Cedardale vs. Woburn

Maybe the tennis gods are shining on us. Maybe we're starting to actually do what Vern tells us to do. Maybe Shawn's lucky socks are, well, lucky! Or maybe it's just clean livin', right Dorian? In any event, we RIPPED a huge team win on Friday taking six of the eight courts. Julie, alongside her new pahtnah, THE Sam Trapani of Georgetown, gave us some great tennis play and a game win to boot.

Dorian and I showed up in our matching inaugural leopard print half-zip pullovers and, while fighting off hoards of fashion papparazzi photogs, landed a two-set win. Props to Ann and Susan for putting up numbers against the Woburn partners who should be playing at least one level up. AND who's better than Lisa Brennan for showing up to cheer us on with an injured back????

Curt Schilling shoutouts to Liz who played with a foot injury and has the bloody sock (and winning stat) to prove it... Yikes! Indeed. Cedardale Green has earned a relaxing, chip-shot-filled team bye this week and evening out on the town next Tuesday. See you on the practice courts this Friday, ladies....

Calendar/Blackberry/IPhone Update

Thanks to our Party and Entertainment Director Julie Menenzes (why are they always named Julie???), we have a date to throw some protective tape around. Plan to meet on Tuesday, February 3rd at 7:00 at George's on Washington in Haverhill for libations (duh!) mixed with pro and player off-court conviviality. Secure your sitter, broker a deal, barter with your partner and leave hockey, hip replacement, cooking, kids, and work behind. Just come early, stay late, laugh and party with the women of A1 Cedardale Green....

Cedardale vs. Lynnfield

Wow. Clearly not the week for me to be out of town! Friday's match cannot and will not be written in narrative format. Suffice it to say that it's a bad time in my career path to field a slander lawsuit, and you know one would be comin' in like a train out of nowhere! SO, match play will be represented by a word list - a word list generated from some lively yet selectively censored team commentary. Here it is: Drama Queen, Roller Derby, Cat Fight, Hip Check, Wedgie (please, no more visual renderings are needed!), Protection Mode, Unitard, Cyclops, Dumbfounded, Dilly Dawdle, and (on a less descriptive and more directive note) Move On, F@##Y!! I think that just about sums it up...

Leggings with your tennis skirt?

Ok, Ladies. We need to know. Tennis fashion DO or DON'T even think about it??? Please cast your vote to the right.

Cedardale vs. Lexington

Ringing in the New Year following a four week hiatus that included three holidays, two snow storms, one formally declared State of Emergency icing, and a tri-state power outage are the women of Cedardale Green. We're up in the Northshore standings and ready to kick it large in 2009. Landing five game points and an overall team win against Lexington, Shawn and Liz reported clean calls and uber-sportsmanship on Court One. Jeannie and Kristine, our cammied-up duo, gave it 100% ripping full court play marked by phenomenal gets, body drops, net collisions, and tattoos. Partners Lisa and Betsey, Marybeth and Danielle, and Lisa and Leslie played brilliantly delivering a total of three game wins. Never-to-be-underestimated Julie and Patty, and Dorian and I put up what may well be our strongest numbers of the 08/09 run. Yup, 6-0, 6-0. Wink! Now, let's work to get the tennis desk not to banish us to that lousy lighting, fan rumbling, no-flashing-booth big bubble...