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JANUARY 14 - 15, 2012 MIXED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
Start times for January Tournament were to be posted Friday, Jan 13, 2012 by 9pm, but due to extenuating circumstances, were not. The tournament was a hybridized round robin due to the disparity of 6 more women than men, the draw was completed about half an hour late, and everyone was too tired to post these times. A B C The format will probably be the usual double elimination format. As this is still "the season", it is a good idea to make reservations early. If you are planning to play, you must sign up by 6:00 p.m. on the eve of the tournament. Sign-up at the clubhouse, or contact Jef at Borrego Physical Therapy - where the draw will going on from 6:30pm to 9pm on Friday, Jan 13, 2012, phone 760-767-4047 or e-mail: jefbstc@gmail.com, or if all else fails, call the tennis center at 760-767-0577 the Friday afternoon before the tournament by 6pm(definitely before 7:30 p.m.). The draw will be completed by around 9:00 P.M. and play will begin on Saturday, possibly as early as 8:00 a.m. After 9pm on the Friday before the tournament, Jef will try to upload the draw (including partners, start times, and opponents) to our website at www.borregotennis.com and click the tournament date. If you want us to call you with the start time, and don't have internet access, add your phone number with your name when you sign up, or, preferably, arrange to have someone you know check and contact you. Also, if you are just joining the club, please provide contact information, preferably an e-mail address, if you wish to receive a newsletter, and if you want to be listed in the club's directory. If you want to share and consume goodies, there will be a Goody Bar in the clubhouse on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTHope you all had a wonderful holiday.Thanks. MarilynThanks again to Janna and Larry Wagner for a very entertaining Christmas program. Such talent!
Looking forward to seeing everyone in 2012. Please remember to pay JaNell your tournament fee prior to your first match.
CLARIFICATION OF CLUB FEESThe following explanation was discovered to be STILL not quite right (look for better clarification next newsletter): The current membership fee is n times $12.50, where n is the number of tournaments left in the season. At the start of the season in October, n = 6. The following table summarizes the cost of joining at different times of the season:The cost per tournament is $10. As a lure to new players, there is no obligation to join the club for the 1st tournament, but a participant MUST join the club the 2nd tournament he/she plays in, even if years separate the time between the 1st and 2nd tournament. So, currently, if a non-member plays in one tournament a year, it is cheapest to play in April, where the cost is only $22.50, compared to $85.00 in October.
Tournament Membership fee October $75.00 December $62.50 January $50.00 February $37.50 March $25.00 April $12.50 This tends to create large turnouts for the April tournaments. In order to compensate for the lower turnouts in early tournaments and other problems with this model, for the next season (2012 - 2013), the board is considering either 1) allowing non-members to play in any tournament without joining, but at a higher rate - maybe $30 per tournament, or 2) a limited membership that is reduced proportionally to the number of tournaments a player plans to participate in -- many can't afford to come to all 6 tournaments (transportation and lodging expenses, for example).
SATURDAY HAPPY HOUR/POTLUCKOur usual happy hour will be at 6:30pm Saturday, followed by the potluck at 7pm. If you have any gifts for door prizes, put them in the designated door prize area.
BORREGO NEWSFor those who missed the December tournament, temperatures were unseasonably cool with highs around 60°F. The cool temperature remained until the last week of the year, when we enjoyed highs in the 70s. December was also rainier than normal. Borrego is on track for a great wildflower season in 2012.
SCHULTZ'S UPDATEThe following is an excerpt from Harriet's end-of-year note, concerning her and husband John Schultz. Harriet and John were long-time members of the tennis club:The last month 0f 2011 found John recovering from his eighth knee surgery (6th knee replacement) since 2005 with a seventh replacement scheduled for February 2012. The most recent one was in response to a loosened knee prosthesis due to a bacterial infection that was causing his tibia bone to thin and ultimately possibly break. The surgeon removed the knee prosthesis and filled the tibia with cement and anti-biotics intended to end the infection. Fortunately, he has yet to be infected by Cabin Fever although he is confined to the kitchen and family room with an immobilizer strapped to his right leg. He moves around with the aid of a walker and a wheelchair with which he has become very adept. Karyn flew down from Eugene after John's eighth day home to provide Harriet with much needed help and rest.
John taught tennis up to the weekend before his operation and hopes to continue later in 2012. During the summer John helped organize two reunions attended primarily by his Willard Junior High schoolmates of Santa Ana 1947-1949.
In October we attended our 55th Whittier College reunion. We won an award that was not for having the most [zero] grandchildren but for having visited the most countries (Harriet-72 John-93). Also in October we donated our old motor home with the license plate "XTINKT" to our classical music station. This is the first time that we have not owned a camping vehicle since 1973. They all were well used and facilitated many wonderful memories--Baja Mexico, our friendships at the Borrego Springs Desert Tennis Club and travel throughout America and foreign lands.
May 2012 bring more hope, peace, prosperity and stability in the world than did 2011.
John: jhermanschultz@gmail.comHarriet: harrietuschultz@gmail.com
DECEMBER 2011 TOURNAMENT Only 28 people signed up for this tournament: 17 women and 11 men. On Saturday, a 12th man, Pat Finn, volunteered to play, after substitute Sheldon couldn't make it. A highlight of the weekend was Larry and Janna's cousins, from Tortuga AZ, drove in and entertained the Saturday night potluck crowd. The potluck was held indoors due to chilly weather this weekend.
Larry's cuzzin looks arful farmiliar....
Barbara Ash won the drawing - here she is receiving the $50 drawing
Dining at the potluck (indoors, as a fairly small turnout and pretty chilly outside)
Janna's cuzzin looks arful farmiliar, too....
...I know! They're giving away door prizes.... They must be Santer's elvis!!!RESULTS OF DECEMBER 2011 TOURNAMENT(WON - LOSS record) DESERT PUMPKINS SWEET POTATOES WILD TURKEYS WINNER
Marla Anderson - Vicki Mercer (3 - 0)WINNER
Ursula Hawkins - Mary Marchese (4 - 0)WINNER
Curt Hawkins - Harold Maier (4 - 0)RUNNER-UP
Eileen Childress - Barbara Ash (2 - 2)RUNNER-UP
Nine Hanson - Peg Lieb (3 - 2)RUNNER-UP
Hans Hansen - Don Campbell (3 - 2)Jackie Shallahamer (1 - 2)
Terry Moy - Marla Anderson (0 - 2)Roz Smyth - Bonnie Wilson (1 - 2)
Jan McNamara - Harriet Lisak (1 - 2)
Janna Wagner - Susan Dow (0 - 2)Larry Wagner - Ed Ghiorso (2 - 2)
Jef Johnson - Pat Finn (1 - 2)
Ken Shallahamer - Gary McNamara (0 - 2)
Al Lieb - Don Wilson (0 - 2)
BSTC SCHEDULE FOR 2011 - 2012 SEASON
Sep 17 - 18 2011 San Clemente campout tennis weekend Oct 29 - 30 2011 Mixed doubles Feb 18 - 19 2012 Straight doubles Dec 3 - 4 2011 Straight doubles Mar 10 - 11 2012 Mixed doubles Jan 14 - 15 2012 Mixed doubles Apr 14 - 15 2012 Straight doubles
RECYCLED EMAIL JOKES submitted by Bob on 12/9/11LAWYER THINKNewsletters online can be found at http://www.borregotennis.com.One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the road-side eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and got out to investigate.He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"
"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "We have to eat grass."
"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you," the lawyer said.
"But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree."
"Bring them along," the lawyer replied.
Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You may come with us, also."
The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, "But sir, I also have a wife and six children with me!"
"Bring them all as well," the lawyer answered.
They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine. Once under way, one of the poor fellows turned to the lawyer and said, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."
The lawyer replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love my place. The grass is almost a foot high."
Come on now...you really didn't think there was such a thing as a heartwarming lawyer story . . . did you????
SENIOR PROBLEM
A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started."NEW TEETHHer neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?"
The little silver haired lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster."
Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle. She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table.
He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then turns to her and says, "First of all, no matter what we do, we're not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a rooster."
He takes her hand and says, "Secondly, I want you to relax. Let's have a nice cup of tea, and then....", he said with a deep sigh "Let's put all the Corn Flakes back in the box."
A Pastor goes to the dentist for a set of false teeth. The first Sunday after he gets his new teeth, he talks for only eight minutes. The second Sunday he talks for only ten minutes. The following Sunday, he talks for 2 hours and 48 minutes.THE DEAD COW LECTUREThe congregation had to mob him to get him down from the pulpit and they asked him what happened.
The Pastor explains the first Sunday his gums hurt so bad he couldn't talk for more than 8 minutes. The second Sunday his gums hurt too much to talk for more than 10 minutes. But, the third Sunday, he put his wife's teeth in by mistake and he couldn't shut up...
First-year students at the Auburn Vet School were attending their first anatomy class with a real dead cow.SALARY REQUESTThey all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started the Class by telling them, "In Veterinary medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor. The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal's body."
For an example, the professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the cow, withdrew it, and stuck his finger in his mouth.
"Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students. The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead cow and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, "The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention."
Employee : Excuse me sir, may I talk to you?Boss : Sure, come on in. What can I do for you?
Employee : Well sir, as you know, I have been an employee of this prestigious firm for over ten years.
Boss : Yes.
Employee : I won't beat around the bush. Sir, I would like a raise. I currently have four companies after me and so I decided to talk to you first.
Boss : A raise? I would love to give you a raise, but this is just not the right time.
Employee : I understand your position, and I know that the current economic down turn has had a negative impact on sales, but you must also take into consideration my hard work, pro-activeness and loyalty to this company for over a decade.
Boss : Taking into account these factors, and considering I don't want to start a brain drain, I'm willing to offer you a ten percent raise and an extra five days of vacation time. How does that sound?
Employee : Great! It's a deal! Thank you, sir!
Boss : Before you go, just out of curiosity, what companies were after you?
Employee : Oh, the Electric Company, Gas Company, Water Company and the Mortgage Company!
