Volume 25, Number 5 - Rancho Penasquitos Tennis...

Newsletter of the Rancho Peñasquitos Tennis Center

Volume 25, Number 5

Mission Statement:

To become the leading recreational tennis center in San Diego’s North County area, by implementing activities, and providing facilities that cater to the casual, social and competitive tennis needs of people in the local community.

Board MembersPresident:

Jeff GreenwaldVice President:

Dana GibsonTreasurer:

Mae AlonsagaySecretary:

Karin BruinsmaMembership Chair:

Mie SammonsMaintenance Chair:

Judy GrearMembers At Large:

Carole WestcottMike Wertz

Club Administrator:

Maria Webster

Office Manager:

Connie Komin

Men’s League:

Dan Scherer

Women’s League:

Julie Maiorano

Carol Donahue

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Lob Letter September/October 2010

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RPTC’s Adult USTA tournament

was a great success, with the

largest draw ever! A total of �56

players entered, with well over

300 entrants. Players came from

all over California, as well as

Hawaii, Arizona, New York and

Tennessee. Spectators enjoyed lots

of great tennis! Almost $�,000 in

prize money was awarded to Open

Division players and RPTC made a

tidy profit to go towards getting our

new courts built.

The Men’s Open Singles division

was especially well attended with

a draw of 49 players, including

Poway High School star Dylan

Trent and top college players from

UCSD, including just graduated

number one Kazumi Negishi. In the

Women’s Open Singles division,

the number one player from

SDSU, Julia Trunk won the day.

As the awards were presented, the

recipients were delighted with the

crystal trophies that were awarded

RPTC’s Adult USTA Tournament a Winner!

and you could not wipe the smiles

off of the faces of the Open winners

and finalists when they received

their prize checks.

Congratulations to our RPTC

members who won or made it to

the finals in their divisions! RPTC

was well represented with hard

fought matches.

A very special thank you to all

the volunteers who helped us:

Mie Sammons, Judy Grear, Mae

Alonsagay, Doreen Krone, Diane

McCreary, Carole Westcott, Thanh

Huyen (and daughter!) and Dana

Gibson.

This was truly a team effort and we

couldn’t have pulled it off without

the amazing Maria Webster and her

awesome staff. Maria put in many

hours working with the Committee

and providing vital support. It

would take several pages to list all

the things she took care of for us.

She is a jewel! Thank you, Maria!

All players received a beautiful

velour towel with RPTC’s insignia.

We are selling the remaining towels

for $��.00 each. You can purchase

them in the office while supplies

last.

Be sure to check out RPTC’s

website for a list and photos of

winners and finalists from our club!

Until next year,

RPTC USTA TOURNAMENT

COMMITTEE

Julie Maiorano, Carol Donahue,

Mike Kelley and Barbara Kingston

Missing Thanh Huyen + daughter and Doreen Krone.


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* Patti Sherman Women’s 4.0 Singles Champion

* Donahue-Maiorano Women’s 4.0 Doubles Champions

* Estes-Shintani Women’s 4.5 Doubles Champions

* Bristol-Pineda Women’s 3.5 Doubles Champions

* Leffler Men’s 3.5 Doubles Champion

RPTC Adult Tournament Champions


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Adult Tournament Snapshots


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GOT PINK?Rally for Cure Huge Success!


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Name:

Address:

Phone:

Email:

Magazine

Preference:

SELFArchitectur

al DigestBon Appéti

t

(circle choice)

Entry Fee $25

enclosed

Please make donation (non tax deducti

ble) checksof $20 out

to: Rally for the Cure

And $5 to RPTC for event supplie

s

I won’t be able to atten

d but would like to dona

te $_______

Made payable to “Susan G. K

omen for the Cure”

Please return this portion to RPTC at the above address.

Rally for the Cure Organizing Committee: Mie Sammons, Karin Bruinsma, Barbara Brokaw, Suzy Cruz, Kate Emery,

Carole Westcott, Mae Alonsagay and Maria Webster.

Last year’sRally for th

e Cure wasso much fun. A

nd we suc

cessfully raised $1000

for breast cancer resea

rch, a very

important cause that we

discover affects so many of us e

i

ther by friends or fam

ily. We are reallylooking for

ward to

this year’sRally.

Registration: Open to everyon

e, Men and Women. Com

plete this form and drop o

ff or send to the RPTC

Office.

Price Includes: Entry fe

es, Each participant re

ceives a goody

bag with the Komen breast h

ealth information and e

vent

favors, anda one year subscr

iption to one of a selec

tion of

magazines including SEL

F, Bon Appétit, or Arc

hitectural Di

gest and fun!

Please consider wear

ing pink inthe spirit o

f the event.

Brunch provided.

Rally for the Cure Fun

draiser

Hosted by

Rancho Penasquitos Tennis Center

Date:Sunday, Oc

tober 10, 2010

Format:

This year starts with a

provided lovely brunch

then we hit

the courtsfor Team Tennis Styl

e, Competitive and social

tennis events. Also enj

oy complementary chair massages

from Jennifer Spas and a Sil

ent Auction.

Place:

Rancho Penasquitos

Tennis Center

12350 Black Mountain

Road, SD, CA 92129.

858 484 0745

Time: 8:00am—12:00

Cost: $25 per person

REGISTRATION FORM

Join in on the fun! RPTC’s Rall

y for the Cure Fundrais

er

Available at Brunch:

$2 “Third Serve”

Coupons!

Our ladies teams donated nice baskets for our silent auction and they were great baskets! Thanks to team captains: Pattie Sherman, Cheryl Dorenbush, Jill Fellows, Carey Ramos, Diane McCreary, Maria Webster, Lynn Schwarz, Alisa Cassell, and Carol Musterer and your teams for all the great support.Of course the food was superb. A special thanks to Judy Anderson, Karin Bruinsma, Maria Webster, Catie Wertz, Carole Westcott, Karen Giest, Mitsuko Uehara, Janie Terrones, Suzy Cruz, Barb Peressini, Sara Beach, Jill Fellows and Cindy Breed for providing some very delicious dishes. We also enjoyed coffee donated by Peets Coffee and scones donated by Panera Bread and cinnamon buns donated by Baked bakery!We are blessed to have such great support. Take a look at more pictures provided by Norma Garrison on our web page.Most importantly, this year's event included a Raffle and Silent Auction that enable us to raise double what we raised last year. All due to the generous donations from our pros, members, and community. Thanks to all of you:

• Sam Langley $�00, lap top bag, Tennis bag• Jennifer Ann Spas $50 gift cert• 4 Box Seats La Costa Tournament (Mercury Ins.)• (3) � hour massages (Dr. Miranda)• Tammy- Clinic• Tony- (�) Clinics• Byron Smith private lesson• Wayne Spencer Stringing (3)• Baked Bakery Café (gift cert. and Cinnamon Rolls)• Racquet Place donated racquet and a cap for my basket• League Captains Baskets• Jan LaGrone hand crafted quilt• Jim Chang for Bali Thai (wine and chocolate basket)• Second Tues. Book Club

Last but not least....we were so lucky to have decorating and clean up help for some faithful members. Thanks for your time and energy...you saved the day! Judy Anderson, Debbie Linn, Nelda Swanson, Dianne McCreary, Chris Blythe, Lynn Schwarz, Mary Gaddis, Nancy Minerva, Janet Segvich

This event was so successful due to the tremendous donations and the volunteers who pitched in.


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Q:Is it legal to have two vibration dampeners in your racquet one at the bottom and one at the top?

A:Yes as long as each is placed outside the pattern of crossed strings, i.e. below the top or bottom string or outside the right or left side strings. Having two (or more) vibration dampeners does not break the rules.

ITF Rules of Tennis #4 The Racquet, case 3:

Can vibration-damping devices be placed on the strings of a racquet? If so where can they be placed?

Yes, but they must be placed outside the pattern of the crossed strings.

Q:While playing doubles our opponents hit a return that was a sitter, just as my partner was about to crush it a ball rolled onto the court behind the opponents they stopped playing and my partner put the ball away by hitting it to the side of the court away from where the errant ball was.

The opponent stated that a let should be played. We said that the last shot he hit was a duck and that we would have won the point anyway. They said that once a player stops playing due to a distraction, you have to play the point over. We played it over, but we still think we had won the point. Please help.

A:Dear Duck crusher,

You are correct, as described you won the point. The Code Item 35 states

“A let is not automatically granted because of hindrance. A let is authorized only if the player could have made the shot had the player not been hindered”

As you describe the point the opponents were out of it by the time the ball rolled onto the court and the outcome was in no way affected. The point was yours.

Ask the Ump


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Carol Donahue was victorious in the Women’s 4.0 bracket of the

Maureen Connolly Brinker Memorial Tournament. She came from behind,

having lost the first set, but settled down, played solid tennis and

took the �nd and 3rd set to defeat the #4 seed, Elle France, in the

final. On Friday she had a straight set victory over the #� seed,

Coach Solomn Liu and his team won SoCal Sectionals for Jr. Teamtennis back in June. My son, Robert is on the team.

BRAG BOARD

Dana Gibson was a finalist in the Men’s 4.0 bracket, which is pretty cool, too.

WAY TO GO!

Watch the twins on YouTube:


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Our local twins The Blando Boys playing with the Bryan’s Twin’s # � Tennis Doubles in the

World. Keep an eye on the Blando Twins, some day they too will be # � in the World. If you see

them practicing at our club make sure to get their autograph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHWo4u-u36M

Blando Twins Meet Head to Head with the Bryan Twins at K-Swiss Summer Camp

Solomon Liu busy summer winners

Solomon's

Goofy Winners

having some fun.

Our team helped represent SoCal in the state championships (Gar Glenney Cup). The 12’s I coached compiled a match record of 21-3. We contributed heavily to the overall victory over NorCal (51-21).


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Singles is Fun!If you would like to play some singles matches regularly, this is for you. If you are not sure, give it a try, there are no fees or obligations. To sign up, send email to [email protected]. You will need to have a Google Account which allows you to sign in and view the ladder information. Google Accounts are free and the only requirement is an email address. The ladder information will be sent to you once you sign up to play via [email protected].

Singles burn more calories than doubles. :-) Let’s go!Thanks to Katherine Lam for volunteering to head it up!

To make this event a great success many volunteers are needed from Sunday, Oct. 31st, through Sunday, November 7th, 2010.

If you are interested, go to

www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Fed-Cup/FedCup/ and click on the volunteer application button to fill out the form.

Volunteers Needed

AND BECOME A VOLUNTEER !AND BECOME A VOLUNTEER !

BE A PART OF THE EXCITEMENTBE A PART OF THE EXCITEMENT……


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Lost & Found items will be donated next

week. Come into the office soon to claim your

jackets, sunglasses, and more.

Other News . . .

Thanks to Sharon & Chip Wood for donating a grill to RPTC, our socials will be that much tastier and warmer thanks to our member’s generosity.

Last Name First Name Home Phone

Aldrete Cecilia (858) 485-1841

Flynn Mina (858) 449-3062

Ganti Raj (858) 695-3115

Hollman Karen (619) 249-8203

Huang David (858) 780-9682

Kim Albert (858) 603-6915

Nahlovsky Keith (858) 354-3463

Santos Darrin (858) 780-0311

Strumpf Diane (858) 925-7510

Wang Di (858) 484-7393

RP Tennis Welcomes New Members

Match Finder:

Rochelle Spiegler is looking for a hitting partner B or BB

level...email at animalovr-�@sbcglobal.net"

Mina Flynn is looking for 4.5/5.0 mixed doubles players to

play her and her partner...email at [email protected].

Come to the office for a copy of players looking for

matches.

Reminder: Cancel your tennis reservation when plans change. You can call the office. . .we can

take you off the scheduler, so others can plan to play!


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Purchase your �0�0 Mini & Group Packages now at �009 ticket prices to get your favorite seat location.

Mini Packages start as low as $��0 for 9 sessions of tennis and offer great seat locations and savings when purchasing multiple sessions. Choose from one of four different packages - Kick-Off Weekend, Evening Package, Midweek Package and Final Weekend Package.

Group packages are perfect if you want to bring family and friends. Receive a 30% discount off of loge seat pricing with only a group of ten or more AND a complimentary ticket, too. Choose a Club package for all-inclusive benefits including parking, food & draw sheets.

The �0�0 BNP Paribas Open offers world-class tennis in one of the most spectacular settings - a tranquil desert sanctuary with a breathtaking mountain backdrop.

2010 Mini & Group Packages Now On Sale at 2009 Ticket Prices!

RPTC Tennis Towels available for $��, hats

$��. Great for Christmas/birthday gifts. Hurry

to the office while supplies last.

The office has a new

computer. If you

thought Maria was

efficent and gave

excellent service

before, just wait!

Support

your club,

donate a

new bench.

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