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Issue 22: Summer, 2008
The Foster City Tennis Club sponsors many teams and we have written many stories to share our team experiences with the club. For prior issues, please check out our archive.
- Mixed 7.0A NorCal Champions
- M3.5A Team 10-1 Heading into Local Playoffs
- 3.5B Team Battle For Playoffs
- W3.5A Team (Foster City Hot Shots)
by Barby Pickett, Captain
After completing the regular season as the #1 team in the local section, and also #1 across all NorCal sections, the FCTC Mixed 7.0A team advanced from the Local Playoffs to the District Playoffs at, April 25 . 27 and WON. In three consecutive days of play, we dropped only four sets to build a 3-0 undefeated record.
Our team of family and youth prevailed through District playoffs moving on to Alameda where we played the best of the District winners in the Sectional playoffs June 7th and 8th at Harbor Bay tennis club. Sectional playoffs are the next step towards Nationals. The competition continued to increase and our team was ready for the challenge. Our captain had organized weekly practices and scrimmages with other bay area players to sharpen our skills.
On June 10, 2008 WE WON SECTIONAL PLAYOFFS TOO, and we now represent Northern California in the National competition at Gold River tennis club in Sacramento.
The upcoming news release written about our team tells the story:
Five teams from the Northern California Section of the United States Tennis Association advanced to the national championship round of the largest adult recreational tennis league in the world. Four teams advanced by virtue of winning the Section Mixed Doubles Championships of the USTA League presented by Chrysler, while one runner-up team at 7.0 level also advanced. The championships were held June 7-8, 2008 at the Harbor Bay Club in Alameda, California. The USTA Mixed Doubles League season started in September of 2007 with over 8,600 participants. Twenty-two teams and over 300 players vied for a chance this past weekend to advance to the national stage.
A mixed team from Foster City Tennis Club was crowned Section champion at the 7.0 level and will now travel to Gold River, California to represent Northern California at the USTA National Championship . Western Mixed Doubles, November 21-23, 2008, at the Gold River Racquet Club. The team is captained by Barby Pickett and co-captained by Jake Karmendy. Team members include Catherine Chang, Kathryn Chou, Sheila Cooper, Allison Don, Helen Geer, Glenn Hernandez, Stewart Kerr, Jo Lim, Henry Lin, Paul Lin, Jeremy Pickett, Dale Russell, Jenille Tan, Jobie Tan, Martin Uiberlacker and Ken Wanzer.
M3.5A Team 10-1 Heading into Local Playoffs
by Derrick O. Chua, Co-Captain
Our FCTC Men's 3.5A team is currently in First Place with one match to go before “Local - Flight: 2” playoffs. Captain Craig Quan has assembled an awesome team and we're on our way to playoffs.
With ten wins and only one blemish, we're hoping for home court advantage so our fellow FCTC members can watch our teammates in the playoffs. Come support our heavy hitting top spinners and slicers.
See you on the courts.M3.5B Team Battle For Playoffs
by Jake Karmendy, Co-Captain
With one regular season match left to playof this writing, the Men's 3.5B team is on the brink of making it into Local Playoffs. The playoff picture is murky with 5 teams slugging it out for 4 berths in Upper Peninsula's Flight 1. The team, captained by Mike Sing and co-captain Jake Karmendy, needs one more victory to seal the deal, then hope for improved seeding if other matches work out favorably.
The team has gotten solid play up and down the line-up, which includes past members Ed Cruz, Martin Uiberlacker, Tony Lolong, Mitch Tom, Victor Luscap, Win Reis and James Kiehl. New team members have added depth and strength: singles specialists Mihai Visan, Henry Mok and Derek Dai, and doubles dynamos Alex and JuniorLopez, Alex Ehlgen, David Garcia-Shelton, Alan Ting, Ross Weir and Jason Lee.W3.5A Team (Foster City Hot Shots)
by Lisa Chang, Captain
The team started the year losing some players who were moved up to the 4.0 level. Lucky for us, we managed to get some new members who helped round out our team and brought in some close wins this year: Haruko Kurata (welcome back!!!), Cathy Chang, Hanming Chen, Jennifer Jung, and Karen Park. Returning team members who are the foundation of my team (who I depend on and am thankful for their loyalty every year) are: Naomi Bigliardi, Nina DeToth, Linda Difuntorum, Joan Holland, Lori Horn, Jackie James, Nancy Kane, Betty Lam, Shaun Lenihan, Mieko Oiwa, Kathy Rudovsky, Greta Rzepski, Lisa Steiny, and Georgianna Waters.
Updated 1/22/09
We have been challenged this year with availability, injuries, windy environments, hot days, cold nights, and whatever you can think of.... but the team has persevered and they have all contributed tremendously to our team wins which leaves us currently in first place at this juncture of the league season.
Keep up the good work, Ladies!!!!
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