As we get closer to fall (or football season as it's officially known), I wanted to focus on just a few topics in this issue of the Baseline.

First, thanks to the 30 plus people who attended our first membership meeting on Au-gust 16th to get an update on the new clubhouse planning project and the equity membership issue. Several of us (thanks to Matt Osborne, Dave Stafford and Dan Stumpf) shared the latest on each of these topics, answered questions and listened to some excellent comments and feedback. Our next membership meeting is Monday, September 18th at 7:00 in the Boardroom. As a reminder, if you can't make this next event and are willing to get a small group together at an alternative time, Julie and I will do our best to accommodate your schedule. Also, we have a link on the Central Park member web page under the communications tab that contains a clubhouse planning Q&A, preliminary clubhouse design and a summary of a proposal to change the membership dues structure. Finally, please send any comments or questions to Julie or me, or use the membership feedback email. memberfeed-back@centralparktennisclub.com We look forward to hearing from you. Another fall tradition of late has been the annual membership survey. This year the Board decided to break with tradition and skip the 2017 survey. While we encourage feedback and value your opinions, as we reviewed past surveys and trends, not much "new" has surfaced in recent surveys. The survey process is quite time-intensive for staff, the Board and committees and we felt it a better use of time to work to address existing issues (potential new clubhouse, equity membership structure, food service) rather than conduct the annual survey. As topics present themselves over the course of the year, we will use smaller, targeted surveys to get your views on items where we need to reach out to the broader membership for input. Look for a short survey in the upcoming weeks regarding food service options. Lastly...we are excited to announce the "name the new building contest." More de-tails will follow in a separate email to the membership, but to summarize, all members will be given the opportunity to submit a name for the "new" building (courts 9-12). The Membership Committee will screen the list down to not more than six and then the Board will select the final three names, which will then be put to a vote by the full membership. The winner will receive a yet-to-be-determined prize. Get your creative juices flowing and be prepared to submit your idea to Julie ju-liew@centralparktennisclub.com and feel free to indicate the thinking behind your suggestion and why it's worthy.

That's it for now - hope to see you at the club soon.

Dundeana Doyle

President

Dundeana Doyle

Basel ine Newslet ter

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2...….…......….Important Dates

3...….…….Manager Miscellany

4……….….Committee Reports

5-6.………………...Pro’s Court

7…………………Fitness Court

8..…..……Clubhouse Planning

9..………….…...August Events

10....……Community Outreach

11……………....New Members

12……………...……Book Club

13……….Massage/Advertising

C e n t r a l P a r k - T h e T e n n i s P l a y e r s C l u b

OTHER NEWS

Monday, September 4 Labor Day

Monday, September 4 Last day pool is opened for the season

Tuesday, September 5 Start of Fall Junior Team

Wednesday, September 6 CUPS Captains Meeting - 1:00 pm

Wednesday, September 6 Start of Fall Women’s Team

Friday, September 8 Start of the USTA 55+ & Mixed 18+ season

Monday, September 11 Cup Committee Meeting - 1:00 pm

Monday, September 11 Tennis Committee Meeting - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, September 12 Stars Parents Meeting - 7:00 pm

Monday, September 18 Membership Committee Meeting - 5:30 pm

Monday, September 18 Open Membership Meeting - 7:00 pm

Wednesday, September 20 Finance Committee Meeting - 5:45 pm

Friday, September 22 Mix Up Tennis and Wine Tasting - 5:30 pm

Wednesday, September 27 Board Meeting - 6:00 pm

September Important Dates

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Wine Tasting Mix Up Friday, September 22

Tennis at 5:30 pm

followed by wine tasting with Jim Stanfill and

Otis Kenyon winery!

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Here it is the end of summer… we start the season with tennis, football and USTA! And if we are lucky enough, sunshine! Our Central Park USTA season starts Friday, September 8. We have 8 teams playing in the Mixed 18+ league and 10 teams playing in the Adult 55 league. We also have two teams for Junior Team tennis starting in Oc-tober. Janet Isaacson and Yogesh Nath will help organize a U14 team and a U12 team. We also have Women’s Team Tennis starting Wednesday, September 6 and Cup season beginning Monday, September 11. The junior program will begin Tuesday, September 5. Dea and Blakeley will be holding a Stars Par-ent meeting on Tuesday, September 12 at 7 pm in the Board room. This meeting will help set the goals and expectations for the upcoming year. Come with questions - and if you cannot attend, reach out to Dea with those questions anytime. deas@centralparktennisclub.com Laurie has been gathering input from the Membership Committee, and following the sweet success of a nice evening with guitar music, food and libations for our End of Summer Party on the Patio event, we are pleased to combine a Mix Up Friday night with a Wine Tasting event on Friday, Sep-tember 22. Please see page 2 for more details, this is one you are not going to want to miss! We will have some new faces at the front desk with Amanda and Nicholas heading off to college. Please help me welcome Becca and our very own Anne Glenny to the front desk staff of Central Park. These fresh new faces will greet you at the front desk, so please make sure to check in and give them your name – in a few weeks they should know who you are, but there are a lot of you, so please be patient. If you are the organizer of large group, getting the names ahead of time always helps. This is especially helpful with the USTA matches. (And it also reduces the likelihood of a no-show letter or fine for you.) With Kerry Levine at the helm, and the marching orders for discovering food service needs – we are excited to send out a quick survey to get your feedback. As you know – we can only do our best to make a majority of you happy, so please help us determine what those needs are when it comes to food and beverage and we can start to put our plan in place for the Fall. And last but not least… a few friendly reminders to get us back in full swing: Check your bags and your cars for those towels you may have accidentally taken home. No ques-tions asked – we appreciate the return! For USTA tennis and Cup tennis remind your team that warm-up courts for your home matches are

to be walk-on only – and if you will be arriving late, you must notify the front desk, they are able to

hold the court for you for 30 minutes. If your team will be late, remember to not disrupt the adjacent

courts already in play. If you reserve a court and play in a match, this is still considered playing on

two reserved courts…unless the match is at 8:30 pm. The same rules apply for overflow courts

when it comes to USTA play!

Here’s to a great rest of the year with lots of tennis!

Julie Wheadon Club Manager

MANAGER’S MISCELLANY

COMMITTEE REPORTS

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CUPS | CHAIR LYNDA CARLSON

TENNIS | CHAIR NANCY GOLDBERG

FACILITIES | CHAIR BRIAN DARROW

MEMBERSHIP | CHAIR CAROL BUCKINGHAM

Interested in joining the Facilities Committee? Here are the key things they do:

Develop and maintain an Asset Maintenance and Replacement schedule allowing the Club Manage-ment to plan for and determine both short and long term facility needs.

Provide regular input to the Board and Club Management regarding facility improvements, replace-ment and maintenance.

Be available to Club Management and members as it relates to facility issues and bring these issues to the Board as necessary.

It has been a beautiful and fun summer!! Hopefully you have been able to enjoy some of our club ac-tivities as a part of your summer festivities. After our tennis events last month we put a bookend on summer with a Happy Hour on the patio with live music by Kyle Schaeffer the last weekend in Au-gust. There is a school supply drive to help provide materials for homeless students going on through Sept. 20

th. See the information in the lobby if you are interested in participating. And look for more in-

formation to come on a wonderful club wine dinner coming up on September 22.

If you would like to be a part of the group that makes these and other great things happen, please join us! Our next meeting is Monday, September 18

th at 5:30 pm.

FINANCE | CHAIR ROSS LAURSEN

Cups season is starting the week of 9/11. We have 10 teams this year and will be having the kick off Captains meeting on Wednesday 9/6 at 1:00pm. The Cups Committee will have their first meeting on Monday 9/11. We are looking forward to another season of fun and competitive tennis.

Reminder to check in for your court at the front desk - even if you are taking a lesson. Why?

Front desk can learn your name/face.

You won’t be a “No-Show” (and possibly fined).

The other players on your court will know where to find you (especially if the court isn’t in your name).

Staff can find you in an emergency.

Provides better security - so “strangers” aren’t milling around unaccompanied.

The 2017 - 2018 Tennis Committee will have our first meeting on Monday, September 11.

The Finance Committee did not meet in August, and will resume its monthly meetings and activities in September. The financial position of the club is strong, with over $300,000 in the bank and an additional close to $100,000 in receivables, through mid-year. I’d like to use this report to thank Marty McCurry for his years of service as the Finance Committee chair. I don’t know how many years it’s been, but the numbers I’ve heard are more than a few. Thanks for your faithful service Marty!

PRO’S COURT

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S DOUBLES

Mastering the Three Areas of the Court

Regardless of your playing style, it’s important to continually work on the backcourt,

midcourt, and the frontcourt. To master doubles, spend time on all 5 parts of emphasis

for each of the 3 areas. Remember to always practice, play and hit with a purpose!

* In Mixed Doubles there tends to be a spread of abilities, powers, and styles on the

court. It also tends to be a challenge to find a rhythm. Therefore a few modifications to

the list below would be needed in all three areas of the court to apply to mixed.

BACKCOURT:

1. Your Purpose and Responsibilities:

Be the assist, the helper; you’re hired to set up the point. Be consistent, accurate, firm, and in rhythm. Set up and protect your partner. Aim primarily crosscourt, low and deep into the singles court. Keep the other net player at bay and be in their heads more than they are in your head.

2. Your Mindset and Personality:

Your serve and return percentage are huge for your team’s success, take good care of them!

Get ready to hit lots of groundstrokes with a purpose, be durable and recover.

Be ready to cover lots of the court and back up your partner.

Set up to hit your strongest shot to increase your aggression in opportune moments.

Be ready to jump in and join the offense when your partner attacks or your opponent retreats.

3. Your Technique:

Use your full foundation; full unit turn, track and move, load, and time the contact of each hit.

Use a condensed backswing with a smaller loop than in singles to stay on beat and play well each hit.

Your recovery time must be quick as the job is up tempo, so enter each shot to exit successfully.

Learn a drive crosscourt, a drive down the line, a lob, and a short crosscourt (flat, shape, spin).

4. Your Movement:

Load and choose your stance (usually semi open and open) based on direction of movement.

Footwork is key; split step to first step to adjusting steps to loading to releasing to recovery steps.

5. Your Preferred Strike Zone:

Waist level for groundstrokes; this connects your center of gravity firmly with the ground for leverage.

MIDCOURT:

1. Your Purpose and Responsibilities:

To advance the attack but to still be the assist, stay composed and use controlled aggression.

To keep the ball low and penetrating, primarily crosscourt.

To keep moving as you hit and to move through the midcourt.

To be on high alert, and ready to make a quick decision as you read the ball and the situation.

The midfielder supports the offense or defense, so know why you are in the midcourt.

2. Your Mindset and Personality:

The best midcourt players are calm, disciplined, and open-minded (volley/half volley/approach).

The movement is smooth and committed, the balance of the split step is low (most will be low balls).

The most unknown is in the midcourt so the eyes must process quickly to execute the plan.

If going forward then help the attack, if going backward then help to regain the point.

3. Your Technique:

In the ready position use a continental grip, stay low, wide base, elbows in front.

Work on low volleys, half volleys, and approach shots- all are mobile shots.

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PRO’S COURT

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Use a 3/4 unit turn and drive your power through your loading foot to your transfer foot.

4. Your Movement:

Have a calm lower split step and maintain your balance to cut in any direction.

Move through the hit to create power & gain position. Be committed but smooth to absorb & control the ball.

On jammers use the carioca step to make space and then continue your attack.

5. Your Preferred Strike Zone:

Above the net but below your shoulders unless it’s an overhead.

FRONTCOURT:

1. Your Purpose and Responsibilities:

You are the scorer, you are the hunter. Go look for work continually.

Be noticed and active and ready to battle at all times.

To back off and help cover the middle when the point breaks down.

2. Your Mindset and Personality:

Be brave, quick, and agile.

Be alert, engaged, and committed to get involved whenever your partner is protecting you.

Let the height of the ball lead your decisions to hit; forehand (high and medium), backhand (medium).

Be relentless in your mission. After your poach come back to attack again and again until you score.

3. Your Technique:

Have relaxed, quick hands; elbows in front with your hands between you and the net in your fast spot.

Have alert eyes and ears; “listen” (gauge what’s going on behind you) and “look” (eyes forward).

Use foundation; turn and align, move, then cross step, push with feet and pull with hands to recover.

Move through the volley with balance when poaching, complete the switch, come back looking to hit.

4. Your Movement:

Be taller, lighter, & agile in your split step. Your quickness & maintaining balance are key to success.

Use angular movement (move at angles both in and out).

Be able to dodge jammers then still attack.

Increase your range of coverage in the match. (change your positioning and work on your reads).

5. Your Preferred Strike Zone:

Above the net or higher but within your power zone.

Take an area and get started. Little by little you will master this amazing game! - Lisa Moldrem

Congratulations to the following CPTC teams for their incredible achievements:

USTA 40+ 9.0 Team for advancing to sectionals; September 15-17 in Medford, OR! Team members include: Daniel Avery, Dundeana Doyle, Sheri Bennett, Hao Dang, Jenny Schell, Jodi Paulson, Aika Yoshida, Tony Mar-tin, Tim McRoberts, Kim Skorupa, Heidi Kreskan, Steve McRae, Phil Ansdell and Ping Yeh.

USTA 55+ 9.0 Team for becoming the Local League Champions! Team members include: Dundeana Doyle, Deb Murray, David Rumpf, Teresa Morrow, Carolann Castell, Derek Gates, Tony Martin, Susan Fascitelli, Erik Gunvaldson, Kim Poplawski, Dianne Driscolo, Steve McRae, Donna Massoth and Dale Garnett.

USTA 40+ 3.0 Women’s Team for advancing to the finals at Sectionals! Team members include: Lynda Carl-son, Mary Pope, Pamela Keenan-Fritz, Renee Bibeault, Susan Furst, Janice Malos, Tara Darrow, Coreen Rob-bins, Shelly Enstrom, Marcia Chapman, Chairuna Antono, Kaylee Nilan, Susan Rooney, Sandy Gurtler, Colleen Grobstok, Shannon Christiansen, Chrissy Avery, Deb Nielsen and Rhonda Mishalanie.

The following team captains are looking for a few more players! Please contact: Wayne Lim - Men’s 55+ 9.0 and Mara Ferrari 55+ 7.0.

USTA

Fall Into Fitness

Fall is almost here, summer plans

and vacations are coming to an end

and for some of us it means getting

back on track with our health and

fitness goals.

Winter will be here before you know

it and you may enjoy hitting the

slopes, snowshoeing or maybe a lit-

tle cross country skiing.

We would love for you to join our classes and get fit, healthy and

ready for whatever life throws your way!

JOIN US TODAY!

BootCamp MWF/9-10 AM

BootCamp TTH/5:45-7 PM

Fit’n’45 *TTH 12-12:45 (TU being added late Sept)

Have a friend or two that have similar goals? Get them together

for small group training. Share the fun, encourage each other

and reduce the cost!

We would love to hear from you!

“I’m Going to Make You so Proud

~Note to Self”

CLASSESS//HEALTH COACHING//PERFORMANCE TRAINING//SMALL GROUP TRAINING

CONTACT US TO BEGIN!

Clay/ clay@fit2playnw.com /425.822.2206 EXT 126

Vicki/ fithealthyou@fit2playnw.com /425.822.2206 EXT 122

FITNESS COURT

CLUBHOUSE PLANNING / EQUITY DUES STRUCTURE

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Members please login to our website to learn more about two topics

regarding our club & membership. The following details can be found under the communications tab.

Clubhouse Planning Q&A / Design Plans &

Membership Dues Structure

Our next Open Meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 18th at 7:00pm. At this meeting we will provide information regarding each topic,

answer questions and take feedback.

Hope to see you there!

For questions or feedback please email: memberfeedback@centralparktennisclub.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

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JET LEAGUE FINALS & SUMMER CAMP

Winners of the 2017 Summer

Team Challenge: The Zimba-

bwe Zebras coached by Dea

& Jeff.

Thank you to all the CPTC

Summer Team Challenge

participants You battled the

heat, humidity, smoke and

some serious competition.

See you next year !

SUMMER TEAM CHALLENGE

END OF SUMMER HAPPY HOUR

School Supply Wish List

Crayola crayons (box of 24)

Crayola Colored pencils (box of 12)

Thick colored markers (box of 10)

Highlighters

Pens (black and blue)

#2 Pencils

Pink erasers

Glue sticks (non-toxic)

Toothbrushes (individually wrapped)

Toothpaste

Floss (containers of 40 yards+)

Wide- & college-ruled filler paper

Wide- & college-ruled 1-subject notebooks

Wide- & college-ruled compo-sition notebooks

Donations are also accepted.

Help homeless students start the year off right!

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

This year we are partnering with Project Cool (click here to learn more) to ensure that homeless children in our community have the school supplies needed to feel confident and prepared to learn.

Please join us in our efforts to make a difference.

Collection bins & supply lists are located in the lobby

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Congratulations to all of our Juniors on all of your hard work and determination! It’s truly paying off!

ASIF & NIKHAT HUSSAIN FAMILY EQUITY Sorry we missed you. Please submit a photo soon.

TODD & SUSAN BERGESON FAMILY EQUITY

Todd and Susan Bergeson are looking forward to becoming active members of Central Park Tennis Club. After spending 15 long years in the Atlanta area, we are excited to now call the Seattle area home. We moved to Bellevue in 2010 due to Todd’s job with Microsoft. Todd currently works for Microsoft as a global industry marketing manager, playing tennis when he can. Susan enjoys playing tennis, yoga and meeting with friends. Both of us spend our spare time exploring the area. Can you believe how many festivals there are in this state?

We have been married for 30 years, having lived in Memphis, Phoenix, St Louis, and Atlanta. We have 1 daughter Lauren and a new grandson Ryder who live in Bothell. Todd graduated from Iowa State Uni-versity and Susan graduated from University of Tennessee, we both enjoy going to college game watch-es and participating in alumni events.

Good luck and well wishes to our resigning members. We will miss you! Randy Cole and Alina Bibireata

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

JINHUI ZHONG & DAVID MARLOW FAMILY EQUITY

Sorry we missed you. Please submit a photo soon.

JUNIOR AWARDS

Summer Camp Awards

Gold Player of the Session Luke Kim

Gold Most Improved Nicole Carpenter

Silver Player of the Session Jacob Ye

Silver Most Improved Lili Samii

Bronze Player of the Session Luca Mevawalla

Bronze Most Improved Emmy Bezos

Green Most Improved Khushi Singh

Orange Most Improved Lauren Cho

Red Most Improved Emma Flynn

August Tournament Awards

Bronze Day 1 Tristan Moore

Bronze Day 2 Luca Mevawalla

Silver Day 1 Nate Cha

Silver Day 2 Nate Cha

Gold Day 1 George Koralski

Gold Day 2 George Koralski

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Come join our book club! We meet in the boardroom on the 1st Thursday of the month from 12:30-2:30pm for meaningful discussions and great company! For more information please email Sandy Eaker at sandy.eacker@gmail.com .

October 5, 2017 Commonwealth by Ann Patchett #1 New York Times Bestseller. The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.

November 2, 2017

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting

novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.

Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered

scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s en-

deavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.

December 7, 2017

The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin

What happens to us after we die? What happens before we are born? At once a

riveting mystery and a testament to the profound connection between a child and

parent, The Forgetting Time will lead you to reevaluate everything you believe…

January 4, 2018

News of the World by Paulette Jiles

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to

transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this morally complex,

multi-layered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that ex-

plores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.

BOOK CLUB

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What a great energy on our first year introducing full-day camps. We were able to offer 4 weeks of Full-Day Camp with enthusiastic campers who came back happy week after week. The campers improved immensely on their ten-nis game. We can thank the well-planned tennis instruction and fitness & agility session that campers went through daily. In addition, they were able to enjoy Art Camp in which the children used different media to create art.

As always we strive for the best. So please let us know if you have any constructive feedback so we can top this year’s camps! :) See you next summer!

MASSAGE

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