Archive for the 'Tennis' Category

Staying Young with Tennis

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Today I read a USA Today article about a grandmother who returned to college to play on their tennis team!  As an avid tennis player this was an inspiration.  Tennis is a lifelong sport, at least as long as your joins hold up, and as you lose some quickness you can gain finesse.  It’s always [...]

A Week Full of Tennis

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

We had a wonderful fun week of tennis with the Pilot Pen in New Haven and the Masters at the Newport Hall of Fame. It was lots of fun and we were fortunate enough to get complimentary tickets. And we had some fabulous weather.

Dimentieva Serving

Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond

Mutt & Jeff!

Pam Shriver
We had a great [...]

Campbell Classic in Newport

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

It was a gorgeous day to go to the Newport Campbell Classic. My “grand” niece, Abby, is working as a sports marketing intern at the Newport Tennis Center and was able to get us tickets. It was a fabulous day with friends and such a treat to see Abby.

Pilot Pen Tennis

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

I was lucky enough to be invited to a wonderful day at the Pilot Pen. My friend Jacqui got tickets from Mercedes and we were in box seats right “on the court”.
We saw Dimentieva play Kuznetsova - the tennis was great but I wanted to see Dementieva win - but she didn’t. Here she’s serving.This [...]

French Open Tennis Party

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

We had a wonderful time celebrating our wonderful USTA season. We had wonderful winning season. Peggy & Ed were gracious hosts offering their lovely home for our gathering. It coincided with the French Open Final and we decided we should make this an annual event!

Marilyn, Nancy, Patty,Ann Marie, Peggy H, Lois, Magda, Hillary, Amy [...]

Martina & Me!

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Martina Navratilova came to our area to introduce her new book “Shape Your Self”. I bought 2 copies so I can donate one to our local library silent auction. Luckily I was near the front of the line for the signatures - the middle school auditorium was quite full. There were over 100 people behind [...]

Mystic USTA Team Undefeated!

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

My USTA Tennis team is undefeated so far this year! We have played 4 matches and we have won them all. This is quite an accomplishment since 2 years ago, when the team began, the record was 8 losses and 2 wins. Last year we improved a lot but this year we [...]