And the Winners Are........

The annual Palm Creek Tennis Club Member Tournament was held February 14-16.  Awards were given at the Chili Supper following the Sunday matches.

Thanks to the folks who organized and prepared our delicious supper!

Penny and Glady collected our money!

We had lots of toppings to choose from and some tasty muffins on the side.

Congratulations to all our players and winners!

MEN'S  DIVISION A                                                       MENS'S DIVISION B
First Place:  Terris McCombs, Dave Touchet                       First Place:  Jerry Grayson, Stanley Gronski Second Place:  Manfred Sohni, Brian Younge                      Second Place:  Don Baggett, Rod Hurlburt
      

Jerry, Terris, Dave, Brian, Dan, Rod

WOMEN'S DIVISION A                                                WOMEN'S DIVISION B
First Place:  Bev Argo, Carol Lindow                                 First Place:  Sandy Hurlburt, Gail Verhoeff
Second Place:  Marilyn McCombs, Mary Ellen Halm         Second Place:  Leta Babb, Nancy Restum

WOMEN'S DIVISION C
First Place:  Jan Frtitz, Janice Jensen
Second Place:  Sandy Murray, Debbie Plummer

Sandy, Debbie, Janice, Jan

Nancy, Sandy, Gail

MIXED DIVISION A                                                     MIXED DIVISION B
First Place:  Carol McCombs, Dave Touchet                    First Place: Connie Emmerson, Bob Gibson
Second Place:  Bev Argo, Terris McCombs                     Second Place:  Marg Wildeman, Gar Wildeman

MIXED DIVISION C
First Place: Debbie Plummer, John Blessen
Second Place:  Sandy Murray, Mike Murray

Marg, Gar, Connie, Bob

Dave, Carol, Bev, Terris

The Tournament is Under Way

We couldn't have asked for better weather for the annual club member tournament!  Connie Emerson and her helpers had things organized and under way in bright sunshine on Valentine's Day starting at 9am with the men playing on 6 courts.  Mixed couples played at 11 and the ladies took to the courts at 1:00, with great playing all the way around.  

Stay tuned for more action!

Palm Creek Tennis Club Tournament

The club tennis tournament will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, February 14, 15, and 16.    This is a round robin tournament meaning teams will play the other three teams in each division.  That also means teams will play every day.  If persons have signed up for two events you will have to play twice in one day. Men will play every day at 9:00, Mixed will play every day at 11:00, and Women will play every day at 1:00.  There will be no other tennis on those three days except the tournament games until after 3:00.  We are looking forward to a good time on the courts.  Those not playing, please come out to cheer on those who are!    All tennis club members are invited to attend the chili dinner on Sunday, the 16th, in the San Tan room to celebrate the end of the tournament.

Winners Announced!

The Palm Creek Tennis Club "Super-Bowl-of-Tennis" was held Friday, January 31 and Saturday February 1.  Organized by Don Baggett and his wonderful team of helpers from Hot Springs Village, AR, we had six teams of eight players each participating.  Teams were named for the top teams in pro-football and competed in two brackets, the American Conference and the National Conference.  Our teams in the American Conference were the Panthers, captained by Larry Marik; Broncos, headed by Penny Mason; and Gar Wildeman's Patriots.  Representing the National Conference were Connie Emerson's Seahawks, Brian Yonge's Colts and the 49ers, captained by Bev Argo.  The teams battled not only formidable opponents, but heavy winds on Friday and cold temperatures on Saturday.  Hardy fans cheered on the teams on both days and were rewarded with some exciting matches.  The championship and consolation matches were held at the courts on Saturday afternoon, followed in the San Tan Room  by a happy hour, pot-luck buffet dinner and an auction and raffle to benefit Palm Creek's Cancer Awareness Event.  A grand time was had by all. 

Play filled the courts Friday and Saturday.

Club co-chairman Glen Carter welcomed those attending, passed out some awards and introduced event chairman, Don Baggett.

A noisy and hungry crowd filled the San Tan Room for the Awards Dinner and Auction

Event Chairman Don Bagget awarded the Super Bowl Winner, The Broncos, with their certificates and Super Bowl Rings.  From left to right...Tom WIlliams, Mary Anderson, Glenn Arnold, captain, Penny Mason, Barb Woodman, Herbert McMahon, and Robert Burns. (not present at awards, Dennis Snell)

The tennis club spared no expense on the Super-Bowl rings for the winning players.

Nancy Restum and co-chairman, Penny Jacobson, autioned off numerous items to benefit the Cancer Awareness Fund.

Another great event enjoyed by tennis club members!

Evening Couples Tennis

This Thursday, January 30,  will be the first Thursday Evening Couples, beginning at 6:00, and 

ending at 7:30 p.m. All following Thursday evenings, beginning February 6th, will be hosted by Bob & Jean McConnell, followed with happy hour in their lovely back patio.  Hope many of you will take advantage of another social outing.

SUPERBOWL OF TENNIS

We WILL have a Cancer fund raising event tied together with our "Palm Creek Superbowl of Tennis" tournament to be held Friday January 31st, and Saturday February 1st.  The "Superbowl" idea and leadership has been provided by Don and Helen Baggett based on a successful similar event that our Hot Springs group held last summer.  Here is a preview of the events involved in Superbowl Weekend:
1.  Sign-up sheets have been posted for a week plus at the clubhouse bulletin board.  The tournament will accommodate 48 players (gender neutral).  The sheets have the full complement of 48 players signed-up, but there is a substitute list that you could still sign-up on in case some players decide to drop out, and you didn't get on the first 48 list.  
2.  In the very near future, Don and a committee of tennis club experts will review the player list to assemble 6 teams of 8 players each to represent the teams in the playoffs and Superbowl.  They will do their best to match players and teams to represent like skills for balanced play.  The teams along with team Captains will be posted and announced at our weekly club happy hour at the courts -- 4:00 Wednesday January 29th.
3.  On Friday January 31st the playoff matches will be played (all 8 courts) starting with the first round at 11:00, the second at 1:00, and the final playoff round at 3:00.  Matches will be determined by a single 10 game pro set with the winning team taking 10 games by a margin of 2 or more games.
4.  Superbowl "Saturday" (Feb1st) will have the Consolation bracket competition at 1:00, and the SUPERBOWL OF TENNIS matches at 3:00.  These will be 2 set matches.
5.  At 6:00, we will assemble in the San Tan Room for Happy Hour.  Everyone who brought a bottle of wine from their home area should bring them to the Happy Hour as their donation to the Cancer Raffle to be held after dinner.  We ask that everyone bring something to donate to the raffle.  If you did not bring wine from your home area pick something (bottle of wine, liquor, or some other kind of item) to include in the raffle.  Raffle Tickets will be on sale for all of us to purchase.  
6.  Following our pot luck dinner, the Superbowl awards ceremony will be conducted by Don Baggett -- with substantial and appropriate hoopla. This to be followed by the raffle conducted by Penny Jacobson and Nancy Restum with ALL PROCEEDS going as the club's donation to this years Palm Creek Cancer Drive.

We are looking forward to this being an event to be enjoyed by all players and the fans cheering them on Friday and Saturday, and by all club members on Saturday night.

Tennis Open House --- a success!

THANK YOU -- to all who showed up and volunteered at yesterday's open house.  We had no idea what to expect in terms of attendance or new membership opportunities.

We did a great job of demonstrating our hospitality and enthusiasm.  All who attended enjoyed a nice lunch skillfully prepared and served by our volunteers.  We did a good job meeting and greeting our visitors and explaining the variety of tennis options we offer to experienced and inexperienced new players.  The ball machines got a good workout by people who did have an interest in seeing how it feels to hit a few balls.  Our "coaching" staff did a great job of providing hands on instruction to several people, and the group who stood by to provide some court time with interested visitors, did a great job of putting them at ease on the courts.  

In the end, we signed on 16 NEW players to our club -- some who have limited experience and many who dusted off their game after several years on the shelf.  That is 16 new dues "paid" members.  And, there are several others who said they will be back to try Social, or our free Tennis Lessons who were very encouraged by the experience.  Hopefully, a few will also be added as new dues playing members in coming weeks.

A big THANK YOU to all who so willingly gave their time and energy to this event.  Without you it would never have happened.  And a very specialTHANK YOU to Sandy Murray who reluctantly accepted the responsibility of organizing and running this event.  You did a Super Job Sandy.

Glenn & Penny

P.S.  You are only as good as the people with whom you surround yourself and your efforts.  You are most welcome, and my thanks cannot adequately be expressed to such a wonderful group of people.       Sandy