fobt newsletter oct 2009

8/14/2019 FOBT Newsletter OCt 2009

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Volume 1, Issue 2

1st Annual FOBT Tournament1st Annual FOBT Tournament

October 16thOctober 16th -- 18th Combo/Mixed18th Combo/Mixed

www.friendsobtennis.blogspot.comPO Box 454Orange Beach, AL [email protected]

THE Rally Match Points:

1st FOBT Tourney

Player Spotlights

Pro Tip

Member Listing

Local League Winners

Member Birthdays

Upcoming Events

FOBT Registration Form

You are receiving this

Newsletter as a benefitof being a member of the Friends of OrangeBeach Tennis. TheBoard Members ThankYou for your support!!!!!

Friends of Orange BeachBoard Members:Bart MiddletonRose Townsend

Beverly Billingsley Jimmy Steeley Heather MooreMichelle Shivers John Stever

We are in the progress of organizing ourfirst tournament to be held at the OrangeBeach Tennis Center. Sign UP Today !!!!!Divisions:

Womens Combo 5.5, 6.5, 7.5Mens Combo 7.5

Open Mixed & Open Mens DoublesMixed Doubles 6.5, 7.5

Entry Fee :$35 per player/1st event$25 per player/2nd event

(2 events max of any division )Entry Fee Includes: Long Sleeve T-shirt,lunch on Sat, Ticket for Players Party Entry Deadline : Wed. October 14th atnoon.Schedule: Matches begin Fri at 6:00pm.Draws will be emailed, posted on Blog andBoard Members will call players to inform

them of their play times.Players Party: Tacky Jacks Cigar Bar(outside) Sat 7-9pm. Food and Drink Spe-cials. Snacks and Lunch will be provided

Saturday.Entry form located on last page of news-

letter or you can download entry form from Blog.Mail Entry form with check pay-able to FOBT at PO Box 454,Orange Beach AL 36561. Oremail entry form to friendsob-

[email protected] or Drop off

information at Orange BeachTennis Center .

Tournament Sponsors:


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know you to learn from this article? Orange Beach is a great place to play jun-

ior tennis. Both Rhett and Amy have helpedme become a better tennis player. Thenumber of junior boys that play tennis isdouble the number of junior girls. When Iwas in elementary school all I wanted to dowas play as well as the high school girls.Now that I'm in high school I hope younger

girls who see me play feel the same as Idid.

Melanie is 15 and her hometown is PerdidoKey, FL. Currently, Melanie is playing tourna-

ments, taking lessons and working with apersonal trainer to improve her fitness. Shehas started the college recruitment processonline and is looking forward to playing onher high schools first girls tennis team in2010.Melanie started taking lessons around 6-7and played her first tournament at 9. Herinterest in tennis was through her Grand-mother. She played senior tennis in southFlorida and gave me a racquet for Christmas,which led to a beginners clinic at the localclub. Her biggest supporters are her parents. Theyhave been driving her to lessons, tourna-

ments, and camps while making sure she haseverything she needs. Outside of the tennisworld, Melanie has started the sports medi-cine program at her high school. She hopes

to one day be a physical therapist. She alsoenjoys the beach, surfing, hanging out withfriends and she is trying to learn how to play

the guitar. Melanie is currently playing thelocal Florida tournaments to increase herFlorida ranking so she will have a better shotof getting into the 16's Nationals in Pensa-cola in Thanksgiving. What would you like for people that do not

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Womens Player Spotlight:Monica Davidso

Junior Player Spotlight:Melanie Lewis

T H E R A L LY

Outside of playing tennis, Monica en- joys her Family, grand children, sailing,

motor boating and gardening. Her

favorite thing to do is relax withJerry, her husband. Together theyhave 19 grand children. Monica isa member of FOBT and plans toplay in the upcoming FOBT tour-nament in October with Cindy Key.

Monica was asked What wouldyou like for people that do notknow you to learn from this arti-cle? Monica says Tennis is my Therapy and Jerry will

agree . You can play at any ageyou

can start tennis, you can stop tennis for a while and you can pick it right backup. You can play tennis when you areyoung, you can play when you areOLD (Monica turned 60 in Au-gust!!). Tennis is just a great sport.

Monica Davidson lives in Elberta,AL with her husband Jerry of 28years. Monica is currently

preparing for a trip to play inthe 2009 Super Senior Women Championship inHuntsville in early October.She is also preparing for Senior and Adult ComboState Championship in Gulf Shores. She also continuesto stay involved practicingand playing matches withher Flight 2 GPLTL team.

Monica has played on off during

the years. She played strong for 6years, took a break for 20 yearsand has been back strong playing7 consecutive years. When askedhow she became interested in ten-nis she says it looked like funand a great way to get exercise .

Friends of OrangeBeach TennisMembers:

Carrie Brabner

Jenny SculleyAl Peck & FamilyPhyllis PeckLinda BohannonJimmy SteeleyRose Townsend

Charles & Judy TibbsDave Lewis & FamilySteve Baker Dave Brown

Barbara Ybarra & FamilyCharlene AllisonLaura ElliottMonica DavidsonDiane DuffieKelli BillupsBeverly BillingsleyLisa Alonzo McFatter John Stever

Bart & Lainey Middleton &FamilyRhonda BrantleyCynthia Cleverdon

Misty & Tim Payne, Family

Christie Watford-Shannon& Family

Jennifer & McGee Scar-brough & FamilyTraci & Dean Mason &FamilyPerry and Doug BentonLinda AlewineTom BagleySam AlewineHeather MooreJudy Jordan

Doug JonesRhett RussellAmy RussellBlaeke MitchellRaegan Mitchell

Brock MitchellMicah Racquel Russell


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Mens Player Spotlight:Charles Tibbs as President of the Board for the Or-ange Beach Fire and Rescue depart-ment and was a volunteer

EMT/Firefighter for nearly 9years. Very few local folkshere know that Charles was aprofessional musician. Forover 40 years playing trom-bone in symphonies, big bands, Dixieland bands and

jazz combos. Back in Texas,he even played a few rodeobands and circus bands.

Charles plays mostly at theOrange Beach and Gulf Shores tennis courts. OrangeBeach is much closer and heprefers the hard courts. Like

many of us, hes very excited about theFriends of OB Tennis group that hasstarted. He and Judy are both mem-bers. He is sure that it will help pro-mote more and better tennis in ourgreat community of Orange Beach.

Hi, folks, our guest profile this timearound is Charles Tibbs. Charles haslived in the Orange Beach/Ono Islandarea since 1995 when theymoved from Dallas, Texas. Hehas been married for 31 years

to Judy who is also an active3.5 tennis player. They divide

their time between here and their other home in NE Georgiamountains where they are alsoactive in tennis. Charles is ayoung 64 years old and hasbeen playing tennis for about 8years. He says that Judy gothim started in the game and hediscovered it was great fun,good exercise and a terrificsocial opportunity.

For the last 25 years, he has been a realestate broker and is currently involvedwith developing mountain homes andlots near Blue Ridge, Georgia. Charlesand Judy have an RV and do a fairamount of traveling in it. He has served

Friends of OrangeBeach TennisMembers:

Pro Tip from Amy Russell:Foundation of Footwork

Just like a house needs a good foundation, so does our tennis game. Ourfoundation in tennis is our footwork. Specifically for the ground strokes, weneed to turn sideways, get stationary and swing through rotating our stom-ach and hip forward. When we swing, the front foot needs to stay still. On

the back foot, the ankle goes up and the toe stays down as you rotate thema quarter of a turn forward.

James A. ColeKristi WoodsDD RussoTerri LongMichele Williams

Michelle & Bradley Shiv-ers & FamilyDebbie Holder Jim & Rosa WillisFarrah KeelSteve WorleyChristine Slaughter

Donna RussellDeborah SandersCarolyn KettelsonTim ArantTina StephensCindy Key & FamilyBarb FrermanCarol AdamsPaula McLeodEd McLeodCheryl ScarbroughDan Scarbrough

Angie Sessel & FamilyJane RiversChris RiversCaid RiversLauren RiversNeil Kestner Davy ThompsonRobina Criteser Eric Criteser MirandaBrenda LangstonRob Balmut

Patty BalmutElizabeth Gottfried &FamilyJan OlsonAmanda Sanders &Family

UPCOMING..Orange Beach Tennis Center Socials

October 10, Saturday at 9am Adult/Kid SocialNovember 22, Sunday at 3pm -Iron Bowl SocialDecember Christmas Social-TBA


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PAGE 4 THE RALLY

The FOBT social (August) to celebrate the Birth-day of the City of Orange Beach was a success!!!!!We had 40 players attend the social including the mayor,Tony Kennon and his wife. Thank you to Jon Townsendfor grilling hamburgers and hot dogs & those that broughthomemade ice cream. Everyone had a great time of fel-lowship!!!!

Following up on FOBT:

Have you seen the Shade at Orange Beach Tennis Cente

FOBT has successfully completed the firstproject by installing canopys over eachbench. ENJOY!!!!!!

Have you seen the Blog.check it out .www.friendsobtennis.blogspot.com. Give us your comments


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Congratulations to these Teams for advancementto Alabama State Championships!!!!!

2.5/3.0/3.5 Team Win State Championship!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday toMembers of FOBT forOctober, November andDecember 2009: Charles Tibbs October 4

Mary Lason Gottfried October 5Christine Slaughter October 8Jenny Sculley October 8Sarah Key October 8Bart Middleton October 11Doug Benton October 12Jan Olson October 15Rhonda Brantley October 17Dillon Gottfried October 24Cheryl Scarbrough October 31Julie Key November 13Deborah Sanders November 16Rose Townsend November 24James A. Cole November 25Dean Mason November 27Carrie Brabner November 27Brock Mitchell November 28Charlene Allison December 3Lainey Middleton December 4Sam Alewine December 7Linda Bohannon December 7

John Stever December 7Blaeke Mitchell December 10Neil Kestner December 11Sean Sessel December 11Rhett Russell December 14Amy Russell December 15Heather Moore December 18Beverly Billingsley December 27Raegan Mitchell December 27Kristi Ybarra December 28

7.5 Mixed Doubles Team advance to State in Dothan (September 2009)Mixed Trouble -- DD Russo (Captain), Bradley & Michele Shivers, Barbara Ybarro,Doug Jones, Dave Brown, Ron Lee, Jimmy Steeley, Laura Elliott, Carolyn Kettelson,John Lamberth, Rose Townsend, Beverly BillingsleyStrung Out -- Lainey Middleton (Captain), Steve Baker, Spencer Adelman, Bart Mid-dleton, Tim Arant, Christie Shannon; Misti Payne, Traci Mason, Cindy Key, Joannah& James Martin, David Thompson7.0 Senior MixedPoint Clear -Jim Willis, Rosa Willis, Monica Davidson, Ana Del-Carmen, Tom Bice8.0 Senior MixedMobile Marty HallidayTri Level Teams advance to State in Gulf Shores (September 2009)

Women 3.0/3.5/4.0 DivisionLuckys Aces Beverly Billingsley (Captain), Angela Holliman, Monica Davidson,Rose Townsend, Michelle Shivers, Cindy Key, DD Russo, Jennifer Scarbrough, Deb-bie Holder, Cynthia CleverdonOB Fountain Michelle Fountain (Captain), Deanne Cornett, Donna Fitts, RhondaBrantley, Stephanie Loper, Marilyn Booker, Stephanie Barnett, Marianna Mckerall,Julie Boles, Rosa Willis, Bridget Van Aller, Julie Shamburger, Carolyn Kettelson.Women 2.5/3.0/3.5 DivisionTight Aces-(PICTURED ABOVE) Cheslie Larkin (Captain), Sheri Hicks, Cindy Harden,Ali Jennings, Sarah Brown, Tammy Loper, Suzette Taylor, Dyan Fentriss, Carrie Brab-ner, Farrah Keel, Jennifer PetersonMen 3.0/3.5/4.0 DivisionOB Middleton Bart Middleton (Captain), Jim Willis, Bradley Shivers, Dave Brown,Jimmy Steeley, Doug Jones, Steve Baker, Davy Thompson, Tim Arant, Tim Payne,Dan Scarbrough, John LamberthPeninsula Brown Roland Brown (Captain), Tom Bice, Steve Arnold, Ron David, DonJordan, Randy Woodham, Lou Vickery, James Doughty, Gary Woodham, Ken Brown,Charles Cole, Bob Davidson, Royce Halstead, Riji Dixon Combo Teams advance to State in Gulf Shores (November 2009)5.5 Womens Combo Smart Aces Farrah Keel (Captain), Jennifer McCurdy, Cyn-

thia White, Sherie Harris, Heather Moore, Terri Long, Deborah Sanders, Diane Duf-fie, Amanda Sanders, Jennifer Peterson, Robina Criteser, Sandy Harrelson6.5 Womens Combo-40LOVE Beverly Billingsley (Captain), Rose Townsend,Cheslie Larkin, Cynthia Cleverdon, Carrie Brabner, Jane Rivers, Debbie Holder, DDRusso, Monica Davidson, Michele Fountain, Paige Ellison-Smith, Kathy Justice,Tammy Bryant CONTINUED PAGE 7


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Thank you to our Local Sponsors:

Three Palms Real Estate:Anita Elisar, Realtor 251.980.Palm

The Orthopaedic Group P.C. : Dr. L Dean Mason II, MD

Island Drug & Gifts: Jim & Rosa Willis 967.1100


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PAGE 7 THE RALLY

Mayors Cup Pro-Invitational Tournament Benefiting the Gulf Coast Arts Council.

November 13-15, 2009 at P E N I N S U L A Racquet Club

The Professionals will coach their amateur teammates in lively and competitivematches. Players must have an NTRP rating. $75 Entry fee. Deadline to Register: No-vember 1, 2009. Contact Peninsula for more information call 251-968-4164.

FOBT is currently making plans to have aHoliday Party. Stay Tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Orange Beach Tennis Center held an adult tour-nament Labor Day weekend . Even though the raincame down in the mornings, the tournament went onand finished by Sunday evening. 75 players signed up

to play and $1000 in prize money was given to win-ners in the open divisions. In addition to local areaplayers, some college players joined the competition.Students from the University of Alabama, Auburn Uni-versity of Montgomery, Troy University and Universityof Southern Mississippi. These guys played someawesome tennis. Also a THANK YOU to those family's

that opened up their home to house the college students.Joe & Trella Tucker, Marty Halliday, Del & Charlotte Layne,Pattie Adams and Carolyn & Dan Kettelson. Pictured:Charlotte & Del Layne

Continuation:7.5 Womens ComboWoods Kristi Woods (Captain), Lisa Frick, Jan Guilfoyle, Jean Salter, Cheryl Scarbrough, AngelaHolliman, Bridget Van Aller, Stephanie Loper, Marie Knight, Julie Shamburger, Laura Elliott.7.5 Senior Combo TeamGS/Key Cindy Key (Captain), Susan Andrews, Jan Guilfoyle, Debbie Holder, Monica David-son, Carol Nonnenmann, Laura Elliott, Lynn Norwood, Janet Asher, Jane Rivers, Barbie Doherty, Kathy Cunningham Congratulations Super Senior Combo Team advance to state : Janet Asher (Captain), Carol Nonnenmann, Monica David-son, Laura Rast, Janelle Buford, Audrey Kitzer, Susan Coyne, Nell Seavey, Jean GoodrichSuper Senior 3.5 Team advance to state in Huntsville (October 2009): Janet Asher (Captain), Carol Nonnemann, MonicaDavidson, Sherry Roberts, Marilyn Booker, Peggy Devaney


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1st Annual Friends of OrangeBeach Tennis TournamentOctober 16-18, 2009Combo/Mixed ENTRY FORM

Email or Mail Entry form to:[email protected]

Or PO Box 454Orange Beach, AL 36561

Location : Orange Beach Tennis Center, Orange Beach AL Surface : 8 hard courtsFormat : Unsanctioned tournament. Shoot-out (non-elimination). Players guaranteed 2-3matches. Combo based upon current USTA rating/1 point difference allowed in combos/mixed. USTA membership not required .Scoring : Play 2 out of 3 sets/3rd set tiebreaker. (coman tiebreaker)Entry Deadline : Wednesday, October 14th at noon. Prizes : Awards givenSchedule: Play begins Friday at 6:00pm. Lunch will be provided Saturday at noon &Snacks.Entry Fee : $35 per player/1st event; $25 per player/2nd eventParty : Players Party Saturday night. Where : Tacky Jacks 7-9pmTournament Coordinator : Friends of Orange Beach Tennis Board Members/BeverlyBillingsley at 251-458-7208 or email [email protected]

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6.5 Mixed Doubles7.5 Mixed Doubles

Open Mixed DoublesOpen Mens Doubles7.5 Mens Combo5.5 Womens Combo6.5 Womens Combo7.5 Womens Combo

Check out our Blog: www.friendsobtennis.blogspot.com

Friends of Orange Beach Tennis Mission Statement :We are a non-profit organization founded in 2009with the sole purpose of promoting tennis by part-

nering with community groups and city agencies topromote youth, adult and senior tournaments and

events to encourage participation in the sport.

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