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The summer season is upon us once again, State championship tournaments (high- In Memoriam - and this is a great time to reflect on the lighted in the Spring newsletter). I believe past racquetball season and start looking Larry said he had a whopping seven re- • Daphne P.V. diBrandi 1 forward to 2001/2002. We are working on sponses!!! Folks, this is your association, the next season’s tournament schedule (to and would like to make the decision on About MWRA • 2 be published in the Fall newsletter), and I what to cut back on with your feedback. want to point out one possible res- So please take a minute or two to USRA Maryland DC Sanctioned urrected tournament—the Mary- tell us your thoughts on how we Racquetball Tournaments • 2 land State Games. Some of you can stop losing money on our State may recall the MWRA’s participa- tourneys by e-mailing us at tion in the late 80s and early 90s. [email protected]. We will be For Your Information • 3 I’m told this used to be quite the implementing the appropriate tournament, with lots of partici- measures starting with the Doubles USRA Member Application • 4 pation and fierce competition. We Championships in November. are working with the new State Games di- Thanks in advance for your input. Tournament Results • 6 rector to secure a tournament in the Janu- Finally, the Maryland racquetball com- ary timeframe. We are looking forward to munity has lost one of its own; Penny MWRA Rankings • Back Cover bringing this tourney back into the main- diBrandi passed away on May 31. Always stream schedule. a friendly but fierce competitor, Penny will On another note, we are busy compil- be missed on the courts at the Downtown ing all the responses to Larry’s survey re- Athletic Club. garding how we should handle our losing record when it comes to breaking even in Steve

By Jim Haner, Baltimore Sun Staff Daphne P.V. diBrandi, whose explosive rac- Greece. Later, she earned a master’s degree In 1998, Penny was crowned singles quetball shots echoed through the halls of in liberal arts from the Johns Hopkins champion by the MWRA. The next year, the Downtown Athletic Club for a decade, University before going to work in the the USRA awarded her the bronze medal died Thursday, May 31 of cancer at the campus library. in its consolidated national doubles com- Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. Known For the past year, she had been a teacher petition after a series of games she played to friends as “Penny,” the champion player at Valley Academy in Towson. while suffering from what she thought was was 43. Among the longtime Bolton Hill the flu. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to mis- resident’s many passions, racquetball came A short time later, her illness was diag- sionary parents from Frederick, Penny re- to consume her about a decade ago, fam- nosed as lung cancer. turned with her family to Maryland when ily and friends say. And with her usual te- “A hell of a player,” recalled Sharon she was an infant. Her father, the Rev. nacity, she learned the game well—so well McNeill, her partner at the 1999 doubles Herman A. diBrandi, was the rector of the that she was nationally ranked 18th in the championships. “She was a thin, little pe- church of the Nativity in Cedarcroft. 25+ division by the USRA last year. tite thing with a big ol’ oversize racquet, Ms. DiBrandi graduated from St. Paul’s “She was awesome,” said her brother, and she was fierce. The men at the DAC School for Girls in 1976 and went on to Geoffrey C. diBrandi, 47 of Cupertino, feared her—the whole bunch of them. I earn a bachelor of arts degree in literature Calif. “She was very fast and had a good don’t know if any of them ever beat her.” from Deree-Pierce College in Athens, power shot. She was definitely a power player.” Steve Graham Andrews AFB: Jeff Elder Merritt Eldersburg: Editor Aspen Hill Club: Will Ferguson Merritt Salisbury: Carolyn Payne Fitness Club of Gaithersburg: Ed Parra Merritt Security: Butch Harris Sterling Spangler Bally’s Greenbelt: Tom Miller Merritt Towson: Frank Finach Design Bally’s Rockville: Ocean City: Paul Conway Bel Air: Severna Park: Val Rogolino Jr. The opinions voiced in any Bolling AFB: Willie Sutton Skill Shot Racquetball Club: article or column are those of the Chesapeake: Program Director Sport Fit Bowie: Evelyn Specht particular author and are not an official position of the MWRA Columbia Athletic Club: Sport Fit Laurel: Ron Hines or the USRA. Newsletter Frederick YMCA: Sport & Health Bethesda: Bev Supanick advertising rates: Fairland: Warren Riecke Sport & Health Rio: Steve Myers •Business Cards: $25 Fort Meade: Sport & Health Rockville: Mel Goldstein •Tournament Ad: $35-full page Hagerstown YMCA: Sport & Health White Oak: Chad Joyce • 1/4 Page: $45 JCC, Baltimore: Harry Steinman Supreme Sports Club: Eric Robinson • 1/2 Page: $60 Leisure: Talbot County YMCA: John Mautz Sr. •Full Page: $100 • 10% discount for placing your Merritt Annapolis: Larry Seidl The Players Club: ad in four consecutive issues Merritt Downtown Athletic Club: University of Maryland: Chris Wilmoth Alan Golombek Hmmm? Ideas? Opinions? Comments? You will notice that there are several clubs that do not have names associated with them. This is due to the fact that those people who were listed ARE NOT currently USRA Give us a call members as reported on the latest membership list from Colorado Springs. and speak Anyone from these clubs who is a USRA member and wishes to become a Board of your mind... Governors representative, please contact Larry Seidl at 410-269-1976.

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www.mwraweb.com Down the Line News Summer 2001 5 American Cancer Society Benefit Tournament Player Appreciation Tournament (cont.) Merritt Athletic Club, May 4-6, 2001 Men’s Doubles Open Stephen Lee Mike Perry Division First Place Second Place Jamal Harris Jimmie Dorsey Men’s Singles Open Matt Gehling Travis Woodbury A John Broadland Chris Wilmoth Team Maryland/D.C. at the Ektelon USRA 34th National Singles Championships B Sean Walker Charles Levine CPatrick Knox Scott Violette Congratulations to Team Maryland/D.C. for a great showing at this year’s National Singles, held May 23-28, in Houston, Texas. DKevin Lockwood Rich Lovett ¥ Roger Aronoff, Washington, D.C., Men’s 50+ Round of 32, 30+ B/C Patrick Knox Mike Violette Men’s 50+ A/B Champion 35+ Steve Simpson Steve Myers ¥T.J. Baumbaugh, Rockville, Women’s Open Round of 32, 40+ Marc Maschal Steve Myers Women’s Elite Quaterfinals, Women’s 25+ Round of 16 45+ Jamie Velasco Parris Woodbury ¥ Dale Clark, Pikesville, Men’s D Round of 16, Men’s 35+ C/D Round of 16 50+ B/C Dean Smith ¥ Jeff Elder, Ft. Washington, Men’s 30+ Round of 32, Men’s 35+ 55+ Morgens Norlem Round of 32 60+ Grant “Spoony” Morrill ¥ Dan Fowler, Rockville, Men’s Open Semifinals 16- Kevin Lockwood ¥ Doreen Fowler, Rockville, Women’s Open Round of 16, 14- Justin Williams Women’s 30+ Quarterfinals 12- Aaron Cowell ¥ Matt Gehling, Annapolis, Men’s Open Round of 32, Men’s 24- 10- Jeffrey Flaesch Finalist ¥ Barry Gribble, Washington, D.C., Men’s D Round of 16, Men’s Women’s Singles 30+ C/D Finalist AYvonne Nelson Janice Ryan-Arnold ¥Ira Holland, Laurel, Men’s Open Round of 64, Men’s 30+ Round B Danielle Emerson Sharon McNeill of 16 C Cicely Samuel Rita Flynn ¥ Willie “Doc” Johnson, Baltimore, Men’s 40+ A/B Round of 16, Men’s 45+ A/B Round of 32 25+ Danielle Emerson Cicely Samuel ¥Patrick Knox, Washington, D.C., Men’s 30+ C/D Champion, 40+ Rita Flynn Men’s C Round of 32 45+ Evelyn Specht ¥ Glen Kubany, Olney, Men’s 45+ C/D Round of 16, Men’s 50+ C/ D, Round of 16 Men’s Doubles ¥ Sandy Kubany, Olney, Women’s Open Round of 32, Women’s Open Marc Baron Jamal Harris 45+ Round of 16 Steve Simpson Stephen Lee ¥ Bill Milbach, Silver Spring, Men’s A Round of 64, Men’s 35+ A/B A Jeff Nelson John Broadland Round of 32 Sean Walker Mike Huntley ¥ Steve Myers, Frederick, Men’s 40+ Round of 64, Men’s 40+ A/B CTom Kammerer Larry Hill Champion Michael Schaefer Bill Ebare ¥ Mogens Klit Norlem, Annapolis, Men’s 55+ A/B Semifinals 50+ Mike Perry Larry Hill ¥ Gail Schaefer, Randallstown, Women’s 55+ Quarterfinals, Reggie Cornish Bill Ebare Women’s 55+ A/B Finalist

Women’s Doubles ¥ Karissa Sparks, Washington, D.C., Women’s 25+ C/D Cham- Veneitia Bell Tina Davenport pion and Women’s D Finalist Ann Winder Susan Flaesch ¥ Ronnie Yorski, Laurel, Women’s 45+ A/B Quaterfinals, Women’s Mixed Doubles 50+ A/B (Round Robin) Lou George Sr. Chris Wilmoth Ann Winder Janice Rayn-Arnold States fielding the largest teams at the National Singles were: 1. Texas (147) 2. California (38) Player Appreciation Tournament 3. Illinois (31) Merritt Athletic Club-Security – May 19-20, 2001 4. Ohio (30) Division First Place Second Place 4. Virginia (30) Men’s Singles 6. Florida (25) Open Stephen Lee Jimmey Dorsey 7. Pennsylvania (22) 8. Louisiana (20) A Mike Perry George Tuch 9T. Maryland/D.C. (19) B Steve Droski Patrick Knox 9T. North Carolina (19) C Joe Brown Giovanni Cortorreal 10. Colorado (17) 25/30+ Steve Simpson Stephen Lee

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Men’s Open Men’s 30+ Women’s Open Women’s 30+ 1. Dan Fowler 1050 1. Ira Holland 450 1. Doreen Fowler 525 1. Yvonne Nelson 150 2. Matt Gehling 650 2. Erik Blood 300 2. T.J. Baumbaugh 385 2T. Doreen Fowler 100 3. Eric Blood 205 3. David Meagher 265 3. Shannon Feaster- 180 2T. Janice Ryan-Arnold 100 4. Ira Holland 130 4. Steve Graham 85 Stewart 4. Jackie Gopie 20 5. Stephen Lee 105 5. Jeff Elder 75 4. Ruth Hough 105 5T. Dyan Anderson 10 5. Jackie Gopie 90 5T. Bev Supanick 10 Men’s A Men’s 35+ 5T. Ronnie Yorski 10 1. Steve Graham 230 1. Steve Simpson 290 Women’s A 2. Chris Wilmoth 210 2. John Kerr 210 1. Jackie Gopie 300 Women’s 35+ 3. Daniel Nedd 150 3. David White 155 2. Dyan Anderson 230 1. Bev Supanick 100 4. Jimmy Dorsey 100 4. Jeff Elder 100 3. Janice Ryan-Arnold 165 5. Chris Goodwyn 85 5. Chris Brown 75 4. Beth Wade 100 Women’s 40+ 5. Maria Riford 80 1. Bev Supanick 200 Men’s B Men’s 40+ 2T.Jackie Gopie 100 1T. Jeff Nelson 200 1. Robert House 320 Women’s B 2T. Beth Wade 100 1T. Robert Georgantas 200 2. Steve Simpson 250 1. Dyan Anderson 300 4. Rita Flynn 50 1T. Steven Droski 200 3. Steve Myers 225 2T. Eleanor Adcock 265 4. Charles Levine 140 4. Chris Brown 190 2T. Sharon McNeil 265 Women’s 45+ 5. Don Joy 130 5T. Bob Compton 110 4. Becca Polignone 160 1. Brenda Loube 175 5T.Arnaldo Mancebo 110 5. Danielle Emerson 115 2. Ruth Hough 150 Men’s C 3. Sandy Kubany 75 1. Patrick Knox 460 Men’s 45+ Women’s C 4. Evelyn Specht 50 2. Jeff Brown 200 1. Robert House 250 1. Selma Cuadros 360 3. Sean Walker 180 2. Jamie Velasco 200 2. Dyan Anderson 300 Women’s 50+ 4. Jody Stiles 165 3. Tom Chandler 150 3. Danielle Emerson 165 1. Ronnie Yorski 250 5T. John Flahart 50 4. Daniel Nedd 115 4. Becca Polignone 130 2. Evelyn Specht 150 5T. Greg Knutson 50 5. Warren Riecke 105 5. Fran Gower 105 Women’s 55+ Men’s D (Club C) Men’s 50+ Women’s D (Club C) 1. Gail Schaefer 450 1. Jimmy Falcon 200 1. Terry Michnya 520 1. Karissa Sparks 650 2. Barry Gribble 175 2. Kevin Dorr 220 2. Debbie Firlie 125 3T. Joe Beale 100 3. Don Holler 150 3. Claudia Villarroel-Soto 50 3T. Dale Clark 100 4. Dave Evans 80 5T. Ralph Defelice 50 5. Ken Weinstein 75 Women’s 25+ 5T. Kevin Lockwood 50 1. TJ Baumbaugh 225 5T. Fawad Syed` 50 Men’s 55+ 2. Danielle Emerson 50 1. Kevin Dorr 700 Men’s 25+ 2. Warren Riecke 250 1. Stephen Lee 175 3. Jerry Philips 150 2. Jason Colangelo 150 4T.Ken Doane 50 3. Chris Wilmoth 105 4T. Joseph Hill 50 4. Steven Best 100 4T. Mogens Norlem 50 5T. Rob Cherry 30 4T. Bill Winowitch 50 5T. Jamal Harris 30

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