CVTA Wins BC Cup Under New Format

July Social Attracts 32 CVTA Participants

Oct. 7, 2008

Volume 14, Issue 4

Inside this issue:

League Results 2

Letter to Editor 2

Caulk Talk 3

Message from President 4

Challenge Ladder 4

Contact Information 5

Men’s 4.0 Team Perfect in More Ways Than One__pg. 3

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For the first time in the four-year history of the Boulder County Cup, the Centennial Valley Tennis Association has

emerged as the trophy winner.

Organized and executed this year by the Boulder Tennis As-sociation, the Boulder County Cup was held Sept. 27 at the University of Colorado South Tennis Courts in ideal fall weather. The Boulder County Cup is an annual event in which members of the CVTA, BTA and Longmont Tennis Associa-tion vie for a “traveling” trophy. This was the first year that a participating association other than the CVTA assumed man-

agement of the event.

The event has undergone some

transformations in response to feedback from association mem-bers, and this year included standard scoring, with random (and rotating) partners. All com-petition was in a doubles format, and scoring was done with a weighted system that accounted for various differences in asso-ciation representation at various

levels of play (2.5 to 4.5).

The CVTA barely squeezed past the BTA, which had never lost in the previous three years of this event. The CVTA had 33 representatives out of a total of

96 participants.

As in the case of previous Boul-der County Cups, this year’s event was held on a single day, with various types of food and drink available throughout the

day.

“We’re encouraged by the strong turnout by CVTA mem-bers for this event,” said CVTA President Eric Witte, “and folks enjoyed meeting new tennis players (in the rotating doubles action) from among the BTA, LTA, and CVTA, as well as the socializing. I am proud of the CVTA players’ efforts (including my own) that landed us the

Boulder County Cup this year!”

First Time for Local Heroes

The CVTA’s July Social attracted 32 participants to the Centen-nial Courts on Garfield Street in Louisville, forcing organizers to use Pirates Park courts nearby for “spill-over.” Participants were paired at random at similar skill levels and rotated through-

out the late-afternoon event.

In an additional feature to the event, the CVTA put the 4.5-rated Gary Macholz on court for tennis tips and drills with various players. He also donated balls for the event. When par-ticipants weren’t playing, they were enjoying snacks and drinks

that were spread out on the picnic tables at Centennial. To-ward the end of the event, Sub-way sandwiches arrived in enough quantity to make sure nobody had to worry about missing dinner at home. A large variety of salads and deserts were donated by participating

members.

Final Weighted Results

CVTA 1117.34

BTA 1112.94

LTA 1088.85

Tennis For the Fun of It

By Paige Hayes

The Centennial Valley Tennis Association had a winning re-cord of 103-91 for regular league matches this year. The CVTA hosted 227 rostered players on 26 teams across four leagues. Many players participated on multiple teams. Following are the results by

league and team:

USTA Mixed Doubles

7.0, John Kennedy, captain, 3-4

USTA Adult

3.0 Women, Teresa Buckley/

Sue Hagerty, co-captains, 8-2

3.0 Women, Robin Machholz/

Kathy Dolan, co-captains, 4-4

3.5 Women, Paige Hayes, cap-

tain, 7-2

3.5 Women, Jolie Gallagher,

captain, 5-4

4.0 Women, Kristi Elting, cap-

tain, 3-6

3.0 Men, Scott Fowle, captain,

4-4

3.5 Men, Mark Webster, cap-

tain, 9-0

4.0 Men, Timmy Bromell, cap-

tain, 3-6

4.0 Men, Dave Jansen/Mark

Creek, co-captains, 9-0

4.0 Men, Christopher Kranz,

captain, 7-2

USTA Senior

3.5 Men, Steve Caulk, captain,

3-4

4.0 Men, Keith MacLeod, cap-

tain, 1-6

CTA Twilight

2.5 Women, Sarah Hoepfinger,

captain, 3-3

3.0 Women, Robin Machholz,

captain, 4-2

3.0 Women, Teresa Buckley,

captain, 0-6

3.5 Women, Paige Hayes, cap-

tain, 1-6

3.5 Women, Laurie Harris,

captain, 2-5

3.5 Women, Jolie Gallagher,

captain, 0-7

4.0 Women, Kristi Elting, cap-

tain, 1-5

3.0 Men, Ted Hine, captain, 4-2

3.5 Men, David Hwang, captain,

6-1

4.0 Men, Timmy Bromell, cap-

tain, 6-0

4.0 Men, Rajeev Anki, captain,

4-3

4.0 Men, Christopher Kranz,

captain, 0-6

4.0 Men, Dave Jansen, captain,

6-1

Congratulations to all the play-ers on teams who went to

Districts for their league:

3.0 Adult League women, Teresa Buckley, Sue Hagerty, Sonja Rssell, Melissa Losasso, Anna Wyckoff, Elowyn Rich, Lindsey Grace Large, Diane Brewer, Tegan Liddiard, Cathy

To the Editor:

I’d like to take a moment to thank all the CVTA league cap-

tains who dedicated themselves to their jobs this year. Whether

you were the captain of one team or many, share the work, or fly solo, I know that some-times you feel thrown under the

(See Leagues Equal, page 4)

League Teams Finish Well Above .500

League Coordinator Thanks Dedicated Team Captains

By the Numbers:

CVTA Record, 103-91

CVTA Teams, 26

Rostered Players, 227

Jarnigin, Lucy Ewing

3.5 Adult League men: Mark Webster, Kirk Lindahl, Derik Polay, Bill Burlage, Jackson Wolfe, Douglas Weiner, Kevin Paul Durling, John Shaw, Mi-chael Young, Paul Austin, Paul Egges, Joel Spector, Steve

Caulk, Scott Replogle

4.0 Adult League men, Dave Jansen, Mark Creek, Graham John-son, Jason Smith, Shawn Schellinger, Scott Kornreich, Jim Rapp, Brendon Fed-dema, Brian Gieseck, Richard Stromp, Charles Bromley,

David Premo

3.5 Twilight men, David Hwang, David Kalish, Kevin Paul Durling, Paul Egges, Chris Haines, John Shaw, John

Kennedy

4.0 Twilight men, Timmy Bro-mell, Brian Emeson, Blake Redabaugh, Idi Omar, Keith Morgan, Jeff Parko, Didier

Chaumillon

4.0 Twilight men, Timmy Bro-mell, Brian Emeson, Blake Redabaugh, Idi Omar, Keith Morgan, Jeff Parko, Didier

Chaumillon

The next big league-related event will be the posting of NTRP ratings for 2009. These should be on-line sometime in

November.

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USTA Adult 4.0 Men from CVTA

Letter to the Editor

unde-feated

season for them. But that’s not all.

This year his team’s individual match record com-bined for a 45-0 record. Whoa, did I feel inadequate. In nine matches, his team won every

week by a score of 5-0.

Did anybody break a sweat?

“Not that I recall,” he said.

How does a team go 45-0, I

asked, taking notes.

“We got lucky,” he said. “Plus, I missed a bunch of matches because I was out of town, so

that helped.”

At one point, he said, he also threatened that the first person to lose a match would have to supply tequila at the year-end

party.

Jansen’s team was comprised of 12 people willing to float be-tween doubles and singles and make other accommodations to suit the team. The four men who generally played singles were Shawn Shellinger, Brian

Giesecke, Scott Kornreich and Graham Johnson. Johnson played five singles matches over the course of three days in 105-degree heat when the team lost in the finals of the

District playoffs.

Other members of the team were Jason Smith, Chuck Bromley, Rich Stromp, Bren-dan Feddema, Mark Creek,

Dave Premo and Jim Rapp.

Next year, the goal is to win the District playoffs. Any-body who drops a match in the playoffs has to donate $5,000 to Children’s Hospital. (Don’t panic, guys, I

made that up.)

Another goal is to hire a live band for enter-tainment follow-ing every home match. The alternative is to get a looped recording of Queen’s

“We are the Champions.”

I hung up the phone muttering,

45-0, 45-0. 45-0?

We could have done that, but

I blame Mark Webster.

By Steve Caulk

I was feeling pretty good about myself until I talked to Dave Jansen. Against all odds, and thanks to some key victories by me, my CVTA adult men’s 3.5 tennis team had gone 9-0, undefeated. Okay, it wasn’t really my team – it was Mark Webster’s team; but I credit myself for a tactical suggestion in one match to switch snack assignments. And okay, I didn’t really win anything that affected the outcome of any match; but it was me patting Bill Burlage on the back when he brought the shrimp that inspired our

teammates to greater efforts.

Yessir, 9-0, it doesn’t get any better. I called my daughter in Washington, I called my Mom, and I called the gym teacher who kicked me off the basket-ball team. I almost called my

ex-wife.

Then I called Jansen.

“How’d you guys do,” he said.

“9-0, undefeated baby,” I boasted. I never got tired of

saying it.

Then he broke the news. His CVTA adult men’s 4.0 team had also gone 9-0. But that’s not all. It was the third straight

“I missed a bunch

of matches

because I was out

of town, so that

helped.”

Capt. Dave Jansen

Volume 14, Issue 4 Caulk Talk

You Won’t Find This Kind of Success At the Bottom of a Tequila Bottle

Centennial Valley Tennis Association

The deadline has closed for the

CVTA to take nominations to

the Board of Directors. Look

for ballots in November.

Page 4

Many of us in the Louisville and Lafayette area enjoy participating on a CVTA League Team in USTA-sponsored tennis leagues. Others appreciate the chance to get to-gether for less formal and less com-petitive tennis socials sponsored by the CVTA throughout the year. Then there are those who want to “climb the ladder” to the top of the CVTA’s tennis ladder competition. And of course, there is the annual Boulder County Cup Tournament. The CVTA has something for every type of tennis enthusiast in our

community.

What you may not realize is that our Centennial Valley Tennis Asso-ciation exists – actually survives -- mainly on account of the contribu-tions of a group of dedicated volun-teers. These are men and women of the CVTA who volunteer to be on the CVTA Board of Directors, or who contribute some of their spare

time as Membership Coordinator or Facilities Coordinator, or who coordinate and publish the CVTA’s quarterly newsletter (this Baseline Banter), or who contribute their Internet web expertise in helping to set up website functionality for registration and management of events such as the Boulder County Cup Tournament, or who volunteer to organize or help with CVTA

socials or other events.

To all of these dedicated CVTA volunteers, I thank you greatly for the contributions of your time and

effort! You are awesome!

I urge all members of the CVTA to consider sharing some of their time in the future to help out the CVTA. Let’s keep the CVTA alive and

thriving! Thank you.

—Eric Witte

Steve Filmer leads the men’s side of the CVTA Challenge Ladder with a 7-1 record, ahead of Richard Stromp and his 2-1 record. Steve

Caulk is third at 1-2.

The Challenge Ladder has nine men and 12 women, and it features a 20-

point leap frog ranking system.

On the women’s side, only three matches were played by a total of four women. Although three women had the same record (1-0), the system assigned the No. 1 rank-ing to the winner of the match that was played most recently, which might hopefully inspire other women to go out and record a more recent match! An optional

ranking system called the Quality system would have designated two No.1 players, since both had the same match results based on num-ber of games won. Theoretically, the rankings under that system would have been as follows: No. 1,

Sonja Russell and Ellen Smith;

No. 3, Kris van derLaan; No. 4,

Bonnie Booth.

The ladder software CVTA uses also offers ladders based on 8-game pro sets, rather than the traditional two out of three. Members can voice their preferences and offer any ladder suggestions by emailing Jeanne Batza at lad-

ders@cvtatennis.org.

Message from the President

Filmer Leads Ladder

(Continued from page 2)

bus; and other times you feel like king of the world. Your team couldn’t function without you, and your hard work and dedication in support of your

team is greatly appreciated.

I’d like to offer a hearty thank you to all CVTA league players. Whether seasoned or new, I hope you had a great league experience this year. It’s not just about the competition and the sport. It’s also about the cama-raderie and a fun way to get in a

good workout.

Before you know it we’ll be talking about the 2009 season, so don’t let those racquets accu-mulate too much dust through

the winter.

See ya on the court in ’09!

Leagues Equal

Camaraderie, Fun

Dedicated Volunteers Help

CVTA Reach New Heights

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