Saturday - November 24, 2007

So far the rains have held off and the mornings tend to be cold. Harry had to cancel at the last minute due to a bad knee. Nancy stepped in and replaced him.

The teams for this week were as follows:

Zack/Sabrina
Rudy/Linda
Carmel/Nancy
Larry/Tina

The first three teams listed above tied with two wins apiece. The results were as follows.

ROUND ONE

Carmel/Nancy over Zack/Sabrina (6-3)
Rudy/Linda over Larry/Tina (6-4)

ROUND TWO

Zack/Sabrina over Larry/Tina (6-2)
Rudy/Linda over Carmel/Nancy (6-4)

ROUND THREE

Zack/Sabrina over Rudy/Linda (6-2)
Carmel/Nancy over Larry/Tina (6-4)

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

Larry - 3.8
Rudy - 4.5
Zack - 5
Carmel - 5.7
Nancy - 4.3
Tina - 4.1+
Sabrina - 4.2
Linda - 4.1

Saturday - November 3, 2007

It was a clear cold morning in November that warmed up slowly as we went along. Twelve people gathered to play the mixed up tennis.

The teams were selected by Zack and were as follows.

Randy/Terri
Zack/Linda
Harry/Louise
Larry/Tina
Rickey/Sabrina
Carmel/Sue

The team of Carmel/Sue was the only team to win in all three rounds. The teams of Randy/Terri and Harry/Louise won in two of the three rounds and were the runner ups.

The results were as follows.

ROUND ONE

Randy/Terri over Harry/Louise (6-4)
Carmel/Sue over Rickey/Sabrina (6-3)
Larry/Tina over Zack/Linda (6-4)

ROUND TWO

Carmel/Sue over Larry/Tina (6-2)
Rickey/Sabrina over Randy/Terri (6-5)
Harry/Louise over Zack/Linda (6-5)

ROUND THREE

Carmel/Sue over Zack/Linda (6-5)
Randy/Terri over Larry/Tina (6-3)
Harry/Louise over Rickey/Sabrina (6-1)

The refreshments were varied and plentiful. Tina gave us a treat by bringing steak sandwiches. There were also cheese and crackers, apple with caramel sauce, grapes, chips, beer, wine, etc.

The player ratings that have changed from the past two Saturdays play are as follows.

Zack - 5+
Richard C. - 5
Rudy - 4.8+
Harry - 4.8
Larry - 4
Bob S. - 2.5
Rickey - 4.4
Dwight - 6
Randy - 5.6
Carmel - 5.5
Louise - 4.9
Terri - 4.6
Tina - 4.5+
Sue - 4.7
Sabrina - 4.5
Linda - 4.1