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Think of Labor Day as the start of a 'Second Season' here at the club. Yes. The club seems so...deserted?...desolate? now. But right around Labor Day, people show up, people who we haven't seen for months. And they are ready to frolick. The volume picks up. The pace picks up. It's hard to get a court at prime time. The phone rings off the hook. The porch is packed.
But right now, it is very quiet here at the club.
And Labor Day isn't just a signifier. No, Labor Day is a thing unto itself. Here at the club, we celebrate with:
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The Labor Day Tennis Jamboree On Monday, September 2, The club will host a GIANT Labor Day party, a potluck, a picnic, a barbecue, a round robin. All rolled into one. The club will supply the basics: burgers, dogs (gotta have those dogs), beer! and soda. All day, all court pick-up doubles! If you bring a guest, please pay a prime time guest fee. If you want to help round out the menu (there is a pot-luck part to the party), please bring (according to the first initial of your last name):
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The next round robin, a catered affair, is scheduled for September 5, a Thursday.
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The tournament draw has been posted on the special Club Tournament bulletin board inside the clubhouse. We have links to a site with the draws posted and kept current. (Draw sheet formats are beyond the capability of HTML and have been done in java on a site maintained by a Friend-of-the-Club.) The results are pretty much up-to-date, as of 8-15-02.
Note The Finals have been re-scheduled to Saturday, September 14, and Sunday, September 15.
And also Note that you can help us by emailing results to Our Friend. We post results, not scores.
Beyond also note: Please play some matches.
Beyond beyond: The defaulting bird hovers, looking to swoop. Don't let her swoop on you.
Last year the tournaments were...how shall we say it?...hot? interesting? So, since our Friend-of-the-Club is willing to help (she does more than help: she does all the heavy lifting. Java! indeed), we're going to list the draws and outcomes of last year's tournaments. Folks who follow the tournaments online might figure out who our Friend is and tell her thanks when you see her. We sure thank her.
Rick Rose's Doubles Clinics are now running on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The clinics run from 10:00 to 11:30 and cost $14.00. And they are very popular. Check them out.
Here's a link to the official U.S.Open site.
Here's a link to the espn site, with pro ranking.
Take a look
Website Update: Events, Members, and Reservation Requests are not active parts of the site nowadays. Timelines is not for civilians.
The Governors and committees page, the Activities page (round robins, tournaments, etc), and the Rules page have all been updated. We thank the folks who have kindly done some on-line proofreading. And we solicit any additional proofreading. Or comments. Or essays, rhapsodies, haiku, bulletins, rants, objections. Or praise. Especially items that we might actually put up on the page. Anonymity is assured.
The Yearbook link will take you to the last newspage from 2001. 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.
Joe DeBassio, 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 you can read the news pages for the whole year (2001). The less-than link (<) next to the honeycomb icon will take you to the last issue of the newspage.
