Events

MRTC Tennis Exhibition Sunday July 28 4-6 pm

07/19/2024 by delfaussel 2 Comments

MRTC Women’s Exhibition July 28

4-6 pm

All are invited to a 5.0 women’s doubles tennis exhibition at MRTC on July 28 Sunday from 4-6 pm.

Bring food to share and your own beverage of choice, plus a lawn chair.

The four women are 5.0 teaching professionals from Burlington and have played on numerous New England Cup teams.

Lee Delfausse is organizing this event and you can text her at 802-793-1962 if you have questions. Lee is making contingency plans if it rains.

This should be a really great event.

Lee

Triples July 12

06/28/2024 by delfaussel Leave a Comment

Triples July 12, 2024

The 2nd MRTC triples event will be held on Friday July 12, 2024 from 5-6:30 pm. The potluck will follow right after at The Delfausses ( 1598 Common Rd Waitsfield , VT 05673).

If it rains, the potluck will start at 5:30 pm at The Delfausses. Lee Delfausse will assign food after the numbers are ascertained, but the potluck is BYOB. Non-playing spouses are welcomed to the potluck.

It is first -come,first -served for the triples and we can accommodate 16.

Please text Lee Delfausse at 802-793-1962 for your place. It’s really, really fun!!

Lee

Triples June 14, 2024

05/31/2024 by delfaussel Leave a Comment

The first triples followed by a potluck at The Levins will be June 14 from 5-6:30.
Please text Lee Delfausse at 802-793-1962 to reserve your spot and for your food assignment.

The first 16 are in . All levels are welcome. Come join the fun.

Lee

Mens’ Doubles

05/28/2024 by Geordie Hall Leave a Comment

As Bob has indicated, our season may be beginning next week. In which case, we will start Mens’ Tuesday evening doubles on June 4 at 4:00 PM.

We welcome you to join us for play and BYOB beverages afterward, We use playerlineup.com to sign up for the event. If you were signed up last year, your user name and password will still be valid. Otherwise, you can sign up at:

https://mrtcmensdoubles.playerlineup.com/public_join

We welcome all levels and new this year, will try to match you with players of your level but still with mixing it up.

If you have any questions or difficulty signing up, please contact me directly.

Geordie [email protected]

Reminder: Work Morning MRTC Sat May 25 at 10:00

05/23/2024 by Geordie Hall Leave a Comment

Just a reminder that we are planning a work morning this Saturday. We could use a few more people and a pickup truck.

Please let me know if you can make it and have not already let me know.

[email protected]

Thank you
Geordie

MRTC Work Morning Saturday May 25

05/20/2024 by Geordie Hall Leave a Comment

It is getting close. There will be a work morning at the club on Saturday, May 25 at 10:00. It is planned to move the furniture, spruce up the grounds, possibly work on the driveway, sprinkler system and pump.

Please bring gardening tools, clippers etc..

Let Geordie know if you are going to make it. [email protected]

2023 Season Wrap-up

11/20/2023 by Webmaster Leave a Comment

First club workday mid-May following delivery of pallets of brick dust surface material.
Bob, Geordie, Howard and Wendell assist in the movement of pallets from roadside to the courts.
The "Four Racketeers" enjoying an early season match.
Woody rolling along.
Tuesday men's doubles.
Labor Day Weekend tournament: Jeff and Jane Birnn (foreground), Kate Marincic and Bob Dillon (court 1).
Charlie and Woody take in the early round play.
Jeff, Mike, Jane hangin' around the water cooler.
Kate strikes a volley in good form.
Susan and Linda take on Lee and Peter.
Peter applies some slice.
Peter and Lee in the finals vs. ...
Mike Clement and Ken Haldenstein, eventual second place finishers.
Geordie and Judy receiving a hug from Woody after an impressive 4th place team performance.
Participants mingle prior to awards and potluck.
Kate Marincic ad Bob Dillon take third.
Champions Peter and Lee Delfausse.
Second, first, and third place finishers awarded Wilson backpacks alongside tournament directors Dar and Woody.
Finally, the end-of-season work party crew (minus a few who left before the picture). Leslie and B'fer took a "hand-off panorama" designed to allow each to be in the picture, but aha, we have two B'fers! By golly, Woody has three legs.

The 2023 season at MRTC got off to an early start just before Memorial Weekend this year and continued through to early November, a total of more than five months open!

Play this season was fabulous despite more rain than usual. We’ve entertained the idea that the rain saturated the courts better than the sprinkler system ever has. A handful of surface rollings by Woody resulted in the rain draining off and the courts becoming playable again quickly.

Membership has increased by a few individuals and households each of the last few years. A second session of ladies doubles was added this year in place of one of the mens doubles weeknights. This session was geared toward faster play and improved convenience for working women. Mens doubles continued on Tuesdays, and the traditionally recreational womens doubles continued on Wednesday mornings.

Lee Delfausse was highly sought for lessons this year, and some doubles strategy clinics were requested by groups of women. Lee also led popular “triples” sessions once a month with potlucks after a few of them at the Delfausses, the Levins, and the Laskowskis. Lee and Dave Caterino arranged a fun exhibition match at MRTC with some of the tennis pros from Windridge Tennis displaying their skill.

A Labor Day weekend doubles tournament was again held, with 12 teams competing this year. The pictures explain the results.

If you recognize anything in the lost and found pic to the right, contact Darlene.

MRTC triples

09/09/2023 by Geordie Hall Leave a Comment

There will be triples play on September 15 at the MRTC club from 4-6:00. The first 16 to sign up will be in.

Bring a drink and appetizer for after play social. There will be no pot luck this week because of the uptick of COVID.

If rain, Lee Delfausse will send out a cancellation notice.

Text Lee at 802-793-1962 to enter.

See you soon,

Lee

MRTC Triples

09/03/2023 by Geordie Hall Leave a Comment

There will be triples play on September 15 at the MRTC club from 4-6:00. The first 16 to sign up will be in.

Bring a drink and appetizer for after play social. There will be no pot luck this week because of the uptick of COVID.

If rain, Lee Delfausse will send out a cancellation notice.

Text Lee at 802-793-1962 to enter.

See you soon,

Lee

Labor Day 2023 Tournament and Mixer is Saturday

08/31/2023 by Webmaster Leave a Comment

The weather forecast for the weekend is looking stellar, if not too warm!

Twelve teams will be competing on Saturday September 2nd, divided into two flights: morning and afternoon. A final match will be played between the winning team from each flight in the afternoon at approx. 4:30pm. We welcome our tennis community and guests to come watch matches and the final, and socialize with us afterwards.

SCHEDULE

8:30 – 12:00 Flight 1 Matches

12:30 – 4:00 Flight 2 Matches

4:30 Final

5:30 Social mixer and potluck

Click here for the participant list (revised) for the tournament. See the announcement post here.

There will be a social mixer and potluck after the matches. Everyone enjoyed last year’s great variety and some delicious homemade offerings. Please bring whatever you’d like to share. Yumm! Soda/seltzer and beer will be provided by the club. Thanks in advance everyone!

We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!