Tennis Talk
By Betty Olsen
One more time get your calendars out for more tennis dates!
Friday, August 23. Rescheduled Mixer
Saturday/Sunday, September 7 & 8. Club Tournament-Men’s and Women’s Doubles. This is the first half of our annual club tournament. All play will be in the morning with 2 matches on Saturday and 1 match on Sunday. The format is a compass draw where you keep playing whether you win or lose if we have 8 teams in the draw.
There will be 2 categories: “A” and “B.” Please signup below. There is also a signup link on our tennis website: villagestennis.vgcc.club. We hope to have 16 teams signing-up, so don’t delay. Find a partner and join in the fun.
Play will be in the mornings only, starting at 8:00am to beat the heat.
Men’s 6.5 USTA Home Schedule. For the first time, the men are fielding a 6.5 USTA team, coached by resident pro Brett Foreman That is a combined team of a 3.5 player and 3.0 player. Please put these dates on your calendar to come down to the viewing stand and root for your club.
Sunday 9/8 4:30 PM vs LG Bay Club
Saturday 9/21 4:30 PM vs LG SR
Sunday 10/6 12:00 PM vs Wallenberg PK
Sunday 10/20 4:30 PM vs Almaden VAC
Saturday 11/2 3:00 PM vs EVC
Saturday/Sunday, September 28 & 29. Club Tournament – Mixed Doubles. Same format and it is not too soon to secure your Mixed partner.
Sunday, October 8. Award Banquet at Foothill at 5:30pm. You don’t want to miss this Italian catered dinner with short ribs, chicken piccata, and vegetarian homemade cheese ravioli.
Saturday, October 19. Semi-annual match with Rossmoor Tennis Club here at the Villages.