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Rossmoor Tennis Club May, 2026 Newsletter
Bi-weekly BBQs start this month
Join the Substitute List for Social Tennis at Buckeye Courts!
We're launching a new and improved substitute system — and we'd love for you to be part of it! We've created a sign-up event called "Substitute List" on the Wildcard app and club website at rtc.wildapricot.org. Simply sign up for this event and your name and contact information will automatically be added to the list.
Why you'll love this system:
- Sign yourself up anytime it's convenient
- Remove yourself when you're injured or traveling
- Add yourself back whenever you're ready to play
- The list stays current — always
How to access the Substitute List:
- Phone app: Open the Wildcard app, find the Substitute List event, and tap on the registrants
- Website: Sign in at rtc.wildapricot.org, then go to Events >> Substitute List
- Paper copy: Printed lists will be available at the kiosk for those who prefer them
Even if you were on the previous list, please sign up again — we're starting fresh with this new system.
Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out. We look forward to seeing you on the courts!
Tennis Club Members Give Back Through Food Drive Effort
A dedicated group of about ten Tennis Club members has been making a real difference in the community through a monthly food collection and delivery program. The team gathers donations from local sources — including the Democratic Club and Costco — and delivers them to the Neighbor to Neighbor Pantry through the Keller House Pantry in Concord.
The project was initiated by David Besenfelder and includes a wonderful group of volunteers: Gayl Westendorf, Bart Ostro, Roger Emanuel, Bernie Wolf, Tim Walker, Richard Schulman, Marc Passen, Al Peters, Bert Sebilia, Dave Kern, and Yoshi Fukamiya.
A big thank you to all of them for their time, energy, and generosity! ❤️
The President’s Corner:
I am writing this column the day after the marvelous Curry Fest that Shrey and his many volunteers put together. It was a wonderful evening as almost 90 of you know, because you were there. Shrey designed a thoughtful menu that gave people opportunities to taste many different dishes, and he included non-spicy, spicy, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. Not only was the food delicious, but there were so many nice touches, such as a flute player who played Indian music and wonderful table decorations, featuring puppets and small colorful bags that Shrey collected on his most recent visit to India. Everyone who came seemed to have a wonderful time as you can see from the pictures. All the members that I talked to really enjoyed the evening and appreciated Shrey putting together a new and different club social event.
Left to right, Roger Artley, Shrey Trivedi, and Jan Artley
Another wonderful event in April was the beginning doubles strategy clinics that Bert and Carol Sebilia put together. Each clinic had two sessions, one week apart, with the second session building on the groundwork from the first session. Before the clinic even started, attendees were emailed some videos to watch on doubles strategy. The clinics then worked on helping the participants to implement the strategies into their games. There were 8 spots in the clinic and the clinic participants each spent one hour on a court with Carol and one on a court with Bert. They were teaching the same strategies, but using different drills and explanations. Everyone that I talked to felt like they learned a lot, and that their time was well-spent in the clinic. The clinic participants each received some useful handouts to help them remember what they learned so that they can incorporate the skills into their games. The two-week class was so popular that they offered a second two- week session to accommodate all the people who signed up. Bert and Carol are going on a trip soon, but may offer a third session as they are already getting requests for it.
Doubles Clinic- from left, front row, Carol Sebilia, Jane Sacknowitz, Kerin Baker; back row, Bob Mayne, Barry DeVine, Jerry Quinlan, Bert Sebilia, and Kuni Kitajima.
Eugenio Orvalle, who runs the weekly skills clinic, seriously injured his back and has been unable to teach his class. We were fortunate that we had some volunteers step up and teach those clinics in Eugenio's absence. A big thanks goes out to Sherry Endicott, Frank Haswell, Chris Slee, and Ron Wyman for covering those clinics in April. Sherry Endicott has volunteered to teach all in clinics in May which will allow the clinic participants to build on what they learned the previous week all month. Thank you Sherry for giving so much of you time to help our tennis club members to work on developing their games.
Coming up in May will be the start of the summer barbeques. Shrey will be sending out separate emails with invitations about the barbeques, but the first one will be May 23rd.
The tennis court resurfacing is still out for bids, and Ann Mottola expects to have an update for the next RWC Planning Committee on May 14th. I plan to attend and will report in our next newsletter on the progress of our resurfacing project.
Villages Tournament
Saturday, April 25 Rossmoor Tennis Club hosted the semi-annual tournament with the San Jose Villages Retirement Community. The Tournament resulted in the closest score ever between the teams. In sets won the Villages and Rossmoor tied, and the Villages prevailed in the number of games won in the 24 sets by only 2 games! Both clubs have won and lost in the past, but this was clearly the most evenly matched contest ever between the teams.
The tournament was also a huge success in the quantity, quality and variety of food that Rossmoor provided. The success was entirely attributable to our wonderful volunteers - there was no hired staff. A big shout out to Bob Ades, Lenny Cook and Jerry Quinlan for spending over an hour working on the grill to get it functioning! The grill is 10 years old and on its last legs, so that was a big, and quite important, accomplishment. A huge thank you goes to Cinnamon Renvall for agreeing on Friday to grill on Saturday after Lenny broke his wrist on Friday. She did a wonderful job, and we really appreciate her clearing her schedule at the last minute to come cook for us. A large thank you also to Bert and Carol Sebilia for making a big Costco run to get the burgers, veggie burgers, buns, cheese, muffins and other essentials for the barbeque. Also, a big thanks to Shrey Trivedi for buying lots of soft tacos, which added a new, delicious option to our traditional barbeque. And I especially want to thank all of the volunteers who made the delicious appetizers, snacks, sides, and desserts. All the variety and quality of that food made our buffet truly excellent. Also, I want to thank all of the hard working volunteers who worked on the set up and clean up, getting coolers filled with ice, etc. We could not have done it without you.
Finally, this could not have been accomplished without our wonderful Tournament Director, Richard Schulman. In addition to recruiting our players and making up the very competitive line-up, he had to coordinate frequently with the Villages regarding dates and times for our match. It was a lot of work to put this tournament together and we thank Richard for his excellent efforts.
While our opponents may have been the Villages, it was our village-like community of Rossmoor Tennis Club members that really made this a wonderful, fun, and delicious event.
Mary
Richard Schulman, Rossmoor Tournament Director hands the Tournament Plaque to Villages Tournament Director Gail Tuft.