August 2010 Welcome New Members: David & Sherry Shearer, Kris & Sherri McGirt, Dan & Christie Fletcher, Mike & Christine Ridge, Chris & Carly Behrmann, Dave & Rosemary Cashman, John & Teresa Dodd, Ken & Nancy Klug UPCOMING EVENTS: CLUB NEWS MIXED DOUBLES SOCIAL The mixed doubles social will be August 14th From 6 9pm. $10/couple. This is a Round Robin just for fun tennis social. BYOB Call or Email Mike if you plan on coming: irishmike@wsrc.us End of the Season Pool Party Annual Meeting *Our Annual Meeting will be held on August 29, 2010 from 3-5pm. Ballots will be emailed the week of August 16 th and must be in by 3pm on August 29 th Email: mail@wsrc.us or Mail to: WSRC 4315 Matthews-Weddington Rd. Matthews, NC 28104 Pizza, Soda, Popcorn & Movie by the Pool Elementary School: Friday, August 13th 7:00pm Middle School: Friday August 20 th @ 7:00pm Please sign up in the office Members: $2/Non-Members:$4
Friday Drop In Clinic *Ladies Beginner Clinic will pick up again on Friday August 13 th from 9-10am $10/member $12/non-member volunteers who helped make this a memorable event recognizing the 2010 WAHOO swim season. During the banquet, the following WAHOOS earned MVP Awards based on points earned in individual events at dual meets: Overall MVP Girls: Caroline Higgins, Currie Murch Elliot Weddington Summer Junior Classic Date: August 27, 28, 29 Entries Close: Sunday, August 22nd 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) Tournament ID: 703916810 Visit: http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments For additional information Overall MVP Boys: Andrew Fold MVP 7-8: Girls: Juliet Miechkowski, Brooke Conneen Boys: Sammy Terada MVP 9-10: Girls: Grace Hetzel Boys: Bennett Terada MVP 11-12: Girls: Ashley Gaylord Boys: Nathan Fold MVP 13-14: The 2010 WAHOO Swim Team s regular season ended on Wed., June 30. 250 members of the WAHOO family attended the WAHOO Banquet at WSRC and enjoyed the pool after. George & Patrice VanDyne and Allison & Eric Hoffman prepared a buffet BBQ dinner, trophies were presented, and all enjoyed the slideshow created by Jenn Terada. Thank you to all the Girls: Cape Murch Elliot, Hope Dragelin, Renni Turpin Boys: Peter Hetzel MVP 15-18: Girls: Billy Murch Elliot Boys: Collin Higgins, Zane Turpin, Thomas Hetzel
MVP 6 & Under - fastest 6&U 25M Free: Girls: Sarah Fleury Boys: John Hetzel The WAHOO All-Star Team competed at the Greater Charlotte Swim League Division I All-Star Meet, Friday, July 9 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center. Due to lightning delays, the meet was called after the start of butterfly. Division I All-Star Results: OG: 1184. Ballantyne: 1131, Providence Plantation: 1069, Weddington: 970.5, Hunter Oaks: 903.5, Somerset: 899, Hembstead: 561 All-Star medals were awarded 1st through 3rd place, and ribbons 4th through 8th. The following WAHOOS were medal winners in one or more individual All-Star event: Andrew Fold, Nathan Fold, Ashley Gaylord, Grace Hetzel. Peter Hetzel, Hannah Hicks, Caroline Higgins, Collin Higgins, Billy Murch Elliot, Cape Murch Elliot, Currie Murch Elliot, Renni Turpin and Ryan Wilkinson The following WAHOOS were medal winners in the All-Star Medley Relay (Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle): Boys 9-10 100Y: Andrew Fold, Russell Engle, Bennett Terada, Elijah Hicks - 2nd place, 1:10.35 Girls 11-12 200Y: Annie Hetzel, Hayley Hinson, Ashley Gaylord, Kelsey Brown - 2nd place, 2:19.17 Boys 11-12 200Y: Tyler D Allaird, Nick Dellinger, Nathan Fold, Ben De Jong - 3rd place, 2:22.29 Girls 13-14 200Y: Hannah Hicks, Cape Murch Elliot, Renni Turpin, Hope Dragelin - 1st place, 2:02.28 Girls 15-18 200Y: Caroline Higgins, Currie Murch Elliot, Billy Murch Elliot, Madison Brown - 1st place, 1:55.40 Boys 15-18 200Y: Collin Higgins, Thomas Hetzel, Zane Turpin, Ryan Wilkinson - 1st place, 1:41.33* *new GCSL Division I All-Star Record There were no free relays as the meet was called early. Thank you for the tireless effort and contribution from the WAHOO staff and ALL volunteers. Thank you for the dedication and support from Head Coach Charlie Higgins and the WAHOO coaching staff. CONGRATULATIONS to ALL WAHOOS for an outstanding season! Signups for next summer will be in April, 2011. GO WAHOOS!!!
2010 WAHOO Staff: Lori & David Murch Elliot and Terri Dean, Allison & Eric Hoffman, Pam Holley, Karen Paris, Patrice & George VanDyne, Jill Warren & Truda Weaver 2010 WAHOO Coaches: Charlie Higgins, Head Coach Coaches: Kaleigh Gomes, Kyle Samuelson, & Courtney VanDyne Assistant Coaches: Billy Murch Elliot & Currie Murch Elliot Wierzbicki Wilkinson Wilson Wyatt Young Zakary Zangmeister If you have not picked up your swim/dive team trophy or ribbon, please stop in the club. All participants receive an award! 2010 WAHOO Families: Arthur Ary Baird Benn Bentley Bolger Brown Brupbacher Burke Burns Cahill Cameron Cannon Chapman Colley Conneen Costen Cramer D'Allaird Dantino Davidson De Jong Dean Dellinger Despard DiCenzo Dickson Dixon Dobeck Dragelin Egan Engle Evans Fieldsend Fitch Fleury Fold Gale Garrison Garvey Gaylord Goodwin Gray Greer Griffey Grubich Halas Hall Haring Hetzel Hicks Hicks Higgins Higgins Hinkle Hinson Hobson Hoffman Holdren Holley Horne Jankowski Johnson Jones Kiser Knupp Kralich Kury Lassiter Lawson Laxton Lucas Malatras Mangum McCabe McCranie McGee McLuskie McMillan Miechkowski Miles Miller Morgan Mowbray Murch Elliot Owens Paris Pate Pincus Poats Samuelson Sandbo Schepel Schrader Seehorn Sidney Snyder Spivak Stevens Strange Sutton Terada Titherington Turpin Valentine VanDyne Verruto Warner Warren Weaver WAHOO DIVE TEAM Weddington Dive Team 2010!! This was the first year in many for Weddington to have a dive team, and it was a great season! We had over 30 divers on our team, which is an amazing turn out! Almost all of our divers were new to the sport, but that didn't slow them down at all! We were at a disadvantage compared to the other teams because we
weren't able to practice on spring boards every day. However, despite this disadvantage, we won our second meet and we came close to winning our fourth meet. To put our season in perspective, it took the last new team to the league 2 years to win their first meet. Overall for the season we came in fourth in our league. Our divers were extremely dedicated; they had practice every weekday and then a Saturday practice at Sardis to use their spring boards. This dedication paid off and all the kids improved quickly and many won or placed in the top of their age groups. Divers Bernard, Abby Brupbacher, Drew Burns, Mason Cahill, Cassandra Chapman, Sarah Costen, Emmie Costen, Jamesy Costen, Sage Cramer, Michael Despard, Bridget Evans, Rachel Garvey, Lauren Haring, Maddy Hicks, Neely Holdren, Tate Ibach, Madison Ibach, Reagan Knupp, Bryson Kralich, Tanner Kralich, Addie Laxton, Gracie Laxton, Jacob Litton, Riley Miller, Carleigh Morgan, Hannah Sandy, Abby Schmitt, Kennedy Schrader, Hannah Sidney, Xavier Snyder, Maggie Weaver, Mark Wyatt, Riley Faye I would like to send thanks to all of the parents who brought their kids to practice every day, and volunteered at meets. This was a new sport for the parents as well and they were so supportive! Table Workers -Karen Cahill -Terry Sandy -Alexis Ibach -Stacy Miller -Suzanne Knupps -Janet Garvey -Kathy Evans -Devon Patton -Karen Patton -Cynthia Burns -Megan Despard -Truda Weaver Judges -Jennifer Wyatt -Jane Bernard -David Patton I hope that all of the kids enjoyed the season as much as I did and that everyone will come back next year!! -Caitlin Patton
JUNIOR TENNIS Summer - 2010 CLINICS WEEKS: Monday-Thursday Friday Rain Make-Up Week - 6. Aug 9-13 Week - 7. Aug 16-20 *Jr Fall Clinic TBA* Congratulations to all the WSRC teams who participated in the Jr. State Championships. USTA Junior Team Tennis 14U Intermediate State Champions 2010 Row 1: Coach Jonathan Parks, Mary Charles Bryson, Hunter Hammond, Camie Hobson, Sahil Vasa, Chandler Hobson, Kennedy Schmitt, Nate Bryson & Cameron Clemmons ADULT TENNIS Weddington NTRP Clay Court Championships Results Men s 3.0 Singles RR: David Cordier Men s 3.5 Singles: Dave Johnson d. Steve Gale 6-3; 6-4 Consolation: Mark Knowles d. James Harvey 6-4; 6-4 USTA Junior Team Tennis 12U Intermediate State Champions 2010 Row 1: Lauren Trapp, Rachael Marthinsen, Megan Gallagher & Caroline Lahey Row 2: Coach Dwayne Thomas, Henry Hatt, Liam Floriam, William Hatt & Ethan Schwartz Men s 4.0 Singles: Rich Gallagher d. Zachary Stroupe 5-7; 6-0; 1-0 Consolation: Mario Sansotta d. David Bowman 7-5; 5-3Ret Men s 4.5 Singles RR: Women s 4.5 Singles RR: Tracy Conneen Michael Earl
Men s 4.0 Doubles: Rich Gallagher/ Rodney Morgan d. Mark Miller/Jim Waud 6-4; 7-6 Consolation: Jay Essary/Andrew Smith d. Tom McQueen/Gary Usher 6-3; 6-2 Men s 4.5 Doubles RR: George Cook & Gordon Lowman Women s 3.5 Doubles RR: Marybeth Morgan & Lee Page Women s 4.5 Doubles RR: Nancy Chirino & Dee Dee Samples Our tournament was a great success! Good weather, great competitors, cold beer and beautiful sunsets! Take a peek at our Weddington Swim & Racquet page on Facebook for a glimpse of our tournament matches held on Saturday afternoon. Many thanks to our Club Director, Mike Murphy, Tournament Referees Bill and Debbie Parks and our Tournament Volunteers: Amy Curcio, Anna Gardner, Susan Likowski, Betsy McLeod, Austin Samples, Claude Underwood, and Kelly Wilson. We couldn t have done it without you! Weddington Summer Junior Classic, August 27, 28 and 29, 2010. Interested in volunteering? We need court monitors, tournament desk helpers and registration desk helpers. Don t miss out on the fun! Please email WSRCTennis@aol.com if you are interested in helping out this year! The 2 nd Annual Weekend Women s Fall Fling will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2010. Check in at 8:30AM. Round Robin begins at 9:00 AM. This event is limited to first 24 women (6 courts) and will be a fun doubles round robin followed by a catered lunch in our clubhouse. This event is open to all women from our club who participate in Saturday tennis. The fee for lunch will be around $8.00. To register or for additional information, please contact Kathy King at tenniskingk@carolina.rr.com. Soar with Grace Benefit will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 5:00 until?? Long sleeve tournament t-shirts are available for purchase (size XL) for $10.00. The shirts would make a great addition to your fall tennis wardrobe! Please see Lori Osier if you are interested. Please join us as we honor Grace McGrath, a very special little girl in our community and our very own Weddington Swim &
Racquet Club. The McGrath family, Sean, Jennifer, Nate & Grace have been active members of our club since 2008. Jennifer has enjoyed tennis, while both Nate and Grace have participated in the Jr Tennis Program and are Weddington Wahoo swim team members! All of the proceeds generated by this benefit will be donated 100% to The Cure Starts Now Foundation in honor of Grace. Grace was diagnosed in November 2009 with an aggressive, inoperative tumor of the brainstem. She received 6 weeks of radiation therapy in November and December. As in so many cases where this terrible disease has struck, her parents have sought multiple medical opinions from specialists all over the United States regarding different treatment options. Research has been very limited due to under-funding and lack of awareness. Because of the limited attention that this disease has received, in over 30 years since its discovery, there have not been any treatments proven to change the outcome of this aggressive tumor. Throughout her journey, Grace's courage and strength have been exceptional, and she has been an inspiration to everyone she meets. By participating in this benefit, your contribution will help in the effort of finding a cure and together, with your support, we will transform a community of heartbreak into a community of hope. The evening will begin with a Happy Hour at 5:00PM (BYOB). There will be food fellowship and fun tennis games for all. Tennis will begin at 6:00 PM and will be doubles format (mix of players/ratings). The entry fee for tennis participants is $25.00 per person, limited spots available. The fee for non-tennis participants is $10.00 per person. All are invited to attend! If you are interested in volunteering for the event, please contact Jennifer Wyatt at jennwyatt@msn.com or Arlene Boyne at aboyne@windstream.net Sign Up By - Monday September 13 th. Playing Tennis? Please send an email to Ann Hatton at WSRCTennis@aol.com with your USTA Rating. You may self rate if you are not USTA rated. Not Playing Tennis? Please send an email to Arlene Boyne at aboyne@windstream.net with the name of those attending the event. Wild Dunes Mixed Doubles Weekend is scheduled for November 12-14, 2010. Lodging for the weekend in the Courtside Villas (Friday/Saturday) with Open Round Robin play on Friday afternoon, 2 Hour Clinic on Saturday morning followed by Round Robin and 2 Hour Clinic on Sunday morning. Fee is approximately $225.00 per person (does not include gratuity) based upon 16 participants. Single players may also participate. If you are interested in signing up, please email WSRCTennis@aol.com by August 30, 2010.
USTA Leagues (Men/Women) The deadline to register teams for the Fall Combo Doubles Leagues is Wednesday, August 4, 2010. You may still add players to your team up until September 14, 2010. USTA Captain s Meeting: Olde Providence Racquet Club, Wednesday, August 18, 2010; 9:30 AM or 6:30 PM League Start Date: Monday, August 23, 2010 League End Date: October 29, 2010 For complete details on the USTA Fall Combo League, paste the following address into your web browser; http://www.charlotte.usta.com/usta_lea gue_tennis/fall_combo_doubles/ Queen City Tennis League (Men/Women) Men s Season Start Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010 Mixed Season Start Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010 Weekday Women Season Start Date: Wednesday/Thursday September 15/16 Captain s Meeting for the WEEKDAY WOMEN S LEAGUE is scheduled for Wednesday, August 25, 2010, location TBD Charlotte Ladies Interclub Tennis League Fall Captains Meeting: September 7, Olde Providence Racquet Club Matches Start: Tuesday/Thursday, September 14/16 Matches End: Tuesday/Thursday, October 26/28 Rain dates: Week of November 2 & November 9 WSRC Embroidered Logo Wear We would like to provide our membership with embroidered logo wear (sleeveless polartec vests/men s polo shirts) and are in the process of obtaining price quotes from various vendors. Price range for men s/ladies polartec vests would be $26.00-$30.00 (per 150), approximately $33.00 (per 100) for the women s quilted vest. Vests can be ordered in different colors/sizes per person. XL sizes would be at an additional cost. As the club does not want to hold inventory, purchase will be via order only. Samples should be available in the clubhouse by the beginning of September. If you have any questions or are interested in ordering, please email WSRCLogoWear@aol.com. Weekend Women Season Start Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 All fall leagues are doubles leagues that play for approximately 7 weeks with matches ending the last week of Octoberfirst week of November.
TENNIS EVENTS AROUND CHARLOTTE The 2010 Penny Brawley Memorial Tennis Tournament to benefit Special Olympics will be held on August 27th- 29 th, 2010 at Raintree Country Club. Men's/Women's Singles/Doubles (3.0-5.0) and Mixed Doubles Combo (7.0-9.0). ENTRY FORMS DUE NO LATER THAN 5:00PM AUGUST 20, 2010. For an Entry Form and additional information or click on the link below: http://www.tenniscores.com/newindex.p hp?newid=cssk18mnzyw%3d Hope to see you there! The 2010 Raise Your Racquet Benefit Clinics to help find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Host sites for 2010 are: Charlotte Country Club (Saturday, August 28), Myers Park Country Club (Friday, September 10) and Quail Hollow Club (Friday, September 17). Entry Fee is $50 per person, per clinic, LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE. Each Raise Your Racquet Benefit Clinic includes, 3 hours of instruction from Top Tennis Professionals throughout the Charlotte area, Light breakfast, lunch and water, fun contests, raffle ticket sales for the chance to win great prizes. Registration forms are available at Quail Hollow Club, Myers Park Country Club, Charlotte Country Club and Olde Providence Swim and Racquet or Click Here to Register. If you need additional information, please contact Laura Neal at 704-321-7852. WSRC Men s Tennis August 2010 July Almost as HOT as Rich Gallagher With temperatures in the mid to upper 90 s most of the month, Rich Gallagher was the only thing hotter than the weather. After running away with the Ball Busters championship in May, Rich added the Weddington USTA Men s 4.0 Singles and Men s 4.0 Doubles honors to his haul for 2010. In front of a sell-out crowd of about 25 people, Rich and partner Rodney Captain Morgan bettered a strong Jim Waud / Mark Miller team in some of the best tennis ever seen on the Mike Murphy court. Waud wins the award for best tennis outfit sporting a bumble bee yellow shirt with matching shoes and at last count 7 different hats and sweat bands adorning his uncle-fester-styledcranium. The Gilligan Hat was a crowd favorite. Overall, Weddington men had a strong showing with Steve Gale losing the Men s 3.5 Singles Championship to Dave Johnson of Blakeney (errrggg!) and newcomer Dave Cordier taking the Men s 3.0 Singles title. Congrats to everyone who survived the heat! Fall Combo Leagues coming together Strong interest in Fall USTA Combo leagues will see Weddington fielding as many as 9 Men s teams, plus 1 Men s 4.0 Super Senior team. New courts are coming along just in time
Results of the WSRC Member Survey Part 1 of a 3 Part Series Fast Facts, Q s and A s The 2010 Survey of Weddington Swim and Racquet members were conducted to measure the thoughts and opinions of members regarding many areas of the club. 286 Individuals Responded to the On-Line Survey. 622 unique e-mail addresses were assembled from the Whispers distribution list and e-mail distributions from various members. At the time the survey was sent, the club had 514 member families 53% of those that responded have been members for 5 or more years. 75% of Respondents said they use the pool 75% of Respondents said they use the tennis facilities 80% Said they read Whispers Frequently Only 30% said they use the website Frequently 40 Printed Pages of write-in comments were submitted Q. I did not receive the Survey! Why? A. We either didn t have your e- mail or we had a bad e-mail. Your opinion still matters. If you see something that needs attention, speak up! Also, Give Lori a good e-mail. This Whispers article will focus on What The Members Said. Articles in the September and October issues will focus on what actions will be taken on the tennis and pool areas of the club, as a result of the survey. If the findings of the survey could be summed up into one phrase, that phrase is Be Fiscally Conservative. This message was reflected in the willingness to pay more as well as the write in comments. A $10-$20 a month fee increase to fund approved projects had a 35% NOT In Favor and a 35% In Favor response. Moving up to $30-$40 a month increase the numbers were heavily slanted towards NOT in Favor (77% vs 6%). Member Assessments, Bank Financing, and Member Financing each had greater than 50% disapproval. The message is clear. A small increase for a tangible benefit may be agreeable by the membership at large, but in general, low fees and low debt is the way to go. As for the current staff, including Tennis pro s, Office Staff, and Pool personnel, the opinion of the members is positive: Pool Staff 79% Positive Life Guards 76% Positive Maintenance 79% Positive Cleanliness 75% Positive Safety 76% Positive Tennis Staff 100% Positive Tennis Pro s 84% Positive Court Maintenance 84% Positive Furniture 71% Positive Office Staff 92% Positive Board 65% Positive The members have spoken. The board and staff have listened. Next month look for actions that will be taken as a result of what you said!
CLUB OFFICE HOURS 8:00 a.m. to 2 pm. M F CLUB TELEPHONE 704-846-2838 or 704-846-9262 CLUB STAFF Club Director/Tennis Pro: Mike Murphy Head Tennis Pro/Jr Director: Dwayne Thomas Assistant Tennis Pro: Jonathan Parks Office Manager: Lori Osier Maintenance: EMAIL: mail@wsrc.us Website: www.wsrc.us Jim Lemmond