgfor any questions. You can find a list of Board positions below. Your passion and involvement are keysto the success and continual future success of our Club.

Raymond Yan, CTC President

Would you like to have a say...... in how CTC tennis isrun at the Cupertino Sports Center? Yes? Then we need your help! The all-volunteer CTC Board needs your time, your ideas, your help and yourexpertise. We need you to volunteer.

Board members are elected at the AnnualMembership Meeting in December so right now is a great time to volunteer forone of the Board positions below.

President (maximum 2 year term)

Vice President

Treasurer (maximum 2 year term)

Secretary

Membership

USTA Coordinator

Interclub coordinators

Socials Events

Public Relations/Newsletter

Webmaster

Web site Technical Manager

Tovolunteer or for more information, please email Pat Frischmann at V-P@CupertinoTennisClub.org

USTANEWS submittedby Jane Chan, CTC USTA Coordinator

CTCUSTA teams on fire!

All 4 of ourCTC Super Senior 60’s teams made it to the 1st round playoffs this season. Theteams burning up the courts were the Women’s 7.0 (captain Jo Pak), 2 Men’s 7.0teams (captains Larry Chen and Fred Tierney) and the Men’s 8.0 (captain PaulRomeo. Congratulations everyone!

In the AdultLeague category, we also saw 4 of our teams in the 1st round playoffs. Our red hot teams: Women’s 3.0 (captainPat Perry), Women’s 3.5 (captain Debbie Argabright), Women’s 4.0 (Lynn Stark)and Women’s 4.5 (Lynn Stark). Awesome playing!

Congratulationsto the Men’s Super Senior 60 7.0 team captained by Fred Tierney and SuperSenior 60 8.0 team captained by Paul Romeo - they made it to Sectionals!! Goodluck guys!

CTC Adult Mixed League teams are well underwayand 50Mixed is starting up. Results will be reported in the next newsletter. As always, we wish everyone good luckand great matches.

Next on the USTA League schedule isCombo (see the list of captains below) and one Super Senior Men’s 70’s 7.5team, captained by Nebojsa (Boris) Advdalovic. Team registration is underway. CTC will offer 16 teams forthis season with the playing season starting October 1st and ending December 2,2012.

A reminder to the Combo captains: Please form your roster with “1stchoice” declared players before accepting any players who declared “2nd choice”or “Any” declared players. NON-DECLARED players should be last in line for aplace on your roster. This is afair way to apply to “Intent to Play” procedure.

Please note that the “Intent to Play”declaration period for Combo has ended. Players - if you DID NOT declare your intentto play on a Combo team but would like to play, I remind you that the captains MUSTchoosefrom the “declared” lists first.

A special note to the declared “ANY”players: I appreciate yourparticipation in the “Intent to Play” process. Now is the time to be pro-active and contact a captain tohave your name added to the roster. Please remember that the rosters fill quickly and the captains will tryto accommodate you as much as possible. If you have any questions, please emailme at USTA@Cupertinotennisclub.org.

2012 Combo team captains:

Men:

6.5 captains Kiran Kolpe and Tak Young

7.5 captains Corey Ebadat, Kevin Ong and LarryChen

8.5 captains Joe Stevens, Gorti Brahmanandamand Roger Okamoto

Women:

6.5 captains Pat Frischmann, Pat Perry andSukkin Fong

7.5 captains Anne Neeter, Gail Leung andDebbie Argabright

8.5 captains April Abreau and Sharada Labadie

As usual, CTC has reached the maximum numberof USTA teams able to play on the CSC courts. I am taking an optimistic view that USTA will not overwhelmus with home matches all in the same week. If that situation does arise andhome match dates need to be rearranged, I’m sure I can count on the captains(and the players) to be flexible. We will all do the best we can to work together! If you have anyquestions, please email me at USTA@Cupertinotennisclub.org.

*PLAYERS:YOU HAVE THE POWER!  You are the only ones who can avoid theClub instituting the dreaded “Do Not Declare, Do Not Play” rule by diligentlyusing the “Intent to Play” procedure. It is no secret that courts and court time are limited. My goal is toschedule as many teams as possible so that as many members as possible get toparticipate in the USTA leagues. Icannot emphasize enough the importance of declaring your intent to play so thataccurate plans can be made in a timely manner. Many thanks to the captains and members who adhere to therule and declare their intent to play. Unfortunately, there are still too many repeat offenders- those who donot (or never) use the Intent process yet assume they will be on a team.  So far, they have been lucky enough toplay. WARNING... Unless we see a decline in Repeat Offenderssoon, the Club will establish a Do Not Declare, Do Not Play rule. 2013 USTA Leagues will be here beforewe know it so when you receive the email stating the dates for “Intent to Play”Adult or Senior league tennis, make a point to go on the website (www.cupertinotennisclub.org)and DECLARE! With USTA creating newleagues (and over-lapping play times), it becomes more and more of a challengeto find court time at CSC to accommodate all of our players.  Help us by letting us know your intentions......................................................................

DECLARE, DECLARE, DECLARE !!

FIREUP YOUR TENNIS GAME.... and join us for another CTC CLUB SOCIAL

The September Tennis Social will be held onSaturday, September 29, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Keep an eye out for an email, to be sent to all CTC memberssoon, detailing the sign-up process.

Play will be the usual: men’s and women’sdoubles and mixed doubles, on 6 courts, in a rotating 8 game format. This is anexcellent way to meet other members as well as catch up with old friends. Food and soft drinks will be providedafter play at around 8:30 PM.

Help is always greatly appreciated so if youcan spare a little time, please let me hear from you. My email address is Socials@Cupertinotennisclub.org.

Rob Kunzler

Albert Mirko

Albert Mirko, of Gilroy, CA, age 69, passedaway peacefully on July 12, 2012, with his family and friends by his side.

As a professional racecar driver, Albert ownedMirko Racing. As an avid tennis player, he was a member of CTC, Gilroy andMorgan Hill Tennis Clubs. As an animal lover, he was the co-founder andDirector of Town Cats, a nonprofit cat shelter and adoption center located inMorgan Hill.

Albert played on a number of USTA leagues. Hisparticipation in this years Super Senior 65 Men’s 3.5 team at CTC ended with animpressive 6-2 record.

CTC was pleased to follow the suggestion ofhis family and donate $50 to Town Cats in honor of our tennis friend.

Susan Cirelli Flores

Susan Cirelli Flores, 66, of San Jose, CA,passed way on July 6, 2012, with her husband, Herman, by her side. She was a 1964 graduate of Robert E.High School and was a realtor in Baytown, Texas.

Susan also worked at the Front Desk of theSports Center for many years. If you ever called at 8:00 AM for a court whileSusan was there, her ever-cheerful voice would answer the phone. She had thegift of recognizing most of us simply by hearing our voice. She was a hardworking, kind and caring lady.

Funeral and cremation services were held inher hometown of Baytown, Texas.

CTC has had the privilege of making a $50donation to the American Heart Association in her name.

CTC would also like to pay tribute to a localtennis legend, Alex Swetka, who died on July 17th, 2012. He was 94. TheMountain View Voice ran a wonderful article highlighting his life and tenniscareer. You can read it on the webat

http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5883.

A celebration of Alex’s life is scheduled forSaturday, September 15, at Cuesta Park. MVTC has been asked to help provide the following items:

o   Gatorade-style coolers

o   Power Generator

o   Volunteers to help set uptables, etc.

Please contact John Togasaki at Mountain ViewTennis (Cuesta Park) for details on the Memorial or if you would like to help.If you need his email address, please email Dotti Rado at

Pub-Rel@Cupertinotennisclub.org.

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