March CR.2.22.09 - Walnut Creek Racquet Club

THE COURT RE PORT ERNewsletter of the Walnut Creek Racquet ClubMarch 2009Tony Tse stays focusedon the ball ready to hit abackhand slice to his 6.0mixed opponent.Photo by: Robert YoungMarch CR.2.22.0912/24/09, 4:32 PM

Walnut Creek Racquet ClubOFFICERSPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurerP.O. Box 4574 • Walnut Creek, CA 94596(925) 945-0105 • www.wcrc.netTammie Snyder957-0604tammie@gte.netMaria Chiang521-1788juanachiang@yahoo.comNancy Foster876-8129nancywf55@aol.comHilde Chan228-4783luf2play@aol.comACTIVITY CHAIRPERSONSMailingJanet Neilsen837-8664janneilsen@juno.comMembership Pege Amann934-5128pegek@yahoo.comNewsletter Tammie Snyder957-0604tammie@gte.netWebsiteShari Gonzalez691-9196webmaster@wcrc.netTournaments Tammy Chan324-0524tchanderson@gmail.comAdam Borovkoff330-3154aborovkoff@mac.comLeaguesDeanna Fong(Non-USTA) 952-9935deanna_fong@yahoo.comSusie Dunlap228-1641susied98@aol.comUSTA Leagues Bret Jones890-1416bretjones@comcast.netDay Leagues/ Pam MaloneyPublicity 787-3970pam4tennis@hotmail.comCity of Walnut Don LoefflerCreek Liason 330-1605donloeff@pacbell.netNew Member Nancy LeSageLiason 937-9802nlesage@astound.netTHE PRES I DENT’S RE PORTTammie Snyder2009 WCRC PresidentI know everyone keeps tellingme we need the rain, but Ineed my tennis. I’m goingstir crazy watching the raindrops fall upon the tenniscourts! Ugh!!!!Between the rain dropsplayers have fi gured outways to get in Winter Doublesmatches. Remember you willneed to complete four matches to qualify for theend of season tournament scheduled for April 24-26th.Congratulations to all of the senior teams thatare heading off to playoffs. Gerry Brown’s 3.5Senior Men, Bob Walgren’s 4.0 Senior Men,Mary Waltz’s 3.0 Senior Women, and RosemaryBrown’s 3.5 Senior Women’s teams. Good luckin playoffs and beyond.The next upcoming season is Adult Leagueand Super Senior. The WCRC has 18 Adult teamsregistered and 3 Super Senior 65 teams! Notincluding the additional 8 mixed teams currentlyplaying! We have a lot of dedicated tennis playersat WCRC!In March we will be updating our annualdirectory. Take this time to log on and make sureall of your information is correct. It takes twoseconds and will make editing the directory mucheasier.We also are hoping to launch our new andupgraded website in March. Shari Gonzalez hasbeen spending all of her waking hours trying tomake it perfect! It will be a nice upgrade that hasbeen needed for a long time!Circle your calendars our Calcutta Party andTournament is scheduled for May 15-16th andis always a fun tournament that sells out quickly.Sign up today. Details can be found on page 5 ofthis newsletter.See you all on the courts...2 The Court Reporter • March 2009March CR.2.22.0922/24/09, 4:32 PM

Sectionals - Walnut Creek Style...(l-r) 6.5 Combo Women’s team and supporters:Justin Snyder, Nancy Foster, Tammie Snyder(co-captain), Lindsey Snyder, Araceli Ashe, MyrlKan (captain), Cherie Charbonneau, MarylynBustos, Nancy Chan, Leonard Young and GerryGallegos. (not pictured: Jennifer Caruso)Last month, Myrl Kan and Tammie Snyder’s 6.5 Ladies ComboTeam headed to Gold River Racquet Club for the Norcal Sectionals.They qualifi ed by winning the Districts with (3)2-1 matches. It doesn’tget much closer than that. On Friday, Millenium Vacaville, the #1 ratedteam in NorCal was the 1st match. As in Districts, all 3rd sets are decidedby a 10 point super tiebreaker.Vacaville barely pulled off the win with all 3 super tiebreakers goingtheir way. Saturday followed with Silver Creek, the #2 team inNorCal. It was a hard fought match but the wrong Creek team wonwith 2 super tiebreakers. Sunday’s opponent was Courtside RacquetClub. We took Courtside 2-1 to fi nish 3rd place in Norcal. One of theUSTA offi cials told our team that 3rd out of 500 teams is not bad. If the3 super tiebreakers had gone Walnut Creek’s way, they would havewon the Sectionals.Our Ladies in Red & Black, played their hearts out throughout theweekend. From Araceli’s overheads to Cheri’s crosscourt returns toTammie’s serves to Myrl’s angles to Marylyn’s drops to Jennifer’s downthe lines to Nancy Chan’s poaches and Nancy Foster’s slice had all theteams respect the strength and depth that Walnut Creek had.The Men’s 6.5 Combo team came in third place at the sectionaltournament at Gold River Tennis Club in Sacramento. We startedplay on the fi rst day with a sweep of Vallejo winning 3-0, as SterlingFairholm/ Tuan Nguyen won in a third set tiebreaker, Alan Rubino/John Westphal won as their opponent had to retire due to an injury andAlan Chan/ Brian Costello won in a third set tiebreaker. The secondday the same three doubles pairings were swept 0-3 by the eventualtournament winner (Sunnyvale). Two of the matches went to third settiebreakers. Alan Chan/ Brian Costello had the fun of playing theirgrueling tiebreaker match on the stadium court. That put us at 3-3and 2 games back of the leader entering after day two. We were tiedwith Hall Ranch and would play them going into the fi nal day. Unfortunatelythe odds of winning the tournament at this stage were verymuch against us. On the fi nal day we lost to Hall Ranch 1-2 as SivaKolli/ John Westphal and Alan Rubino/ Brian Costello lost and AlanChan/ Rafael Rovira won in a third set tiebreaker.Over all this was a tremendous season for the team. One may feeldisappointed at getting so close and not winning the championship. Iagree but I take solace in being one of the best teams in our section,playing great tennis to get there and being good representatives ofthe WCRC.This was a great group of guys who put forth a true team effort toget to sectionals. Each member can feel a sense of accomplishmentfor their contribution to the teams success.(l-r) 6.5 Combo Men’s team: Tuan Nguyen,Alan Rubino, Sterling Fairholm, John Westphal,Alan Chan (co-captain), Brian Costello(captain) and Rafael Rovira(not pictured: Siva Kolli)The Court Reporter • March 2009 3March CR.2.22.0932/24/09, 4:32 PM

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Calcutta Party & Tournament: May 15-16thHere's your chance to enter the most popular tournament that the WCRC offers each year - the 2009Calcutta. Enter early, since the event is limited to the first 32 women and 32 men who register. The formatis Mixed Doubles, but you enter individually. You will be paired with a partner by blind draw prior to thetournament and the resulting team given a handicap according to their combined playing abilities. Atthe Friday night party, you meet your partner and teams are auctioned off to the highest bidder - eitherindividuals or syndicate. Start times will also be announced on Friday night.Cost is $20 per person (covers the Friday night party May 15th and Saturday tournament May 16th inwhich you are guaranteed a minimum of two matches). Guests may attend the Friday night party at nocharge.Entry deadline is May 5th. This is a money tournament, so it is importantthat you list your current NTRP rating on the registration form below. If youdon’t have a rating, call us and we can help. If you have any questions orcan assist the Tournament Committee with various aspects of this event,please contactTammie Snyder at 957-0604 or at tammie@gte.net. Alltournament participants must be current WCRC members.In the WCRC’s long Calcutta history, there have been very few instanceswhere the team with the most collective talent ends up winning thetournament.Sign up and bring home the money!!!!Sign up on line at www.wcrc.netCalcutta Tournament Entry FormName: ______________________________________USTA Rating: ________________________________Phone: ______________________________________Email_______________________________________Number in your party (including guests)___________I can help score keep ❏Please make checks payable to WCRC($20 per player) and send with entry form to:Tammie Snyder105 St. Malo CourtMartinez, CA 94553Questions?Contact Tammie Snyder at (925) 957-0604or at tammie@gte.net$20 Per Player • Entry Deadline: May 5thMThe Court Reporter • March 2009 5March CR.2.22.0952/24/09, 4:32 PM

WCRC GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITYFollowing a long-standing tradition, the Walnut Creek Racquet Club Board decided at ourFebruary meeting that we will identify a local charitable organization for a contribution onbehalf of our Club.In keeping with prior contributions, we will attempt to locate a needy tennis-relatedorganization.Should you have asuggestion or idea, pleasecontact Pam Maloney atpam4tennis@hotmail.comto discuss your thoughts.The Board anticipatesmaking the contributionwithin the next fewmonths.3.0 PLAYERS NEEDED!!!MENMichael Brenan is looking for 3.0 men for hisadult team. If you are interested, please contactMichael at mbgolf792002@yahoo.com or byphone at 541-760-7690.LADIESMoe Satcher is looking for 3.0 ladies for heradult team. If you are interested, pleasecontact Moe at bsatcher@astound.net.6 The Court Reporter • March 2009March CR.2.22.0962/24/09, 4:32 PM

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WCRCP.O. Box 4574Walnut Creek, CA 94596www.wcrc.netPRESORTEDSTANDARDU.S. POSTAGEP A I DWalnut Creek, CAPermit No. 432SAlan Chan and Brian Costello playing center court at sectionals.Photo by: Leonard YoungMarch CR.2.22.0982/24/09, 4:32 PM