5HIT 7/21/07

Rudy, Louise and Carmel were out today. We had 6 players to start. John's group had 10 players so he gave up Ollie and Bill G so that we can have 8 players.

Bill and Sabrina were the clear winners, winning all three sets decisively 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.

Here are the round-by-round results:

Round 1

Zack and Harriet def. Steve and Linda 6-3
Bill and Sabrina def. Ollie and Tina 6-1

Round 2

Bill and Sabrina def. Zack and Harriet 6-1
Steve and Linda def. Ollie and Tina 6-5

Round 3

Bill and Sabrina def. Steve and Linda 6-1
Zack and Harriet def. Ollie and Tina 6-4

RAT

Since we were missing Louise and Carmel, we had minimal spread in terms of food. Steve failed to meet his drinks assignment so we were short in drinks too. John's group was very generous to share their refreshments.

5HIT 7/14/07

Larry and Rudy were out today. Tom from out of town showed up looking for some tennis action, so I gave him my spot. Tina kept score and gave me the following results:

Ist round:

Sabrina/Carmel def. Tom/Linda 6-2
Steve/Louise def. Tina/Harry 6-3

2nd round:

Tom/Linda def. Tina/Harry 6-1
Steve/Louise def. Sabrina/Carmel 6-2

3rd round:

Steve/Louise def. Tom/Linda 6-2
Sabrina/Carmel def. Tina/Harry 6-5 (7-5)

I showed up for RAT. There were lots of good munchies and drinks, and fun company as usual.

5HIT 7/07/07

Two regular players, Larry and Carmel, were unavailable for this event. Steve Lee and Linda Gephart took their places.

The teams were (sets won in parenthesis):

Rudy and Linda (2)
Steve and Sabrina (2)
Harry and Louise (1)
Zack and Tina (1)

Here are the round by round results:

Round 1:

Zack and Tina defeated Rudy and Linda 6-3
Steve and Sabrina defeated Harry and Louise 6-4

Round 2:

Rudy and Linda defeated Harry and Louise 6-2
Steve and Sabrina defeated Zack and Tina 6-4

Round 3:

Rudy and Linda defeated Steve and Sabrina 6-5
Harry and Louise defeated Zack and Tina 6-5

There were plenty of good food but we ran out of drinks during RAT because we had to supply drinks to John's group too.

Saturday - June 30, 2007

The last day of June was here. The year is rapidly going by. We had 8 people for our group when we arrived but went up to 10 people shortly there after. Fred showed up looking for an opening in one of the groups and John's group had an extra player. Therefore, Sabrina and Tina were able to play there preferred singles game rather than mixed doubles. Fred and Patrick joined our group to play doubles. Zack was not playing today.

The round robin format was scrapped early on as the players kept trading partners after each round. This was not an organized switching of partners but instead partners were being switched willy-nilly. If you lost you were in danger of being jettisoned by your partner.

Patrick and Larry won in all three rounds. Two of the rounds they were partners. The results were as follows:

ROUND ONE

Fred/Harry over Rudy/Louise (6-5)
Larry/Patrick over Steve/Carmel (6-2)

ROUND TWO

Larry/Patrick over Fred/Harry (6-2)
Rudy/Carmel over Steve/Louise (6-2)

ROUND THREE

Larry/Fred over Rudy/Carmel (6-3)
Patrick/Harry over Steve/Louise (6-2)

SINGLES

Tina over Sabrina (6-1, 6-2, 6-7)

There were many varied refreshments as usual. Tina brought Champagne and organic strawberries and had a toast for Zack on his retirement from work this month. Zack brought a bottle of Rombauer's Cabernet Sauvignon to celebrate his retirement.

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

Larry - 5.2
Rudy - 5
Steve - 2.7
Louise - 4.2
Carmel - 5.3
Harry - 3.9
Fred - 5
Patrick - 6