Gallo's 3.5 Begins With An Ace!

OK. Here's how it went our first week out of the blocks: First Singles got on first about 9:10 pm. Jeff Roberts, playing his first year with the team was pushed into the 1st singles position after signing his contract to play 2nd Singles and doubles. Jeff at the last moment had to fill in at first singles due to a personal commitment conflict by our normally assigned player. Jeff started out strong since he knew and had played against his opponent, the tattooed Hardcore agent, Neil Sheehan. Jeff came away with a strong win of 6-1, 6-1. "At 2nd Singles Craig Simmons playing in his first USTA match ever, had a very decisive victory over his opponent, 6-1,6-0. He better had played well since his wife, Stephanie, was there tracking his games stroke by stroke. I'm sure she had some areas of improvement mapped out for him since John Wong and Craig Hall were looking over shoulder critiquing Craig's playing. But from what I saw, Craig played a great first USTA match. Congratulations Craig! "At 1st Doubles, Mike Voll (The Traveling Entrepreneur) and Mark Flash (The Cleveland Clinic Foundation guy who is going to bring $1.26B to the table) smothered their opponents by a score of 6-1,6-4. (How could you give up 4 games in one set, guys?). The Twins (Mike Cash and Mike Bornhorst) playing 2nd Doubles kept their winning ways with a stunning defeat over their opponents 6-1 and 6-2. And last but not least on Court #1 playing 3rd Doubles, Debonair Dennis Gresh (The Ladies Man: while playing there were at least three "hoodie" ladies who had played in the previous match watching Dennis and asking John Wong and myself who he was and wanting an intro. Of course it was John and I who were buying these same ladies drinks after the match. and Steady Steve Lorton (who is playing for the first time on our team and will probably be giving us all pointers on the game of tennis before the season is over....wow, what a steady player Steve is while on court!) finished "mopping up" the court with a 6-1,6-1 win, thus giving our Five Seasons #1 team a 5-0 win over River Oaks #1 team."

What really happens when you call for help.

Today's humor. Here's a link to a short movie that explains what happens when you call for help today. Enjoy. http://www.callcentermovie.com/movie/movie2.html.

m & m's melt River Oaks 3.5 team as Five Seasons Romps

Five Season’s Pete Gallo displayed his wisdom with a line-up that swept George Swartz’s River Oaks 3.5 team. Jeff Roberts kept his cool against Neil Sheehan’s rocket serves. Craig Simmons steady play proved too much for the new young ringer Justin Byrne on court 2. Joe Blanton and Steve Merkum melted to the m & m’s of Mark Flash (welcome back to play) and Mike Voll on 1st dubs. Howard Pack and Gerry Glen also succumbed to m & m’s on 2nd court by the pair of Mike Bornhorst and Mike Cash. Captain George and Steve Tyco went winless on 3 to Dennis Gresh and Steve Lorton. Looks like Captain Gallo has a strong crew on board this year.

TEAM CRUISES, CAPTAIN STILL SAILING!

Well, maybe not exactly Hawaii 5 -0, but with Captain Dick still floating somewhere, his 3.5 Adult team went without leadership yet prevailed 5-0 against Western Reserve. Lars Eriksson easily handled his opponent at first singles 0 and 2, Rick Rogalski and the Frank Mucklo won 1 and 1 at third doubles. Ron Wacker took the low shots and Todd Renzelman took the high and prevailed 6-4, 7-6 at first dubs and Jay Hansar and Wally Mueller won by an identical score at second. Grey Kennedy complete the sweep, coming back in set number two to win 6-4, 7-5. On to Northridge next Wednesday for a 6PM match. Who needs a captain anyway???

OUT OF THE BLOCK!!!!

The "IT" Girls of Summer are out of the block and off to a Great Start. We have won our first match vs. Five Seasons (4-1). Gunilla fought hard, Carson pulled off a HUGE victory, Nancy & Richelle, Patti & Laurie, and Beth & Laura all posted the Ws!!!. The support for our players by our team members and friends was appreciated. Thanks! .....hmmm.... Week 1 Motto: "NO FRIENDS ON THE TENNIS COURT" Next Up: North Ridge 3...Let's get ready to rumble!

Opening it up.

Tennisfriends blog is opening up to all teams this year. Come join in the fun and post your team news. It's easy to join. Just click the send mail link on the sidebar and ask to be added to the contributors. I will send you back a link and invite to join. Create a user name and password. To log in just click the little "blogger" box at the top of the tennisfirends.blogspot.com page. Post whatever you like, add pictures, add links, add video (I can show you how)..and have fun.

They turned the club upside down

John Wong's Five Seasons' 4.0 team got off to a great start this year with a 4-1 win over Fox Creek. They had a lot of practice with the new tie breakers. Now let's see...when do we switch?

Senior Team Sails While Captain Criuses

The Lancaster River Oaks Senior Team won all courts against Cleveland Racquet Club last night. With captain Lancaster on a cruise Mucklo took over and was "Dick for a Day". Luengo and Wacker blasted to a 0 and 3 win on court one. The lefty righty combo of Rickard and Hansar won 3 and 2 on court two. Mucklo and Clark set a speed record and finished 1 and 1. Maybe that captain should extend his cruise...