The Drop Shot Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club Jeff Tateosian, editor 650.347.1439 [email protected] February 2009 Upcoming Events Membership Meeting President’s April 23 Update WELCOME ALL TO 2009 - Dennis Mayer, Kelly Kemp, Board members THE BEST IS YET TO COME. Jerry Ceglia. Rob Delantoni and The committee chairs have been set up as follows: THANK YOU STUART! But first, Becky Showen For the past 12 months, our outgoing Membership Stuart Bachelor Kelly Kemp President has guided our Tennis Events Stuart Bachelor club through the biggest reconstruction House and Grounds Dennis Mayer project in PTC history. His energy, commit - Social Activities Jerry Ceglia ment, devotion, and constant attention to Secretary/Treasurer Erik van Dillen all the details, big and small, of the com - Special Projects pletion (almost) of this huge CIP project Many new members have joined the PTC have been unmatched in the annals of PTC during the past year, lore. All of us PTCers owe Stuart a hearty but many of the new “well done” for his stewardship of the club members (you know who you are) have not during the past year. I am looking forward met or had a chance to play with many of to working with him in 2009 as we com - the more established players. So I would plete the final tweaking of all the changes like to decree, as my first official that have happened during the last 12 Presidential Decree, that February be desig - months. nated “Play Tennis with a New Member” month. You “older” members out there - It is also my pleasure to thank the out - call up a newer member or two that YOU going Board members who have served the DON’T KNOW, and invite them down to play Bob Sinclair, club so well this past year: tennis with you (singles or doubles), have Alan Klein, and Melissa Smith. It can truly lunch, and introduce them to other mem - be said that history was made during their bers. Come on, – I dare you! The member watch, and I am very proud to have worked that plays with the most new members gets with them this past year. a free lunch! Yes, I’ll be watching. Stuart, Becky Showen, Erik van Dillen, and Let’s make this the year when the PTC I have been joined in 2009 by incoming returns to its normal operating mode, a Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 2009 The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club place where friendly active tennis enthusi - if it's been a while since you last volun - asts can come to make new friends, play teered, please consider serving on a com - tennis, enjoy themselves with their families, mittee. Contact the board member of the and relax in a new, stress-free, beautiful, area(s) of your interest. Please contact: Dennis Mayer – Social first class tennis club. [email protected] Kelly Kemp – Tennis Manager’s Corner [email protected] Becky Showen – Membership [email protected] "Learn how to save a heart for Valentine's Day" is The new Board thanks you in advance. Saturday February 14th @ 1:00 Dr. Bob Cody. PM given by Club News On the agenda will be basic Lona Means CPR training and AED instruc - tional training. Club Anniversaries for February The new court washing schedule (5+ years) will be on the first and third Mondays (back courts) Congratulations to the following members: and Tuesdays (front courts) of each month Ted & Peggy Myers at starting 7:00 a.m. 20 Years If you use the BHS parking lot Updated Red Flag Rules please park only in our PTC designated parking spots. If you are on a court when the Red Flag is raised, limited play rules apply. Please review your club roster booklets • Doubles players are limited to two sets. for any updates or changes as we are cur - • Singles players are limited to one set. rently working on 2009. If you don’t have Singles players that have been rallying for last year’s roster on hand, go onto the PTC over 30 minutes should open their court website (ptctennis.com) and check the immediately. online roster. Please email or call Lona with any changes. When the red flag is raised, singles players in their second set and doubles players in their third set may complete their set or Editor’s Note relinquish their court, at their discretion. All players must relinquish their court after their limited play. They may immediately As we welcome our new register on the chalkboard for the next Board Members into their available court. new positions, we all must USTA Teams Forming also offer our help. The PTC – Please contact the depends on the membership following PTC league captains for informa - to volunteer their time and Jeff Tateosian tion regarding the upcoming USTA Spring talents to make our commit - season: tees strong. If you are a newer member, or Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 2009 The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club • Men's 3.0 Bill Rogers/Stuart Batchelor: House & Grounds News [email protected] • Men's 3.5 Mark Showen/Brian Peletta: While you might think that [email protected] H&G would be an easy job • Women's 3.5 Lisa Rogers/Nancy Batchelor: lrogers@[email protected] in 2009, I can assure you • Women's 4.0 Barbara Freethy: that the club is always in [email protected] need of attention. In late Membership News January we did a walk- around the club to create a Stuart Batchelor list of items that needed attention. To no surprise we My apology to Sam & Julie Marty for mis - easily found 200+ things that need to be takenly writing that they had resigned from done. While some of the action items can the club. Instead, they have moved from be easily done, others will take some time Bob Sinclair, the Emeritus membership to an Associate to complete. My thanks to Dennis Mayer, Jerry Ceglia, Lona, Nancy member. Batchelor, & Ron Martinucci, for their help Frank & Nancy Carraro (Associate in this exercise. Members) have submitted their resignation. They have been members of the club since In late January we had a small work party to 1984. The club wishes them the very best. clear the maintenance area of a large amount of debris that had been collected Social Events News over the past three months. My thanks to Steve Brooks, Brian Peletta, Rob Adams, Ken March, Ron Martinucci, Dennis Mayer, A great time was had by all Bob Currie, Mark Lewis, Mark Pearcy, Jeff Tsu, & Jeff Tateosian at our 7th Annual Super Bowl for their help and party at the club. It was a time do get this done. surprisingly close game with In February we will again be assembling unparalleled endings to each a crew half. We had eight chili cre - to work on the perimeter wood Nancy Batchelor ations entered into our chili fences. The plan is to clean and prep them cook-off contest. The voting to be stained. Once this is done we will was very tight and the PTC’s Master Chef, apply a stain to help preserve the fence so Jeff Tsu was the member’s choice. This that it will maintain its color and last as year he came in with a fabulous meat and long as possible. This is currently planned shrimp dish that was to die for. I hear that for the weekend of February 7/8. I wasn’t the only one dying later at home. Cecile Coar, Lisa One of the outstanding items on the H&G Congratulations to Rogers, Dennis Mayer (twice), Patty Rossi, list is getting a water fountain back by Jonathan Delantoni, Steve Balchios, and court 7. While we got the process started, Kelly Kemp for having the winning squares unfortunately, we ran into some problems. in our “unofficial” PTC Super Bowl pool. The most pressing is that the fountain we Thanks to the whole Social Committee for had hoped to reuse was deemed at the end putting on a great party as our last official of its life. The Board is currently selecting a event. Thank you all. new fountain that will best fit the Club’s Peninsula Tennis Club ~ 2009 The Drop Shot ~ Official Newsletter of the Peninsula Tennis Club Director of Tennis News long term needs. For 2009 Ron Martinucci has agreed to act as the chairperson for H&G to work ADULT TENNIS: along with myself to help keep the club up Congratulations to the to shape. I very much appreciate Ron following PTC teams for agreeing to take on this task. Lastly, if you making it to the Senior have any questions or see something in Riaz Shivji USPTA USTA League Playoffs. need of attention, please send me an email or speak to Lona. Come down to the club to support our I have posted a chart showing interesting fellow members in their quest for a facts on the usage in the exercise room Championship. since relocating it to the old Junior room. • Men's Senior 4.0 The chart shows the average monthly usage Gerry Sydorak (captained by ) Playoffs at of the equipment in the exercise room. The PTC on Feb 21st at 3pm. first bar chart is the average monthly usage • Men's Senior 3.0 for Sept – Dec., 2008. Going forward we Stuart Batchelor (captained by ) Playoffs at will try and capture this data monthly to PTC on Feb 22nd at 3pm. show a better trend. In January we saw a • Women’s Senior 4.0 47% increase in usage over the previous Louise Tierney (captained by ) will be on average.