By Betty Olsen
Karen and I just returned from 2 weeks in France, first week in Normandy celebrating the 80th anniversary of D-day, and one week on a boat going down the Seine River ending in Paris. We only had one afternoon of rain, lucky us. The next week it rained every day for the French Open and it was freezing!
The downside was that 2nd day home Karen and I both came down with covid. We either caught it in the airport or from some of our fellow passengers on the boat. But we are clear now and ready to take part in the many tennis club activities coming up.
Our men’s 7.0 USTA team came in 2nd in the league and will play their first playoff match here at the villages on Sunday, June 9 at 11:00am. And as soon as that is finished, head over to the bocce courts for our semi-annual club meeting for some bocce, dinner and entertainment.
The Jump Start program that gave free lessons for 10 weeks every Tuesday from 5:00-6:00pm concluded Tuesday, May 28. They had approximately 15 participants with several planning on joining in the tennis club’s schedule of Open Play. Many thanks to our volunteer club members Gail and Mike Tuft, Roy Pennington, Peggy Seidel, Sherry Benz and Barry Stein.
Coming up in July, we have our fun Mixer scheduled for Friday, July 19 in the late afternoon around 5:00pm for tennis and BBQ at the viewing stand.
We finally got the group photo from Rossmoor of our team and supporters who helped us win back the trophy in April. I am also including a photo of our undefeated #1 men’s doubles team, Brett Foreman and Clayton Krinard.