2017 Rossmoor at Trilogy

Saturday was a great day for tennis, not too hot and not too windy. At least the residents of Rio Vista didn't think it was too windy!  We had a total of 43 tennis players take part in our tournament with Rossmoor.  We had 22 players from our club and Rossmoor had 21 players from their club. Going into the third and final round of the tournament the teams were tied at 8 points each.  That left 8 points up for grabs in the last round, which were all mixed doubles matches. After two of the four matches were finished we were up by 2 points Trilogy 11 Rossmoor 9.  The last two matches being played were close, each team battled back and forth, back and forth and by the time the smoke had cleared and the sausages were being served at lunch, the final score was Rossmoor 13 and Trilogy 11.  The tournament was so close that everyone stayed till the end of the final match (except for our cooks and the food committee; we've got to eat!).  After the final match we all reassembled in the Delta Club for a fantastic luncheon prepared by our club President, Claude and the food committee of Yupayong, Claudia, Ken, Soc, Michael, Sandy ​and Chef Orlando.  We passed the victory plaque to Rossmoor to be held by them until next May when we win it back.

Thanks to all who helped with the tournament. A special thanks to Michael, George and Cora for washing down the courts and Al Banga and Soc for hauling things back and forth from the Delta Club. Your efforts were much appreciated.

The Commish

The Rossmoor Tournament was a stupendous success, thanks to all those who helped make it happen.

Although we did not win the fabled and highly competitive tournament it was pretty close and there is always next year.

Big thanks to our Tournament Director, Bill “The Commish” Kienzle for all he did to make this such a great event.

The other people who worked on the tournament were:

                                Yupayong Thirakomen

                                Ken Thirakomen

                                Cindy Kienzle

                                Bob Knight

                                Michael Mahrous

                                Claudia Solis

                                Soc Solis

                                Sandy Price

                                Orlando Devera

And it really helped that everyone pitched in to help on the clean up.  I was amazed at how fast the Delta got cleaned up.

The Pres

Photos by The Commish and Zeny

Competitive Tennis Week 1

Here is how the leader board looks after the first week.

With 15 points we have: Tammy, Patti, Lynda, Carmen, Soc & Claude.

At 12 points we have: Don, Bill D., Gerard & Ken Y.

Next with 11 points we have: Al M. & Orlando.

Moving on to 10 points we have: Jim & John

At 8 points we have: Al B. & Bill K.

Next in line at 3 points we have: Nancy & Judy.

Finishing out the list at 2 points we have: Yoko & Zeny.

Photos by Carmen Wong

Intra-Community Tennis Tournament #1

On the 15th of July at the Trilogy tennis courts we had the battle of the ages, or should I say aged!  After many, many months of planning, two teams met for the first time on the pristine courts of Trilogy Rio Vista.  

Shortly after 7AM members of team Codgers and team Geezers/Geezerettes started showing up for the 7:45AM start of the tournament. Before the start of the first sets, many of the players enjoyed light refreshments to get their metabolism going, hoping this would peak their energy during their match or slow them down and give them an excuse.  The blue lines were drawn; oh wait, that's for pickle ball -- forget I said that.  The Commish went over the rules for the tournament and the score sheets (everyone understood them the first time). 

The first round of play was started at exactly 7:45AM +/-, anyway we started the tournament.  The first round of four doubles matches saw the Geezers/Geezerettes pull ahead 37 to 23.  The Codgers looked a little worried but knew they had a group of strong players for the second round. 

Again, the second round started right on time +/- and we were off and running.  The Codgers and Geezers/Geezerettes battled back and forth for hours (or maybe an hour) until the bitter end.  It was a valiant effort by the Codgers, but the Geezers/Geezerettes came out on top with a final score of Geezers/Geezerettes 65, Codgers 40.

Photos were taken and backs slapped before we all regrouped at the bocce courts for lunch and the awards ceremony.  Trophies and candy bars were handed out to the team players of team Geezers/Geezerettes.  The winners were informed that the victory parade would be on July 4, 2018.  The parade route will be from the Vista club to the Delta club and it may look a lot like the Trilogy 4th of July celebration parade but that is just a coincidence!

I want to thank everyone for their participation in the Intra-Community Tennis Tournament and I hope you all had a great time. Maybe we will have another one in the cooler weather.

The Commish  

Action Packed Competition

Results

Awards

The Gang

Eats

Photos by Carmen Wong

Ladies Day 7/1/2017

It has been reported that the CourtJesters Ladies played tennis and dined out today.  There IS evidence of dining but none of tennis play.  We'll have to take their word for it.😃🎾

Photos by Carmen Wong