Hapsburgs Happen Happily at July Tourney

Above and below: Irene & Jay Muzio and Robin & Steve George prepare for the return(s).

We are at the height of summer and the tennis season. The Redwood Shores Tennis Club hosted our annual Fixed Mixed Doubles in July. 7 pairs of men and women and 7 singles signed up for the tournament. The pairs played with the same partner all day (that’s the “fix”!) The singles switched partners for some of the rounds for variety. It was an exciting and competitive day.

Two teams that led early finished in the middle of the pack. One team who had a rocky start in the morning woke up by midday and surged to 2^nd place. 1^st and 2^nd in both pairs and singles were separated by only one game with the final outcome undecided to the last. Top honors go to Michael Garb & Colona Paiko and Ivan Quinones. Second place was awarded to Cynthia Hunton & Dennis Murphy and Kristian Nergaard.

Note: Be sure to visit the RSTC Photo repository at http://public.fotki.com/rstc/. There are 97 (count 'em) photos of the July Tournament, courtesy of JoAnna Nguyen-Annie-Leibovitz-Delgado.

Left: Crafty lefty Ivan follows through on a forehand; Below: Don relaxes between sets.

The theme of the social in the evening was Awesome Austria, hosted by Annette Vernon and Paul Reinhardt who had just returned from you-know-where. Our potluck resulted in an amazing buffet of Austria-inspired salads, entrees, and desserts. We enjoyed (yes we really did) the vacation slide show. Prizes awarded for the tournament were travel inspired – maps to exotic locales, map organizers, and car organizers.

Just for fun, see if you can guess the movies in which these quotes were uttered -- by our incomparable, Austrian-born governor:

• I’m not into politics, I’m into survival
• I’ll be back
• If it bleeds, we can kill it
• ( Have you ever killed anyone?) Yeah but they were all bad.
• I don’t know what the problem is, but I’m sure it can be solved without resorting to violence
• Hasta la vista, baby

Answers to the quiz are: The Running Man, The Terminator, Predator, True Lies, Twins, Terminator 2.

Special thanks to Karen Brodersen for organizing the tournament and then reporting on it, Annette and Paul "Vernhardt" for going on a great trip and sharing it with us all by hosting a social (#2!), Joanna Nguyen-Delgado and Joey Delgado for taking an amazing amount of pictures and procuring the prizes.

Hapsburg Happenings...Coming Soon