Saturday - Jan. 6, 2007

It was a cold sunny morning to start out the new year. The cold mornings for this winter is continuing. This morning the event was expanded to 12 people playing three rounds of tennis. According to Zack this event will be expanded to 12 people on the first Saturday of each month. Photos of this event are available for viewing by going to the "Links" section of this blog.

The players/pairings and the playing schedule for the 3 rounds for this event were as specified by Zack and as follows:

Team #1 - Bill/Louise
Team #2 - George/Harry
Team #3 - Zack/Ingrid
Team #4 - Onome/Justin
Team #5 - Rudy/Carole
Team #6 - Larry/Carmel

George/Harry won in all 3 rounds and took first. Larry/Carmel won in 2 of the 3 rounds to take second. All of the other teams won in 1 of the 3 rounds. The results were as follows:

ROUND ONE

George/Harry over Bill/Louise (6-3)
Zack/Ingrid over Onome/Justin (6-3)
Larry/Carmel over Rudy/Carole (6-3)

ROUND TWO

Larry/Carmel over Bill/Louise (6-3)
George/Harry over Zack/Ingrid (6-1)
Rudy/Carole over Onome/Justin (6-3)

ROUND THREE

Bill/Louise over Zack/Ingrid (6-4)
George/Harry over Rudy/Carole (6-4)
Onome/Justin over Larry/Carmel (6-5)

The refreshments were a welcome sight after tennis. Crab dip, oranges, tangerines, mini sandwiches, hot wings, drinks, etc. were all consumed by the hungry players. Some of the players remained on to watch the mixed 8.0 match that followed our event.

The player ratings that changed due to today's play are as follows:

George - 5.7
Larry - 4.5
Rudy - 5.3
Zack - 3.6
Louise - 5.1
Carmel - 5.7
Harry - 4.4
Onome - 3.2
Bill - 4.3
Carole - 4
Justin - 4
Ingrid 4.6

We will be back next week.