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The MAC tennis angels include, back row, Peggy Jacques, Susan Turner, Ellin Johnson, Charlene Fisher, Della Shanley, Kathleen Rogovoy, Sarah Warner, Elizabeth English and Stacy Dyer; front row, Robin Franklin and Maria Hall; and seated, Bobbie Olmsted and Virginia Cook. Not Shown in the photo are Valda Summers, Whitney Woolf, Jill Neuwelt, Julie Emry, Jenny Bayless, Tiffany Rosenfeld, Stephanie Oedewaldt and Monica Kassab.
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54 | The Wınged M |
JULY 2013
s tennis players get a little older, it gets harder to round out a doubles quartet. Fortunately for Bobbie Olmsted and Virginia Cook, it took quite a while for that time to roll around. But as they kept playing tennis into their 90s, it became a more difficult to find partners for their weekly doubles match. So instead, they found “angels.” For several years now, a dozen or some women – and the occasional man – have become their new playing partners. “I met Virginia about four years ago,” says Della Shanley, a regular on MAC’s tennis courts. “She was on the court hitting with the ball machine.” Cook explained her situation, and Shanley passed along her phone number, telling her she could make time to play. She subbed in as the fourth member of their doubles game about once a month, but as time grew on, Cook and Olmstead were looking for more partners, more often. Shanley passed along their
information to some friends, and the group of “angels” grew in size, making it easier to put a game together anytime. While Olmsted and Cook have been grateful to have partners, it’s often the “angels” that come away have learned something. “When you’re playing with them, you have to deal with accuracy and pace,” she points out. And beyond improving their tennis game, some of the angels have learned some life lessons. Cook and Olmsted can certainly dole them out. Cook spent 21 years coaching the Benson High School Team, and is a past winner of a Seattle city championship and a Washington state championship. She just celebrated her 56th year at MAC. Olmsted’s father taught her to play when she was 8, and she’s been at the club 51 years. “Over the years I’ve learned a lot from these women,” says Sarah Warner, “way more than just tennis.”