87th Annual National Public Parks Tennis Championships

Several of the current and former Jammers, participated in the National Public Parks Tennis Championships here in Springfield, MO over the weekend.  It was a fun weekend for all, Congratulations to all the winners.

NTRP Women’s 3.5 Singles:

1^st Place - Leigh Lewis
 

Women’s 35 Singles:

2^nd Place – Hee-Sun Kim

NTRP Combined Women’s 7.0 Doubles:

1^st Place – Julie Skinner/Nancy Winters

2^nd Place – Leigh Lewis/Heidi Smith

NTRP Combined Women’s 8.0 Doubles:

2^nd Place – Huong Doan/Debbie O’Reilly

Women’s 40 Doubles:

1^st Place – Sharon Bennett/Betsy Wahl

Women’s 50 Doubles:

1^st Place – Heidi Smith/Beth Wilson

Mother/Daughter:

1^st Place – Julie Skinner/Coral Tracy

 

NTRP Combined Mixed 8.0 Doubles:

1st Place – Sharon Bennett/Steven Yancey



Riverchase Summer NTRP Tournament

This past weekend, Teresa Emerson and Kelly Kramer, headed to Florida on vacation, and while on their way, they stopped in Hoover, AL to compete in a little tennis tournament.  I am happy to announce, they are the BIG WINNERS of the 2013 NTRP Women’s 3.5 Doubles of the Riverchase Summer NTRP Tournament.   Woo Hoo!!!  Not sure how much money they’ve won from the tournament, my bet is, not enough to retire from the Jammer’s team.  Congratulations girls, you’ve made us proud!!!

NTRP Women’s 3.5 Doubles:

Finals:  Teresa Emerson/Kelly Kramer  d.  Nikki Christopher/Lea Lorino 6-1; 7-6

Semifinals:  Teresa Emerson/Kelly Kramer  d.  Jamie Burke (1)/Elizabeth Darby (1)

6-1; 3-6; 10-7

Quarterfinals:  Teresa Emerson/Kelly Kramer  d.  Monica Kelley/Tracy Spradling

                                                            6-0; 6-3



2013 Local League Champions

This week the Jammers wrap up their regular season with a win to give them once again as this year 2013 USTA Local League Champions.   Yay!!!

It was a hot night for tennis for sure, but the Jammers didn’t let the heat bother them.  It was also opening night for the WTT (World Team Tennis) for the Springfield Lasers as well.  A lot was going on that night, but the Jammers stayed focus and brought in a 4-1 win against the TopSpin team.  

Leigh Lewis won her singles match against her opponent Nancy Skinner in two straight sets with the scores of 6-0, 6-4.  Carol Rollins played singles once again and had to take her match to a match tie-break.  She won the first set 6-1 against Judy Daugherty.  She lost in the second set 1-6.  Fought hard in the tie break and won it at 10-5.

Teresa Emerson teamed up this time with Lisa Powell at doubles.  They had a tougher time in their match but manage to pull out a win.  The first set went to at set tie break, where they were behind at 1-4, but came back and won it at 7-4 against their opponents Leah Clark and Lori Robinson.  They have an easier time in the second set, where they won it with a score of 6-1.

Beth Wilson and Mary Ann Daum had a tough night against their opponents Candise Kroutil and Cheryl Daucher.  Beth and Mary Ann lost in the first set 2-6.  They took the second set to a set tie break.  They fought hard for every point, but couldn’t pull out a win; they lost the second set at 7-9.

Our third doubles team of Heidi Smith and Margaret Taylor pull out another win together with their match against Linda Donnelson and Tijuana Julian.  Heidi and Maggie won in two straight sets with the scores of 6-1, 6-2.

Since the Jammers win the Local League and Columbia does not have the 40 & over 3.5 team this year.  The Jammers will automatically advance to the Sectionals Championship in Des Moines IA August 8 – 11 this year.  It was kind of disappointing that there is no District Championship for the Jammers to play in, but they are definitely ready to go to Sectionals to compete for sure.

Team Standings

Team Name	Wins	Losses	Indiv. Wins	Indiv. Losses	Sets Lost	Games Lost
Jammers	5	1	23	7	18	194
Netchix	4	2	16	14	29	249
TopSpin	0	6	6	24	49	328

OMG…Really?

This week match wasn’t pretty for the Jammers.  They lost their first match for the season 2-3 to the Netchix.  Nancy Winters tried her best at singles against Pat McCormick.  She fought hard, but it wasn’t her day, she lost in two sets 6-4, 6-1. 

Kim Wood was also having a tough time in her singles match against Carol Goldstein.  In the first set, Kim was down at 0-5, but turned around and won the next 3 games.  But that’s all she could do in the first set.  She lost it at 6-3.  In the second set, Kim won the first 3 games.  We all thought she was on her way to win the set.  It didn’t work out for the Jammers.  Kim lost in the second set at 6-4.

Kelly Kramer teamed up with Beth Wilson again for their doubles match.  It was a tight first set, point by point, and game by game.  They won the first set against Karen Smith and Lesley Skinner 7-5.  They have a little easier time in the second set; they won it at 6-3. 

Our second doubles team of Karen Griffin and Lisa Powell were really having a hard time in their first set.  They lost 6-1 to Peggy Lindsey and Susy Barr.  Lisa said they played a little bit better in the second set but just could pull out a win for the team.  They lost the second set to the Netchix 6-4.

Heidi Smith joined forces with Margaret Taylor and played well together.  They won their match in two straight sets against Ann Vogel and Polly Egbert 6-2, 6-1.

It was a tough lost for the Jammers.  But I think it will give them a chance to reexamine what is it that they need to do to win their last match for the season.  They need to see what they all need to do AS A TEAM to move forward when they compete at Sectionals.  I hope they realize that at any given time, a chance at Sectionals can be taken away from them if they lose sight of it.  I’m sure none of the Jammers would like to sit at home again like they did last year. 

The Jammers have another bye next week, so it will give them a chance to think about what happened this week and perhaps work on their game and be ready for their last match of the regular season.  Can’t have an undefeated season this year, but perhaps the chance at Sectionals will be a great one!

Arkansas Adult NTRP Clay Court Championships

Over the weekend, Teresa Emerson and Kelly Kramer went to Little Rock, AR to compete in the Arkansas Adult NTRP Clay Court Championships.  Yes, they played on clay courts.  They were the Women’s 3.5 Doubles Consolation Winners.  They defeated Melanie Kiker(1)/Lori Uekman(1) 6-4; 5-7; 1-0 in the Finals.  Congratulations ladies on a job well done!!!

4-0 RECORD

Our Jammer girls did well this week; maybe my pep talk last week did help.  They won all 5 courts against the TopSpin team.  Kelly Kramer won her singles match against Candise Kroutil 6-2, 6-1.  Lisa Powell made her debut at singles and won her match 6-0, 6-0.  Pretty impressive I say.    Okay she won her match because the other team defaults.  Now that’s something you will never see the Jammers do.    We would never give an easy win to our opponent like that.  We make them work for it.

Our doubles team of Leigh Lewis and Julie Skinner, who never play together, had an easy match over their opponents Tijuana Julian and Linda Donnelson 6-1, 6-1.  Mary Ann Daum and Beth Wilson had a little tougher time with their match.  They won the first set 6-4, but lose the second set 3-6 against Nancy Skinner and Judy Daugherty.  They had to battle it out in the 3^rd set tie-break, which Mary Ann said to herself as she started to serve the first point for the tie –break that she refuse to lose, and that’s all it takes.  Mary Ann and Beth won the tie-break 10-4.    And our third doubles team of Carol Rollins and Margaret Taylor had an easy time with their match.  They won their match within an hour against Leah Clark and Lori Robinson 6-2, 6-0.

Four matches under their belt the Jammers are undefeated.  Way to go Jammers!

Team Standings

 

Team Name	Wins	Losses	Indiv. Wins	Indiv. Losses	Sets Lost	Games Lost
Jammers	4	0	17	3	9	113
Netchix	1	2	6	9	18	135
TopSpin	0	3	2	13	26	164

Next week, the Jammers will have a bye.  Two more matches left to the season; they are going for another undefeated season.  Good Luck Jammers!  May the aces be with you!!!

ARE THESE THE SAME JAMMERS

Even though it was a long and tough weekend for some of the Jammers, they still have a match to play when Monday came.  Everyone was tired from playing in the Spam Slam so the match on Monday was a tough one to come back to for the Jammers.  Everyone knew how important this match against the Netchix was going to be for us.  We cannot lose to them.   

The girls did well; not their usual best, we won 3 out of 5 courts against the Netchix.  Teresa Emerson won her singles against Lesley Skinner in the first set pretty easy 6-0.  She fought hard in the second set after falling behind at 4-0 to win it at 7-5.  Great come back TE!

Julie Skinner tried her best at singles for the first time.  She hung in there and fought for every point but couldn’t come up with a win.  She lost to Pat McCormick with the scores of 6-2, 6-2.  Great try Julie; you’ll get her next time!

 

Our doubles team of Kelly Kramer and Nancy Winters won their match against Susy Barr and Peggy Lindsey with the scores of 6-3, 6-1.  The team of Karen Griffin and Kim Wood  battled it out against Karen Smith and Laura Wilhite but couldn’t come out on top, they lost with the scores of 6-3, 6-4.  And our third doubles team of Leigh Lewis and Heidi Smith were victorious with their match against Carol Goldstein and Ann Vogel.   They also won their match with the scores of 6-3, 6-1.

Yes, the team did win their match, but I was still disappointed in how they play.  Maybe I’m just too hard on them, and expected too much from all of them.  I knew they were tired, but sill, they DID NOT play their best at all.  We came very close to lose that match.  I was NOT very happy with them at all.  Their overall performance was just unacceptable to me.  If they continue to play like that the rest of the season, the Jammers will not be going to Sectionals.  So I told them they ALL better get their butts in gear and play like a winner the rest of the season, otherwise, it will be a repeat of what happened to them last year-sitting at home, while another team played at Sectionals.    Let’s see how they will play next week.  Geez!!!  They are stressing me out!!!

Not sure anyone win any beer this week!