Michelle Schaffer and Kate Hammond.
'That was one of the longest rallies I've ever seen. I don't have the character to play like that.'
-A Spectator at the Women's Singles Finals
Tournament Frenzy Finale:
Michelle Schaffer defeated Kate Hammond in two sets to become the Women's Singles Champ. Congratulations to Michelle and to Kate and all the tournament players. Good show. (The tournaments are fun to watch. You get to snitch a bagel and listen to Lennie's commentary.)
The tournaments are over now. So, let's see:
Darkness eats the back courts nowadays by about 7:00 and evening play has slowed down. Mornings are crazy busy.
The tournaments are over. The back courts are eaten by darkness and solitude. Is there a bright spot? Well, yes:
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The Columbus Day Party will take place on Monday, 10-8-07, all day. We'll have pick-up doubles, a barbecue, a potluck, and tennis jamboree. (Anyone for clog dancing?) The club will supply barbecue basics: hot dogs, hamburgers, condiments, chips, soft drinks, beer, and maybe a turkey or 2. There is a potluck part to the party. If your last name begins with the letters A-P, you might bring some salad or fruit; If your last name begins with the letters P-Z, you might bring some dessert. Now, the above are suggestions. A donation is not mandatory. (A prime time guest fee is charged if you bring a non-member pal, but you and your pal can spend the day, and play and eat.) |
Note: Johanne is teaching a doubles clinic on Thursday evening, from 5:30 to 7:00. Advance sign-up is required so that the court can be released if there is not enough interest.
Alert: If you park your car on Mt. Auburn St. in the evening or, even worse, overnight, you risk having your windshield smashed and your car looted. A CTC member, playing in the last round robin, was a recent victim. And we notice, of a morning, some shattered windshields. The street there is between parks. (No one can hear your windshield shatter, and, at night, there are few passers-by.)
The staff kindly requests that members observe the rules regarding advance reservations. (Advance reservations may be made from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and again from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) Please don't try to trick the staff, or cajole, confuse, or conjure the staff into giving you an advance reservation at, say, 7:59.99999. No heart breaking stories, please. (My llama is sick. I have to rush her to... I can't wait 'til eight. My Volvo just blew up. I have to save my children. My Golden Retriever just...)
The old house clock was triangulated to the mighty atomic clock in Berne and the Great Cartesian Grid Clock in Oblivia, but now in 2007, we are even more accurate: we use our cell phones and Lennie Singer's cell phone. Lennie's is state of the art. It is something to behold. It just radiates precision. Reservations are not taken until the 8:00 a.m. flashes across the face of what are possibly the most precise timepieces on the planet (and perhaps beyond).
The 'dedicated' court? The club is trying something new this year: a court dedicated all day for the use of the pros. Court 3, usually. The idea is that you members can come to the club any old time and find a pro or a hitting partner and a court and perfect your tennis. The dedicated court is released if no pro has reserved it by 8:00 a.m. the day before. Capiche? (You want a court for 6:00 on Tuesday and they're all booked except for the dedicated court? Call at 8:00 a.m. on Monday. Be happy.)
Please take a look at the new schedule of clinics. This year the club is offering a number of clinics that we haven't had before, some with our new assistant pros.
William Gibson, of Neuromancer fame, said that the future is already here, but that it isn't evenly distributed. CTC has its share: a wireless router. So, if you have a wireless card on your laptop and you want to go somewhere, check with the staff about our password and send your avatar off on adventures.
The club book should be in your hands by now. Much of the information in the book is updated and available on the website.
Some useful links:
Here's a link to the espn site, with pro ranking.
And a club member (let's call him Sol) suggested a link to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. The site is rich.
We still have the tournament draws (from 2001 to 2004) available on-line (including all of the results), thanks to the Java Kid. We are re-locating the links, however.
"On the court, tennis players exchange not only ground strokes but lots of information. It's a richly interactive sport, both verbally and non-verbally. If players communicate clearly, simply, and consistently, the game will proceed more quickly, and with less fuss and misunderstanding. Here are a few guidelines that can make the game more fun, friendly, and fair for all...."
We've had some requests to run Craig Lambert's piece, sampled above, on Tennis Communication. (We'd better leave this link up on the newspage permanently.)
Take a look
Yearbook link will take you to the last newspage from 2006. From there you can see the whole of the Persistent Archive of last year's news.
Website Note: The time and temperature icon below is a link to a Boston weather site.
Webmaster.
Website Note II: The honey-comb icon is also a link. It takes the clicker to an archive of all the past news pages so that said clicker can read the news pages for the whole year (2006). The less-than link (<) next to the honeycomb icon will take clickers to the previous issue of this year's newspage. (Skywriter is for Initiates.)
