maeson harper - on to the special olympics!...and achyuth binu both competed in the boys 12 singles...
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When BETC Member Maeson Harper started learning tennis a couple years ago, she would stand still and swing the racquet at the ap-proaching ball and would frequently miss the ball entirely. And if the ball was out of her reach, she would never move to the ball, just swing and watch the ball go by. Well, that’s when she started the weekly Kent Parks Adaptive Recreation class offered by BETC Head Pro Allan Overland to learn the basics. Then she added additional lessons with BETC Pro Bill Bartlett’s Level 1 Junior Class. Then about 6 months ago, she started taking multiple lessons per week from BETC Pro Dan Cotton who is now her Special Olym-pics Tennis Coach.
Maeson has improved her tennis game such that she runs to the ball every time, wherever it is on the court. She recently rallied with Coach Dan (she calls him the “Danimal”) for 19 balls straight. She has served 9 consecu-tive serves into the correct box. She knows that running for approach shots are preferable to the 5 pushups Coach Dan requires if the ball bounces twice. She works hard and en-joys the game. Getting to her lessons on time can be troublesome when there are hugs and conversations with Marsha, Cathy, Julie, Barb and Kenzie upon arrival at the Club. Clearly the social aspects of tennis are as important as technique. Maeson, who is 16 years old and has Down Syndrome, played her first matches (ever) at the Special Olympics National Tennis Cham-pionships in late October 2017 at Hilton Head, SC. She took 4th in Singles after losing to the (adult) Gold Medalist (1-4, 2-4). She took Bronze in Unified Doubles (with a typically-developing partner) and experienced the thrill of scoring, umpires, ball-boys/girls and playing on green clay courts with orange balls and 60’ baselines. (Continued next page)
Maeson Harper - On To The Special Olympics! Submitted by Member Daryl Harper
Court Report
March, 2018
Volume 25, Issue 2
Contact Information
Phone: 253-872-5545 Web: www.betconline.net Facebook.com/BoeingTennis Club Director: Adrian Buchan Phone: Ext. 22 Email: [email protected] Membership: Lawson Mansfield Phone: Ext. 24 Email: [email protected] Pro Shop: Dave DeMulling Phone: Ext. 25 Email: [email protected] Front Desk: Phone: Ext. 1 Email: [email protected] Teaching Pros listed on Page 6
High Performance Clinics 2
Spring Break Camps 2
Pro Tip: Taking Ground 3
Membership Corner 3
Quarterly Dues March 15 3
Junior Tournament Re-sults
4
From the Board 4
Highline College Tennis 5
Club Championships 5
Challenge Cup Champs 5
March Classes 6
Inside this issue:
Maeson, her teammates and father Daryl at the Special Olympics National Tennis Championships last October.
Maeson with an approach shot at the Championships.
ages 10-15 years) runs daily from 2-3:30PM and our new 10 and Under camp (Red ball and Orange ball) runs daily from 2-3:30pm. We are offering the camps to non- members with no guest fee charges, so bring a friend! The camps will fill up so sign up ASAP. Feel free to con-tact me about these and other events at allan@betconline,net if
you have any questions.
Hope to see you out on the
courts!
Maeson is the Special Olympics Washington (SOWA) Tennis Female Athlete Delegate to the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle this year in July.
(https://www.specialolympicsusagames.org/tennis-schedule). Maeson’s 2-hour practices with her fellow Special Olympians are on BETC Court 6 every Monday at 12:30 and every Friday at 1:30. If you want to keep track of Maeson’s team progress or donate to their training budget, Special Olympics has established the following website for the team: https://impact.sowa.org/team/157854. BETC is also sponsoring a 2-day (May 5th and 6th) Tennis Camp for People with Spe-cial Needs. All equipment is provided and Athletes of any (or no) ability are welcome. Registration and more information on the Camp is located here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2-day-special-needs-tennis-academy-gear-included-4-hrs-each-day-tickets-3958193062?aff=es2 Maeson and her family want to thank the BETC staff and pros for their sponsorship, dedication and warmth in helping Maeson adopt a sport that will hopefully be a part of
the rest of her life.
Here’s an early notice that our popular Spring Break Junior Ten-nis Camps are coming in April! From Tuesday-Friday, April 10-13, we will run four sessions for junior players of virtually all levels of play. Each camp will feature authentic USTA High Perfor-mance training, and plenty of challenging drills and games, giving juniors a great opportunity to sharpen their games during the week off from school. The Champs camp (advanced, levels 4 and up, ages 12-18 years) runs daily from 10-12pm, the Chal-lengers camp (intermediate, lev-els 2 and 3, ages 12-18 years) runs daily from 12-2pm, the Rookies camp (beginner, level 1,
In March, we are pleased to bring back the Adult USTA High Per-formance Clinics, with the 2.5-3.0 clinic held on Saturday, March 3rd, from 9:30-12:30pm, and the 3.5-4.0 clinic held on Saturday, March 10th, from 9:30-12:30pm. Each clinic will be led by USTA High Performance certified pros JJ Jackson and myself, and will focus on point construction and strategy with players doing a lot of live ball games (you will be playing points virtually the entire time!) A detailed handout of what is covered will be included- as well as snacks and beverages. Only 12 players (4 players per court/pro) will be taken to ensure
a great workout, so sign up now.
Tennis Activities Submitted by Allan Overland
(Maeson Harper Continued)
Court Report Volume 25, Issue 2
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Adult High
Performance
Clinics
March 3: 2.5-3.0
March 10: 3.5-4.0
$49 plus tax.
Maeson with her Special Olympics medal.
Special Olympics
USA Games
July 1-6, 2018
Seattle
14 Sports
4,000 Athletes
10,000 Volunteers
70,000 Spectators
USTA Member Guest Ratio
Our first priority at BETC is serv-ing our members. As part of that, we sponsor USTA teams to play out of our club in order to serve our members that are interested in interclub activities like USTA. However, we have to balance both the amount of teams we sponsor and the ratio of mem-bers to non-members on each team. In an effort to get more playing time for BETC members we are requiring 80% of all spon-sored teams to be comprised of Members. This rule goes into effect for the next USTA session starting in May (MXD 40+ and
MXD 55+)
“Taking Ground” - The way to win a tennis match
There are three general situa-tions that present themselves in a tennis match. These situ-ations can be broken down as offense, defense and neutral. The pros translate this to ei-ther taking ground, giving ground or holding ground.
Taking ground is for when you are on offense. This is demon-strated by moving forward and hitting the ball early. You will be playing closer to the base-line instead of hitting the ball 5-10 feet behind the baseline. Roger Federer has rejuvenat-ed his career by hitting most of his groundstrokes near the baseline. This enables Roger to take ground making his side of the court smaller, while making his opponent move back and give ground. “I can’t be playing long rallies five meters behind the baseline all
the time. I mean, I could but the other guys are better at it.” said Federer after a recent tournament win over Alexan-der Zverev. “I was trying to play as aggressive as possi-ble and the court plays fast if you do it the right way.”
To improve your game try taking ground by hitting
groundstrokes near the base-line. Hit the ball early and in front of you. Make sure your body weight is going forward as you contact the ball. You will then be taking ground making your court smaller while your opponent is retreat-ing making his court bigger.
different password – then login in
again - this will fix it!
Juniors – we want to know your birthday! Go online to your
profile and update this for us!
Are you having trouble regis-tering for a class online? Make sure we have your club rating. Just drop in to a class or take a private lesson and ask the Pro for a club rating then report it back to the front desk. Contact Head Pro Allan about getting a
new or updated club rating.
BETC Website 101
Are you having trouble logging in to pay your bill? Are you the account holder of your BETC membership? This could be due to a software change that oc-curred last year. If you cannot access the Payment Center try going to your profile and giving everyone in your family a differ-ent email or different password –
this will fix it!
Junior Affiliate Members – are you having trouble booking a court? Make sure you login as yourself – not Mom or Dad! Go to your profile and give everyone in your family a different email or
Membership Corner Submitted by Lawson Mansfield
Pro Tip: Taking Ground Submitted by Bill Bartlett
Court Report Volume 25, Issue 2
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Roger Federer constantly works to take ground in his matches. The strategy has led to several tournament wins already in 2018.
Try hitting groundstrokes
near the baseline to
shrink your court while
making your opponents’
court bigger.
Spring Quarter Dues will
be placed on your
account March 15. You
can pay online, or better
yet, sign up for AutoPay
and we’ll charge you
automatically. No fuss!
feel that the club is a safe place where everyone is treat-ed with dignity and respect. As Boeing’s policy states “Boeing is committed to the enduring values we espouse and on which our company has been built, including diver-sity, inclusion, equality and respect for everyone.” You can view the club’s policy here.
See you on the courts!
The first tournament of 2018 was the Mint Valley Winter Classic held at the Mint Valley Racquet Club in Longview, WA. Jade Lancaster was seeded third in the Girls 18 Singles. She won a tough three set match in the quarters before losing 6-4,6-4 to the #1 seed and eventual cham-
pion, Angela Schuster.
The Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton hosted 343 of the northwest’s best junior players, including 7 from BETC at the THPRD Level 3 the weekend of January 12 -15. 8 year old Achy-uth Binu lived up to his #1 seed in the Boys 10 Singles winning all 4 of his matches without drop-ping a set. He also teamed with brother Madhav in the Boys 12 Doubles but lost their opening match. Madhav was the #6 seed in the Boys 12 Singles and won his first match before being upset by the #15 seed in the quarterfi-
nals. Erika Ito competed in the Girls 16 Singles and Doubles events. Erika won her first sin-gles match before falling to the #2 seed in a deciding third set tiebreaker. In doubles she and her partner won 2 matches be-fore losing in the semifinals. In the Boys 14 Singles, Arnav Sahu won his first two matches but lost to the top seeded player in the
round of 16.
The Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club held their New Years Tourna-ment—Stars/Trophies on the last weekend of the month. Madhav and Achyuth Binu both competed in the Boys 12 Singles event. #1 seed Madhav and #4 seed Achy-uth won their first two matches in straight sets – setting up a semi-final matchup between the two brothers. Unfortunately, Achyuth was forced to withdraw due to injury. Madhav moved on to the final where he lost to the #3
seed. Martina Antich played in the Girls 14 Singles, where she easily won her opening match but lost her next match in the
quarterfinals.
BETC had a strong contingent of Juniors at the Olympia Steam-boat Advanced Tournament in late February. Top finishers in-cluded Jade Lancaster, 2nd in Girls’ 18 Singles; Adeline Eklund, 2nd in Girls’ 16 Singles; Martina Antich, 2nd in Girls’ 14 Singles and Achyuth Binu, 2nd in Boys’ 12 Singles. Also participating were Madhav Binu, Amol Koli, Mia Rosa, Arnav Sahu, and Cy-
rus Shaviri.
For many of our Junior girls, High School tennis is now underway.
Best of luck to all!
Human Resources: Stuart Thompson, Ed Baker, Fred Dela Cruz Additionally the following posi-tions were confirmed: Ed Baker as Board President Carlos Lacayo as Board Vice President Lisa Battaglia as Treasurer Jim Hornsby as Secretary
Finally the club is following Boeing’s lead to institute a policy to ensure all members
Let me start by offering a heartfelt thanks to Dave Pre-suhn for his dedication and service to the board over the last four years. The Board is grateful for Dave's support and leadership during the last four years of service. We ap-preciate all he has done for the club and wish him well. In our January meeting Board committees were voted on with the following assign-ments: Finance: Lisa Battaglia, Car-los Lacayo, and Cres Viloria Governance: Ed Baker, Jim Hornsby
From the Board Submitted by Carlos Lacayo
Junior Results Submitted by Jim Robison
Court Report Volume 25, Issue 2
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Congratulations to the BETC Challenge Cup team captained by Sally Wright and Ramona Schraeder for their first place finish! Pictured are Kyong Ae Schulz, Sally Wright, Debbie Herron, Renee Peterson, Bon-nie Paasche, Margie Nomi and Ramona Schraeder. Not pictured: Val
Ahyat, Else Hiemstra, Kay Lorrain, Kris Stimpson and Ann Thompson.
BETC is proud to be the home courts for the Highline College Women’s Tennis Team. The team enters their second year with high expectations following a second place finish in the NWAC Championships in their inaugural season.
The home schedule gets underway March 9 at 8 PM against de-fending champion Bellevue College.
You can check out the team’s full schedule, roster and results by clicking here: https://athletics.highline.edu/womens-sports/tennis/
Home Schedule (Matches at BETC)
March 9 8:00 PM vs Bellevue College
April 13 8:00 PM vs Treasure Valley CC
April 27 8:00 PM vs Skagit Valley College
May 4 8:00 PM vs Spokane CC
The 2018 Club Singles and Doubles Championships were held over two weekends, February 9-11 and 16-18. Congratulations to all competitors and thank you to tournament sponsors Les Bou-langers Associe. and Dave DeMulling and Tournament Director
Cameron Martin.
2018 Champions
Men’s 5.0 Singles Joel Bodine Men’s 4.5 Singles Chan Han Women’s 4.5 Singles Ana Rios Men’s 4.0 Singles Julian Orint Men’s 3.5 Singles David Kennerud Men’s 4.5 Doubles Chan Han / Nick Saetee Women’s 4.5 Doubles Erika Ito / Adeline Eklund Men’s 4.0 Doubles Scott Nguyen / Kay To Women’s 4.0 Doubles Lyna Nguyen / Aileen Nguyen Men’s 3.5 Doubles Ed Baker / Rich Mursch Mixed 9.0 Doubles Jeong Lee / Kelly Ford Mixed 7.0 Doubles David Vichiithavong / Aivy Nguyen
2018 Club Championships
Highline College Women’s Team Submitted by Adrian Buchan
Court Report Volume 25, Issue 2
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Challenge Cup Champions!
6727 South 199th Pl Kent, WA 98032
B O E I N G E M P L O Y E E S T E N N I S C L U B
Phone: 253-872-5545
Head Pro: Allan Overland Phone: Ext. 31 Email: [email protected] Head Asst. Pro: Bill Bartlett Phone: Ext. 32 Email: [email protected] Assistant Pro: Ingrid Bakke Phone: Ext. 35 Email: [email protected] Assistant Pro: Jim Robison Phone: Ext. 33 Email: [email protected] Assistant Pro: JJ Jackson Phone: Ext. 36 Email: [email protected] Assistant Pro: Daniel Cotton Email: [email protected] Assistant Pro: Patrick Nam Email: [email protected]
JUNIORS 10 & Under Tennis (QuickStart)
Class Day(s) Time Instructor
Red 1 Sat 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Robison
Red 2 Sat 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Robison
Orange Sat 11:00 AM-Noon Robison
Green DotSat Noon-1:00 PM Robison
Futures Sun 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Robison
Level 1 (Beginner)
Class Time Instructor
J1 Saturday 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Bartlett
Level 2 (Intermediate)
Class Time Instructor
J2 Saturday Noon-1:00 PM Bartlett
J2 Monday 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Bartlett
Level 3 (Advanced Intermediate)
Class Time Instructor
J3 Monday 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Bartlett
J3 Wednesday 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Bartlett
J3 Friday 4:30 PM-6:00 PM Bartlett
J3 Friday 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Bartlett
J3 Saturday 10:30 AM-Noon Bartlett
Level 4 (Advanced)
Class Time Instructor
HS Vars. Sat 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Overland
HS Vars. M/W 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Jackson
J4 Sunday 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Robison
High Performance
Class Day(s) Time Instructor
HP 2 T/Th 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Jackson
HP 3 T/Th 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Jackson
Matchplay Tues 8:00 PM-9:30 PM Jackson
Matchplay Thur 8:00 PM-9:30 PM Jackson
Group Classes • January-March
ADULTS Level 1 (Beginner, Club Rating 1.0-1.9)
Class Time Instructor
A1 Monday 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Robison
Level 2 (Advanced Beginner, Club Rating 2.0-2.4)
Class Time Instructor
A2 Monday 6:00 PM-7:00 PM Robison
Level 3 (Intermediate, Club Rating 2.5-3.0)
Class Time Instructor
A3 Monday 9:30 AM-11:00 AM Bartlett
A3 Monday 6:00 PM-7:00 PM Bartlett
A3 Sunday 12:30 PM-2:00 PM Robison
A3 Tuesday 8:00PM-9:30PM Cotton
Level 4 (Adv Intermediate, Club Rating 3.0-3.5)
Class Time Instructor
A4 Monday 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Bartlett
A4 Tuesday 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Overland
A4 Wednesday Noon-1:30 PM Bartlett
A4 Friday 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Nam
A4 Saturday 8:00 AM-9:00 AM Bartlett
A4 Sunday 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Robison
A4 Thursday 8:00PM-9:30PM Cotton
Level 5 (Advanced, Club Rating 3.5 and up)
Class Day(s) Time Instructor
WW Fri 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Overland
WW Sat 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Overland
Games Sun 12:30 PM-2:00 PM Cotton