Greetings Everyone,
Our first Tennis Club function of 2021 was a big hit. We had twenty-three members who played tennis on a nice warm evening (some would say hot) with no wind. We played three rounds of tennis; each round every player had a new partner. Since we had such a great turnout, for each round three courts had six players and one court had four. Six players you say, how did that work out? Easy, three on a side, one on ad side, one on the deuce side and one in the middle. No just kidding. On the courts that had six players four would be on the court and two would sit out. The winning team of the four on the court would stay on the court and the team waiting on the side would come in and challenge the winners. The winners of that game would stay on the court and the team that lost first would come on and challenge the winners. The six players would play a total of six games. So as a team you would play a minimum of three games with a maximum of six games depending how many you won or lost. Somehow that seemed to get lost in translation. By the second round, that got all worked out and play went as planned. If you were on a court with four players you would play four games. We finished up at 6:30 and adjourned to the bocce court picnic area to enjoy some social time and prepare to eat a fabulous meal.
We had an additional thirty some members and guests show up to join the players for the Eats part (seems we always have plenty for that part). I guess they heard the famous Bay Area Chef Ken Yoshii was grilling up the burgers. He brought along his apprentice Chef Serdar Gurel to assist him. Once the word was out a line started forming near the grill to be among the first to try these tasty burgers.
To accompany these burgers the club members supplied some of the best salads, side dishes and desserts ever known to man, woman or child! So if you missed it this month, we hope to be doing it again in August.
A special thanks goes to:
Ken Yoshii and Serdar Gurel for all their hard work at the grill
Jerome Kahele for heading up the clean up crew
Joe (Jose) Downes for securing the picnic area for our use
Bill Wong for being the roaming photographer
Yupayong Thirakomen for supplying the trophies
The rest of the club members and guests who pitched in to help.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH
Bill Kienzl
Lining up for the burgers
