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| Vivian Landis & Paula Barry: Hideaway Residents on Bronze & 3.0-Minus teams |
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| Captain "Calamity Jane" Hill and Sheri Marks playing on our 3.0-Minus team |
Rick Walker showed for the men’s round robin this past
Friday (11/6) but he was the only one to make an appearance. I know that Jim
Larva, Bill Dey and Bob Ostrom are around, so hopefully they will come out to
join David Ullum and Zdenek Fiala in the near future. As for the ladies, I think they are pretty
much getting all the tennis they can handle with team matches and mixed doubles
round robin.
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| 3.0-Minus Co-captain Terri Turner and Ann Stevens who play on both Bronze & 3.0-Minus teams |
Our tennis activity currently revolves around ladies’ team
play, and although it’s a bit early to be too concerned with where we are in the
standings, two of our ladies teams are off to a good start while the other two
have had it rough in the early going. I’m afraid I’m going to have to take
some of the responsibility for the rough start, because even though our teams have
been competitive in many of the early losses, we haven’t had the tiebreaks go
our way. The coach has to take some responsibility for that, no?
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| Tina Willard and 3.5-minus Captain Debbie Vollrath fight for the W...and get it |
Before going any further, I’d like to send out a sincere
note of thanks to our team captains: Linda Sisco, Donna McVety, and Gutte Carr
(Silver); Pat BenDov and Rennie Bassett (Bronze); Jane Hill and Terri Turner
(3.0-Minus); and Debbie Vollrath and Jami McCormick (3.5-Minus). These ladies
have a tough and often thankless job, so I just want to make sure they know
that I am grateful for their efforts!
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| Angela Middleton & Lynne Price in foreground Vivian & Paula in background |
That acknowledged, of the four Hideaway teams in action, our
Bronze team is off to the best start as far as wins and losses go. Our Bronze
ladies have won one and tied the other in the two team matches played thus far.
They have won six of the eight individual matches played, including a sweep of
all four individual matches in their most recent match against Legends on
11/4/15.
Our Bronze players have played two tiebreaks (one set
tiebreak, the other a match tiebreak) and have lost them both. Those tiebreak
losses resulted in one of the two individual match losses the team has
recorded. , However, Hideaway Bronze currently sits in a tie for 3rd-place, and
the next home match is Wednesday December 2 at 9:30am.
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| Hideaway resident Michelle Paquette teams with Betsy Barnwell to claim victory in 3.5-Minus match |
Our 3.5-Minus team is also off to a good start, sitting in 6th-place
after two team matches, and winning four of the eight individual matches
played. Of the four matches we have lost, we have played three tiebreaks (two
seven-pointers, one 10-pointer) and have lost them all. If you are counting, that adds up to five tiebreaks played and five tiebreaks lost! Betsy Barnwell and Tina
Willard have led the way thus far for the 3.5-Minus team with two wins each. Our 3.5-Minus team plays at home next on Wednesday, November 18, at
9:30am.
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| Barb Saling & Gwen Burdzy in 3.5-Minus match |
Our 3.0-Minus team has come up a bit short in three of our
first four matches, but things are looking up as we took two of the four individual
matches in our most recent match (11/5/15) against Cape Coral Yacht Club on
hard courts, definitely not our favorite surface. As with our 3.5-Minus team,
we have been competitive in many of the matches we have lost, but have lost
five of the seven tiebreaks played (that’s a total of 10 losses in 12 tiebreaks!).
Co-captain Terri Turner claimed one match tiebreak win with Lawanna Hulfeld
against CCYC, and Lynne Price and Maria Mosco closed out a win against
Lexington with a second-set-tiebreak win. Our next 3.0-Minus home match takes
place this coming Thursday, November 12, at 10:30am.
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| 3.5-Minus team member and Tommy Carlisle watch first 3.5-Minus home match |
The going has been rough for our shorthanded Silver team in
the early going, losing our first three matches and having won just two of the
12 individual matches played. Playing two top-ten teams hasn’t helped our cause
either, especially playing the No.2 team on their home hard courts. Despite the
difficult start, our Silver ladies still approach each match with enthusiasm
and give it all they have…
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| Kathy O'Rourke & Laurie Stanley support their 3.5-Minus teammates |
Oh, and they have a .500 record in tiebreaks, having won one
and lost one. Martha Carlisle and Agi Keleman posted a match-tiebreak win
against Rutenberg Aces on their hard courts in the second match of the season. We should have a good shot at doing well in
our next match, although it too is on hard courts and we won’t field a full team
as a result. Our next Silver home match is Friday, December 11, at 10:30am. In
support of their efforts, I can only ask that they keep the faith and continue
to enjoy playing the game regardless of outcomes.
Before I close, let me remind you that you can reserve court
time at usptaplayer.com
and can access Hideaway information such
as team rosters and match schedules, meeting minutes, Tennis Handbook etc. with
the following link (http://1drv.ms/1L1Uphy). If you don’t have or know your login
information for usptaplayer.com please let me know and I’ll do what I can to
assist. Until next, welcome to the 2015-16 Hideaway Tennis season, and I’ll see
you around the courts.
