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LOVE Tournament -Feb 28, 2010;  Sign up at the courts or via email to Martin Law (see flyer on Love Tourney page)

PETER MO – author of a new Chinese novel  in Chinese (go to “Member News” for more information and website).

1.  New 2010 Board Members:   PRESIDENT John Machikawa

Co-Scramble Coordinators:        Keiko Kagan, Lee Nguyen & Hiroko Nozoe

Everything else!!   Thanks Anna Gee

2.  Dec 12, 2009 Holiday Party – Thanks to Anna Gee for writing about our Xmas Party!! See page on Holiday Party

3.  Turkey Tussle – Winners with most Games won: Amber Marsden (Women) and Chi Lin (Men)-

All other winners for the turkey tussle  for each group of 4 are posted on the “turkey tussle” page on our website.  Check it out.

4.  Top Scramble winners for the year who got trophies & prizes at the Holiday Party are:

A.  Top 3  with most average games won per set or highest %age won (must have played 60% of rounds possible during the year or 26 rounds)
Men
Hugh Blunden            68.9% or 5.51 games/set won
John Machikawa      62.5% or 5.0   games/set won
Chi Lin                          62.2% or 4.97 games/set won

Women
Masako Naito            60.1% or 4.81 games/set won
Amy Liang                  58.3% or 4.67 games/set won
Isabel Sun                   51.4% or 4.12 games/set won

B.  Top Participation Awards  (reward for consistently coming to play at Scrambles & waking up on time!)
Men
Tommy Chu               Played 264 games or 33 rounds played (out of total possible of 44 rounds or 11 months) or 8 months play
Joe Flores              Played 256 games or 32 rounds or 8 months out of possible 11 months
Philip Yang             Played 256 games or 32 rounds/8months

Women
Suzanne Machikawa       Played 288 games or 36 rounds (9 months out of possible 11 months)
Haruko Hosokawa Played 264 games or 33 rounds (8 months)
Anna Gee                Played 288 games or 36 rounds (9 months)

5.  2010 Member Dues - send to Anna Gee – go to Application page to download your application to send in with your check or bring money for Amber w/ form to the SGHS tennis courts..

6.  Eddie needs your TShirt size - email us or reply to the surveymonkey he sent out to all.

7.  Have a great remainder of the year and see you Dec 27 and then Scramble Jan 3, 2010

First Dinner of the Month - at Elena's Restaurant... Thanks, Tommy Wong, for organizing!

Delicious, mouth-watering Greek/Armenian dinner!!

New Social Activity organized by Tommy Wong:

First “Dinner of the Month” scheduled for March 7, Sat.  at 6pm:  Delicious Greak Armenian Cuisine

See Flyer on Page entitled “Dinner of the Month”

Tommy Wong

lapdmoto@aol.com

PHOTOS of Love or MARCH MADNESS Tournament -See “PHOTOS” page & “WINNERS” page.

Sign up for the love tourney!  Check the Love Tourney page and flyer.  Tony Law in charge – email him

Tony Law <tlaw17@sbcglobal.net>

http://sgtc.wordpress.com/

FIRE at the Holiday Party! Go to Holiday Party Page to find out more.

HOLIDAY Party DECEMBER 6, Saturday

Go to Holiday Party Page to view Sandy’s Outgoing President’s speech, a fun powerpoint slide show “Top 10 Reasons Why SGTC is the Best”. Everyone had an awesome time!  Photo slideshow by Takashi Ikushima to be posted if possible. A few party photos, too – go to Holiday Party Page as well as Photos Page.

Mary Baruch, long time tennis member, passes away.  See page “News of Our Members”.       More news about Tony Law, Pete Villalobos’ grandson, Julia & Peter Mo update, Frank Hsu, Chuck Woo, Jeremy Lee.

For TURKEY TUSSLE Winners & Participants, go to the “Winners” page in middle column. Also, go to “Photos” page to find yourself!

Member Dues for 2009 – We welcome you paying your 2009 dues early!  Make changes to your latest email address or phone numbers. Download the application from the website from the “Membership” page.

Check out EDDIE TRIEU’s Travels to Asia article on “News about our Members” page.

WEBSITE updates: The front page of the website will refer you to the other Pages to check out updated information from now on.  (We realize you can’t go back to the homepage without getting out of the website).

Please send Sandy Lee any “news” you would like to share with our members  (slee@glendale.edu)

CHUCK WOO, first place Men's Doubles with Tennis Coordinators Tony Law & Amber Marsden

TO VIEW MORE PHOTOS & Winners of “Last Days of Summer 2008″ Tourney, go to “Photos” page.

Beautiful Tennis Players welcome new member, Julie Chan

REMINDER:   October 5, 2008  ARCADIA TENNIS Club vs SGTC Tourney at SGHS

Sign up flyer will soon be at SGHS courts. The early bird gets the worm.  We only need about 25 sign ups.    Flyer will also be online soon.  Check your website every week.

Last Days of Summer Tournament Recap

By Tony Law

On August 16, the San Gabriel Tennis Club held its second intra-club tournament of the year, “The Last Days of Summer 2008 Tournament.” It was a very successful tournament that utilized all nine San Gabriel High School tennis courts.

The tournament was coordinated by Tony Law and Amber Marsden, with additional help from fellow SGTC members, Sandy Lee, Steve Marsden, Jada Marsden, Anna Gee, and many more. There were twenty men and sixteen women who signed up for the tournament, in addition to Isabel Sun and Chi Lin who came to support the tournament and took roles as substitute players.

Kenneth and Julie Chan, Vivian Feng, and Glen Huang were not the only new additions to the tournament, but the tournament was conducted with a new tournament format. Sandy Lee recommended the format to create competitive rounds of play with players of similar levels. Tony Law made the men’s match-ups while Sandy and Amber created the women’s lineup. Feedback was very positive about the format which means future tournaments may be run the same way.

After the completion of the tournament, players enjoyed Chinese food from U2 Café and the winners were announced. The prizes were wrapped and included a personal touch by Amber Marsden (she used puffy paints to write “SGTC” on visors for the women & waterbottles for the men”). All the winners really appreciated the prizes, especially Anna Gee, who has already made use of her yellow SGTC visor last week at the courts!. The women winners also received some cute blue and red polka dot or striped bags to carry all their tennis gear in.

First place Women’s Double’s winner was Queta Garcia and first place Men’s Doubles winner was Chuck Woo! Other members who received prizes were Amber Marsden, Anna Gee, Sandy Lee, Isabel Sun, Julie Chan, Venkat, John Machikawa, Martin Law, Charlie Park, and Jeremy Lee.

Overall, the tournament ran very smoothly, was very competitive, and was just plain old fun. The next intra-club tournament will be the annual Turkey Tussle, the biggest tournament of the year, so all members can look for more information about that soon. Feel free to leave comments about what you thought about the tournament, or even email Tony Law at tlaw17@sbcglobal.net to comment about how to make future tournaments even better.

Dominique, you’ve grown up on the courts of San Gabriel High School!  Your parents & SGTC members are all so very proud of you and all your accomplishments!  Your proud parents, Angela & Phil Yang share with us some news:

Dominique Yang attended Columbia College, Columbia University in New York for her undergraduate degree and graduated in 2003. She took one year off travelling before started medical school at A. T. Still University
in Kirksville, Missouri and graduated to be a doctor May, 2008.  She is currently a first year resident doctor at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara.  Her specialty will be Internal Medicine.  Her boyfriend, Michael Kim
proposed to her the week prior to her graduation through a loud speaker at Barnes and Nobles in New Jersey.  She was very surprised and thrilled.  Her fiance is also a doctor doing his residency in radiology at Stanford Medical  Hospital in Stanford, Palo Alto.  (How romantic!  We’d love to meet your fiance one day, Dominique!)

Participants Aug 17, 2008

Final list of  2008 Last Days of Summer Tourney  (IntraClub) at SGHS  August 17, 2008

Women’s Doubles     (16 Women)
Gloria Estrada, Masako Naito, Anna Gee, Queta Garcia, Angela Kwok, Angela Yang, Terrie Shimada, Julie Chan, Amber Marsden, Jada Marsden, Sona Chui, Kathy Janisch, Vivian Feng, Sandy Lee, Teresa Huang, Suzanne Machikawa

Men’s Doubles   (20 Men)
Joe Flores, Rick Bautista, Takashi Ikushima, Hector Garcia, Larie Richardson, Jeremy Lee, Philip Yang, Tony Wong, John Machikawa, Gil Palacio, Steve Shimada, Tac Vong, Pete Villalobos, Tommy Chu, Kenneth Chan, Martin Law, Venkat, Charlie Park, Glen Huang, Chuck Woo

Click on  Flyer

2008 Last Days of Summer Tournament

Tony Law & Amber Marsden Coordinators

Tony Law <tlaw17@sbcglobal.net>, amarsden@berkeley.edu

PS Next tournament – Oct 5 with Arcadia Tennis Club. Mark this date on your calendar

Check out new postings below: Member Milestones, Article on Port Hueneme by Amber Marsden, Newest SGTC members listed on “Member Roster” page, and lots of fun photos of members at Port Hueneme (see Photos page on website)

To be added soon – Info on upcoming August 17 Tournament with our own SGTC members organized by Tony Law and Amber Marsden. Sign up at the courts or online (flyer soon to be posted).

Please share with us any milestones or news, please email me at slee@glendale.edu. I will post each month.

NEWBORNS in May & June:

1. New member Tac Vong & wife, Loan are proud parents of Andrew Roger Vong born on June 26, 1:19 pm, at 6 pounds and 11 ounces. Tac emailed us saying “We never knew this little guy would be so much work, we’re trying to get some sleep between his naps but Andrew makes sure we have plenty to do between his naps. I will bring him out to the club when the weather is more favorable.” Tac & Loan, guess you are now part of the “Tired Parents Club”!

2. Another new member Ben Louie & wife, Lauren, are also proud parents of baby girl, Mallory, born May 28th, at 5:10am. Ben & Lauren admit, “things are pretty crazy here after our daughter was born. We are both pretty tied up handling the new one, but things are well. Would love to be able to get out and play more tennis.”

Yes, it must be hectic for both of you, but in a couple months, taking time out to play tennis, exercise, and have fun will keep you really appreciating your “Before Baby” lifestyle. And in no time, you’ll be bringing baby out to the courts!

Congratulations, GRADUATE!

Our very own Co-social Board Member, EDDIE TRIEU graduated from Cal. Poly Pomona College in June 2008! Please congratulate him when you see him. But right now he is traveling in Taiwan, China, and who knows where for a couple months till September! Eddie, enjoy your freedom before you start working – it’ll be hard to get off for the summers!

Dr. DOMINIQUE YANG, daughter of long time members Angela & Philip Yang, is a Doctor now doing her residency at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Santa Clara, California. Wow, we can all ask her for health advice! Dominique, you have a wonderful & challenging career ahead of you. Congratulations on graduating from Medical School

JADA LEE MARSDEN graduated from Mark Keppel High School, June 2008. She will be a college freshman at Santa Clara University in the Fall. Parents, Sandy Lee & Steve Marsden, will be face the “empty nest” stage. More tennis in the future? Congratulations, Jada! Study hard!

Port Hueneme Fun in the Sun Weekend Getaway 2008

by Amber Marsden

Here are just a few memories of another successful SGTC trip to Port Hueneme, organized by Gail Begerow. Gail was so very generous with her time and energy, working hard to be sure everyone played in matches, rewarded doubles teams who played their best, creatively planned games for after dinner, and surprised members with goodie baskets filled w/ candy, water bottles, and tennis as they arrived at various times on Friday, checking into the lovely Casa Via Mar Inn. That afternoon, John and Suzanne Machikawa, were able to drive down to the port, and grab a bite of fish and chips, as well as enjoy the walk alongside all the shops. It was a relaxing Friday evening for everyone.

After a delicious breakfast, although early for some of us, it was off to the tennis courts. Phillip Yang “served up the most bagels” after breakfast, winning $20 in the Saturday morning scramble play. Other winners were Leslie Mach, Amber Marsden, and Kathy Janisch. Tony Wong really liked the way Gail had the match play set up for the day with members rotating around. Thanks Anna Gee, Angela Yang, and Julia Mo for helping keep track of all the match results, too, along with Gail & her granddaughters, Alison and Meghan, who we all appreciated very much for their graciousness, smiling faces, and hard work helping to make everything run smoothly behind the scenes.

As lunch time came around, most members walked to the nearby Roxbury restaurant. Others ordered their lunch at the Mexican restaurant next door, joining Hector and Queta Garcia. Tony Law and Leslie Mach particularly mentioned loving the Mexican beans, as well as the flan which Queta and Hector graciously offered. Queta translated from Spanish to English many of the dishes on the menu, patiently explaining what sopes are, besides tasting very delicious.

After lunch, our very own former three-time President of SGTC, John Sepulveda (& his wife Alice), who moved to Ventura a couple of years ago, brought a team of John’s Ventura tennis buddies to play w/ SGTC members for some friendly competition.

Amber & Martin just defeated a strong Ventura men’s team. In the next match, John Sepulveda and Ventura teammate, Paul, got some revenge by beating Amber Marsden and Martin Law in straight sets, even though we had some awesome cheering going on by Gloria Estrada. Everyone happily chatted with Ventura player Tim and other Ventura ladies, eventually getting the women’s doubles, and mixed doubles organized late in the afternoon. Thank you Gail, for bringing the much needed, mouth-watering strawberries to snack on that provided us with energy to play tennis all day long. They served as a treat for winning or as a consolation prize. Of course, we’re all winners at Port Hueneme!

Dinner was delicious and just $5! You can’t beat that price! At the night’s festivities, Isabel Sun almost claimed the large pot of money just by yelling at the dice. The dice, as well as several people, may have been confused (and amused) when she yelled “left!” but meant to say “right”. Despite our attempts at strategy, in the end, John Sepulveda was able to hold on to his dollar the longest at one table, making quite a few more (at least $40!). Congrats, John! We’re splitting it 50-50, right? At the other table, Angela Yang took home the big bucks & provided lots of excitement as well. No doubt the lively game of “Left, Right, Center” will hopefully continue as a Port Hueneme tradition, as will Isabel’s fierce competitiveness. We all played “Catch Phrase” after being split into two teams. It was quite a contest, as all the winners got their money back for dinner and some beautifully wrapped door prizes by Gail! See the photos online to see what prizes you missed!

Tony Law and Austin Janisch (son of Kathy & Rick Janisch) had fun playing the Nerf Gun door prize they won. They had an intense battle with the Ball Girls and terrorized members heading to the pool. While some members returned to their rooms for a good night’s rest after a fun day of tennis & festivities, the late night pool-goers were just starting out. Chi Lin especially loved relaxing in the Jacuzzi as did Martin Law, Angela Kwok, and Haruko Hosokawa. Leslie Mach had a fun time blowing up a pool raft which he & Angela won in the first dice rolling game that night.

Sunday morning started off a little slow, but the sun eventually came out and rejuvenated everyone for another couple rounds of tennis. It was a great way to end the weekend.

There were quite a few first-timers to Port Hueneme, including Sandy Lee and her youngest daughter, Jada Marsden, who both had an awesome time! Other members who joined in all the fun – Peter Mo & Terrie Shimada with her guest, Maria,

Another big round of applause goes out to Gail Begerow for once again organizing the entire shindig at the Casa Via Mar Inn and Tennis Club at Port Hueneme. Thanks to Gail and her helpers, granddaughters, Alison and Meghan (aka Ball Girl #1 and #2) – it was another amazingly relaxing, rewarding, and tennis-filled weekend with the San Gabriel Tennis Club. See you again next summer!

Check out the photos online of some of our members at Port Hueneme!

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