Billy O Red Zone Tournament

Women's

Women's Draw went to Missy D'Alise / Stephanie Stapleton in a round-robin
win over Pam Pierce / Holly Tritt, Patty Doolas / Jane Veldman, and Kristen
Klebenow / Joann Williams.

Open A Draw went to Kerry Koranda / Wade Martin in a three-set final over
Jay Pollitt / Clay Leonard, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.

Open B Draw went to Matt Dell / Jeff Sojka in a round-robin win by one point
over John Pierce and Van Stapleton.

Open C Draw went to Jeff Bingham / Chris Pearson in a three-set final over
Rich O'Hara / Jim Schiavetti, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
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Viking Juniors Tour

Half of the winning U10 team from Hinsdale in 2006 will be returning to the Viking Junior Tour on Saturday, December 1st. Nathan Wiggin is teaming up this time with Andrew in what is sure to be an outstanding day of paddle.

Brackets for U10, U12, U14 and U18 will be played at the north shore clubs. You can enter these tournaments through http://www.vikingjuniortour.com .

KLM gets AED (Automated External Defibrilator)

The Village of Hinsdale has moved an AED from the community pool into the paddle hut at KLM for the winter months as a safeguard against a cardiac emergency. Several players took the American Heart Association courses in CPR and AED last week.

The "Billy O" Red Zone Tournament is Filling Up

Don't miss out on these 1/2 day tournaments over Thanksgiving weekend. There are just 2 spots left in Men's A and 3 in Men's C. The Women's Draw and Men's B have more openings.

Register wtih Doug Brown asap dbrown1956@aol.com

The Draws
Women's Open 8:00am, Saturday November 24
Men's C (combined Series of 20 or higher) 1:00pm, Saturday, November 24
Men's B (combined Series of 10 or higher) 8:00am, Sunday, November 25
Men's A (combined Series of 4 or higher) 1:00pm, Sunday November 25

Do you frame your backhand volley?

Peter Berka taught at the Hinsdale Academy again this year. He's producing a series of instructional videos for the APTA site this season. Here's the very first installment. The entire series will be available on the APTA beta.

Beta Site for the APTA

Some Hinsdaleans might be wondering how the torrent of postings from this blog turned into a mere trickle. It's not just the result of how busy four kids make their parents, but also of taking another (unpaid) job.

I suppose the good news is that the other job still relates to paddle. I've been working as webmaster with about 15 others on a new site for the APTA. It's been a steep learning curve -- not so much the part about a new web site, though that requires learning, but the shift from a personal blog to working by an enormous committee spread out over 1,000 miles.

Please check out the site and let me know what you find useful so we can do more of that.