Our Super Seniors men's team had its first match of the season, last night indoor at White Bear tennis club (now a Lifetime Fitness club). To play in this league you must be at least 60 by the end of 2008, and have a USTA rating of 4.0 or lower. There are five teams in the league, which covers the metropolitan area. Each match is composed of three doubles matches and the winner is whoever wins the most of these three competitions. I played the number one doubles with a guy I'd not played with before against two guys that I know pretty well and who are both very good doubles players. We had a long match, considering the score. We extended several games to multiple ads, but won few of them. My team lost 6-1, 6-3, as bad a score for me in quite a while, but I felt pretty good about the level of competitiveness. Our team's other two duets lost by similar scores. And the White Bear team members are good hosts. They brought beer, soda, chips, and some home made bean and cheese chip dip that was quite good. They shared the largess and were quite convivial.
These are the courts at Sibley High School. I played mixed doubles there Tuesday night.
We had a big rain storm roll through this afternoon and refreshed the gardens and maybe saved some of the St Paul park trees that have been sorely neglected by the city forestry department.
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Sounds like good tennis. And good bean dip. Rain is a good thing when it comes now and then. Mother Nature doesn't seem to do moderation very often.
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