Tag: Tennis

Tennis Fanatics Exposed

H.V. Topspin, Esq. “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” Winston Churchill One of my favorite mathematicians (not that I have that many-Heisenberg being the other), is Vilfredo Pareto who posited that all groups can be divided into two distributions of roughly 80%-20%. With tennis players, the 20%…

STC inspires “social” in team tennis

Debbie McGeehan Let the games begin! January 9 started the first Wednesday of six for Social Team Tennis. Four men’s teams (Eagles, Falcons, Vultures and Hawks) and four women’s teams (Manhattans, Martinis, Mojitos and Margaritas) played gender doubles for 75 minutes split into two sessions. The weather was almost perfect despite a small sprinkle of…

The Best Sport For A Longer Life

H.V. Topspin Playing tennis on a regular basis is now a verified way of living longer! According to the newspaper of record, the New York Times, (no political snarling out there) in an article by Gretchen Reynolds this past September, “Playing tennis and other sports that are social might add years to your life, according…

SaddleBrooke Tennis Center reopens after renovation

Jay Clayton Wilson Over thirty years ago, in 1987, it was the vision of Ed Robson to create a palmary tennis facility in the nascent SaddleBrooke active adult development. Land for this important amenity was chosen near the very center of the community. Construction began almost immediately. Initially our magnificent tennis facility offered only two…

An evening to remember

JD Davis In some respects, it’s like a costume ball; you find yourself starring, trying to identify your friends without their shorts, tennis skirts, hats and sunglasses. The phrase you hear throughout the evening is, “Goodness, you look so different, I didn’t recognize you with clothes on.” And I must say, the ladies, in their…

Ramping up the fight against skin cancer

TJ Duffy The word is beginning to spread that all SaddleBrooke residents and guests are invited to join the cause of defeating skin cancer in its various forms. The third annual Skin Cancer Research Fundraiser was held on Saturday, November 17 at the SaddleBrooke Tennis Center and although tennis was a prominent theme of the…

Tennis Center Court and Clubhouse renovation

H.V. Topspin, Esq. The replacement of the remaining four courts at the Tennis Center culminated with the opening of all eight courts on May 28. It involved a bit of inconvenience for club members in trying to schedule matches and fun time. But the new walkways, viewing benches between courts six and seven and the…