| Once again the Calcutta was a smashing success.
The Friday evening party was well attended both by players and many other club members looking to get in on the action.
We did have fewer players this year and were able to keep the draw down to 32 teams (we had 44 last year).
Even with the smaller draw, the total amount spent to buys teams on Friday night topped out at over $3,000! With last year's winner
Chris Ramsower and Don Loeffler going for $510, that must be a record.
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Party Time at the Walnut Creek Civic Center
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Kent Lindeman & Liz Riddle
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Of the first 15 first round matches, 9 of the winning teams had the higher handicaps.
By the time we had reached the semi-finals we had the three teams with -10, -17 and -18 handicaps (next year we'll have to take away even more points!!).
The only team to reach the semis with a positive handicap was Helene Redsun and Len Grose. In the end we had some great matches, Lorayne Campbell and
Pat Beauchemin played some amazing tennis to win their semi-final match against Chris Ramsower and Don Loeffler.
They then went on to defeat one of the other high priced teams of Kent Lindeman and Liz Riddle in the final.
The syndicate that owned of Campbell/Beauchemin walked away with over $900 on a $290 investment.
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In the consolation draw we had some newcomers to Heather Farm make it deep into the draw.
A very young and energetic partner was paired up with Judy Stillman.
They had a very entertaining semi-final match against Sally Van Oosbree (another new face at Heather) and Brad Belton,
with Kevin running down every lob that hit the baseline. In the end Van Oosbree and Belton prevailed.
In the finals they met up with Pauline Hanley and John Williams who, after losing in the first round to Chris Ramsower and Don Loeffler,
had come through strong to reach the finals. Hanley and Williams were able to triumph.
Thanks to everyone that helped out with running the
tournament and the party: Gabe Goldstein, Tammy Chan, Shari & Jesse Gonzalez and especially Tammie Snyder who jumped in at the last minute
to help out up at Northgate. Good work everyone!!
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Chris Pearlstein & Don Loeffler |
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