- Website: Harbourtownracquetclub.com TENNIS PRO: Mike See, BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Ed Hall, Rich Lamke, Doreen Hyet, Dan Frey, Tommaso Serra, Kathy Rioux (publisher) We want to wish Mike well in his recovery. month. Please note there will be no Monday Clinics this Order your Harbour Town Racquet Club T-shirt with club logo on the front! Cost is $15.00. See order sheet in the clubhouse. Sign up for the Turkey Doubles and get a free club T-shirt with sponsor names on the back. Only 3 days left - last day to order is November 3rd. The USTA Women's 6.5 Combo League/65 and older will be playing at the State Tournament in Wilmington November 6-8. Plan to go on Saturday to support our team!! Contact Kathy if interested in carpooling. Christmas Party!! See announcement and please complete the registration form early. Certainly feel free to invite family and friends. We cannot refund any money after December 7th once we have made our reservations with RBCC. Please understand that this event, like all other social events, is funded by the members, for the members, and is organized by the Board on the members' behalf. Let's all go and have a wonderful time of celebration with great friends and good food with some fabulous music and dancing! USTA League play is a lot of fun and a great opportunity to meet new players and visit other clubs. This is a good time to start thinking about forming a USTA team for the Spring 2016 season. The registration runs from January 2nd through February 1st. Play begins mid-march and ends mid-may. Monthly Dues - For your convenience, your monthly dues may be paid through your bank's bill pay service. If you pay your monthly dues by mail, checks should be made payable to HTRC and sent to: P.O. Box 15001, New Bern, NC 28562.
Christmas Dinner and Dance Harbour Town Racquet Club Christmas Social Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 5pm to 9pm Featuring: The Bears "Oldies" Band River Bend Country Club 5pm - 6pm Cocktails/Cash bar, Music Hors d'oeuvres: Cheese and crackers, Bruschetta, 6pm Table Service - Tossed salad, assorted dressings, rolls with butter 6:15 Dinner Buffet: Roast Turkey, Prime Rib, Green Beans Almandine, Fingerling Potatoes Iced Tea and Coffee Bar, Dessert 7pm - 9pm Dance Music Open to Members and Nonmembers - Guests are Welcome! $40.00 per person Reservations and payment required by December 7, 2015 (NO REFUNDS AFTER December 7th) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Name: Number of Attendees: Entrée Choice: Prime Rib Payment: Roast Turkey w/cranberry sauce Checks should be made payable to HTRC and placed in the payment box along with this completed registration form or mailed to P.O. Box 15001, New Bern, NC 28562
MIKE S COURT REPORT Monday Clinic: No Clinics in November due to Mike's recovery. This includes first-rate instruction and drills, for both new and experienced players. Bring a friend out to play and brush up on your tennis strokes and strategies! Win more tennis games! Special Clinics and Drills can be arranged for teams and groups (minimum of 4). Private Lessons: $40.00 per hour. Call to schedule. Racquet Stringing: Yes. USTA Leagues: Best of luck to our USTA Women's 6.5 Combo Leagues as they compete in the State Tournament in Wilmington this month. I want all our ladies to have a good time and support their partners. And the most important thing to keep in mind during matches is to respect your opponents. TENNIS TIP ~ You are only as good as your second serve ~ If you hit a hard first serve and then a soft second serve, try bridging the gap by slowing down your first serve (getting more in) and placing a deeper second serve.
TURKEY DOUBLES Club Championship We will play best of 3 sets, with a 10 point tiebreaker for the 3rd set! Everyone entering will be guaranteed 2 matches by having a winner and a consolation bracket. The winners move forward as they win in the winners bracket, while the first round losers move to the consolation bracket and play for a 3rd place finish. November 7 November 14 November 21 Men's Doubles Mixed Doubles Women's Doubles The deadline for entries is November 3, 2015. There will be an entry fee of $15.00. Balls and commemorative tourney T-shirts will be provided by the club. We want to see your name on the Turkey Doubles trophy!!!! A-Level will be 3.5 and above ratings. B-Level will be 3.0 and below. For those winners last year, you cannot play with the same partner this year! Let's have some fun with the Turkey Doubles!! We want to see some new names on the clubhouse plaque!
Travel Groups: We have the opportunity to play with area clubs every other month or so, including lunch out. Dates are currently pending. Contact Bob Murphy if you are interested in participating. Thursday Evening, 5:30-7:30: Open play organized by Bob Murphy. All are welcome. Contact Bob if you want to be added to his Email list. mgmrob@suddenlink.net Sunday Afternoon Tennis Drop-In, 2:30-4:30. No sign up is necessary. This will be a flexible group depending on who shows up. It could be mixed, could be all men or all women, or even a 4 game round robin if an odd number of players. Please note, there is no designated leader for this group. Therefore, members are requested to put down all umbrellas and secure the clubhouse before leaving. If there are any questions or problems, call a Board member. Bob Murphy has agreed to be a contact person for a court report, if necessary. Robert Davis` 1 Zin Sharf 4 Bill Hollows 9 Norm Penner 10 Carol Brown 11 Billy Cumber 21 Jim McNellis 24 If we missed your birthday, pleases notify Kathy so we can add you to our cub birthday list.
On October 5, 2015 members of HTRC attended Jerry Creech s surprise 80 th birthday celebration, hosted by Nedgelena Jennings and Reita Ray at the HTRC clubhouse. Jerry was one of the club s original charter members and has continuously been a member of our club for the past 39 years. Jerry was also one of the first players to play on the courts. There is only one "Jerry." Everyone has their favorite story!!! Jerry's passion and love for the game is unsurpassed.
Bill Outland, Bob Shields, Bill Harris, Reita Rea, Jerry Creech, Nedgelena Jennings - Submitted by Nedge This is a picture from the 70th birthday party that Reita and I gave Jerry. We said then that we would be back for the 80th. Jerry and Rita played singles before we started playing doubles in the mid 80's with Bill Harris, Bob Shields and others. We played faithfully for years!!! May 1, 1976 - First to play at club with Bill Outland. Matches that followed in next several weeks were with Bob Shields, John Doughty, Wayne Boyd, John and Karen Segal, and Bill Hollows. Jerry played with Reita on his birthday in 1979 and was the first to play with Ron Davis on his birthday 1980. I was not in their league...i started playing with the group in 1990.