Historical File - Sept/Oct 2002
In all the years of Bluewater Bay Tennis Center’s existence only two teams have ever made it to the National Championships. This year alone 4 teams will be representing Bluewater Bay Tennis Center in the National Play-Offs. The Competition for the Women’s 3.5 Team, captained by Lori Goodwin, will take place in Tucson, Az on Oct 3-6. The Mixed Doubles Teams are traveling to Shreveport, La on Nov 8 - 10 to fight for their title of being best in the Nation. Competing in this event is the 6.5 Team, Captain Greg Goodwin and the 7.5 Team, lead by Jim Moneymaker. The Women’s Senior 3.0 Team, Captain Elaine Cunningham, will be traveling to San Diego Oct 24 – 27 to compete for the National title. This will be a great experience for everyone and we wish all of them the best of luck. We are very proud of our teams.
3.5
Ladies Team: L to R: Lori Goodwin, Karen Jones, Lynne
Whittemore, Karin DeAmicis, Michele Poate, Della Mandel, Joy Schneider, Shana
Daher, Carla Ritchie, Booty Jones and Cathy Casey.
Kiwanis Tournament a successful event
The Kiwanis Charity Tournament took place Aug 24 and 26. 134 participants made this year’s event one of the biggest. Participants came from all over Northwest Florida, Alabama and Georgia. Due to the rain on Sunday afternoon, not all matches could be completed. These are the winners in the various categories: Men’s Open Singles: Will Spencer def. Serban Coz, Men’s Open Doubles: Spencer & Hall def. Sajowitz & Stenberg, Men’s A Singles: Poate def. DeAmicis, Men’s A Doubles: Langford & LeFebvre def. Armstrong & Braziel, Men’s B Singles: Todd def. Lattanze, Women’s A Singles: Poate def. Steele, Women’s A Doubles: McNew & Westbrook def. Zimmermann & Mayer, Women’s B Doubles: Roberts & Williamson def. Manuel & Russell, Women’s C Doubles: Griffin & Sorrell def. Davis & DeVuyst, Mixed A Doubles: Daher & Beukenkamp def. Vial & Armstrong. Winners in the Men’s B Doubles: Hill & Mohylsky and in the Men’s Senior’s Division: Russel & Greene. Mixed B Doubles: Ritchies def. Goodwin & Jones.
Thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers for helping to make this event a success and to support the Kiwanis Club to be able to address the needs of our community.
Club Championship scheduled for November
The 17th Annual Club Championship at the Bluewater Bay Tennis Center is scheduled for Nov 9 – 10. This competition is open to all members of all levels. Players will compete in A, B, C, D Men’s and Women’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Mark your calendars for this great competition. More info to follow in upcoming flyers and Chalkboard information.
Lakeland
Once again, the Bluewater Bay Tennis Center was well represented at the USA Team Tennis Championship held in Lakeland. Not only did many of our juniors attend, they all did quite well. We would like to recognize the following club juniors who were on teams that were able to place well enough to progress to the Georgia/Florida Challenge in Jacksonville in October:
Nolan and Adrienne Roesler, Kellon and Ian Lindsey, Matt and Doug Wercenski, James Biernacki, Stephanie Brown, and Chelsey Leugers. Congratulations and good luck in Jacksonville!
Ladders
All the ladders are set and ready for play. This month’s ladder leaders are:
Men’s Ladder – Mike DeAmicis
Junior Ladder – Adrienne Roesler
Ladies’ Ladder – all the ladies are being shy so far
Remember, if you are on the ladder, it is a challenge ladder and you must call and challenge opponents to get points.
Junior Development
The Fall Junior Development Program has started. If you have not signed-up yet and want to participate, call Doug or Mary Catherine and they can tell you the appropriate days and times for each child. We have also started a travel team to take interested juniors to out-of-town tournaments. Ask Doug for more details.
Player to Watch
Bluewater Bay Tennis
Center is announcing a new newsletter feature – the PLAYER TO WATCH program. Each newsletter, we will highlight a player from our club who is
worthy of our attention. We are pleased to announce that the first recipient is
Brandon Vucovich. Over the past year, Brandon was able to reach the semi-finals
of the Pensacola Junior Championships, the finals of the Junior Winter Classic,
the Bluewater Bay Junior Championships, and the Junior Aces Tournament, as well
as winning the Panama City Racquet Club Junior Championships and the Pensacourt
Junior Summer Sizzler. For his efforts, Brandon was able to increase his
Florida Sectional ranking from a season high 154 last year to an impressive 47
this year. Congratulations Brandon, you truly are a player to watch.
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