Tennis Talk
By Betty Olsen
The Tennis Club celebrated the end of 2025 with a fabulous Holiday Party on Saturday, December 6. The theme was a Starry, Starry Night and indeed we had the stars turn out.
The stars from our club championship were announced and our club president, Gene Mariani, presented them with their medals. In addition, our star super senior tennis player, Art Lind, 97, was acknowledged for his 3rd place medal from attending the International Tournament for 90+ in Croatia. His first match set a new record for being the oldest international match, playing against Australian Henry Young, at 102 making a total of 199 years. Art had his whole family attend to help him celebrate. To complete our stars line-up, Brett Foreman was singled out as our first villager to have a National Championship for his 40+ 7.0 Mixed team from Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos. Brett is currently holding clinic practices getting our Village Women’s 65+ team ready for Nationals in Surprise, Arizona, January 23-25.
Many thanks go to Tina Parsley and Gail Tuft and their many volunteers (Sonia Soin, Jayme and Lynn Dickson, Josh Laio, Nancy Spisar, Catherine Pham, Don Clarke, Tony Loiacono, Chi Nguyen, Asra Batool, Nancy Domingo, Karen Hillis and Betty Olsen} for organizing such a fabulous Holiday Party. The food was delicious, the orchestra was wonderful, the photographer was everywhere, and the over-the-top decorations made for a Starry Night.
As this night was also an official general club meeting, a meeting was called to order, the new officers for 2026 were announced, voted on and passed unanimously.
Looking forward to the new year 2026!