President’s Report: Paul and Ellen Sucatre

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE- Another year has zipped by and in January it will be our 8th Anniversary as Co Prezes!! Time Flies- we hope to make it to 10 and then ... IT''S YOUR TURN !!

We have a lot going on in the next few months: Interclub, Drop In, Holiday Party and a January Tournament.—So get your racquet restrung and your dancing shoes on!!

I want to thank our wonderful Board for doing such a great job this year and making us look good! THANKS to those staying on (yes, it is almost impossible to leave!) and A BIG THANK YOU to all our captains this past year for their time and effort in a thankless task! For a community club without a clubhouse, I think we do pretty well keeping tennis alive in our community.

Get well wishes to Leonhard W – our Club Champ Chairman for umpteen years who is recovering from hip surgery. No more singles for him – wore out his artificial hip! Hope the new one is titanium, Leonhard...

SEE YOU ON THE COURTS! – P/E

 

Interclub at Hidden Hills – Saturday, November 27

Yes, It was such a great event last year we’re doing it again this year: A great opportunity to work off that holiday feast. To sign up, email SLTC10S@Hotmail.com or call 510-351-4991. Cost: $5 and the schedule is: 10 am = Men’s 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 Noon = Mixed 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 2:00 pm Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0

 

Holiday Happening – Saturday, December 18

Come with your favorite party hat and your favorite party people. No poopers please. MEMBERS/NON MEMBERS WELCOME! It’s all happening at the Marina Community Center located at Lewelling and Wicks Blvd in San Leandro. If you need directions, call Paul or Ellen. The action starts at 6:00 pm for mingling, dinner is at 7:00 and continues to 9:45 pm (cleanup & asta la vista bebe). It’s pot luck so the eats will be good if you bring a dish to share. Single men are encouraged to bring dessert. There will be music provided by Custom Sounds/DJ Bill. SLTC will include one red and one white wine on each table. Soda and water will be available. To cover the cost of the space rental, we’re asking for a $ contribution (how ‘bout $5.00 per person). Also, see the Club Championship Trophy on display. Results will be available then.

 

General Membership Meeting – Monday, January 24--7:30 pm

Mixed and Senior Season Report

6.0 Mixed – Ben Frager 4 and 3 – 3 more matches to go

7.0 Mixed – Larry Sturgeon/Murline Monat 2 and 6 – 2 more matches to go

3.0 Sr Men – Roger Troutman —5 and 2 – 8 more matches

3.5 Sr Men – Bob De Giere – 3 and 3 – 8 more matches

3.5 Sr Women – Elaine Hackenkamp 4 and 2 --6 more matches

 

You should have been there –

Mary’s Drop In These continued to be a fun event. The sausages and other eats are always yummy. Sometimes the die-hards play tennis til the lights go out. It’s a great time to catch up on all the happenings (and some of the juicier gossip).

Special Bulletin: COME PARTY WITH MARY Sunday, DEC 12 - 2PM-at Baytrees, .--. Just $2 to cover court costs. Members/Non Members are welcome. Bring a dish to share; Men bring beverages.

 

Interclub at Mission Hills on August 1 - Thanks to Murline Monat and Bruce Wallenius –Coordinators Supreme!!

Men’s SLTC won 4 out of 8:      Winners: Carl Wang & Dave Fewless, Roger Troutman & Tom Gillen, Bill Bruce & Bruce Wallenius, Andy O’Loan & Bo Aubrey
Mixed, SLTC won 6 out of 9:Winners: Carl Wang & Janice Lin, Rodney Pitchford & Brenda Ford; Dana Coggins & Jan Murphy; Walt Thomas & Patty Troutman; Nancy& Andy O’Loan; Leonhard & Monika Weidenmeyer
Women's Doubles SLTC won 4 out of 6 Winners: Norma Coldren & Cathy Casha, Janice Lin & Tina Foster; Helen Keating & Jeanette Minot

Interclubs are a fun way to play, spectate and munch –ah, life is good! Resolve to be a part of it all in 2005.

 

Tidbits

Baytrees is resurfaced. Thanks to all those who pressured H.A.R.D. to act on those worn courts, especially Elaine Hackenkamp for her perserverance.

Great opportunities to be part of it all: The Secretary’s slot is open and we welcome a volunteer to fill this slot. About 4 meetings for the year.

Also, anyone is welcome to volunteer to share one interclub this coming year. It entails setting up the players/teams and buying the food. Bruce W brings the beverages, his specialty. If you’d like to help or manage 1 event, Email SLTC10S@HOTMAIL.COM.

 

Au Revoir: To Bruno who’s now in Tennessee and the good life there

Mixed Doubles Tournament sponsored by the San Leandro Tennis Club

Levels of Play: 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Date:       Saturday, January 8, 2005

(rain date = January 9, 2005)

Time:      9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Place:    Cherry Grove Courts, in San Leandro

Free           – (SLTC Members, please bring new can of balls)

Have Questions? Ready to Sign Up? sltc10s@hotmail.com or call 510-351-4991. If you’re in need of a partner, Co-Prez Ellen will try to arrange something.

This tournament is open to all (whether a club member or not).

 

Epiphany at Baytrees

 

Have you noticed that among Tennis Players, there seems to be gender- specific injuries. Number 1 injury among men is the groin pull. We’ve got to call a halt to this. Somebody is running around pulling groins. This is ridiculous. While I’m not totally sure who it is, I’m inclined to think that it’s that scruffy little guy who looks like an unmade bed. You know who I mean: purple shorts, green faded T-shirt, head band from and American flag and whiskers that will never pass for a real beard. On a change-over, do not let this guy get behind you!

 

The ladies among us do not get groin pulls. They seem to “tweak a thigh muscle”; “I’ve hyper-extended my knee”.

 

The women say: “I’m experiencing Plantar Fasciitis”; the men say: “My feet hurt like hell”. Maybe it’s a Venus/Mars thing. Recently I overheard the following conversation:

    Mixed Doubles Captain:        “You are playing Number 2 tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.”

    Female team member:          “I can’t. I’ve got Plantar Fasciitis.”

    Mixed Doubles Captain:        “Come on and play; you will be done by 11:00 and you still have all

                                                  afternoon to plant your fuchsias.”

 

The women say: “I think that he is experiencing some depth perception; his calls are strange”; Laurence of Crow Canyon will say: “The SOB IS AS BLIND AS A BAT”.

 

Have you noticed that the women don’t really argue line calls. The Friday afternoon men’s group spends a lot of time talking about each others mother and seldom is it complimentary. I have never heard – “How is your lovely mother?”

                                                Norma says: “I can’t play today; my allergies are acting up”.

                                                Bruce W. says “Forget it; I’m hung over”.

                                                The women say: “ It’s important to drink a lot of water”.

                                                Little Bill says: It’s important to drink a lot of beer”.

 

Through it all, most women seem to prefer mixed doubles; the men prefer to go many o mano. Go figure. The women are in need of more men for mixed doubles. They might even welcome the scruffy little guy who’s been pulling the groins. Isn’t tennis great? --Winston Wong

 

(Picture of Airplane tennis is from Kip Brockman who says “Isn’t plagiarism wonderful”)

 

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