LHTG NEWSLETTER

October 2008

OCTOBER MESSAGE:

Happy Halloween!!

October was a very busy month for many of our members. Thank you all for participating in one of our best tournaments of the year, Oktoberfest! Tennis was exciting, food was tasty, Mike Schaack provided great tee shirts and the weather was perfect. We had 40 teams entered. Much thanks goes to Mike Bunyard who ran a fantastic tournament, Dianne Wagoner for her usual great job in food and decorations, Doug Wagoner for his expertise in BBQ’ing, and Whitney Bried who helped Dianne in so many ways. Congratulations to all our winners (you can go to our website at www.lincolnhillstennis.com for results). For other activities of our busy members please see below.

Please sign up for our “Dinner/Dance” event. It is on November 13^th and will be a lot of fun! For only a mere cost of $15 per person for LHTG members and spouse or significant other you can enjoy dinner which includes salad, main entrée, and desert. Dance to the music of a hip DJ who specializes in our generation! BYOB for your refreshments. Capacity is limited so sign up early and don’t miss out!

Also, ladies don’t forget about the always popular “Ladies Luncheon” being held on December 11^th. Call Dianne Wagoner for details.

Very Best Regards,

Jerry Dong

President LHTG

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

· Huntsman Senior Olympic Games – Congratulations to Katie Didion and Marilyn Duncan for medaling. Over 9,000 senior athletes participated in almost every conceivable sport over a 2 week period. Katie and Marilyn teamed up to win a Bronze Medal in the Women’s 55 Doubles. The dynamic duo teamed up again and won a Bronze Medal in Pickleball. Marilyn then went on and won another Bronze in the Mixed 50 Doubles.

Also congratulations to Larry Lycett. Larry won a Gold Medal in the Men’s Doubles 3.5 division.

There were many more Lincoln Hills participants, many of whom medaled. Go to www.hwsg.com and click on results. We had people entered in track, softball, tennis, pickleball and biking.

· Ladies Golf XVIII – Congratulations to Judy Dong for winning the 2008 Putting Champion. The Ladies held their annual golf championships and Judy came in with 59 putts over 36 holes. Check this months Compass for details.

· Reminder About Locking Gates – If your group is playing towards the end of prime time of playing i.e. after 11am, please remember to lock the gates. Members are finding many gates unlocked and available to public at large to trespass.

· Court Usage – I am certain many of you have noticed that there are people walking around our courts during prime time with clipboards and counting players. I do not know the reason behind this but I do know it was requested by the big Board. Rather than stoking the embers of rumor control, I will try to find an answer.

· Challenge Court Rule Change – Beginning immediately, sign up as a twosome. Yes, find a partner then sign up. Finding out that signing up a pure single is problematic. So get a partner and challenge on.

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LOCAL USTA UPDATE: (Check out our website for player rosters and full schedules)

Senior 3.0 Mens – Scheduled to play National Championships in Las Vegas Oct. 31^st. – Nov 2^nd.

Fifty Mixed 7.0 – Valiant effort but lost close match to La Cantera in the Sectionals in Truckee. Very good season boys and girls.

Fifty Mixed 6.0 – Heartbreaker in beating the eventual Section Champions, Napa Valley TC but losing to Club Sport Valley Vista did them in. Congrats on a great season finishing 11-1.

Super Senior 60 Men’s 7.0 A – Swept the Sectionals at Carmel Valley Ranch Resort! This team is now 18-0 and headed to the Nationals in Phoenix, AZ in April of 2009. Congratulations!!

Combo Women’s 5.5 A & B – Team A is currently 9-3 and Team B is 10-2. They will be playing each other in the league playoffs. Date has not been determined. Good luck and may the best team win.

Combo Men’s 6.5 – The bad news is they finished the season 1-5. The good news is that they made the playoffs because there is only one other team in their league. So if they win then they go to sectionals. There’s always a chance. Go get them!!

Combo Men’s 7.5 – Finished the season 6-3. They have made the playoffs. Thanks in part to the great play of Jimmy Walker and Steve Payne in winning their pivotal match against the always tough Gold River in 3 sets. One of the best matches I witnessed all season. Good going guys!

Senior Women’s 3.5 – My hat is off to these ladies. Their record is 1-4 but it’s their heart and determination I’m talking about. This team has entered a Senior 3.5 league with only 1 3.5 player and the other 12 being 3.0 players. I know how hard it is to play up! Keep up the effort ladies! Next home match is Nov. 8^th at 2pm

Senior Women’s 4.0 – This team is currently 1-3 playing in a very tough 4.0 league. Next home match is November 1^st at 11:30am.

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EVENTS FOR 2008

February 14	Valentines Day Mixer
April 19-20	Men’s Singles Tournament
April 2-May 28	Spring LITT
May 3	Women’s Dbls Tournament
May 17	Wayne Bryan Tennis Clinic
May 24 (Rained Out)	Sutter Health Mxd Dbls Social
June 7-8	Men’s Dbls Tournament
June 10 2pm	Semi-Annual LHTG Meeting
August 2	Sutter Health Make Up
August 17	Roseville TC Exchange
September 21	Member/Guest Tournament
October 18	OKTOBERFEST – Mxd Dbls
November 13	LHTG Dinner/Dance
December 8	Semi-Annual LHTG Meeting
December 11	Ladies Luncheon

Words of Wisdom:

If you live to be a hundred,

I want to live to be a hundred

minus one day, so I never have

to live without you.

-Winnie the Pooh