The Drop Shot Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club Jeff Tateosian, editor 650.347.1439 [email protected]

June 2013 Upcoming Events

• van Dillen Men’s Doubles Championship Saturday & Sunday, June 8-9th President’s • PTC Summer Poker Tournament Message Friday, June 21st • Twilight Tennis & BBQ Phil Zlatunich Thursday, June 27th The Social and Tennis committees • have been busy planning all sorts of great events for the summer months. League action continues at all levels and our trial women’s and men’s tennis contractor status. Once that review has been ladders have been extremely popular – all good thoroughly completed, the Board will review for expanding the lifeblood of our club, the with Riaz any modifications and sign a contract membership. extension thru the summer. Access to the new PTC Adult Tennis Lesson Program will be avail- The back courts 4, 5, 6, & 7 will be resur- able to the membership after June 5th. Please faced in August. It’s time to think about contact the Tennis Office for further details. selecting colors for these courts. Many mem- bers have had the opportunity to play on a vari- ety of different court color combinations. You can go to the www.decoturf.com website, click Editor’s Note on the court colorization feature for all the color combinations available and see for your- self. I welcome your thoughts and opinions Congratulations to all our high about changing or not changing the color of school graduates. our courts. Email me at [email protected]. 14 PTC Seniors received their diplomas DOT Contract Update from Burlingame High School this Riaz has verbally agreed to accept Zach Martinucci the new past weekend. Garrett Schubiner DOT contract as presented. Currently, we are Jeff Tateosian and had roles continuing the relationship based on the new parts in the ceremony, as well as Stephen Rogers contract. The Board is having the new contract our own , representing the reviewed to insure compliance with IRS and Board of Trustees. labor provisions with regards to an independent Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 80 Years of Tennis The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club

Like father like son …congratulations to Club News Michael Strem for being voted male athlete of the year in the Central Coast Section (CCS). Club Anniversaries for June (5+ years) Best wishes to Kent Dorwin (pacemaker), Congratulations to the following members: Rudy Giannini (wrist), two of our super seniors Bill & Barbara Alexander 40 Years who are on the mend. Rob & Karen Harrigan 10 Years Speaking of Rudy’s wrist, Marilee Brooks 5 Years I hope he is healed enough to join in PTC’s first ever Bocce Get ready to shuffle up and deal Ball Tournament in July. The City of . PTC’s Burlingame just installed three beautiful Bocce annual summer poker tournament will be held Ball courts in back of Washington Park near the on Friday, June 21st. Pizza and beer will be tennis courts. Look for an evening Club tour- served starting at 6:00 pm, with the tournament nament, complete with BBQ and beverages beginning at 6:30 pm. The entry fee will be $40, which includes your buy-in, dinner and sometime in July. John Stone drinks. With poker stalwart moving to Lodi soon, this might be your last chance to Manager’s Corner knock out this former PTC Club Champion. Please sign up in the clubhouse and be sure to Jeff T. contact at [email protected] with any The beautiful summer weather questions regarding the evening. We hope to is just around the corner and the see some of our newer members join us for a swimming pool is heated and chance at stardom. ready to go. Lifeguards will be Congratulations to Betty Cookson, on duty from 1:00 pm until 5:00 who won pm beginning June 1st. USTA National Women’s 90’s Hard Court Lona Means Championship in San Diego at the La Jolla Beach Pool & Spa Use Reminders & Tennis Club May 13-19th. 1. Youths under the age of 10 years require an adult actively supervising them even when a Tennis Activities News lifeguard is on duty. 2. Children under 7 years old are not permitted Our big summer kickoff event in the spa at any time. this year 3. Between the hours of 5:00 pm-7:00 pm, the is the van Dillen Men's spa is reserved for adults only. Doubles Championships this 4. Swim guests must be signed in at the guest weekend. Look for some great podium and are limited to visiting the PTC twice tennis along with a casual cock- per month. tailparty for all the players and Ken March members immediately following Please see me at my office or contact me 650- play on Saturday. We will have 347-1439/[email protected] if you have snacks and drinks for the players and specta- any questions or concerns. tors throughout the day on Saturday and Happy Tennis! Sunday. Be sure to come out and cheer the players on while enjoying some of the best ten- nis the Club has to offer. If you are too busy to see the action on Saturday, try to set aside Sunday morning for the semi-finals and final of all the brackets. Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 80 Years of Tennis The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club

A huge thank you goes Adrienne Play will begin between 8:30-9:00 am, with the out to Schubiner, Mickey Podolski, Ken March, Mark Finals starting around noon. For those not Pearcy, Eric Brand and Joe Bojues playing in the tournament, this is a reminder for offering that all the courts will be used Saturday until to volunteer their time and efforts in getting around 5:00 pm and Sunday until 2:00 pm. this project off the ground and going in the right direction. I would like to give a special thanks to the ladies of the tennis committee: Natalie, Current List of H&G projects: Maggie, Whitney, Kim, Nancy Chew, Carey, -Flooring replacement (Women’s Locker rooms) Kay, Marsha, Erica and Valerie , who have Board to revisit entire scope. graciously given many hours to help with this -Flooring replacement (Junior Locker rooms) weekend’s tournament. On Hold-Tentative schedule August. -Court Crack repair - Painting #4 thru 7 There will be six USTA teams displaying their Approved, August 5-9, 2013 start. skills this upcoming summer season. -Video Cam Upgrade - Cost analysis/feasibility Nancy Chew Women's 55 7.0 Captain study in progress. Sharon Marson Women's 55 8.0 Captain -Clubhouse / Court Sound System – Committee Gerry Sydorak Men's 55 8.0 Captain equipment selection / review / budgeting, Marsha Heimbecker Mixed 18 6.0 Captain underway. Jerry Ceglia Mixed 18 7.0 Captain -Lights – Review previous Board progress, Christian Reilly Mixed 18 8.0 Captain Feasibility / Development Phase. Be sure to talk with the captain if you are -Clubhouse bar area, big room ceiling / Kitchen interested in playing on any of these teams. painting – Completed -Furniture Replacement - ADC Review / Fiscal Mark your calendars and set aside future Budgeting for 2014-15 dates for our upcoming tennis events. And they -Clubhouse Library bookshelves / ADC Club include - Twilight Tennis Thursday, June 27th, House Development / PC Review Woods & Whites on Sunday, July 7th, and our -Card Key entry / Security System – Discussion second Inter-Club vs. San Carlos Tennis Club at Review / Feasibility PTC Saturday, July 13th. -Card Key entry / Security System – Discussion Review / Feasibility Hope to see you this weekend. Membership News House & Grounds News Yes, we have more members. Recently added to the PTC family You may have noticed that the Ron Pan Corey are g and his sons clubhouse Brandon. ceiling, kitchen and and Ron has been Ken March’s bar area have recently been playing on 4.5 team painted. What you can’t see yet and his son Corey has just fin- are the great strides the Jane Pearcy ished his high school career hav- Architectural Design Committee ing played #1 at Carlmont. He is Phil Zlatunich have been making. They have currently ranked #11 in NorCal’s 18’s. Ron’s been busy producing a renova- son Brandon is a sophomore at UCLA and is tion plan for the clubhouse which will be avail- also a strong player but is currently rowing crew able for the membership to review very soon. for the school.

Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 80 Years of Tennis The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club Also new to the club are Meaghan and Director of Tennis News Christopher Schaefer. They are looking for- ward to meeting some 3.5-level players. I had ADULT TENNIS a chance to play with Meaghan at the member Meet & Greet. She is super fast on the court, so The W3.0 Doubles Academy watch out. She’ll be a great addition to one of is open every other Ryan our USTA teams. Their son is an avid Wednesday from 1:00-2:30 Devon player while younger daughter is just pm. Academy Pro Albert getting started in the game. Following closely Riaz Shivji USPTA and I run the ladies through behind these new members are three more new extensive doubles drills for member families and a returning club favorite. 90 minutes. The last couple of sessions were We’ll reveal their identities in next month’s stroke specific on volleys, slice serves and we Drop Shot. On Saturday, several members finished up with point play for 45 minutes. The helped put on a Meet & Greet with some new gals did great and this team is really coming Ron & Marci members. I want to thank together. More team clinics are in the planning Martinucci, Kenny March, Joni Amaroli, and stages where we will focus on using different Mark Pearcy for coming down to the club to formations and how to play against all types of make our newest members feel so welcome. teams. We had some nice round-robin tennis followed Upcoming Clinics by a refreshing beverage or two. Please be sure Lona to contact if you know anyone who’d like USTA Team clinics are available to help your information about the PTC. She’s happy to give team communicate, gel and enjoy playing with tours. each other. Coming up are group clinics including Women’s 3.5 and Men’s 3.0. Contact Social Events News Marisa Wachhorst Mickey Podolsky (W3.5) and (M3.0). Be sure to come down to the LESSONS/CLINICS club on Saturday afternoon to I’ll be implementing a new lesson/clinic book- watch the men compete for the ing system. You will be able to sign up online Doubles Championship trophy. and right here at the club, put your name on Immediately following play any available lesson spot with our RS Academy (around 4:30 pm) we will raise USPTA Professional staff. If you’d like to form a Jennifer Ellison a toast to all of the players in small or large clinic, you can do that too! the van Dillen Men’s Doubles Details on fees, days, times, policies, etc., will Championship at our Party on be posted. Check your inbox - details coming the Patio! Libations and light snacks will be soon. served. All players and members are welcome. JUNIOR TENNIS The party is included in the player registration and is only $5 for all non-players. The PTC Junior Tournament played on the weekend of May 18-19th was a huge success. With our nice weather upon us, it means that We had 78 players compete in the 12U & 14U it is time for Twilight Tennis. Our first Twilight Challenger divisions as well as the 14U Novice Jim event is June 27th and will be hosted by boys and girls divisions. The young tournament Sobel's Men's 3.5 team (as well as their lovely players played hard and fair all weekend. Our wives). They have chosen to celebrate the San Novice/Challenger tournament gives the players Francisco Giants, so wear your orange and black a fantastic experience in their early tournament and come ready for peanuts, popcorn and play, so that they can learn to love and respect crackerjacks, (dogs and burgers too). As is the game. We had eight players in various divi- tradition, we will introduce new members, so sions who are members of PTC. It was definite- don't miss this one. Watch out for sign-ups. ly a treat for them to compete on their home Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 80 Years of Tennis The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club

Breakdown of our summer program: courts and they all expressed a desire to play another tournament or two this summer. All 9 weekly sessions -- represented with the utmost sportsmanship and - Session 1 -- June 17-21 competitive spirit. I am very proud of all of you. - Session 2 -- June 24-28 - Session 3 -- July 1-3 only. Aida Lowe, Halle Martinucci, PTC Players: (NO CAMP ON JULY 4th OR 5th) Tyler Yee, Julia Marks Del Nichols’ ( - Session 4 -- July 8-12 , Henry Marks (Del Nichols’ Grandaughter) - Session 5 -- July 15-19 ), Evan Mahaffey, Riley Wachhorst, Grandson - Session 6 -- July 22-26 and Maddie Wachhorst. Congratulations to - Session 7 -- July 29-Aug 2 Aida Lowe Riley (3rd Place in G14 Challenger), - Session 8 -- Aug 5-9 Wachhorst Maddie (4th Place in B14 Novice), - Session 9 -- Aug 12-16 Wachhorst (Consolation finalist G12 Tyler Yee STAR Beg/Nov Tennis 12:30-1:30 pm. Challenger), (Consolation Winner G14 Novice). STAR Juniors typically have had minimal tennis experience. Positive reinforcement and instruc- A huge heartfelt thank you to the PTC Jr. tion will be given to children to help improve Nancy Batchelor, Tournament volunteers: their tennis stroke skills. Fun, engaging and Marci Martinucci, Debbie Oldham, Lona, Jose, challenging drills and games are used to instill Gabi, Lizzie Siegle, Natalie Somers, Andrew balanced movement and sound stroke funda- Olson, Camillo Saueressig, Alex Harrigan and mentals. Our coaches will help Juniors learn to Josh Lin . It is because of people like you, that rally and play the game. we were able to run such an incredibly success- - (Ages 11-15) ful event. It was a fantastic weekend of Jr. - PTC Member - $110 Tennis, and the absolute best tournament - Non-Member - $145 experience was given to all players... thanks to QuickStart 1:30-2:30 pm. you. It is very special to be surrounded by peo- ple such as yourselves, who have a passion for Our QuickStart program is ideal for young first the game, and are so willing to share it with the timers. We use the shorter 36ft court, up and coming Juniors. foam/red felt balls and Juniors should come with size appropriate rackets in 19-25 inch RS ACADEMY SUMMER TENNIS CAMP INFO - length. Games and fun exercises are used to The RS Summer camp program will begin on instill core movement, throwing, catching and Monday, June 17th and run weekly until August stroking fundamentals. This is done in a fun, 16th. Summer camp is always a great place for positive, engaging setting using cooperative our member children to meet, receive quality games and drills. instruction from our certified and positive - (Ages 4-8) coaching staff and play with each other. Non- - PTC Member - $110 members are also welcome too. If your Junior - Non-Member - $145 wants to bring a friend or two, they can also 10 & Under Tennis 1:30-2:30 pm. register for our summer tennis camp. Group clinics are run daily from 12:30-4:30 pm Our 10 and under program will use 36 ft. and depending on your child’s level. We are once 60 ft. courts, and red/orange balls. Children again offering 9/one week sessions Monday- will learn specific stroke fundamentals to help Friday depending on level, with the exception of them rally and enjoy playing together. Rackets July 4th week, which will be Monday-Wednesday for these Juniors should be size appropriate in only. 23-27 inch lengths.

Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 80 Years of Tennis The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club

The RS Tennis Academy Program has fully incorporated the USTA 10 and under tennis NEW MEMBERS (TAUT) curriculum for all of our younger Juniors. Through extensive development and following USTA guidelines, 10 and under Juniors in our program develop sound stroke skills, learn how to move with good balance and “play and stay in the game.” - (Ages 9-10) - PTC Member - $110 - Non-Member - $145 Academy, Jr. Academy 2 &3 2:30-4:30pm For players at USTA Open and upper Varsity High School level. These Juniors are self-moti- vated and will be pushed to excel. Challenging and competitive drills and games are used to help players increase consistency, control, power and point discipline. Conditioning pro- gram incorporated by our partner Peninsula Fitness includes dynamic warm-up, Ron Pang, Cory & Brandon speed/agility and strength and power exercises. - (USTA Novice/Challenger/Open Level ages 12-18) - PTC Member - $220 - Non-Member - $275

You can find this and other Junior tennis infor- mation on our website at www.rstennis.com. Sign up to receive details on upcoming lessons, clinics, team play and interclub play.

Looking forward to a great summer of Adult and Junior tennis right here at PTC.

Meaghan and Christopher Schaefer Devon & Ryan

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