RPTC IS AN AWESOME CLUB FOR JUNIOR PLAYERS!

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1 Newsletter of the Rancho Peñasquitos Tennis Center Volume 27, Number 12 February 2015 RPTC IS AN AWESOME CLUB FOR JUNIOR PLAYERS! RPTC is very proud of the many opportunities and programs we provide for our Junior players! Mission Statement To become the leading recreational tennis center in San Diego s North County area, by implementing activities, and providing facilities that cater to the casual, social and competitive tennis needs of people in the local community Board Members Patsy Greenwald, President Steve Leffler, Vice President Julie Simone, Rec. Secretary John Parsons, Treasurer Sabine Schroeder, Membership Norma Garrison Doreen Krone Carol Musterer Vicky Young STAFF MANAGEMENT Executive Director, Mike Donahue Club Director, Julie Maiorano Office Manager, Connie Komin LEAGUE COORDINATORS Men s League, Dan Scherer Women s League, Carol Donahue Level Coordinators: A Patti Sherman BB Carey Ramos Mixed Norma Garrison JTT (Junior Team Tennis) is a USTA league for Juniors in San Diego County. This past season, five of RPTC s ten teams won their Division Championships and qualified for Sectionals. Many thanks to all the coaches who donate their time, patience and talents to providing support, instruction and encouragement to our JTT players especially Ernie Blando and Minh Vo, who coordinate the JTT program. See photos of the JTT end of season celebration on the next page! Tryouts for the next season will be held on February 8 from 12:00-2:00 on Courts RPTC also sponsors and presents two Junior USTA sanctioned tournaments: the 12 th Annual Rancho Penasquitos Junior Satellite Tournament, beginning May 1, 2015 (Tournament Director: Ernie Blando); and starting on July 10 th, RPTC presents the Adrian Waisfeld Juantopo Cucurucho Junior Open Tournament (Tournament Director: Solomon Liu). Be looking for announcements from the club soon! (We ll need volunteer help for these amazing tournaments) RPTC offers quality lessons and clinics, provided by our three club professionals: Sam Langley, Tony Parzanese and Tammy Redondo. For more information, check out RPTC s website at and click on Clinics. These clinics are provided on a drop-in basis and are ongoing throughout the year. Or schedule a private lesson! The Agape singles league is also an active part of RPTC s Juniors! This is a league wherein our singles Junior players compete independently against other players from clubs all over San Diego County. Several of our Junior members have been very successful in USTA tournaments throughout California and the United States. We are very pleased to be the home court training ground for these rising stars. Thank you to all those who support these important activities for our Junior players; and to all the parents who stay involved! 1

2 LobLetter February 2015 JTT CELEBRATION & AWARDS PRESENTATION! Alexa Ramirez and Sammy Stoianov of the JTT 10 Adv team, along with Nick Bennett and Ernie Blando donate a $1500 check to RPTC Executive Director, Mike Donahue, Club Director, Julie Maiorano and Board of Directors for supporting the JTT Program JTT s Nick Bennett along with Mike Donahue thanked all ten teams for a successful 2014 Fall season during the end of season party and awards presentation. Five out of the ten teams represented RPTC at the Sectional Championships in Palm Springs, CA. 10 & Under Adv Team Big Trouble, Krish Gupta and Jiwho Kwun gets their awards from Coach Nick. 18 & under Satellite Team Smart Aces, Noah Bennett, Thomas Chin, Ted Foussianes and RPTC Board of Director Vice President Steve Leffler. Kent Abbott of the 18 Adv Team Bad Aces, 2014 San Diego Division Champs, along with Captain Nick Bennett San Diego division champs, 14 & Under Intermediate Team Topspin: L to R: Hana Julazedeh, Shannae Chen Love, Andrew Tsai, Jeffrey Chen, Santhosh Saranonan, Alec Decottigines, Hayden Ross, Hana Mora. 2

3 During the weekend of January 10-11, 2015, RPTC was represented by 5 out of 10 Junior Team Tennis divisions at the USTA Southern California Sectional Championships held in Palm Springs, CA. The five teams won their respective San Diego JTT divisions, which included: 12 & under Intermediate Team Smashers, led by Coach Manny Vega; 14 & under coed advanced Team Top Dawgs with Coach Jeff Speirs; 18 & under Satellite Team Smart Aces with Coach Nick Bennett and both 14 & under Intermediate Team Spinners and 18 & under advanced Team Bad Aces, coached by Raj Ganti. Congratulations! Go to: rancho.p.tennisclub 3

4 New Evening Tennis Clinic for Advanced Women! Advanced Levels (AA-A/ ) Tuesdays, 7:00pm-8:30pm Taught by Tony Parzanese Drop-in! Members $20/non-Members $25 See you there! Junior Team Tennis Tryouts! Date: Sunday, February 8 Time: 12:00 noon 2:00pm Where: RPTC Courts 9, 10, 11, 12 Divisions: 10 & under 12 & under 14 & under 18 & under Matches are played Sunday afternoons. For more info, contact Ernie Blando at evlando@san.rr.com. UNUSED RESERVATIONS POLICY We are still receiving reports by members and staff of reserved courts going unused. Failure to call and cancel a reservation in a timely manner is monitored and the member will be called by staff. Failure to cancel reservations in a timely manner, of unused courts more than two times in a 30 day period will result in a one-week suspension of reservation privileges. Repeated offenses will be subject to suspension of membership at the direction of the Board of Directors. Please be considerate of your fellow-members and cancel your courts online or by phone as soon as you know you won t be playing after all. This is each member s responsibility. 4

5 LobLetter February 2015 Karin and Paul Bruinsma, Nelda Swanson, Teri Yukie, Carol Musterer, John Eng, Sharon Wood, Connie Komen, Mike Donahue, Ernie Blando, Jason and Michael Blando and Dave Buckley. Special thanks to Karin Bruinsma and Nelda Swanson, Co-chairs of our Landscape Maintenance Committee for organizing and supervising! Starbucks coffee, fresh donuts and ice water were provided by RPTC to support our wonderful volunteers! Thank you! 5

6 AVAILABLE NOW! RPTC is offering top quality club design apparel. Just click the button to browse! 6

7 TENNIS MIXERS THIS MONTH! Friday, Feb 6 AND Friday Feb 20 6:30pm-9:30pm Mixed Doubles tennis. Come with a partner or without. Fun social and competitive tennis. Intermediate and advanced players (Adults 3.0++). $2.00 for members / $9.00 for non-members Feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share. No RSVP necessary. Thank you Sue Spencer for hosting this fun mixer! If you have questions or need more information, please contact Sue: stasc@outlook.com. Membership Cards Monitors are required to card check every player at the club. Help us do our job by having your card on or beside your bag facing up. If your card has become detached, we can fix it. If you have two tennis bags, we offer clips so you can easily transfer your card from one bag to another. Just a few reminders to our Members to keep this award-winning tennis facility running smoothly! 1. Monitors are required to card check every player at the club. Help us do our job by having your card on or beside your bag facing up. 2. All GUESTS of members are required to pay a Guest Fee of $7. Please come into the office to pay for your guest before play. (You can also purchase a Guest Card to use when you have guests) 3. If you drop in without a court reservation, no problem! Just stop by the office to let us know and we ll put you on the scheduler if a court is available. 4. Members may not reserve courts for any League Match (JTT, Women s, Men s, etc.) under their personal name. All league court assignments must go through the office. No exceptions. 5. Members may not reserve instructional courts under their own name. The Teaching Pros make those reservations through Management. 6. Please remember to lock up your court s gate when leaving. 7. Please no gum, marking shoes or animals on the courts. 7

8 MEN S WORK OUT Thursday evenings with Tony Parzanese 7:00-8:30 p.m. $20 members $25 nonmembers WOMEN S EVENING ADVANCED CLINIC: Tuesday evenings with Tony Parzanese 7:00-8:30pm. $20 members $25 nonmembers BOARD MEETING Monday February 9th. 6:30 (craft room) MEN S OPEN PLAY Saturday mornings and Tues Evenings (check scheduler for times) PRIVATE COACHING AT RPTC Private coaching is not allowed at RPTC. Tennis instructors who wish to teach on RPTC courts must receive approval from the Board of Directors (parents teaching their children are exempt). Approved coaches are required to carry insurance with proof that RPTC is listed on the policy this is a liability issue. Coaches are also required to pay a court rental fee or a percentage and sign a contract with the club. This protects and benefits our club. It s unfair to our contracted Pros when they see under the table coaching. This also encourages others who want to do the same thing. Members who violate this policy put their own membership privileges in jeopardy. So, please remember to follow the rules. Thank you! 8

9 Dear Ump, ASK THE UMP! Yesterday I wanted to warm up with my partner in a league doubles match. I politely indicated my preference to my opponents. One of the opponents insisted that the rules prevented me from warming up with my partner if she objected. She insisted that the warm-up period is designed to scout-out the opponent s shots. I informed her that the purpose of the warm-up is to get the players warm so that they play well and avoid injury. She said that I was wrong, since players warm up their opponents all the time. What are your thoughts? Warm Submit your Ask the Ump questions to office@rptctennis.com then look for the reply in upcoming LobLetters Dear Warm, This is addressed in the USTA Regulations IV C (4) and in The Code P. 3. The best answer to this question is from the Code which tries to anticipate situations not covered in the USTA Regulations and is the guideline for un-officiated matches: Warm up is not practice...a player should provide the opponent a warm-up of 5 to 10 minutes. If a player declines to warm up the opponent the player forfeits the right to a warm-up, and the opponent may warm up with another person. Some players confuse warm-up and practice. Each player should try to hit shots directly to the opponent. (if partners want to warm each other up while their opponents are warming up, they may do so) The Ump. Note: Mike Kelley, long time member of RPTC, is a highly respected and very busy USTA official. He has years of experience and you can find him officiating at most of the larger USTA tournaments in the So. California area, including college tournaments. 9

10 WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS! Yuvraj (Yuvi) Anand, Junior Manit Bishnoi, Junior Ali Fouladpouri & Shirin Adibi, Family Yongsheng Liu, Family Shanae Love, Junior Eric Park, Junior THANK YOU MIKE DONAHUE for sprucing up our ball holders with a fresh coat of lovely green paint! BEFORE AND AFTER AND THAT S LANCE! He prepared, spackled, primed, and painted the wall along Court 1. The difference is amazing! Thank you, Lance! 10

11 Time to start cleaning out those closets and garages! RPTC s Rummage Sale is just around the corner! Rummage Drop-off information will be posted soon! For more information, contact Chairperson Janie Terrones at: jrtart50@aol.com 11

12 LobLetter February 2015 BRAG BOARD 2014 USTA District Ranked Players from RPTC! Have you had a chance to look through the SD District Tennis Association s USTA Annual Yearbook? RPTC is well represented with nine District-ranked players! Congratulations! In Women s 4.5 Singles, Carol Donahue is ranked 6th in the District and Megan Steadman is ranked # 10. In Women s 4.0 Doubles, Diane Cabrerra has a #1 ranking; and Patti Sherman and Nelda Swanson are ranked #3 in the District. In Women s 3.5 Doubles, Julie Simone and Sabine Schroeder are ranked #2. In Men s 55+ Singles, Ron Beck is ranked # 4. John Broderick ranks #2 in Men s 4.5 Doubles and #7 in Mixed 4.5 Doubles Congratulations to all of these talented members of RPTC! 12