The Christmas Round Robin

Friday the 16th of December was a stunning day with a light breeze and blue sky.




Shiraz and Gus  playing in the finals, the paraglider does not distract the players.




Gus Millner and Shiraz Cerfontein playing in the final of the Xmas Round Robin.




The Round Robin was a great success, with keen tennis and a relaxing braai afterwards.
Most interesting costume went to Gavin who would have won more points for a pleated skirt, but as the only player wearing a Santa hat, a prize has been kept for him,
Jean Claude and Luigi were invited to join us but unfortunately both had other engagements.
The day's tennis was competitive and amiable  and once again the spirit of Clifton Tennis Club
won the day.

The 20 attending members were drawn into two teams, Candy Canes and Xmas Trees, playing in 2 groups of 5 each side.
The Round Robin format allows 4 games with your drawn partner then the Candy Canes changed over and 4 more games ensued.
Collecting individual points, it soon became clear who the front runners were.


After 32 games the totals were:
Shiraz 28 points
Gus 24 points
Barry(replaced by Tobie) 21 points
James 20 points
Glynis 19 points
Ivor 18 points
Nadine 18 points
Roger 18 points
Mark 18 points
Frans 18 points
Stuart 17 points
Alberto 15 points
Craig 13 points
Gavin 13 points
Carol 13 points
Neville 12 points
Nick 11 points
Wendy 10 points
Darel 9 points
Roy 5 points


The final match between Gus Xmas Tree with James Candy Cane vs   Shiraz Candy Cane and Tobie Xmas Tree was very close with both teams level at the cross over. Gus and Shiraz managed to clinch the victory
with a final score of 5- 3.

Well done to Gus and Shiraz and well done to newcomers James and Tobie.

Many thanks to Roger and Darel Carol  and all those who chipped in.

Box League

After 3 days of near gale winds, Sunday was one of those perfect  Cape Summer days,  no wind and hot.
Social tennis began at 8. 30 and continued with 4 courts occupied until 12.pm when the prize giving ceremony commenced.
Roger presented prizes on behalf of the Club to the following players:

• Top of Box 4 was Anita, top of Box 3 was Craig and top of Box 2 was Gavin, who all won the prize from Theatre on the Bay.
• Top Lady in the points division was Carol, who won a voucher to the Codfather, plus Clinique cosmetics.
• Top Man in the points division , was Barry, who won a voucher to Maranello Restaurant, plus Clinique cosmetics.
• Champion Player of the league in this series: Tobie, who won the Gent's trophy, and the Icarus prize provided by Air-Rush tandem Paragliding Extravaganza.
• The Phoenix prize went to Vanessa. She was second lady in the points division with 35 points.pipped at the post by Carol's win over Pat. She certainly has risen in playing standard.
• The Methuselah Prize went to Gus. He was 4th on he points division with 38 points.Known for many comments such as "Winning isn't everything, it's more important than that."
• Random prizes were won by Roy, Nick and Charles, namely Wine and Clinique bags.

The list of prize donors is

·         Theatre on the Bay

·         Codfather

·         Maranello

·         Air-Rush Tandem Paragliding Extravaganza: tel: 021 554 0576, 082-416-3711, 082-652-8032; frikkievanrheede@webmail.co.za; Shenandoah@iafrica.com

·         Clinique via Carol, Maria Williams and  Renee. 

Box League Prize giving This Sunday

A Presentation of prizes will take place this Sunday the 4th of Dec, followed by a bring and braai.
There will also be lucky dip and a wonderful array of rewards for all the hard work put into the League by so many talented and hard working players.
The final list of points is posted on the Box League Page.
Well done to all participants.

SUNSET TENNIS

In response to requests from members and in order to extend the
popularity of social tennis and to encourage more people to make use of the excellent lights at the Club it has been decided to extend the Wednesday social with immediate effect.

Play will start at around 16h00 as usual but we hope that more members
will be able to come along after work as summer approaches and the weather warms up. If we get a good response then social play would
continue on Wednesdays until sunset or later and we also hope to be
able to enjoy a few drinks together as the sun goes down and also to
have the occasional braai.

And once the nights start to draw in again in the New Year we can
continue to play in the early evenings under lights if there is
sufficient demand from members.

Mark Humble
Secretary

WEATHER

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Box League Finals approaching

From the organisers of the Box League, breaking News....

Ladies and Gentlemen,

 As I mentioned a number of local sponsors have donated some wonderful prizes.

 Mark and I met to discuss the various categories and in doing, as your organizers, we want to try to recognize success, endeavor and participation in the series.

The list of awards will be as follows: · 

  

 Top of Box 1 will receive the Icarus award ·  

 The Top Lady:  that is the lady who is the highest of all the boxes.

As you will see there are no ladies in Box 1 in November. 

Each player who tops all subsequent boxes. This could be 3 or 4 depending on the final structure of the November box league.

 In parallel to the box league, as you know, there is a points score, which is posted on the blog. It measures, in a way, the level of participation and is irrespective of your box participation. In other words some players are ranked high in this measure, yet play in the lower boxes.

There will be a prize for the lady and gentleman who has the most points according to this measure · 

 Finally there will be a lucky-dip draw for the remaining prizes. To qualify for the draw, you need to have played 2 out of the 4 months and not have been awarded any of the above prizes. In this way, there is a good chance for something. 

 So with those incentives, may I on behalf of Mark and I, wish you much fun in November as you strive for these awards.

 Rgds Roger

Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of Mark and I, the results of the Box League as of today 31st October, are posted to the Box League Page. I would like to thank you all for playing almost all the scheduled matches.

On the basis of these results, I will prepare the November and final month box of this series.

·         Box 1. Tobie topped this box. Next month will be tougher as Barry will join the box and Ivor and Gus have a measure of the play. Glynis did well after her absence but now joins Box 2

·         Box 2. Barry topped this box. And by the skin of the rules, Mark stays in this box, joined by Roger, Gavin and Glynis. Mike will play in Box 3 in November

·         Box 3. Regrettably John has withdrawn from this box and this series of the box league due to injury. We wish a speedy recovery. The matches were very closely fought between the others, with Carol just missing victories by a few points

·         Box 4. Vanessa topped this box and deserves promotion. Never has so many watched the hours of her practice so to succeed. Well done. Suzanne did well despite a tragedy and Marianne seems to have withdrawn for the moment due to injury. We wish you speedy recovery

We are very fortunate that a number of local sponsors have donated some lovely prizes. I will send out tomorrow more details. But there is everything to play for, which will recognize the quality of play, the success and the participation by you.

Best wishes and please check the data and advise me if there are any errors.

Rgds Roger

Ps Prize ceremony 4th December at 12:00, most probably to be followed by a Braai

Roger

Club Dinner Oct 1st 2011

The Club Dinner was a resounding success. The Theme was "World Cup Rugby".

It was held upstairs at the Metropolitan Golf Club.



MC, Neville



Master of Ceremonies, Neville.

After reading his poem by Willie Nelson, called on the Chairman to award the trophies to the Club Championship winners.



The Chairman  Calls on the Winners



Winners, Eric, Siren,Fred, Russel, Anita

Wendy( for Glynis and Mare), and Russel and Anita

 Fred Strebel proposed a toast to the "Fabulous Four", Gus ,Darel, Pat and Ralph playing continuously at Clifton  the last 26 years.

Fred toasts the "Fabulous Four"

Siren and Fred, Vet's Double Winners

Prizes were awarded and the Bob was unanimously chosen as the "Best Dressed Member."

After Prize giving, a buffet meal was served. Members enjoyed each others company and  soon the music provided by Arthur got everyone onto the dance floor.

 

The previous Chairman with his rendition of the "Dance of the 7 veils"