2022 Tennis and Eats

Our first Tennis and Eats of the 2022 Season was a great success. We had seventeen tennis players take part in the tennis portion, and thirty-five tennis members and guests took part in the eats.  Al Morrison did a great job running the tennis matches;  i.e. nobody got hurt and they were all still smiling after the tennis play was over.  I was told that the chili that I served stayed with you for several days after!!  Thanks again to everyone who came and also all helped clean up after the festivities.  Remember we will be doing it again on June 10th.  So save the date.

Bill Kienzel

Tennis Organizer Al

 

Zenny's Grandson knows what it takes to play

Eats Next

Photos by Carmen and Zeny

2021 Holiday Party

 The year would not be complete without our annual Holiday Party. Good food, good friends and lots of merry making.

Happy Holidays

Photos by Carmen Wong

Fairwell to Friends

 A number of our fellow tennis players got together for one last round with Ken and Yupayong before they departed for North Carolina. Note that the size of the group grows until "Critical Mass" is reached.

Best of luck Ken and Yupayong

Photos by Carmen Wong

2021 TournaSocial

Twice a year we celebrate. In the Spring we celebrate the start and in the Fall we celebrate the end of Daylight Saving Time. This celebration is a combination tournament and social event. Hence, TournaSocial.  

The social side gives us an opportunity to say Adieu to Yupayong and Dr Ken who are moving to North Carolina.

For those who might not recognize them off the tennis courts

The job of organizing the tournament twice a year is a complex matter which falls on the shoulders of Joe Downes.  The number and gender of the players varies from year to year and Joe has to come up with an appropriate scheme. This year Joe provided us with a copy of his score sheet which shows the complexity of the process.

Bill Wong takes the men's trophy with 23 points

Everyone is on the edge of their seat

Dr Ken says he could have taken the trophy but he was busy packing

A question? 

Who took the ladies trophy?

  That would be Zeny with 25 points.

A word from Coach George

A picture in a picture

Runner Up Trophies to Jackie Evans, Ed Chow and Carmen Wong.  

They each had 18 points.

Dr Ken with a couple patients

Photos by Carmen Wong

Tennis & Eats II

8/22/2021

Our second Tennis & Eats 

Hello Tennis Club Members, 

We had another successful Tennis & Eats outing Saturday afternoon and evening. Seventeen hardy souls played tennis in a brisk breeze with temps in the low 70’s. For people in California that’s like playing tennis in Alaska with a chill factor of -20 degrees! Once we got the ice and snow removed from the courts. Oh no wait, I think we just had to start with old tennis balls. All I know it was a tough beginning. Zeny came to the rescue and delivered four cans of new tennis balls (life was good)! The tennis play went from 4:30 to 6PM. Our big winners for the evening were Laurie Redfield and Carmen Wong for the ladies, and Ed Chow and Al Morrison for the guys. The four of them took home lavish gifts provided by Yupayong. Thanks, Yupayong. 

At 6PM we all wandered over to the bocce picnic area and were joined by other tennis club members and guests to socialize, have a drink or two and prepare for the feast to come. At 6:30 we grabbed our plates and headed for the food. Our main course of pulled pork was prepared by Jackie Banga, Jane Kriete, Yupayong Thirakomen, and Cindy Kienzle. Thanks for a great job. We also had tons of salads, side dishes and desserts to round out the meal. All told, thirty-five of us sat down to a great meal and some lively chatter. 

 Thanks to Bill Wong and Carmen Wong for taking photos of the event. Thanks to Claude for obtaining the tables from the HOA that we used for the food. Also thanks to all for helping with the clean up after the event. Hope to see you all at our next scheduled event on November 7th. I know Joe Downes has a great tournament planned for us. 

Bill Kienzle

There are two components to this event - tennis play and eating.  Our photographer was busy playing during the tennis competition and was unable to take photos, so we are showing tennis photos she took the day before.

Back to the event

Our Winners

Time for Dessert

Happy after another successful event!

Photos by Carmen Wong