Passing comments and awards ;)

What a great 3rd Annual Heineken Open...we sincerely hope you enjoyed yourselves during the 10 day tournament.  Lots of fun, lots of food, lots of good times.  A few passing comments and awards:

Most Improved Player :  Julian Depersio

Most Photogenic (or most available to pose for a pic):  Trudy Fenster

Best Cheerleader:  With screams of "Good shot, Maria!", and "Come on, Alec!"...without a doubt, Ken Mashburn.  Get this man a pair of pom pons.

Most welcomed new players:  Karl Maschauer, Larry and Pam Morris, Merlice Charles, Derrick Webster, Chuck Butcher, and Elizabeth Bartasius.

Most welcomed return to the game:  Lisle Brathwaite, Sherry Mansfield, LaToya Elizee and Shelby Cruz.

Gutsiest Performance:  Debbie Woodson after playing with a fresh injury and 8 stitches on her thumb.  And STILL...managed to look like a million bucks.

Loudest Team on the court:  Without a doubt, Debbie Woodson and Michael Armendariz

Loudest Player on the court:  Without a doubt...Michael Armendariz. 

Biggest Servers:  Once again, Christian Nelthropp and Flavia Logie.  We know you thought we were going to say Les Kelly, but Christian edged him out. 

Most Talkative on the Court:  Raymond Berkeley.

Most Talkative off the Court:  Raymond Berkeley.

Most Talkative in the Clubhouse:  Raymond Berkeley.

Most Talkative in the parking lot:  Raymond Berkeley.

Most Likely to call their partner off a shot:  Dynel Soto over Kris Elien.

Most use of ace bandages in a tournament:  Sherry Mansfield and Les Kelly. 

Biggest supporters of our Heineken sponsor:  Carlos Rosas, Jay Craft, Jason Miller and Flavia Logie

Best dancer at late night events:  Carlos Rosas

Best dressed teams:  Flo Logan and Juli Mielleur,  Kelly and Alec Kuipers

Biggest Potty Mouth:  Jay Craft barely edges out Alec Kuipers.

Players to lose twice in the same event:  Jason Miller and Raymond Berkeley

Best use of a tennis outfit:  Dynel Soto, Gabrielle Armstrong, Patsy Knight and Jerri Farrante.  :)

Classiest moves on the court:  Kevin Motta, Christian Nelthropp, and Gabrielle Armstrong in retiring their matches at match point, allowing their opponents to move on.  Classy.

Classic comments:  "COME ON! (Flavia Logie), "Yo tengo gasoLINA!" (Carlos Rosas)," I am too old for this crap!", "We dont need any stinking games on our score!" (Larry Kupfer), "You #%@!*# IDIOT" (Jay Craft), "You didn't win?  Did you screw it up?!" (Barbara Jocelyn), "OH NO!" (Andre Galiber), "Come on, you have to move your feet to get to that ball so you can hit the forehand drive, I can't believe I am not moving my feet, you have to move your FEET!  Nice shot!" (Susan Armstrong)