Davis Club Baseline Bulletin

In this issue: September, 2010

Clubhouse Update

Interclub News

DTC and DHS Blue Devils key to Tournament Success

Contact information

Clubhouse Update

The Davis Tennis Club has and his programs, and a received unanimous approval space for board meetings. The President George Haver oversees the ball from the Davis Recreation and Board anticipates that volun- boys during the USTA Pro Circuit Tourna- ment at UC Davis this summer. Park Commission and the teer labor from Davis Tennis Davis City Council to enter into Club members in demolition a lease agreement to renovate of interior and exterior panel- and occupy the "Costume ing and siding, and exterior Guild Building" behind the and interior painting will help Veteran's Memorial Center for keep the costs down. use as our clubhouse. The Davis Tennis Club board The Davis Tennis Club board will keep you informed of de- has retained Mak Design velopments this fall, and we +Builld to develop a floor plan urge you to be ready to "strap and preliminary specifications on your tool belts" when we Fritz Wolmarans (above) wins the Men’s and an estimate for construc- call for your help. Singles Championship at the USTA Pro tion costs. The primary project Circuit Tournament hosted at UC Davis this summer. goal is to improve the existing building so that we have George Haver The team of Brett Joelson and Nicholas Monroe (below) are the Doubles Cham- space for hosting social gath- DTC President pions. erings and visiting interclub teams, storage of equipment, a home base for Dale Hersch

Fall Interclub

Go to the SATA website for For women: more information on leagues Contact Carolyn at offered this fall. Captains--be [email protected] on the lookout for changes in

league rules. If you have For men: questions on teams offered in Contact Bill at Patty Nishi and Marsha Lucio Davis, contact our interclub [email protected] coordinators.

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Interclub Spring Season Results The 2010 Spring Interclub Tuesday 3.5 Rotating Meanwhile, in a small town Season was remarkably suc- called Davis, the 3.5 Women Davis Tennis Club It was a wet and stormy cessful for the Davis teams. continued playing into the spring. In fact, you could say they summer…and the fall…

had more problems with the Suddenly, a gate slammed! weather than with their oppo- A ball flew out! The player Captain Janine Carlson nents, as the following re- screamed! caps by the Davis Team Cap- Suddenly, a match had to be tains can attest: rescheduled yet again be-

cause of rain!

While others were watching,

the volleying continued.

Men’s 3.5 Mackerels Stun League The Mackerels lulled the unstoppable once we Mackerel boys are fine- “The steely other clubs into overconfi- reached the playoffs. tuning their games in hopes determination of dence during the regular of defending their title this our deep and very season before unleashing Newcomers Duane Thom- Fall. their full fury in the playoffs son (undefeated), Steve experienced fun- to capture the league cham- Shepps and Tyler Shafer Captain Chris Dewes loving team was pionship. added great depth to our squad. unstoppable once The steely determination of we reached the our deep and very experi- After a brief, intense cele- playoffs” enced fun-loving team was bration and re-hydration, the

Mixed Doubles

The Mixed Doubles Undefeated players for team lost the League Davis included Patty title to McKinley Park. Nishi, Walter and Mar- Although the stats were sha Lucio, Tim and very similar, the Davis Elaine Snow, Pam Hull- M.D.’s finished a close inger, and Tom Young. second (though ahead of arch rival Woodland!). Captain Jack Jonas

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Men’s 3.0 The Davis 3.0 Men's team won the league for the se- Editors note: The number of cond straight season with Men’s 3.0 Interclub teams in 5 wins and 1 loss. SATA continues to shrink. Could it be that Davis’ con- Adam Richards, Greg Cho, sistent success has intimi- Larry Drager, Randy Chinn dated the other teams? and Remy Cordier were un- defeated for the season. The Captain Tim Youmans team is looking forward to another great season in the fall.

Women’s 3.5 Regular Weekday Our Wednesday morning bathroom, and defeating #1 team alive by casting a wide playing dates coincided per- ranked Auburn with a singles net to find more women who fectly with the 7-day cycle of sweep to give the league would like to play singles on Each of the Men’s rainstorms this spring, creat- championship to Rolling- Wednesdays. If you are in- teams donated ing a déjà-vu tennis experi- wood. terested in playing singles ence of rain-delays of rain- and/or doubles on Wednes- their Interclub delays of rain-delays. Due to SATA’s new rule this day mornings this fall, con- winnings - at $70 season prohibiting any over- tact Carolyn at ckteraga- each team - to the Highlights of our season in- rated players in a league, we [email protected]. cluded Grace playing a “jack- will sorely miss standout Clubhouse fund! rabbit,” deviled eggs and player Leisa Miller. Cap’n Thanks, Guys!!! Captain Carolyn Teragawa fruit salad in the women’s Carolyn will try to keep the

Men’s 50+ Doubles The Men's 50+ Doubles son, with Dave Cone, Dale team had a successful sea- Russell, and Paul Schwartz son. We tied Carmichael and posting the top win-loss Southgate with identical 5-2 match records. match results. Head-to-head we beat Southgate, but we Captain George Haver lost narrowly to Carmichael losing two critical tie-break sets. Fourteen players partic- ipated throughout the sea-

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Check our website for more photos of the USTA Pro Circuit Tournament (including and Bradley Klahn who are play- ing in the 2010 US Open) ! Participants in the Pro-Am event at the USTA Pro Circuit Tournament held at UC Davis this summer.

DTC and High School teams key to tournament success

The Davis Tennis Club and the girls' Besides hospitality functions, members and boys' Blue Devils High School Ten- of the DTC were critically involved in nis Teams rose to the occasion to show nearly every facet of the tournament, some great hospitality to the visiting most notably our chief executive, tournament officials at the Horizon George Haver, who was Head Ball Boy! West Pro Circuit Tournament held in Thanks to everyone who gave so much June at UC Davis. time and energy to make the tourna- ment a success. Deli sandwiches, BBQ tri-tip, hot casse- roles and a burrito bar with freshly Photos (courtesy of Janine Carlson) of made quesadillas were all on the lunch spectators and participants, are posted menus that we provided. The officials Tournament Director Monty Basnyat, Roland Garcia on the DTC website. We suggest you were very appreciative of all of our ef- and Marya Welch at the USTA Pro Circuit Tournament visit to view the pictures and other hosted at UC Davis this summer. forts--they said they often forget the items of interest. matches but they always remember the food!