In this Issue
Connie's Corner
Tournaments,
Updates and Upcoming
Water on the Courts
Senior Fitness Test
Quick Links
Fall Leagues End Well!
USTA fall senior and super senior and mixed double leagues are finished.
Nancy Blickenstaff’s super senior team came in 2nd in the league, and her senior team won their division undefeated.
Richard Clark’s senior and super senior teams came in second.
Joy Lum’s mixed doubles came in second in playoffs.
Congratulations to all the rest of the teams for a successful and fun season.
Good Luch Seniro Mixed Doubles!
Senior mixed doubles has begun its season with three teams:
Sue Fleming’s 7.0 team, Richard Clark’s 7.0 team and Christa Danielsen’s 8.0 team.
Adult leagues are forming for spring play.
That season begins February 12 through May 30. Captains for the adult leagues are the following:
Karen Ziros-Smith, women’s 3.0;
Sue Fleming and Connie Clark with women’s 3.5;
Helen Walton, women’s 4.0;
Mike Sevart and Eldon Forbes with men’s 3.5;
Roger Schaljo, men’s 4.0.
The 3.0 women’s team needs players and sign up down at the Y.
Tennis Satisfaction Survey
Let us know what you think! Below is the link for our Tennis Satisfaction Survey. Please take a few minutes and tell us how you feel about the YMCA and the Tennis Center.
Just follow the link below.
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2oidobig4blya6o/start
It was a Heck of a Holiday Tournament!
The 18th Annual Holiday Tennis Tourney tourney was a huge success with 88 total entries. As is always the case, the flexibility of the format and the experience of Bob Reed, allows us to be able to accommodate last minute entries from all over the map. Thank you to all who joined us!
First ever female winner as the event is Coed!
Junior Advanced Singles: Wren Eustis def. Peter Coury 7-5
Junior Intermediate Singles: Erik Hecht def. Josh Sayre 6-2
Junior Beginning Singles: Cyndia McQueen def. Parker Ellis 6-1, 6-4
Women's Singles: Kim Hansen def. Irene Wang 8-2
Men's Open Singles; Matt Walker def. Steve Andrews 8-2
Men's A Singles: Joe Barnes def. Chris Wreden 10-6
Recreation/Senior Mixed Doubles:
Irene Wang & Tom Thayer def. Preston Martin & Sian Hawarth-Liu
8-7 (7-2)
Open Mixed Doubles:
Tanya Beede & Brandon Montagna def. Tony K & Alex Fandino 8-5
Women's Doubles:
Sheila Kryl &Shari Kern def. Kim Hansen & Irene Wang 8-6
Men's A Doubles:
Andy Boyle & Tom Thayer def. Dick Young & Fred Meyer 8-6
Men's Open Doubles:
Tony Hernandez & Alex Hernandez def. Ryan Kingzett and Alex Motsch 8-6
What to play?
There is still time to register for the Paul Hubbard Tournament.
Here is the link to the brochure.
7th Annual Wayne Westling Memorial Tourney
Stay tuned for more fun as the YMCA will be hosting the 7th Annual Wayne Westling Memorial Tourney March 19-22. We are excited as one of the strong up and coming female junior players from Japan will again be joining us. So start practicing and getting ready!
In mid-February, check the Tennis Center or the website for an entry form.
Video Camera Update.
We’ve gotten a few bugs out of our new video system, but our video camera needs a slightly wider angle lens to properly capture all the action on court #1. Once we get the new lens in a week or two, we will be ready to videotape.
We'll keep you posted.
Water on the Courts!
Since the idea of turning the west side of court four into a hot tub got voted down, we have come up with another plan to hopefully help with the water on the courts.
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We have staff in the morning, squeeging off the water from rain the night before. Our goal is to have the water off the courts by 8:00am. If there there was a lot of rain, the courts will still be wet, but the puddles will be cleared.
The drains were re-cleared the week of Jan 10th and the downspout was opened to drainage would increase.
We have towels along court one to use for spot and drip clean ups. Please grap a dry one, if there is water on your court.
Please join us for our annual Senior Fitness Group Test.
Test includes: chair stands, arm curls, lower/upper body flexibility & 6-minute walk. Completion of these tests will give you an excellent indicator of your functional strength, endurance and flexibility.
February 10th, 10:30am
Location: YMCA Basketball Court
Bring: Wear comfortable clothes that do not restrict your motion &
walking shoes. Dress in layers, the gym is cold.
Cost: Free to YMCA members / $15.00 for potential-member
Eugene Family YMCA
2055 Patterson
541.686.9622
www.eugeneymca.org
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