Chinese New Year Lunch 2006 @ SAKURA in SAFRA Tampines
posted by r i n i @ 09:15
3/23/2006
11/15/2005
Fans Notes: Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai
pictures courteousy of John Gollings and ATP13 - 20 November . Its the last ATP tournament of the year.
With Nadal's and Agassi's sudden withdrawal from the tournament, looks like Roger Federer is still the favourite.
Check out Asia's largest tennis facility ( 40 courts ), with flower like movable roof top, Qi Zhong stadium boasting memorable sophistication and comforts year-round; from summer, winter as well as withstanding earthquakes, typhoons and other environmental impacts .
current weather: 14 deg C, overcast
Available halal eateries : not so many, turkish (Anadolu), indonesian (Lagunsari), vegetarian (Jue Lin), chinese ( Dong Yi Shun, Shanghai Xinya Muslim Restaurant ).
posted by r i n i @ 16:04
10/09/2005
upcoming 2006 tournaments
Here are future challeges for our group !
Further details, pls check respective organisation/website
Jan/Feb
Ladies Tennis Singapore
* all ladies team tennis organized by AWA/WITS. 4 (four) divisions to accommodate all levels from beginners to top levels, multinational participants
April
STA Intermediate Singles & Doubles I
* eligibility: intermediate= levels ITN 9 to ITN 6
July
Starhub Digital Cable/ STA Intermediate Singles & Doubles II
* eligibility: intermediate= levels ITN 9 to ITN 6
Aug
Pesta Sukan Open
*veteran categories also available : men 35 +, men 45+, men 55+ , women 35+, mixed (combined age 88 yrs)
Oct
STA Intermediate Singles & Doubles III
* eligibility: intermediate= levels ITN 9 to ITN 6
posted by r i n i @ 00:23
9/19/2005
doubles games partners combination : San & Pras, San & Damien, Damien & Rini, Damien & Adam, Rini & Adam
weather : nice cloudy, windy late Sunday afternoon
scores: San & Pras v. Adam & Rini 7 - 5 (combined age: 51 v. 77 )
other scores: best of three, not kept ....too many lah, sorry :(
posted by r i n i @ 11:20
9/11/2005
Sundays evening
11/9 Adam, Steve v. Pras, Damien 2-6
4/9 Steve, Damien v. Pras, Adam 4-6 , 4-6
posted by r i n i @ 20:39
9/06/2005
8/30/2005
HEAD Penn Pesta Sukan Champ's 2005
Pras will participate in the U18 /Head Penn Junior Pesta Sukan Tennis 2005 . The draw for ‘Koesoemadinata Prasetya’ has been posted. http://www.singtennis.org.sg/tournament/44/draw.pdf
He will be up against Singapore seeded #6 (already !) under the event E23 on Tuesday 6 September 2pm at KTC.
Please join me to wish him all the very very best in his first and last U18 (Under 18) tournament :-)
posted by r i n i @ 09:02
7/21/2005
About Worn Balls
Few weeks back, we had an unfortunate situation while clubbing in to another quite supposedly-to-be-prominent club. Each of us, as their 'honoured' guests, were charged $10 per head (their members were $8/head)and were promised (at least on their supposedly-popular website) new canSs of balls per each court.
Well, it didnt come thru. We had to be contented with a very old, skinless and worn out balls. Yiikkes !!!
Meanwhile, I came into this interesting bit of info whilst doing some research on balls.
"Should economy minded beginners be advised to reduce tennis expenses by using worn balls for practice sessions?"
-"Beginners, trying to economize on balls, frequently practice with used balls that have become light as a result of wearing down the material cover until only the skin is left (aka no fuzzy yellow wool/nylon felt). Skinned balls are impossible to control effectively, so that practising with them may induce poor stroke habits. Give the skinless wonders to the dog, and give yourself a chance to start on the right track toward a lifetime of enjoyable tennis"
Taken from an old text of Tennis,p.6-7, by J.D.Johnson and P.J. Xanthos, 1993
posted by r i n i @ 16:05
