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21 juni Doris HackmanThis is from Emmy Lou Armstrong, re Doris Hackman. Rita Price asked me to pass it along. Dear Rita, You may remember meeting me at the Virginia Beach Senior Olympics about 4 yrs. ago. I just came from visiting Doris and she wanted me to let you know why she didn't make it to New Zealand. March 15 she was diagnosed with a rare form of bone marrow cancer and has been given a few months to live. I just found out 3 days ago. She is mostly bedridden, cannot walk although she is home and doesn't want to go in a nursing home. Her spirits are good and she has her sense of humor. Doesn't look too bad. Had her lipstick on. She seems to have 9 lives so may come back from this. Who knows? She is too weak to sit at the computer and that is why I am writing to you. She did want the "gang" to know why she hasn't been around. If you want to send her an email, you can send it to me and I will take it to her. How are you? Still tap dancing? I'm still playing tennis, but decided I don't like to play competitive any more. Therefore, haven't done any tournaments. I would have to practice to get tournament tough again. Bye and good luck in any endeavors you undertake. Emmy Lou Armstrong (Emmy Lou's email is nanawooo@hotmail.com) 15 juni Marin SeniorsTired of the summer
heat...longing for winter...then come to the Marin Seniors where the
natural air conditioner (fog) keeps the daytime temperatures moderate
(though I heard it was warm on the first couple of days of the
tournament)...by the weekend it was in teh 60s and 70s sunny and not
too windy.The tennis on the weekend featured some really good matchups. The events offered were 35-65 M/W S/D and 100+ and 100- combined age (min age 35) mixed. Women's: Mai Ichikawa won the 35s, avenging her loss to Valerie McKinney here last year with a 64 62 win...lots of long rallies in this match. Mai and Carolyn Wei won the doubles. Carolyn Wei won the 40s, fresh off her first national title, beating tournament referee Chrissie Costamagna in the final. Chrissie works a demanding job full time, volunteers for USTA NorCal, works with Special Olympics, referees tournaments...and plays national tournaments and leagues...someone who gives back a lot to tennis. She also reached the 40 doubles final but her partner woke up ill so the 40 doubles title went to Alyssa Finerman/Erika Smith. Tracy Houk (thanks to the miracle of Celebrex :-)) played well to beat Mary Johnson...lots of good points, but Tracy's backhand was as lethal as ever and finished off many points in her favor. Tracy and Judy Rakela beat Jeanne Haskell/Karen Burns to take the doubles title. I won the 50s, edging Phyllis Blackwell in three sets...in a match closer than the score indicated. Carrie Zarraonandia and Helle Viragh won the 50s doubles over Shelly Thigpen/Diane DiMartini. Tina Karwasky was flawless in the 55s final, beating Martha Downing 60 62. She used the length and the width of the court and didn't let Martha rally or work her way into a point...she just took control off the return and the serve. She also moved really well. She also won the doubles with Ellen Carlton 62 62 over Downing/Leslie Vallejo. Greta Watson survived 2 long three set matches to win the 60s, first beating Sandra Adams, then Heather Fiscallini. Bryson/Gay won the doubles over Hillebrand/Meigs. Charleen Hillebrand won the 65 singles over Brooks Byrd. Shibu Lal, a classic counterpuncher, quick, slice backhand, playing pretty far back in the court, edged Jake Bragoinier, an aggressive baseliner, 2 handed backhand, 63 64. The 2nd set was a dogfight with Jake rebounding from 0-3 to tie the set at 4-4. Lal fought for the last 2 games and after winning the match collapsed on the court with cramps (we were playing next to them). He recovered to win the 35 men's doubles but not the mixed. Other men's singles winners were: Curtis Dunn, Kevin Pope, Nigel O'Rourke, Geoff Cykman, Brent Abel, and Douglas Kurdys in men's 40-65 respectively. For all results, click here. 11 juni Vicky CondonThis is from Karin Fox: Vicki Condon -- she's a tournament player from Chicago has recenlty been diagnosed
with Multiple myeloma. People can post messages to her at this link: http://www.carepages.com/ServeCarePage?cpn=vickicondon&ipc=cpinviteemail You will have to register to leave a note but it's free and easy and I'm sure Vicky would appreciate hearing from any of her former tennis buddies. Carolyn 07 juni 40/50 Indoors, Photos by Carolyn Wei
Carolyn Wei (who supplied the photos you see above), won her FIRST GOLD BALL at the 40 indoors today. She beat the #1 seed, Sue Kaleel, the quarters and the #2 seed, Anna Zimmerman in the final but her toughest match was against unseeded Amy Alcini. Wei won that one in 4 hours, and led by a set and 52 and also 5-1 in the third before finally closing out the match. Alcini took the bronze over Michelle Wright.
Susan Wright (no relation) won her THIRD 50s singles title of the year (one more for a gold slam), beating 2nd seeded Leslie Murveit in the final. Suzanne Siegler outlasted Sherri Bronson in 3 sets for the bronze. The doubles finals will be played tomorrow. Joanne Russell/Kaleel play for the 40s title against last year’s winners, Susan Keane/ Eve Welsher and Russell and her sister Lynn Taylor play for the 50s against Wright/Marianne Robertson.
Judy Van Raalte unfortunately fell when playing Alcini, in the first game after they'd split sets...she tore her ACL. Vesna Mckenna arrived with a small blister on her hand and despite using her doubles partner's glove for part of the week, left with a bigger one. The weather there started cool and play indoors was great since it was raining outside. However, the midwest heat wave hit, turning the unairconditioned building into a sauna for the players. On the plus side the lighting is good and the ceilings high.
65/75/85 IndoorsIn Kansas City, the emergency room had a workout from tournament players. The 65 singles and doubles finals were no-gos because Charleen Hillebrand was ill and couldn’t play. Suella Steel won the singles and Cathie Anderson/Sinclair Bill won the doubles. In the 75s, winners were Mary Boswell in three sets over Anneke Balics and Boswell/Russ over Canby/Ray in doubles. Betty Eisenstein raced through the 85 singles draw, beating the legendary Dodo Cheney in the doubles final; Cheney/Betty Cookson took the 85 doubles title, their second of the year. For all results, click here. 02 juni Father Daughter, Mother Son Hard Courts
The Father/Daughter Open, Senior, Super Senior and Ultra Senior F/D hard courts and open Mother/Son finished up yesterday. The Brocks dominated the father/daughter, beating the top seeds, John and Hannah Holladay 60 63 in the semis (they rebouned to take the bronze) and then the Schultz, Kaley and Steve 64 63 in the final. The Schultz upset the #7, 2 and 5 seeds before being stopped by the #4 seeded Brocks. In the senior F/D, the top seeds, Stephanie and Bill White, prevailed over Julia/Richard Cohen in straight sets. The Cohen's had prevailed in their previous meeting, 76 in the third and also won the clay courts last fall. Julia covers a lot of the court and very well, but the White's more balanced attack was the difference on Sunday. In the super senior F/D, the top seeds, Ahlers/O'Connor, and the defending champions, had to go 3 sets in the quarters against Tiffany Fong/Gary Lee and again in the semis to beat Emmerson/Turner. However, they peaked for the final, beating 2nd seeded Heidi McCandless/Leonard Wiedenmeyer 62 61. The second seeds had advanced smoothly to the finals before running into Ahlers/Oconnor. In the Ultra SS F/D (the father must be 80 by Dec 31st), the Settles, who won the indoors, had some trouble in the quarters against WT Mathes (88) and Myra O'Dell, winning it 64 75. The Nichols beat the Settles 61 60 in the final. Bentz/Matelski took the bronze. The Mother/Son had all sorts of interesting matches. Lisa Naumu/Miles Seeman beat Cherise/Luke Meoli, #3 seeded Chris/Stefan Parker, #1 seeds (and defending champions and the indoor winners), Chriss/Mark Schaeffer, all in straight sets to reach the final. There they met Carolyn/Cameron Bernhardt who beat the #2 seeds, Libby/DJ Jaehning in the semis. Lisa and Miles won the final in three sets. Miles is only 14, and small but has a big and controlled game, and really good doubles sense for a 14 year old (or for that matter for a 22 year old!). Cameron is about 15, bigger, but also a fine player, as were both mothers. It was good tennis. The Jaehnigs beat the Schaeffers in a close 3-setter to take the bronze and the Meolis beat the Parkers for 5th, in 3 sets, of course. The tournament, at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego was low key and very nice, run by Ann Podney and Ralph Anderson very capably. For all results, click here. |
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