BSTC May 2007 Newsletter


	*TENNIS TALK* MAY 2007

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Rainbow filling Palm Canyon, Feb. 27, 2007

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SAN CLEMENTE CAMPOUT
The next tennis club event is the San Clemente campout on the weekend of September 15 - 16, 2007.
The campground is generally immediately booked up in early March, so if you planned to campout, hopefully you have already reserved a spot.
If you want to check for cancellations, you can check either via the internet at www.reserveamerica.com or by phone at 1-800-444-7275. Ask for senior rate, if you qualify for that.
If it's not too far from where you live, just come for a day or two.
We hope to see many of you in San Clemente for a weekend of camping, tennis, beach and fellowship. We usually plan a group potluck on Saturday night. Some of us arrive a day or two early and/or stay another day or two. Come join us in San Clemente!

BORREGO NEWS
The weather has been fairly nice this spring. Temperatures have only ventured into the 100s for only a few days this year so far, and it looks like June will start off with highs in the 90s. The Grangers have continued to improve the tennis facility. The latest improvements were the finishing of the fountain and the painting of the fireplace and beams in the clubhouse.

The clubhouse
finished fireplace
Finished fountain

APRIL 2007 TOURNAMENT

We had a large turnout of 54 contestants for the April 21 - 22 straight doubles tournament. Denny suggested a ladder tournament and Jef worked out the details. The purpose was to do something different, and provide a tool for the seeding committee. As a seeding tool, however, the format was somewhat flawed. Problems included some people having stronger or weaker partners, and sometimes facing overly strong or weak opponents. However, some commented that it was a good tool for meeting and playing with new people.

The weather was perfect, except for a little wind Sunday afternoon. Barry Frahm was the M.C. for the Saturday banquet. Highlights included the unveiling of Jack's "upside down" birthday cake. It made a big splash! Our Jack, who is still a great player, demonstrated by his being in the finals, had just turned 80! Ed Ghiorso sang a few Dean Martin songs for us as we had some great steaks, cooked by Ron Romeo, baked salmon, asparagus, and other trimmings.

On Sunday, Ron converted some of the leftovers into an excellent salmon chowder. At the award ceremony, emcee Jim Perez had a drawing for the 8 who had played in all 6 tournaments this season. Ken Shallahamer was the lucky recipient of $100. New president, Marilyn Bean, was chosen to draw the winner of the $50 prize. She joked: "Is it okay if I draw my own name?" And she jack-knifed in surprise when she, in fact, read her own name! Congratulations, President Marilyn!

Ken getting prize money

Marilyn with prize

RESULTS OF APRIL 2007 TOURNAMENT
MENS UPPER	MENS LOWER	WOMENS UPPER	WOMENS LOWER
WINNER Fred Dow - Jef Johnson	WINNER Dennis Smith - Pete Azar	WINNER Bonnie Wilson - Sandy Kean	WINNER Susan Flores Dow - Gloria Gobar
RUNNER-UP Curt Hawkins (Borden Granger) - Gary Edwards	RUNNER-UP Jack Minkel Ron Romeo	RUNNER-UP Roz Smyth - Mary Kay Romeo	RUNNER-UP Linda Notholt - Marla Anderson

RESULTS OF APRIL 21, 2007 LADDER

Each set consisted of exactly 7 games. Most people played 5 sets, but due to an odd number in the women's ladder, several women only played 4 sets. Upper division for both men and women was A, B, and C. You had to finish in these divisions to qualify for the upper division play-offs the following day.
Finalists were those who finished in the appropriate division and won most sets (on ties, most games -- on further ties, finished at highest division). In women's upper division, finalists were 2 highest scoring players who finished in division A.
Errata: Jef was groggy at end, and so made a few mistakes. Susan was put in wrong division semis, and actually didn't qualify to play on Sunday -- Jef was looking at semifinalists, saw Gloria won half her sets and finished in lower division, and then saw Susan also won half her games, but failed to note she didn't finish in lower half. Vicki was originally missed, and should have been Gloria's partner. Jill needed a sub, and it should have been Kersti taking her place, instead of Vicki. Gary pointed out that the requirement for finishing in division A to be in finals was not necessary, and so this requirement was dropped from Men's upper qualification. Sandy didn't object to being in semis, however, and so was not moved straight to finals (otherwise, she would have been Roz's partner).
Penny and others pointed out that the number of set wins should not have been included in rankings, especially since these were abbreviated sets. A few, including Penny, would have moved on to the next day in that case. If we ever have a similar format in the future, it will simplified. Set wins will only be looked at on ties of game wins. Jef apologizes for his mistakes in the design and implementation of the ladder.
In following table, this background color represents those who finished in upper division. This background color represented those who finished in lower division

Bold names indicate player qualified for finals or semifinals on the following day.
The column to the right of each player name contains the results of that player in the form:
starting/ending division / set winning percentage / game winning percentage. for example: if player X started in division E and finished in division B, won 3 of 5 sets, and 20 of 35 games, the result would be:
EB / 60% / 57%

MENS WOMENS
1. Borden Granger EB / 80% / 66% Roz Smyth BA / 100% / 69%
2. Gary Edwards BB / 80% / 60% Sandy Kean FB / 100% / 64%
3. Fred Dow BA / 80% / 57% Mary Kay Romeo DA / 80% / 63%
4. Ron Romeo FE / 60% / 63% Bonnie Wilson BA / 75% / 68%
5. Jack Minkel FE / 60% / 63% Mary Marchese EC / 75% / 68%
6. Ish Gomez ED / 60% / 57% Marilyn Bean CB / 75% / 50%
7. Jef Johnson AA / 60% / 57% Carmen Perez CB / 75% / 50%
8. David Figg DC / 60% / 57% Pat Muno EC / 75% / 50%
9. Curt Hawkins DC / 60% / 54% Penny Pralle BA / 60% / 63%
10. Ed Ghiorso GF / 60% / 54% Marla Anderson ED / 60% / 54%
11. Ken Shallahamer AB / 60% / 54% Linda Notholt ED / 60% / 51%
12. Fred Wantland AA / 60% / 51% Ursula Hawkins AB / 60% / 51%
13. Barry Frahm BA / 60% / 49% Gloria Gobar EE / 50% / 61%
14. Don Wilson CB / 60% / 49% Susan Flores Dow
Note: Jef mistakenly put Susan in lower division semis. Oops! BB / 50% / 61%
15. Pete Azar CD / 40% / 60% Jan McNamara AC / 40% / 49%
16. Sheldon Baker AC / 40% / 49% Pam Muno AC / 40% / 46%
17. Lee Lisak FF / 40% / 49% Vicki Koerner CD / 40% / 46%
18. Dennis Smith GF / 40% / 49% Jill Drexler EE / 40% / 43%
19. Mark Roybal BC / 40% / 46% Harriet Lisak CD / 40% / 43%
20. Roger Georgia CD / 40% / 46% Kersti Garthwaite DF / 25% / 50%
21. Kerry Hoover DE / 40% / 46% Eileen Childress CF / 20% / 49%
22. Tom Freed CD / 40% / 43% Sandi Granger (Sonja McGrath) FF / 20% / 40%
23. Roger Drexler GE / 40% / 43% Jacki Shallahamer BE / 20% / 37%
24. Harold Plett EF / 40% / 43% Mary Quimby DF / 20% / 37%
25. Gary McNamara GE / 40% / 40% Harriet Schultz FE / 20% / 26%
26. Keith Dabney GE / 20% / 43% Janet Segwich AE / 00% / 39%
27. Pete Ota EG / 20% / 31%
28. Ray Notholt DG / 20% / 29%

SEEDING COMMITTEE
Denny Bean, Mary Kay Romeo, Roz Smyth, Barry Frahm, and Jef Johnson as chairman make up the new BSTC Seeding Committee. The purpose is to, as best as possible, make sure people are comfortable playing with and against others in their group. Barry pointed out that most of us are great tennis players, but our mobility is slowly eking away, either thru injury or age. Consistency is another gauge, and while we may be great players some days, some ouf us are not so on others. Since players go up and down, Jef decided to make the 6 player grouping more flexible.
The April ladder tournament helped the committee determine a few players should move up, and a few move down. Although, the players moving down may just be temporary, as some are still recovering from injury.

EMAIL CHANGES
The Stadelbachers have moved from AOL to Google mail. Their addresses are the same, except aol.com is replaced with gmail.com. Check the BSTC contact page for the changes. Jef is still continuing his znet account, but has another account which he will use for tennis club business: jefbstc@gmail.com. Vicki Koerner's contact information was added to the contact page.

NO MORE SNAIL MAIL NEWSLETTERS
Jef is running out of time, and so has discontinued mailing the newsletter to the 6 people (both former and current members) who don't have e-mail. Linda (Blaemers) Fox has responded by getting her own e-mail account. If anyone wants to do a mailing, just tell Jef, and he will provide his list containing snail mail information. As regular mail is not used so much anymore, he has not obtained most of the new members addresses, however.

BSTC SCHEDULE FOR 2007 - 2008 SEASON

Sep 15 - 16 2007 San Clemente Campout

Oct 27 - 28 2007 Mixed doubles Feb 16 - 17 2008 Straight doubles
Dec 8 - 9 2007 Straight doubles Mar 8 - 9 2008 Mixed doubles
Jan 12 - 13 2008 Mixed doubles Apr 12 - 13 2008 Straight doubles

RECYCLED EMAIL JOKE submitted by Vicki, 1-18-00
Vincent Van Gogh

After much careful research it has been discovered that the artist Vincent Van Gogh had many relatives. Among them were:
His obnoxious brother, Please Gogh
His dizzy aunt, Verti Gogh
The brother who ate prunes, Gotta Gogh
The brother who worked at a convenience store, Stop n' Gogh
The grandfather from Yugoslavia, U Gogh
The brother who bleached his clothes white, Hue Gogh
The cousin from Illinois, Chica Gogh
His magician uncle, Wherediddy Gogh
His Mexican cousin, Amee Gogh
The Mexican cousin's American half brother, Grin Gogh
The nephew who drove a stage coach, Wellsfar Gogh
The constipated uncle, Cant Gogh
The ballroom dancing aunt, Tan Gogh
The bird lover uncle, Flamin Gogh
His nephew psychoanalyst, E Gogh
The fruit loving cousin, Man Gogh
An aunt who taught positive thinking, Wayto Gogh
The little bouncy nephew, Poe Gogh
A sister who loved disco, Go Gogh
His Italian uncle, Day Gogh
And his niece who travels the country in a van, Winnie Bay Gogh

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RESULTS OF APRIL 21, 2007 LADDER Each set consisted of exactly 7 games. Most people played 5 sets, but due to an odd number in the women's ladder, several women only played 4 sets. Upper division for both men and women was A, B, and C. You had to finish in these divisions to qualify for the upper division play-offs the following day. Finalists were those who finished in the appropriate division and won most sets (on ties, most games -- on further ties, finished at highest division). In women's upper division, finalists were 2 highest scoring players who finished in division A. Errata: Jef was groggy at end, and so made a few mistakes. Susan was put in wrong division semis, and actually didn't qualify to play on Sunday -- Jef was looking at semifinalists, saw Gloria won half her sets and finished in lower division, and then saw Susan also won half her games, but failed to note she didn't finish in lower half. Vicki was originally missed, and should have been Gloria's partner. Jill needed a sub, and it should have been Kersti taking her place, instead of Vicki. Gary pointed out that the requirement for finishing in division A to be in finals was not necessary, and so this requirement was dropped from Men's upper qualification. Sandy didn't object to being in semis, however, and so was not moved straight to finals (otherwise, she would have been Roz's partner). Penny and others pointed out that the number of set wins should not have been included in rankings, especially since these were abbreviated sets. A few, including Penny, would have moved on to the next day in that case. If we ever have a similar format in the future, it will simplified. Set wins will only be looked at on ties of game wins. Jef apologizes for his mistakes in the design and implementation of the ladder. In following table, this background color represents those who finished in upper division. This background color represented those who finished in lower division Bold names indicate player qualified for finals or semifinals on the following day. The column to the right of each player name contains the results of that player in the form: starting/ending division / set winning percentage / game winning percentage. for example: if player X started in division E and finished in division B, won 3 of 5 sets, and 20 of 35 games, the result would be: EB / 60% / 57%
MENS		WOMENS
1. Borden Granger	EB / 80% / 66%	Roz Smyth	BA / 100% / 69%
2. Gary Edwards	BB / 80% / 60%	Sandy Kean	FB / 100% / 64%
3. Fred Dow	BA / 80% / 57%	Mary Kay Romeo	DA / 80% / 63%
4. Ron Romeo	FE / 60% / 63%	Bonnie Wilson	BA / 75% / 68%
5. Jack Minkel	FE / 60% / 63%	Mary Marchese	EC / 75% / 68%
6. Ish Gomez	ED / 60% / 57%	Marilyn Bean	CB / 75% / 50%
7. Jef Johnson	AA / 60% / 57%	Carmen Perez	CB / 75% / 50%
8. David Figg	DC / 60% / 57%	Pat Muno	EC / 75% / 50%
9. Curt Hawkins	DC / 60% / 54%	Penny Pralle	BA / 60% / 63%
10. Ed Ghiorso	GF / 60% / 54%	Marla Anderson	ED / 60% / 54%
11. Ken Shallahamer	AB / 60% / 54%	Linda Notholt	ED / 60% / 51%
12. Fred Wantland	AA / 60% / 51%	Ursula Hawkins	AB / 60% / 51%
13. Barry Frahm	BA / 60% / 49%	Gloria Gobar	EE / 50% / 61%
14. Don Wilson	CB / 60% / 49%	Susan Flores Dow Note: Jef mistakenly put Susan in lower division semis. Oops!	BB / 50% / 61%
15. Pete Azar	CD / 40% / 60%	Jan McNamara	AC / 40% / 49%
16. Sheldon Baker	AC / 40% / 49%	Pam Muno	AC / 40% / 46%
17. Lee Lisak	FF / 40% / 49%	Vicki Koerner	CD / 40% / 46%
18. Dennis Smith	GF / 40% / 49%	Jill Drexler	EE / 40% / 43%
19. Mark Roybal	BC / 40% / 46%	Harriet Lisak	CD / 40% / 43%
20. Roger Georgia	CD / 40% / 46%	Kersti Garthwaite	DF / 25% / 50%
21. Kerry Hoover	DE / 40% / 46%	Eileen Childress	CF / 20% / 49%
22. Tom Freed	CD / 40% / 43%	Sandi Granger (Sonja McGrath)	FF / 20% / 40%
23. Roger Drexler	GE / 40% / 43%	Jacki Shallahamer	BE / 20% / 37%
24. Harold Plett	EF / 40% / 43%	Mary Quimby	DF / 20% / 37%
25. Gary McNamara	GE / 40% / 40%	Harriet Schultz	FE / 20% / 26%
26. Keith Dabney	GE / 20% / 43%	Janet Segwich	AE / 00% / 39%
27. Pete Ota	EG / 20% / 31%
28. Ray Notholt	DG / 20% / 29%

Sep 15 - 16 2007 San Clemente Campout
Oct 27 - 28 2007 Mixed doubles	Feb 16 - 17 2008 Straight doubles
Dec 8 - 9 2007 Straight doubles	Mar 8 - 9 2008 Mixed doubles
Jan 12 - 13 2008 Mixed doubles	Apr 12 - 13 2008 Straight doubles