Tennis
Fun, Friendship and Fair Play bY Jane Kim
AWA Tennis has much to celebrate! Being back on the courts to play doubles, being able to resume tennis clinics, and most of all, we are celebrating the creation of a new-to-us event: Mixed Doubles.
Trying for the best outfit prize, Alex Lowes and husband
Mixed Doubles is AWA Tennis’s first event open to AWA members and the male tennis partner of their choice — husband, son, colleague, friend, neighbor. We even heard that in some circles, men were actively advertising their services as a tennis partner for AWA members! Mixed Doubles is proving to be a popular offering, with 36 pairs signed up to participate, creating four different pools who will play six to nine matches over the September to December season. The Tennis Committee is very sorry to see Jo Baughn, organizer extraordinaire of Social Doubles and the Tennis Sub List, leave us and Singapore. We welcome Darcy Cameron and Amanda Allan to our committee as two of 28
AWA Magazine Nov/Dec 2021
the coordinators for Team Tennis and Helen Troncoso as our Bag Tag coordinator. Watch out for our upcoming events in November, December and January:
Sandy Hartford and Rob Kabus vs Claire and James McGregor
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Social Doubles is a fun way for beginner and intermediate players to meet lots of tennis-playing ladies. Each week, players are paired up into rotating foursomes to play three mini sets, switching partners at each set so everyone plays with each other.
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Team Tennis is a seasonal competitive offering for intermediate and advanced players where players are grouped into teams who compete with each other over the six week season.
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The annual AWA Tennis Cup for advanced players will finally be played over four days in the week of November 29 after being postponed by Covid in May.
