DATE: February 2008 [PDF]
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2008 is a new year for the Board of Directors and committees. Our New officers
are:
President: Cherrill Boissonu
Vice President: Werner Evans
Treasurer: Bob Custer
Secretary: Russ Youmans
Past President: Wayne Phillips
Members at large: Randy Willard, Melissa Pohl, Bob Rice, Jeff Dragila,
One way TTC members can support your club is to participate in our committee
structure. Timberhill uses committees to oversee certain parts of the club and
our activities. Committees that are looking for feedback or participation are
the following with committee chairs listed.
Junior Activities (Robin Evans
Adult Competition / USA League (Bob Rice)
Social (Melissa Pohl)
Marketing (Jeff Dragila)
Capital Improvements and Maintenance (Jeff Dragila & Bob Custer)
Adult Weekly Activities (Board)
Nominating (Board)
If you are interested in any of these areas of the club and want to participate,
call the person listed next to the committee or call Gary at the club and he
can give you more details and answer any questions you may have.
Busy Time of Year
Jan. Feb and March are the three busiest month of the year for Timberhill Tennis
Club. Players are gearing up for USA League tennis with teams holding organized
practices and the high school kids are getting ready for the high school tennis
season. Make sure you plan ahead and make a reservation since times are very
tight during this part of the year. Remember that we have some drop-in programs
that you do not have to make reservations to play. Men's night is Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 7:45-10:00pm. Women's morning is Saturday from 9:30am - 12:00pm
and Mixed Doubles is Sunday afternoon from 4-6:30pm. These are also great programs
to meet new people to play and broaden your Timberhill network of players.
USA League Tennis Season
Weekend afternoons will be much busier starting the middle of February until
the last week of May. Timberhill has 8 teams of about 14 players each playing
league tennis. Matches are scheduled for Saturdays or Sundays at 12pm, 1:30pm
or 3pm so 5 courts might be tied up for those matches. The mornings and early
evenings will still be available so you may have to change some of your weekend
times accordingly.
Sunriver Adult Tennis Camp
Gary will be hosting his 25th annual Bend Tennis Camp this year at the beautiful
Sunriver resort on May 29-June 1. This is an adult camp that is a great way
to enjoy central Oregon as well as improving your tennis. We start camp Thursday
late afternoon at 4pm and stay on court until 6:30pm and then have a BBQ around
7pm. Tennis continues Friday with a morning and afternoon session. Then we have
a long Saturday session from 8:30-12pm and finish Sunday morning going from
8:30-12pm as well. We will be using the North Court in the Sunriver and the
cost will be $199 per person which includes instruction, prizes, T-Shirts and
a Thursday night BBQ. Applications are in the TTC clubhouse or give Gary a call
at the club for more details.
2008 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
The 2008 TTC Membership Directory will be out and available to members by Jan.
7, 2008. Each membership receives one free directory. If you need to take another
for the office or wherever extra copies will be $1. You can pick up the directories
in the TTC clubhouse and just sign-up on the sheet if you take an extra.
I hope everyone's making it through the short days of winter this year by getting your fill of tennis. The club's been a busy place between the USTA adult league teams preparing for the upcoming season, the USTA junior teams playing their matches, the John & Phil's, the Adult/Junior Challenge…..the list goes on and on. While we swing into our busy season at Timberhill, I'll just remind everyone of a couple of things: First, please don't weed and throw out balls from the practice carts. The staff sorts through them occasionally and donates the balls to places where they can be reused. Also, remember our Adult-Junior mentor program? If any adults or juniors are interested in finding practice partners of a different age, call me and I can try to arrange it. This has often been a beneficial arrangement for everybody involved. Speaking of our junior program, year-end rankings for 2007 were released, and some of our juniors posted some good results:
Lorne Bulling: PNW Section #25 Boys 14 Singles
#27 Boys 14 Doubles
National #923 Boys 14 Singles
Rajul Chikkalingaiah: PNW Section #19 Boys 12 Singles
#13 Boys 12 Doubles
National #305 Boys 12 Singles
Charlotte Fisher: PNW Section #25 Girls 14 Singles
#19 Girls 14 Doubles
Jaime Fisher PNW Section #25 Boys 12 Singles
#9 Boys 12 Doubles
National #624 Boys 12 Singles
Matthew Koski PNW Section #51 Boys 12 Singles Challenger
Natasha Prokhnevska PNW Section #8 Girls 12 Singles
#16 Girls 14 Singles
#13 Girls 14 Doubles
National #567 Girls 14 Singles
Mico Santiago International #898 Boys 18 Singles
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Molly McKinley 753-4447: Molly is a senior on the CV varsity high school
tennis team the past couple of years.
Margot Draeger 745-9007: Margot is also a senior at CV and has played
varssity tennis the past couple years also.
Sam Mekhail 207-3532: Sam plays at the 3.0 level and his son John (18)
plays at the intermediate level. They both enjoy singles or doubles.
James & Gwen Hogeboom 738-6612: James and Gwen are just getting back
to tennis. Their kids Alaina (10) and Jack (9) have been in the junior classes
here at the club for a year or so.
Karen & Rebecca Rosenberg 745-5603: Karen is a 2.5 player and Rebecca
is a freshman at CV and will be trying out for the high school tennis team.
Karen has some flexibility in her schedule and both like singles or doubles.
Gretchen & Jane Fortner 760-4296: Gretchen also plays at the 2.5
level and has some flexibility. Her daughter Jane is good friends with Rebbecca
and will also be trying out for the CV tennis team this Spring.
Bryce Johnson 745-6302; Bryce is a 14 year old junior member who is looking
to play on the high school tennis team. Bryce likes singles or doubles.
Clara Richardson 503-623-8191; Clara is on the Dallas High School tennis
team the past few years and is wanting to play weekends to get ready for the
high school tennis season.
With many new members this is a great time to expand your tennis horizons and
give some of these new members a call to play. They would welcome a call to
play. Remember that if you want to get some other players call Gary at the club
and I can help you get networked with other Timberhill members.