Treasure Coast Tennis

Some of the 20 regulars braving a Florida winter, Feb. 7, 2011

2011-02-08T00:58:00.000-08:00

From left to right:

Milt, Molly, Joe, Gunars, Bob, Jan, Jim, Smitty, Eric, Ron, Bryan, Jeanne, Tim, Carmen, Barry

game poster

2009-06-29T17:39:00.000-07:00

Hobe Sound Rules!

2008-11-05T12:56:00.000-08:00

Tennis Rules!

These are the rules that have developed over the years. A couple times we have voted on the finer points (#6 & #7.)

1. Pair up as partners in the order that people drive up.

2. If there are less than 3 courts playing and there is anyone waiting then only play to 4 games. When one team wins 4 games then winners stay and split and losers leave.

3. If 3 or more courts are in play or no one is waiting then play a full set. If the set goes to 6 - 6 then play a tie breaker. Again, winners stay and split and losers leave.

4. One of the winners spins his racquet to see which of the new players is his/her partner. You may not pick and choose who your partner is, neither may you finish a set and try to wait for a better partner. This system works when we treat each other with respect.

5. New players enter in the order of who has been waiting the longest. If two players have been waiting the same amount of time then they spin to see who comes in.

6. If all courts are in play and there are 3 or more people waiting then the 2 set rules goes into effect. So if you have played two sets in a row without having to wait and there are 3 or more people waiting then you leave the court to make room for people who are waiting. This means that even if you are a winner you may need to leave if 3 or more people are waiting. The winner will have priority over the losers in line for the next court.

7. As people start to leave there may come a time when there are no longer 3 courts in play. At such a time the players who are already playing on the two remaining courts should continue to play a regular set to 6 games. Any further sets should be played to 4 games if there are people waiting.

Hobe Sound & Halpatiokee Players

2008-11-04T12:59:00.000-08:00

Tennis List (Post a comment if there is an addition or correction)

Aaron Kassler 864-477-8634 aaronkassler@yahoo.com Hobe Sound Group

Al Karacand 772-283-3590 NY Saturday Group

Alan Benson 772-546-0981 abenson61@comcast.com Hobe Sound Group

Alan Tedesco 401-369-4500 (in Fl. Nov-May) alkat777@gmail.com Saturday Group

Angelo Jathas 772-546-1396 Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Annette Poeppelman apoeppelman@comcast.net Hobe Sound Group

Art Ward 321-806-6494 art5262727@hotmail.com Saturday Group

Asger Jorgensen 772-286-5026 and 207-594-7768 asger@aol.com Hobe Sound & Saturday group

Barry Mussatto 772-286-3378 bemussatto@aol.com Mich 810-229-5092 Hobe Sound

Barry Wadsworth 772-546-5271 bjwads@juno.com Maine Hobe Sound Group

Bill Graf 772-781-1275 wgraf@bellsouth.net Saturday group

Bill Raymond wraym93841@hotmail.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Bob Chenoweth 245-8379 bcbc3@comcast.net Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Bob Hebel 772-546-5409 robertshairdesign@netzero.com Hobe Sound Group

Bob Olson 772-546-2510 marchele2@juno.com Hobe Sound Group

Bob "Smitty" Smith R.Smith7498@copper.net 772-545-7589 Ohio 614-459-7177 Hobe Sound Group

Bob Swier 404-312-3384 rswier@charter.net Saturday group

Brian Kerr 772-546-9121 briankerr@briankerrlandscaping.com Hobe Sound Group

Brian McComb 772-283-7101 McComblaw@aol.com Saturday group

Brian Tobin Phone 561-301-0793 tobinbr@comcast.net. Saturday group

Bryan Perfetti 772-812-7701 or 597-1110 pf51960@comcast.net Saturday group

"Burnsie" Richard Burns 772-546-7349 rjburnsie@aol.com Hobe Sound Group

Cameron, Denworth noremca@yahoo.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Carmin Cusano 772-287-0462 ccusano@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound Group

Cheryl 814-566-3216 stephanycheryl@gmail.com Hobe Sound Group

Chris England 772-219-0250 commish121@bellsouth.net Saturday group

Chris Maenza 772-546-6408 Hobe Sound Group

Clyde Price 772-486-5404 price98@comcast.net Saturday Group & Hobe Sound

Dan Tillman 221-1704 dtill616@bellsouth.net Saturday group

Darwin Johnson 304-288-0422 snooks1000@aol.com Hobe Sound Group

Dave dave@treemail.us Saturday Group

Dave Sherry, 305-587-3839 davefsherry7@comcast.net Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

David Bowen dbowen2009@gmail.com

Donny Cell# 7728019455 dsbsober@Comcast.net

Ed Boulos 772-220-0370 boulos1809@gmail.com Saturday Group

Eric Buetens 772-288-3473 ebuetens@metrolink.net 772-546-6633 (work)Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Eric Ellis ellis14@bellsouth.net Saturday group

Eric Hoffman eatjerky@bellsouth.net Saturday group

Frank X. Ziegler 772-545-8786 546-0312 (w) fziegler@martin.fl.us Saturday group

Fred Steers 463-1335 captfls@bellsouth.net Saturday group

Gary Kanzer 283-9299 gkanz@bellsouth.net Saturday Group

Gene tenniscoach1@ymail.com Saturday Group

Gene Poitras 772-220-8145 jep0117@yahoo.com Hobe Sound Group

Gene Wright 772-545-9693 wrightgene@webtv.net Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Glenda Thompson 772-545-7754 gft@comcast.net. Hobe Sound Group

Glenn Harrison glennharrisontennis@gmail.com Saturday Group

Gloria & Tim Collins 772-545-4078 collinsgca@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound Group

Gunars Ozols 772-221-7605 ozolsgunars@comcast.net Saturday Group

Hal Achorn 207 513 9553 humblecatfla@BELLSOUTH.NET Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Helen Wiggins hfwiggins@adelphia.net Saturday Group

Ian Wylie, iwylie@tirekingdom.com Saturday Group

Ippy Mast 772-219-7374 iplar@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound

Jack Felomayer or Feldmayer jfelomayer@waho.com or jfeldmayer@waho.com

Jack Fisher 772-288-2460 elfish@webtv.net Saturday Group

Jack Fitton 772-461-0165 jacney@hotmail.com Saturday Group

Jack Rovniak rovniakjac@aol.com Saturday Group

Jamie Gomez 283-2850 / 561-253-4749 dr.gomez67@gmail.com Hobe Sound & Saturday group

Jan Hannon 772-545-0733 janhannon3@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound

Jean McIntyre johnjeanmac@aol.com Hobe Sound

Jerry Swain 772-807-8290 jswainster@gmail.com Saturday Group

Jim Packer 772-419-5121 pakpak@comcast.net Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Jim Doering 772-219-9901 jimadoering@msn.com Conn 860-657-2992 Hobe Sound Group

Jim Glover 486-3557 jimgofpc@comcast.net Saturday group

Jim Lezak 772-283-6206 Saturday group

Joe Guerriero 772-545-1216 joegbrw@yahoo.com NJ 908-231-0124 Hobe Sound & Saturday

Joe Pisciotta 772-223-2048 joepisc@aol.com Hobe Sound Group

Josie Bruser josiebruser@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound Group

Juan Mercado 516-398-1879 juan.mercado@med.ge.com Saturday group

Judy Combs 772 546 9708 jcombs@us.ibm.com Hobe Sound and Saturday Group

Ken Fanger 772-597-6921 Mass 508-420-6921 Hobe Sound Group

Larry Martines 772-288-5130 larrytm@comcast.net. NC Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Larry Ceraulo 772-781-7128 Leceraulo@comcast.net. Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Lea Albright Gator40@comcast.net Hobe Sound Group

Leigh Hayden leighshayden@gmail.com Hobe Sound

Len Elton 561-741-0016 lre911@aol.com Hobe Sound Group

Laurene (Charlie) Guerrera 772-545-2372 laurene@bellsouth.net Conn 860-274-2307 Hobe Sound Group

Linda linda@brailleintl.org Saturday group

Linda Cosden 772-546-4976 Mobile: 305-812-2872 lindageorgepech@aol.com Hobe Sound Group

Linda B. Heydt lindabheydt@aol.com Hobe Sound Group

Lisa Klaire 516-220-5988 teddieklaire@aol.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Lorin Griffith 219-3661 grifjoyce@gmail.com Hobe Sound Group

Mada Shetty madashetty@hotmail.com Saturday group

Margaret Schroder tschroder31349@roadrunner.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Maria Davis mrdavis586@yahoo.com Saturday group

Marie Neubauer 219-2749 rudymarie@comcast.net. Hobe Sound Group

Marti Kauffman Phone: ??? mfkauffman@yahoo.com Hobe Sound Group

Mary Schreiber Phone: 305-393-2214 mdgartenhaus@yahoo.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Mike southerngarden@comcast.net Saturday Group

Mike Green Phone: 772-349-0644 healtheworlddad@yahoo.com

Mike Primavera Phone: 772-781-7743 mchprim@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound Group

Milt Sales 585-943-0531 (cell) MiltKathy@frontiernet.net Hobe Sound Group

Molly Mercker 772-546-8242 merckermolly@yahoo.com Ontario 613-923-1897 Hobe Sound Group

Neil Compton 772-678-2389 (cell) or 772-781-3595 (office) ncompton@nuco2.com Saturday group

Nick Scuderi 772-545-0695 Hobe Sound Group

Pat Jacobowitz 772-219-1312 Hobe Sound Group

Paul Pollock 772-879-6812 paulpollock@hotmail.com VA Hobe Sound Group

Ray Harris 772-287-1395 harrira@bellsouth.net Saturday Group

Richard Brooks rebrooks99@gmail.com Saturday Group

Rich Wendelken 772-219-1312 Hobe Sound & Saturday Group (Deceased Aug. 2, 2008)

Robert Donn 772-651-6602 dommrobertphyllis@comcast.net Hobe Sound

Rolly Coryell 772-223-7777 rolloman@aol.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Rosemary Johnston 772-546-9429 rjohnstons@comcast.net Hobe Sound

Sharyl Pratt 772-546-2835 prattbrok@aol.com (Work)772-546-5295 Hobe Sound Group

Sue Drown suedrown@gmail.com Hobe Sound Group

Susan Haggan 908-625-2024 susanhaggan@yahoo.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Susan Ramsthaler 772-546-8895 susanram@mac.com Hobe Sound Group

Tim & Gloria Collins 772-545-4078 collinsgca@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound Group

Tom Hueller 772-545-7789 trhuell@aol.com Hobe Sound Group

Tony Lopez 772-223-8894 Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Tom trsimm46@gmail.com Hobe Sound & Saturday Group

Tom Johnson tbone4941@yahoo.com Saturday Group

Tom Servinsky 772-260-7110 tompiano@bellsouth.net Saturday Group

Trudy (Waltraud) Ondich 772-545-3864 arthurondich@bellsouth.net Hobe Sound Group

Willie Plasencia willieplasencia@gmail.com Saturday Group

Yoli Krauss 561-741-1726 ykraussy@yahoo.com Hobe Sound

Halpateokee Tennis (Stuart Area)

2008-11-03T03:36:00.000-08:00

Open Tennis - Free - Saturday Morning in Stuart

Days: Every Saturday

Time: Approximately 8:00am - 10:00am. Show up whenever you want to.

Venue : On Saturday at Halpatiokee Regional Park Tennis Courts behind the new Dunkin Donut's on Lost River Road at Rt. 76 and I-95 (Stuart exit)

Area: Martin CountyCost: Free

Contact: Eric Buetens (772) 546-6633

This is pick-up tennis. Everyone is invited. There is no cost. Just bring a can of balls from time to time.

Pick - Up Tennis in the area with Directions

2008-11-02T14:01:00.000-08:00

Here's the pick up games in the area that I know about. Please leave a comment if you know about any other games and I will update this list:

Doubles:
Saturdays - 8 am - Halpatiokee Park, Stuart (10 courts available. Pick up games uses 2 to 3 courts during the summer and 3 to 6 during the winter. Men and Women. Rules: See blog below. Rules same as Hobe Sound rules) Directions: Take Kanner Highway south west from Stuart to where the I-95 entrance is. Before getting to the entrance ramp turn left on Lost River Road and follow that road into the park. Once in the park take the first right at the traffic circle.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday - 7:30 am - Reed Park in Hobe Sound. (4 courts available. Pick up games uses 2 to 3 courts during the summer and all 4 courts during the winter. Men and Women. Rules: See blog below on rules.) Directions: Go south on US 1 to Bridge Road, turn left on Bridge Road, take first right on Hercules to tennis courts.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday - 7:30 am - Memorial Park in Stuart.
(4 courts available. During the summer the pick-up games use one or two courts. When there are are an uneven number of people they rotate after each game.) Directions: Go east from Confusion Corner on Ocean, Courts are behind the bandshell.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday - 7:00am - Palm City Park (4 courts available) Directions: Go west over Palm City Bridge, Turn right on Mapp, Palm City Park is on left a few miles north.

Lighthouse Park, Jupiter - need details.

Carlin Park, Jupiter - need details.

Leighton Park, Jensen Beach - Need details

Article on our Tennis Group from January, 2008

2008-10-30T14:08:00.000-07:00

Turnout

2008-10-28T17:11:00.000-07:00

Halpatiokee - Saturdays:
August 2 - 8 people
August 9 - 12 people
August 16 - 14 people
August 23 - 12 people
August 30 - Rained out
Sept. 6 - 15 people
Sept. 13 - 12 people ( 2 Erics, Jeb, Barry, Ian, Dave, Doyl, Mary, Ed, Carmen, and 2 others)
Sept 20 - 12 people (2 Erics, Jeb, Ian, Dan, Mary, Larry, Gene, Allison & 3 more)
Sept 27 - 14 people (2 Erics, Ian, Mary, Fred, Larry, Rolly, Carmen, Ed, Bob C., & 4 more)
Oct 4- 14 people

Hobe Sound
Friday, August 22 - 12 people
Monday, August 25 - 12 people
Wednesday, August 27 - 8 people
Mon., Friday, August 29 - 10 people
Wed., Sept 3 ---- 10 people
Fri, Sept. 5 - rained out
Mon., Sept. 8 - 10 people
Wed., Sept. 10 - 11 people
Fri, Sept 12 - 11 people
Mon, Sept. 15 - 12 people
Wed, Sept 17- 12 people
Fri, Sept 19 - 8 people
Mon., Sept 22- 8 people (Jim, Larry, Mike, Eric, Bob G, Bob C., Gene, Hal)
Wed., Sept 24 - 4 people stayed (Eric, Larry, Jim & Debby) Had to use carpet on courts to be able to play and got to play 3+ short sets before it rained agained.
Fri., Sept 26 - 12 people (Jim, Judy, Jan, Larry, Mike, Eric, Bob G, Bob C, Gene, Hal, Debby & one more)
Monday - Oct 6 - 15 people
Monday, Nov. 3- 6 players
Wednesday, Nov 5 - 13 players

Rich's Memorial Bench and Tree

2008-10-08T18:27:00.000-07:00

Tennis players,

Thank all of you who contributed to the excellent memorial for Rich Wendelken.

The tree we purchased for Rich is a Sweet Bay Magnolia. See above

The bench has a plaque which reads, "In Memory of our Friend, Rich Wendelken, 2008."

The bench is able to be used for additional plaques.

And a special thanks to Jim Packer for making the bench and tree happen and collecting donations from Rich's friends and family.

Rich's Memorial

2008-09-09T18:18:00.000-07:00

I want to thank everyone for their generous contributions. We raised over $500. The county people were at the court on Monday, Sept 9, 2008 locating a spot to plant the tree and the marker to memorialize Richie. The County would not allow a larger plaque with room for multiple names so the memorial will be similar to the existing memorial for Joe Marlin. I will add photos here once there is something to take pictures of.

I also found out that Jim Packer plans to use the funds we have raised to add another bench to the gazebo on which we can add memorial name plates. But I think we still need to raise some additional funds to be able to do that.

Richard Wendelken 1928-2008 We will miss him!

2008-08-06T13:41:00.001-07:00

We would like to put a plaque at the court for Richie, A small plaque costs about $200 so if we all chip in something like $10 or $20 that should not be a problem. Another possibility is to get a larger plaque where we could add names to it rather than one small plaque. You could send or drop off a contribution at my office, Buetens & Buetens, 8965 SE Bridge Rd, Hobe Sound, 33455.
Jim Packer will handle the plaque details. Let Jim know whether you think we should get a small or larger plaque. His e-mail is pakpak@bellsouth.net.

tournaments

2008-07-25T16:04:00.000-07:00

For those interested in tournaments around the state, this is a really good website: http://floridatenniscup.visualclubweb.nl/

Although it doesn't have 100% of the tournaments, it usually is up to date with a number of them.

Hobe Sound Tennis

2008-07-24T03:32:00.000-07:00

Open Tennis - Free - Monday, Wednesday and Friday Morning in Hobe Sound

What: Open "pick-up" Tennis

Days: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Time: Approximately 8:00am - 10:00am. Show up whenever you want to.

Venue : At the Hobe Sound public courts on Hercules Street next to the ball field on US 1, Just South of Bridge Road

Area: Martin CountyCost: Free

Contact: Eric Buetens (772) 546-6633

This is pick-up tennis. Everyone is invited. There is no cost. Just bring a can of balls from time to time.