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48 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2017 Racquet Club The Four Seasons Beaumont windmill is safe. Don Quixote rests; the Impossible Dream has become a reality. It was a 10 year quest, but The Courts are now a reality. It was almost 10 years ago that the Four Seasons Beaumont Racquet Club formed in our active adult community. Those founding members appreciated the two beautiful tennis courts by The Lodge, but soon began to dream of a tennis complex that would allow the club to host other clubs from local senior communities, maybe even someone we can beat. Additionally, the club's monthly open-to-all-residents Play Days could accommodate all players with minimal waiting time. Unfortunately, to do that required at least three regulation tennis courts, so two wouldn't do. Now the increasingly senior Señor Don (and Doña) Quixotes and their doubles partner Sancho Panza can stop tilting at windmills and revel in a dream that has come true. FSBRC welcomes new member Stan Lam. As of press time, plans were underway for the annual Red-Blue Team Tennis competition on Independence Day. If my team wins, we will report on this event in the August Breeze. As a reminder, the FSBRC will hold its monthly Play Day on the last Saturday of each month, beginning at 8:30 am. With four courts available, we should be able to have all players playing all the time that they want to. Please bring plenty of water or sports drinks to stay hydrated during the hot summer days. ~ Steve Hovey Ping Pong FUN, FITNESS, FRIENDSHIP! The Four Seasons Ping Pong Club has been growing, so last April, we formed a volunteer leadership committee to provide some structure and organization. This group of players has accomplished quite a lot in a relatively short period of time. We started a recycling program that has been amazing. The first Wednesday of each month we collect recyclable plastic, glass and aluminum cans and bottles. If you'd like to help out, please bring your contributions to the Ping Pong Room and our volunteers will load them up. We use the funds to purchase supplies, and to get together for BBQs and events designed to build camaraderie and friendship. Next, we discussed our essential values so we could develop a Mission Statement and an Implementation Plan supporting our mission. Our mission is to promote Ping Pong (Table Tennis) as a recreational and competitive sport in Four Seasons. Our Implementation Plan is: • To encourage fun, friendship and sportsmanship: • To organize scheduled play times and open opportunities to play: • To improve our skills and knowledge of the game: • To promote the physical and mental benefits (keeping score!): • To develop courtesy rules and guidelines. So, even if it's been YEARS since you've touched a paddle, come on out and hit a few! During club hours, we play rotation so everyone gets a chance to play. Depending on how many players we have, we will sometimes play singles, usually we play doubles, and if a lot of people are waiting to play, we may call "2-in 2-out winners split!" We welcome everyone, and have all levels mixing together, with newer or beginning players typically playing earlier in the day, and more intermediate and advanced players later in the day, but we'll see how that goes once we have more tables. We play 11- point games, two serves, win by two points. Club hours will be: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 am to 3 pm , Tuesdays 10 am to 2 pm (special advanced play Tuesdays 2 to 4 pm.) Open community play times will be every day 7 to 10 am and 3 to 9 pm, and all day Sunday. We are planning on scheduling new player "coaching" times, so stay tuned. Contact Alex Castanon at acasm2@gmail.com to get on our club email list. ~ Sandra Butler-Roberts Barry Pope and Alan Chan challenged Lois White and Lian Lee to a doubles match. Combined ages of the men's team: 135 yrs; Combined ages of the women's team: 152 yrs. The joy of victory can't be mistaken on the winning team's faces. Way to go, ladies!