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Racquet Club Club play days continue on the last Saturday of every month, and are a great way to play with members you don't see too often. Sometimes it seems like a long wait until the last Saturday of the month, but this time we had two play days in one week! On June 29, the theme was Wimbledon, of course! Louise Lyon won the badge raffle and a gift certificate to The Bistro. One foursome didn't want to quit! Everyone retreated to the cool of the card room for lunch, and to watch the action from England on the 'telly.' The buffet of fish and chips from Fisherman's Grill in Banning, caesar salad and pizza from The Bistro, Jo Fedorchuk's home-made scones, and strawberries from Dowling Orchard with whipped cream, was a hit. A quiz of tennis trivia followed lunch — Tom Danielson and Larry Martin won the trivia contest, after seven rounds of tie breaking questions against Howard Nelson, winning gift certificates to The Bistro. On July 4, the second annual red/ blue team tournament was played — the team scores were held pretty close until the final match was played out. The blue team led by Irve Sturner scored 68 total points; the red team led by Howard Lyon scored 60 total points. It was close also in the race for the individual prize of most games won — the highest score recorded was 11 games won by Howard Levine on the blue team; this was out of 16 total games played. Lyle Cameron and Tom Danielson followed with 10 games each, and Richard Carrasco, Tina Soeten and Steve Hovey had nine – well done! It was great to see so many club members at the lunch afterwards in the Ballroom. The potluck spread was wonderful, with a few of us enjoying the desserts maybe a little too much! Later, at the awards ceremony Howard Levine was presented his trophy for the highest individual score, and blue team captain Irve Sturner accepted the team trophy, which will be engraved and put on display in the fitness center alongside last year's trophy. Our club members have been busy with league and tournament play as well, watch for more on this in the next Breeze. We are all happy to see that Ken Elliott is still at Four Seasons; he has delayed his plan to move to Las Vegas for a bit. Meanwhile, he has resigned his position with the board and has been replaced by the new scribe, yours truly, Jo Fedorchuk. Please visit our club's website www.fsbrc.org for all the upto-date news. Happy hitting! ~ Jo Fedorchuk Paddle Ball For the Fourth July celebrations, we did something a little different from the normal playoff to decide the best player in three categories by poll. The results of the poll are as follows: Terry Miller was ranked as the Best Sportsman Phil Harris was considered Most Generous Michael Rothberg was Most Emotional The most emotional award was hotly contested with several players vying loudly during play for the trophy. Congratulations to all the winners and for their sportsmanship, sense of humor and courage to accept the awards. We would like to welcome several new players: Robert Norwood, Richard Carrascu and Dan Anguiano. They are also tennis players and we can see that they take to Paddle Tennis like "ducks to water." We welcome them and their skill will only raise the level of Paddle tennis. Mike Flowers is back after an extended Mediterranean cruise and we 38 note that his level of play has gone up. Although he is denying it, we suspect he must be practicing while aboard the ship. Besides the regular play times of 7 pm, several of our players are now also playing in the mornings from 8 am on the regular play days Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays. As always, we welcome new players of all levels. It's a sport where you can get all the excitement without really trying. For more excitment, call Jim (951) 769-5525 or Alan (951) 769-4202. ~ Alan Chan (l-r) Phil Harris, Michael Rothberg and Terry Miller FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | AUGUST 2013 | SPORTS & Outdoor ACTIVITIES