Hinsdale Paddle

Over the course of three long days, Hinsdale paddle picked up skills from 8 pros. Janet Nelson and Bob Considine demonstrate positioning at the net.



The men's exhibition match on Friday night featured Chris Gambino, Scott Mansager, John Milbank, and Dave Ohlmuller. Hundreds of onlookers were dazzled by their warm-weather shots.



The women's exhibition match featured Sally Cottingham, Mary Doten, Susie Keane, and Nancy O'Sullivan. Observers showed their appreciation for tough and inventive play.





When the exhibition matches wound down, there was still plenty more paddle. Hinsdale's top local talent mixed in with the pros and did well at demonstrating that there will be some serious paddle at Katherine Legge this winter.



Most were pretty weary, but still in good cheer, by the end of the evening.

The results of a year's effort is materializing at 60th and County Line Road. Many thanks to Sam Hart for providing the finishes for this fine new facility. National Decorating does first-class work.



Also, congratulations to Charlie Usher for a magnificent job at helping to bring the construction to a successful finish so quickly. The rate of progress has been nothing short of amazing.

If you have questions about the clinics, please contact paulwiggin@yahoo.com. If you'd like to double check on your registration, download the list of players here:

Viking Academy Rosters as of September 21

The file includes 3 worksheets -- one for Thursday, one for Friday, and one for Saturday.

...Last Updated on September 21, 2004...

Thursday

Only 2 Spots Left: Women's Intermediate Clinic, 9/23, 9 AM - 12 PM
Full: Men's Series 3-8 Clinic, 9/23, 2 PM - 5 PM
Full: Men's Series 10-12 Clinic, 9/23, 7 PM - 10 PM

Friday

8 Spots Available*: Co-ed Intermediate Clinic (originally women only), 9/24, 9 AM - 12 PM
Full: Adult Beginner Clinic, 9/24, 2 PM - 5 PM
1 Spot Available: Play with Pros for Men's Series 1-2 and Advance Women, 9/24, 7 PM - 9:30 PM

Saturday

Full: Men's Series 1-3 Clinic, 9/25, 9 AM-12 PM
Full: Men's Series 5-12 Clinic, 9/25, 2 PM - 5 PM
7 Spots Left*: Play with Pros for Men's Series 3+ and Intermediate Women, 9/25, 7 PM - 9:30 PM

Had you listened to any of the 60 minutes of talk at this evening's ACA and Village Board meetings, you would have thought that the topic was a $2 trillion welfare program! Ready for the amounts garnering the great amount of angst? The Village's portion of project will be $15,781 greater than the budget of $347,218. Meanwhile, community donations (originally requested at $50,000) will top $160,000 this week.

See for yourself: KLM Paddle Facility Costs September 2004 Spreadsheet

The Hinsdale Platform Tennis Association is hard at work in building programs for paddle. See the offical web site at http://hpta.blogspot.com for more information. Here are a few of the HPTA publications:

HPTA Professional Instruction September 2004



The Village of Hinsdale has announced the grand opening for the KLM courts will be on Friday, September 24, from 5 to 7 PM. Enjoy some barbecue cooking from Uncle Bub's restaurant and an exhibition match you're sure to remember.

Reilly Green Mountain has started working from the final punch list for the courts. All-Bry has been making steady progress, too. There's more, but here are a sampling of the recently completed tasks:

Tile has been placed in the bathrooms and kitchen.
The kitchen counter and cabinets are in.
4 of 6 doors have been hung (We're still waiting on delivery of the exterior doors).
Stairs and railings have been started.
The primary electrical service has been installed and ComEd will hook it up next week.
The natural gas line is in the ground.



Next week:
The walk will be paved
Painting will begin.
Plumbing and electrical fixtures will be installed.
The decking should be finished.