Hinsdale Paddle

Friday night's gentlemen's draw included seven teams (with three women among them). Congrats to Randy Canent and Bob Schultz, who prevailed in a three-set final over Ed Dunphy and Paul Lozanowski.



Saturday morning's championship draw was completely full with eight teams playing. Mary Doten and Scott Meyer triumphed over Bob Schultz and Marc Veverka in the finals in straight sets.

These events raised $1,000 for Common Hope -- enough to sponsor a child in Guatemala for a year.

What a great bunch of kids. No doubt at least a few of the children pictured below will include the KLM paddle facility when they are thinking about the reasons for a Thanksgiving holiday.

Red Zone
It adds a way to win a point in Platform Tennis. Hitting the target placed in the middle of the back screen is a winner!

Common Hope
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit Common Hope, an organization in Guatemala working with impoverished children and their families to improve lives through education, health care, and housing. Jane Veldman and Mary Doten, two HPTA members, will be traveling to Guatemala in November to work with Common Hope (www.commonhope.org).

Three Events

Ladies’ Round Robin (16 players)
Friday, November 25, 2005, from 9 AM to 12 PM.
Sign up individually or in pairs.

Gentlemen’s Draw (8 teams)
Friday, November 25, 2005, from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM.

Championship Draw (8 teams)
Saturday, November 26, 2005, from 8 AM to 12:30 PM.


Tournament donation $30 per player. Sign up on the reservations site (www.peoriadesignweb.com/hinsdalepaddle/). Enter the password and click on the “Go to Event Registration” button. For Gentelmen's and Championship Draws, please enter your partner’s name in the “other information” box.

You are guaranteed 3 matches (main, consolation, and last chance rounds).

Red Zone Tournament Announcement

The Intermediates tournament has been an event where Hinsdale has shined, most recently in 2004 with the championship team of Ed and Pat Usher. This year's draw includes four HPD pairs:

Jim Chadwick & Steve McClary
Todd Bowman & Jay Pollitt
Bob Schultz & Van Stapleton
Jay Maltby & Paul Wiggin

For the full draw, see: 2005 Intermediates Draws.xls

The good folks at Common Hope provided some pictures taken during Jane's and Mary's visit. See http://www.commonhope.org/ for more information.

HPD 2005-06 Rosters and Schedule.xls

The Village of Hinsdale reports that 261 reservations were taken during the month of October 2005 compared to 135 in October 2004. Passholders are at an all-time record of 492 persons compared to 359 a year ago.

Some fanatics may dream of visiting all 30 major league baseball stadiums. Devotees of paddle may dream of playing on every hospitable court between Nova Scotia and the Golden Gate. Now, here's a chance to add one more town to your belt. In return for a similar favor done last season, Steve Caccam graciously has extended an invitation to his extended paddle family in Hinsdale, IL to come play paddle in New Canaan, Connecticutt. Steve says:

"For any of the regulars of the Hinsdale paddle scene, we would welcome anyone that is traveling to the New York/Connecticut area, for business or for pleasure, and wants to sneak in a weeknight or weekend game, please give me a call or send me an E-mail.

Our men's league has really grown this year. We're up to 85+ teams (170+ guys!) playing in five different Flights: A's, high B's, low B's, C's, and Novices. Something for everyone!

As I think I mentioned to you when we played out at your new facility last year, the Town of New Canaan is very similar to Hinsdale in many ways. Like Hinsdale, New Canaan is for the most part a bedroom community of a major city, just under an hour's train ride from Grand Central in New York. (New Canaan is about a 15-20 minute drive from downtown Stamford, CT.; 10 minutes from Darien, CT). The population of New Canaan is around 18,000, just about the size of Hinsdale I think. Our four new Reilly courts were christened in the fall of 2004 just weeks after yours. And they're located in the middle of a 300+ acre park similar to
Katherine Legge Memorial Park. Like KLM, our Waveny Park was once the summer residence of a wealthy industrialist, and today is the heart of passive and active outdoor recreation for the town of New Canaan.

Please feel free to pass along my E-mail address or telephone number to anyone looking for a game out this way. Best regards,
-Steve Caccam
E-mail: ncpaddle@optonline.net

Where is New Canaan, CT -- you wondered?