Palm Creek Tennis Tournament 2012

Here they are...the 2012 Palm Creek Tennis Tournament Winners!

          This year's tennis tournament is now in the history books.  We had a wonderful tournament with about a hundred people on hand at the Award Ceremony Pizza Event. 

But let's take a look at each of the winning teams individually.

Men's A Gold - Walt Krahl
and Skip Nirenberg

Men's A Silver - Marty Kuiken and Larry Heinze

Men's A Bronze - Bob Gibson and Ken Swanson

Women's A Gold - Bev Argo and Mary Ellen Halm

Women's A Silver - Rhoda Zaph and Terry Bradley

Women's A Bronze - Kay Nelson and Sandy Hurlbert

Mixed A Gold - Skip Nirenberg and Bev Argo

Mixed A Silver - Pete McGannon and Terry Bradley

Mixed A Bronze - Penny Jacobsen and Bob Hetzler










Men's B Silver - David Davies and Robert Burns

Men's B Bronze - Glenn Arnold and Dennis Snell

Women's B Gold - Joy Cox and Darlene Whicher

Women's B Silver - Roma Sohni and Bev Nirenberg

Women's B - Bronze - Leta Babb and Carol Miller

Mixed B Gold - Roma Sohni and Manfred Sohni

Mixed B Silver - Penny Mason and Bob Gibson

Mixed B - Bronze - Sandy Hurlbert and Rod Hurlbert

And how can we forget the newest addition, from our Arkansas friends we were introduced to the "Arkansas Hog Call!"


Needless to say, a good time was had by all!!

Tennis Tournament - Saturday February 18th Schedule of Play

2012 PALM CREEK TENNIS TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012

SCHEDULE OF PLAY

Ladies’ B

BRONZE

Mary Willams/Rita Yates vs Carol Miller/Leta Babb – 9:00 AM (Court 2)

GOLD/SILVER

Roma Sohni/Bev Nirenberg vs Darlene Whicher/Joy Cox-10:30 AM (Court 2)

Ladies’ A

Bev Argo/Mary Ellen Halm - GOLD

 Rhoda Zaph/Terry Bradley – SILVER

Kay Nelson/Sandy Hurlbert - BRONZE

Men’s A

BRONZE

Bob Fulton/Dave Pratt vs Bob Gibson/Ken Swanson- 9:00 AM (Court 4)

GOLD/SILVER

Marty Kuiken/Larry Heinze vs. Skip Nirenberg/Walt Krahl – 10:30 AM (Court 4)

Men’s B

BRONZE

Rod Hurlbert/Hank Olson vs Glenn Arnold/ Dennis Snell- 9:00 AM (Court 5)

GOLD/SILVER

David Davies/ Robert Burns vs Brian Younge/Manfred Sohni -10:30 (Court 5)

MIXED A AND MIXED B

BRONZE, GOLD AND SILVER MATCHES

WILL BE PLAYED ON SUNDAY

Palm Creek Tennis Tournament 2012- Friday Schedule of Play

Ladies’ B

Jean McConnell/Mary Anderson vs. Roma Sohni/Bev Nirenberg   – 9:00 AM (Court 1)

Lorna Lennox/Marci Ingram vs. Mary Willams/Rita Yates vs.– 9:00 AM (Court 2)

Darlene Whicher/Joy Cox vs. Sieny Kouwenhoven/Kate Perrie – 9:00 AM (Court 4)

Helen Arnold/Carol Mason vs. Carol Miller/Leta Babb – 9:00 AM  (Court 5)

Ladies’ A

Bev Argo/Mary Ellen Halm vs. Penny Jacobsen/Nancy Restum -10:30 AM (Court 1)

Patti Blessen/Mary Sullivan-Pondell vs Kay Nelson/Sandy Hurlbert vs - 10:30 AM (Court 2)

Connie Emerson/Bonita Morgan vs. Rhoda Zaph/Terry Bradley   – 10:30 PM (Court 4)

Gail Verhoeff/Zuzana Seba vs Penny Mason/Marg Wildeman - 10:30 (Court 5)

Men’s A

Marty Kuiken/Larry Heinze vs. Jim Weaver/ Dennis Dahlen- 12:30 PM (Court 1)

Pete McGannon/Ken Civiello vs. Skip Nirenberg/Walt Krahl – 12:30 PM (Court 2)

Bob Fulton/Dave Pratt vs Bob Gibson/Ken Swanson- Saturday – to be determined

Men’s B

David Davies/ Robert Burns vs. John Blessen/Larry Marik – 12:30 PM (Court 4)

Claude Farley/Mike Wyhowanec vs. Brian Younge/Manfred Sohni -12:30 (Court 5)

Rod Hurlbert/Hank Olson vs Glenn Arnold/ Dennis Snell- Saturday – to be determined

Mixed A

Skip Nirenberg/Bev Argo vs. Larry Marik/Mary Ellen Halm – 2:00 PM (Court 2)

 Frank Csinos/Rhoda Zaph vs Pete McGannon/Terry Bradley- 2:00 (Court 4)

Robert Burns/Mary Sullivan Pondell vs Ken Civiello/Marg Wildeman – 2:00 (Court 5)

Bob Hetzler/Penny Jacobsen – Bye

Mixed B

John Blessen/Patti Blessen vs. Bob Gibson/ Penny Mason–  3:30  PM (Court 2)

Marty Kuiken/Sieny Kouwenhoven vs. Manfred Sohni/Roma Sohni-3:30 PM (Court 4)

Hank Verhoeff/Gail Verhoeff) vs. Glenn Arnold/Helen Arnold - 3:30 PM (Court 5)

Rod Hurlbert/Sandy Hurlbert – Bye

Palm Creek Tennis Tournament 2012 - Thursday Schedule of Play

Ladies’ B

Jean McConnell/Mary Anderson vs. Lorna Lennox/Marci Ingram – 9:00 AM (Court 1)

Mary Willams/Rita Yates vs. Roma Sohni/Bev Nirenberg – 9:00 AM (Court 2)

Darlene Whicher/Joy Cox vs. Helen Arnold/Carol Mason – 9:00 AM (Court 4)

Sieny Kouwenhoven/Kate Perrie vs. Carol Miller/Leta Babb – 9:00 AM  (Court 5)

Ladies’ A

Bev Argo/Mary Ellen Halm vs. Patti Blessen/Mary Sullivan-Pondell-10:30 AM (Court 1)

Kay Nelson/Sandy Hurlbert vs Penny Jacobsen/Nancy Restum- 10:30 AM (Court 2)

Gail Verhoeff/Zuzana Seba vs Connie Emerson/Bonita Morgan – 10:30 PM (Court 4)

Rhoda Zaph/Terry Bradley vs Penny Mason/Marg Wildeman - 10:30 (Court 5)

Men’s A

Marty Kuiken/Larry Heinze – Bye

Skip Nirenberg/Walt Krahl – Bye

Jim Weaver/ Dennis Dahlen vs Bob Fulton/Dave Pratt - 12:30 PM (Court 1)

Pete McGannon/Ken Civiello vs Bob Gibson/Ken Swanson- 12:30 PM (Court 2)

Men’s B

David Davies/ Robert Burns – Bye

Brian Younge/Manfred Sohni - Bye

Rod Hurlbert/Hank Olson vs John Blessen/Larry Marik – 12:30 PM (Court 4)

Claude Farley/Mike Wyhowanec vs Glenn Arnold/ Dennis Snell- 12:30 (Court 5)

Mixed A

Skip Nirenberg/Bev Argo - Bye

Bob Hetzler/Penny Jacobsen vs Larry Marik/Mary Ellen Halm – 2:00 PM (Court 2)

Frank Csinos/Rhoda Zaph vs Ken Civiello/Marg Wildeman- 2:00 PM (Court 4)

Robert Burns/Mary Sullivan Pondell vs Pete McGannon/Terry Bradley- 2:00 (Court 5)

Mixed B

John Blessen/Patti Blessen - Bye

Bob Gibson/ Penny Mason vs. Rod Hurlbert/Sandy Hurlbert –  3:30  PM (Court 2)

Marty Kuiken/Sieny Kouwenhoven vs. Hank Verhoeff/Gail Verhoeff -3:30 PM (Court 4)

Manfred Sohni/Roma Sohni vs. Glenn Arnold/Helen Arnold - 3:30 PM (Court 5)

Cancer Awareness Tournament Results - Men's and Mixed

The Men played 6 games against each team and earned 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 for a loss.

Congratulations to the team of Bob Gibson/Manfred Sohni  for winning the Men’s Doubles as the winning team in a play off against Ken Civiello and Jerry Grayson. 

Mixed doubles today had lots of great matches:

 The morning session was won by the team of Ken Civiello/Doris Grayson in a 10-7 tie break against the team of Bob Gibson/Mary Anderson.

 The afternoon session was won by the team of Pete McGannon/Helen Arnold in an 11=9 tie break against the team of Manfred Sohni/Patti Blessen.

 The tie break between the two sessions was won by the team of Ken Civiello/Doris Grayson in a 10=8 tie break against the team of Pete McGannon/Helen Arnold.

 Congratulations to all the winning teams in the Palm Creek Tennis Club Cancer Awareness Tournament.  And, everyone who played was a winner in supporting this very worthy cause.

 If you don’t make it to the dinner tomorrow night, please make sure you thank Jean McConnell and Mary Anderson for the excellent job on this tournament!!!

 Looking forward to seeing you at the Tennis Club Cancer Awareness Tournament Awards Dinner and Raffle/Auction tomorrow night (Saturday 2/4) at 5:30 P.M. in the San Tan Room,

Palm Creek Tennis Club Cancer Awareness Tournament - Ladies Results

Here is an update on the results of the Ladies Doubles played today in the Cancer Awareness Tournament;

 Sandy Hurlbert/Harriette Roberts won the 9:30 session

 Rhoda Zaph/Mary Williams and Penny Jacobsen/Bev Nirenberg tied in the afternoon session.  Penny Jacobsen and Bev Nirenberg won the tiebreaker between these two teams.

 Sandy and Harriette then played a tie break with Penny and Bev.   By winning this tie break, Sandy and Harriette are the winners of the ladies doubles.  Congratulations to Sandy and Harriette and congratulations to all the ladies who played as we are all winners!!!

 It was a beautiful day and all the ladies had a great time.

 Stay tuned for tomorrow with the results of the Mens Doubles.

Weekly Update - Sunday 1/26/2012

Palm Creek Tennis Tournament (February 16-19)– The registration forms are available with hard copies in the bulletin board (“Upcoming Events” section facing the pavilion).   You can sign up for gender specific doubles (ladies or mens) as well as mixed doubles.  The registration fee is $5 per player per event for Tennis Club Members, $10 per event for non club members.  Now is the time to ask one of your tennis friends to be your partner.  If you would like to play and you don’t have a partner, give me or Mark a call (6459) and we will find you a partner.  This event is a lot of fun and results in some good quality tennis.  The single elimination process with a consolation bracket results in almost everyone playing at least twice.  Please get your registration form and monies to Mark or me at Site #459 by February 14th.  The seeding event will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, February 14^th.  This is gives you a good warm up with your partner and makes sure you are playing at the right level.  And, don’t forget to mark your calendar right now for the Sunday celebration awards dinner.  Its free for all players, their spouses and all tennis club members.  Guests are welcome for the most reasonable price of $5 per person!

Cancer Awareness Tournament – The times are now set for the Cancer Awareness Tournament.  As we once again do not have enough courts to schedule everyone in one session, the ladies doubles and mixed doubles sessions are split between a 9:30 start and a 12:30 start.  The session times for all players will be posted on the bulletin board on Monday and I will also send out an email to let you know if you are scheduled in the 9:30 session or the 12:30 session.  As we have split the sessions there are some courts available for scheduled play.  We have made changes to accommodate as many of the existing reservations as possible.  On Wednesday and Friday, Social tennis will have courts 1 and 5.  Therefore they will need to split the groups and have a rotation line up on each court.  On Thursday Social Tennis will only have court #1.  If you have court reservations on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday (2/1, 2/2, or 2/3) please go into www.reservemycourt.com to check on your reservation, check on the status of organized play or make a reservation on any of the available times.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call me or Mark at 6459. 

Remember, the Tennis Club Cancer Awareness Dinner and Raffle/Auction is scheduled to start at 5:30 on Saturday, February 4^th in the San Tan Room.  If you are playing in any session your dinner is free.  Anyone not playing can attend the dinner for the amazingly low price of $5.  Those not playing but attending the dinner need to sign up by Thursday 2/2.   The sign up sheets are inside the tennis club bulletin board.  Jean McConnell and Mary Anderson have done a wonderful job getting some fabulous items for the raffle and the auction.  Please remember all of these monies go to the Cancer Awareness Charities of Susan B. Komen and the American Cancer Society.  So bring some money with you  and in addition to  getting some great deals you support a very worthwhile cause.  Mike Kirsh heads the raffle and auction and if it is half as much fun as last year’s event you will not want to miss it!!

Club Team Tennis had some away games at Mission Royale this week and from the feedback received from the players it all worked out very well.  The Mission Royale teams did a wonderful job and even added door prizes to their event.  Everyone appreciated that all the games started in both locations at 2pm.  The Robson Ranch group reported that they have shared with their management that there are now games at Palm Creek and Mission Royale but with only two courts they can’t participate.  Evidently this has spurred Robson to look into building two additional tennis courts!!

Weekly Update 1/22/2012

As we don’t have enough tennis courts at Palm Creek for all the teams to start at the same time,  we are going to try doing Club Team Tennis this week by splitting the courts between Palm Creek and Mission Royale.  We know we have hit the big time – we are playing “away games!!!”  Play will start at 2pm at both sites.  All players will receive an email letting them know which courts they will be playing on.  As Mission Royale does not have the depth of facilities that we have here at Palm Creek they are requesting all players bring chairs.  Those playing at Mission Royale will have their Happy Hour at Mission Royale and those playing at Palm Creek will have their Happy Hour at Palm Creek.  If you are not playing Club Team tennis please come out and cheer on the teams and stop by and emjoy our tennis club happy hour at 4pm.  This is our last session of Club Team Tennis for the January Session. The February/March Session will start up again on February 23^rd.

Sign up sheets are posted for the Cancer Awareness Tournament.  Please stop by the bulletin boards and sign up.  This is a very worthy cause and the Cancer Awareness Tennis Tournaments are always great fun!!  You don’t even have to find a partner as partners are randomly assigned to you!!   It really makes for a very fun filled event.  And, all players are invited to the Cancer Awareness Awards Dinner on Saturday at 5:30 pm for free.  Spouses are invited to also attend for $5.  There is a sign up sheet for those who just would like to attend the dinner for $5.  Please note that the tennis club does not participate in the Cancer Awareness shirts/caps/towels.  We prefer to give as much money as we can to the Cancer charities.  As many of us participate in the golf tournament or the walk, or one of the other tournaments we already get a shirt/cap/towel.  If you want a Cancer Awareness shirt or a cap and you don’t participate in any of the other Cancer Awareness events you can go to the Activities office and they will sell it to you.

I heard from Helen Arnold, membership chair, that she is getting calls looking for updated phone numbers. Because I so value all of the tennis club volunteers, I hate to put additional burdens on them.   So I reprioritized The Tennis Club Roster on my “to do” list and I have updated the roster on the tennis club website: www.palmcreektennisclub.blogspot.com.  On the right under the word Menu is the “2011-2012 Tennis Club Roster.”  Please check and make sure your site number is correct.  I have found that many of you have changed sites and did not let me know so I am finding out the hard way how to find you.  Also, the self rating is just that, how you rate yourself as a tennis player.  We use the USTA rating system.  But, this is your self rating, you are the only one who can change it.  Please review your rating and let me know if you would like to change it.  Last but not least, there are no emails included in this roster.  This is a public website and with all the emails posted it would open all of us to unnecessary spam.  Also, someone added in our planning meeting that they believe it is against the law to publish email addresses.   I highly value the use of emails to communicate with you.  Therefore,  I am very careful to send this using the “blind carbon copy”  or bcc.  That way no one can see any of the other email addresses.   Take a minute and print the roster so you can easily look up your tennis friends.

Ladies League is going strong with 7 courts!!!  Connie Emerson advised me that as the 11:00 court has to finish by 12:30 so the rest of the league can play.  The 12:30 group courts 4 and 5 have to be finished by 2pm if not earlier so Hank Olson can get ready for Ball Machine 101.  In order to ensure that the games are all finished in time the ladies league is going to a “no ad” format.  The tennis league members discussed this and voted as a group to go to the “no ad” format.

Tennis Lessons on Tuesdays at 2pm are going strong.  Last week Skip assigned the beginners and some of the newer players to work with Bob McConnell on Court 2 and it seemed like they were all having a great time.  Four of the ladies in this group traded contact info and they are going to start playing together.  This is just outstanding!  If you want to improve your game and have some fun at the same time, come out to the courts Tuesday at 2pm.  Skip, Walt, Rhoda and Bob do an amazing job.  And, its FREE!!!

Also, I need to clear up a possible misunderstanding.  Social Tennis is open to ALL LEVELS OF PLAY.  If you are just starting please know that you will be welcomed.  I have seen Mary Ellen Halm, one of our top lady players at Social Tennis and I have seen some of our newest beginners at Social Tennis.  This is one of the best things about our tennis group -  we welcome all players and all of the people playing social tennis are more than willing to help you out.  It is a great way to learn the rules of the game, get to meet other tennis players, get in some exercise, and have fun!  Social Tennis starts at 9:30 AM Monday through Friday.  To all of our social tennis players, please make sure the lid is placed back on the ball container.  Last week I found balls spilling out of the bin and the lid was off.  If there are extra balls in the bin either throw them away or put them in the can to be used with the ball machine or lessons.   Thanks!