Nice solid victory today against FF. They had a lot of trouble fielding a team, only 3 lines contested, but good for us to win two of them. Jason lost 10-7 in a 3rd set tiebreaker at S1. But Aram and Mike K won in straight sets at D1 and Len and Mark won in straight sets at D2. Special thanks to JonS, Lowell, and Jeff for also being available today. As it turns out I was available also, but no credit is awarded because it was after the fact!
So now we are champs, heading to districts! A well earned visit. Thanks Jeff for the good lineups.
Between now and then we have two more matches, both against Pinewoods. Last weekend in March and the first weekend in April. They’ve been competitive with the other three teams this season. We’re stronger than them, but we still have to prove it on the court.
Our 14 and under Juniors continued their winning ways with a 72-13 win against Enfield. Competing for Simsmore was Alex Brunstad, Ashton Kille, Andrew Bell, Cole Miranda, Brady Cowling, Pam Fetzer, Ellen McNeill and Daniel Mittelman. Particularly noteworthy is the on court conduct of our juniors when they are clearly the superior players. Not a trace of arrogance was to be found, but a level of sportsmanship that all of us at the club can be most proud of. Learning to win graciously is every bit as important as learning to lose graciously. I am most impressed with our 14 and under team.
-Reported by Jim Whiting
Congratulations to our two winning lines from yesterday’s match!
Lisa @ S2 & Karen & Jennifer @ D3!
I’m sorry I had to leave before Lisa was off the court, but it sounds as though she gave it all she had & in her words “crawled off the court” after a third set tie-breaker! Although I’m sure she’d agree the win is usually worth the pain!
We were all there to congratulate Karen & Jen on their success, quite handily as well! It appears they work great together & are quite a duo!
Laura @ S1 had an amazing match against another 3.5 player, winning the second set without giving her opponent a game! It came down to a third set tie-breaker which her opponent squeaked out the final points! Challenging to play in between a “two” Bar Mitzvah day!
Liz & I @ D1 had a tough match with some good points which were not reflective of our scores! We’d love a rematch, but they’ll be playing 3.5!
DiAnne & Michele @ D2 had a great match with very close scores @ 4-6 4-6! They’re nicely matched as teammates & played as Claudia has taught “the front person driving the bus”! A few issues occured on their court that heated up the afternoon & appear were “lessons learned” for all of us in terms of court rules! I’ll do some research, since most are not addressed in the short version of our rules and get firm answers on the following…
This was not an easy match today against the Veldman Canton Team. They look to be the second place team.
We managed to win 2 of 3 positions maintaining our undefeated record. Carolyn and Aram lost 7-6:7-6 against Craig Cutler who was just too crafty. Carolyn C and Greg won in doubles 2 and Kim and Jason won in line 3. Welcome to team Jason Lenore and congratulations on your win.
-Reported by Captain Carolyn Lee
This weekend there was an eight court brawl between ST and FV!
It was great to have 32 kids playing non-stop tennis for two hours! The amount of fun and chatter by those not playing could have broken the concentration of the players… but not even close! It is great to see players competing with no excuses!
When the smoke cleared, Simsmore Tennis was the last club standing in both the 14′s and 18′s. Both matches were decided by 4 games!
Games balls were given to Nick Berns and Lauren Neureither of the 18′s team and Ashton Kille and Alex Brunstad of the 14′s team for being the only players to have wins in both singles and doubles!
The 18 team is done for the season and the 14′s have two matches left!
Thanks to the players, parents and coaches for a successful season!
Good luck to everyone going out for their high school teams! We are very proud of you!
-coach tyler
We took 3/5. All doubles lines won. singles weren’t so lucky but they had great matches. Their results don’t show it.
Penny and Pam won 6/1, 6/4. Marianne and Angela won in 2 tie breaks. Rachel and Charlotte won in 2 sets. Stephanie got to play the personnel trainer that got every single ball hit to her, yes it was ugly but Stephanie played great. Lisa had a great match at S1. The girl she played was ranked a 3.5 and gave Lisa a run for her money. It was down to the very last point and it ended in the ball hitting the net and dribbling over to end the match.
Our next match is March 6 at home against Farmington Valley.
Doubles at 1:00 and singles at 3:00. We only have 3 matches left and we need to win at least 2 lines each match to make it to Districts.
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