Clark's Super Senior Report

The River Oaks Super Senior "Old Farts" pulled off a Great Win against Western Reserve last night! Hank and Joe Arcisz were "thrown to the wolves" at 1st Duds, and while playing well, lost to Marty and Jack, 6-3, 6-3. Joe Pare and Dick rose from the dead, and (in spite of a lot of service return lobs) prevailed at no. 2 dubs, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6). Lars and Frank overpowered at No. 3 Dubs, 7-5, 6-2, after being down in the first set, 5-2. Are you trying to give your Captain a heart attack?

Next week we face a strong Mayfield Village team at River Oaks at 7:30. Our new guys, Art and Dave will provide some new life to our really tired old guys!

Let's keep it going as we advance to "Indy or Bust".

John Clark (Captain of Old Farts)

MINOR SETBACK...

This week's spotlight is shining on Terri and Nancy...GIRLS YOU ARE AWESOME!!!The "IT" Girls of Summer suffered a minor setback Wednesday night, taking only 1 court in our match vs. the 2005 state champions from North Ridge 2. Nancy and Terri won on 2nd doubles, with Laura and Patti, and Richelle and Laurie on the "wrong side" of 3rd set tiebreaks. Diane and Gunilla fought to the bitter end, but came up just short on singles. We appreciate the support we receive at our matches from fellow teammates, families, and friends. Thanks to you all!!! Thanks Julie for the snacks...they were simply delightful! Though we didn't post the W, (avoid the L word at all costs!), we gained some self proclaimed "groupies". We imbibed our favorite beverages, not drowning our sorrows (well, maybe just a little!), but plotting our revenge...oh tennis turrets!...I meant planning our next match...WE'LL BE BACK!!! Week 3 Motto: "Winning is better than F****** losing!!!" (from team profile archives...who have we heard this from? HINT: not the author of this post, she would NEVER, EVER drop the F-bomb). Next up: "Away" vs River Oaks 2...Road Trip? Cooler? The Scoop: Clark and Wong proclaim themselves "groupies" The Fact: They just want their pictures on blog with The "IT" Girls of Summer The Scoop: Diane spotted wearing ancient, medieval stone known to fend off evil (note: evil on right...a.k.a. Fred and Mike) The Fact: Pricey "IN STYLE" necklace...The "IT" Girls of Summer love to accessorize!

Fat and Sassy

Wow, the food, the beer, and they were gracious in defeat. Thank you Jim Seifer and your Five Seasons team for a nice spread tonight. Lancaster'’s River Oaks 3.5 team walked out with full bellies and a 4 -1 win. Chuck Buschert was steady-eddy on 1^st singles. Grey Kennedy was off 2^nd singles in a hurry to see his cheering fans, Stephanie, twins Tommy and Billy, and daughter Madison. (Where did they get that red hair??). Mack Thomas and Ronnie Wacker frustrated the FS 2^nd dubs team with power and finesse. Joe Pare had to work all day at his daughter's house and relied on Steve Poe for a ride. Unfortunately Steve was riding a unicycle and Joe had no where to sit, 1^st dubs went kaput. Captain Lancaster, in his wisdom, paired up with Mucklo and they played a couple of young studs on court 3 who took it easy on the old guys and let them feel good with a win.

2 1/2 Seasons Last Night

One of the bright spots of last night at Five Seasons was that Stephanie Simmons won her 2.5 singles match. The 4.0 men came on at 9pm and other than Johnny “the brush” Alfes and Jeff “bones” Roberts winning at 1st dubs against baby-faced ringers recruited by the North Olmsted team ….there was only beer and no cheer in Wong country. The other matches need no recap except that John Hew vows to get even next time at 1st singles. Maurer and Gao had a private cheering section with lots of shouted advice but it never went beyond the glass. Guru’s suggestion to Tim Urwin…more lefty spin! As for Wong and D’Avino, I thought you had that guy when he threw his racquet under the back curtain.