ATHLETICS Amateurs will have a chance to play in their own tournaments during the Oregon Open. The Rose City Classic for both adults and juniors will be held concurrently. Please contact squash pro Ashley Read to sign up. –Nancy Keates
SWIM
Season Greetings From your fellow Mac Members who are settled into their new neighborhood office. Located just blocks from the MAC. Visit us in 2017.
Swim Team Supports the Portland Marathon For the better part of 20 years, MAC’s swim team has supported the Portland Marathon by volunteering to run a water station. About 10 years ago we added our second water station; this year we contributed to four water stations. To run Station B (Mile 3) our athletes need to be there at 5:15 a.m. to meet the truck, unload and get set up. It is still dark at that time on in October. It takes about eight banquet tables filled with cups three layers high. The swim team has been doing this for years. We are a well-oiled machine getting ready for the runners to pass through. When they arrive, Station B gets hit hard and fast. We can hardly get the water and Ultima out to the runners fast enough. Our next station is N (Mile 21), so we don’t need to be there until 6:30 a.m. The team sets up everything and waits for the first runners to come through. The pack has thinned out quite a bit by now. The water, Ultima and Gummy Bear tables are ready. Guess which table is the most popular to work on? All the kids want to hand out the Gummy Bears. This year we added Station R (Mile 25) and the finish line station. We shared this station with the Forest Grove High School students. It is encouraging to see such a wide variety of athletes participating in these events. It reminds us that with training and hard work you can do anything. –Cyndy von Weller
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TENNIS
Mixed Doubles, Tennis University Up Next A new short court Tennis University is slated from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 23 on courts 1-4 in the main building. Check out the new lines, and learn to play short game tennis as an adult. The short court is a great training tool for adults, as well. There is no cost, but please register since space is limited. CTE501 MAC’s mixed doubles tournament is just around the corner, to be held Feb. 23-26. This is one of the club’s most popular tennis tournaments and is not to be missed. All levels of play are included. The $20 registration fee includes a T-shirt, snacks, pizza party and Continued on page 76
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