RACQUET CENTRE ON ITS WAY OUT.Byline: Dana Haddad Daily News Staff Writer Al Pacino, Christian Slater Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. Biography Early life Slater was born Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins in New York, New York, the son of Mary Jo Slater, a casting executive, and Michael Hawkins, an actor who was also known as , Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, director, and an Oscar-nominated producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the popular ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978–1983). , Scott Bakula Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and . He also co-starred with Maria Bello in the short-lived CBS television series Mr. & Mrs. , Tommy Lee Jones For the musician, see . 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It is played on a standard handball court 40 ft (12.2 m) long, 20 ft (6. and walleyball facility in Studio City that has served stars as well as common Valley folk, is set to be torn down in late fall, its site at the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue to support a new strip mall. No celebrities were playing at the Racquet Centre on Wednesday as the feed-in portion of the Mercedes Benz Cup Wild Card pre-qualifying tournament was completed. But those who advanced to the 16-man main draw starting today - like Steve Oliver of Woodland Hills - will likely give another thought to the club's passing today, as they have all week. ``It's a real bummer bum·mer n. 1. Slang An adverse reaction to a hallucinogenic drug. 2. Slang One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints: Getting stranded at the airport was a real bummer. ,'' said Oliver, 30, who remembered playing at the Racquet Centre for the first time at 14. ``I think it's a bad decision. It's a great location for everybody to get to and there's a lot of courts. To tear it down is like tearing down tennis.'' And that seems precisely the point. Tournament director Annette Buck, the Southern California Tennis Association president of adult and senior tennis who saw the original plans for the facility in the living room of her Woodland Hills home, said the Racquet Centre's demise is a sign of the times A Sign of the Times was a 1966 single by Petula Clark. Written by Tony Hatch, the uptempo pop number juxtaposed Clark's driving vocals with a powerful brass section. She introduced the tune on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 27, 1966. . Tennis is not nearly as popular as it was in 1978, when Americans Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Stan Smith and Arthur Ashe had the nation's attention. The Racquet Centre, with 20 courts and a sprawling clubhouse, opened in October of that year (and is set to close sometime between October and December, club manager Naomi Bradford said). ``It was a boom time for tennis, and was at a time when a lot of private clubs were being built,'' said Buck, who has run events there for 20 years. ``Here you didn't have a big initiation fee. We're really disappointed to see it close. It's been a great resource for the community. There's nothing else like it.'' However, there is one final tournament for Buck to run. The winner of Sunday's 11 a.m. final will advance to the Mercedes Benz Cup Wild Card Tournament. The winner of that event will play in the Mercedes Benz Cup, which starts July 27 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. He'll likely face top-seeded Pete Sampras in the first round. Oliver wouldn't mind being that guy. When he was 17, he claims to have beaten Sampras and Michael Chang, among others. SCTA SCTA Southern California Timing Association SCTA Student California Teachers Association SCTA Symantec Certified Technology Architect SCTA Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis SCTA South Carolina Telephone Association officials can't confirm that. It has no records from 1985, the year Oliver was No. 1 in Southern California in the 18-and-under division. Oliver beat Dan Kreigh of San Bernardino 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the main draw. Others from the area to do so were Dexter MacBride of Newbury Park, a 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3 winner over Michael Redmond of Los Angeles, and Tim Hammond of Thousand Oaks, who beat Karthlik Naidu of Palos Verdes 6-0, 6-1. Former Montclair Prep student Noah Newman, Roberto Rodriguez (Sherman Oaks), Vince Van Patten Vincent Van Patten (born on October 17, 1957, in Bellerose, New York), is an American actor. He is the youngest son of actor Dick Van Patten and his wife, Pat, née Poole, a former June Taylor dancer. (Sherman Oaks), Eugene Karimov (Encino) and Sean O'Connor (Sylmar), automatic qualifiers for the main draw, will play their first matches today. IF YOU'RE GOING What: Mercedes Benz Cup Wild Card Tournament pre-qualifier. Where: The Racquet Centre, 10933 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. When: Today through Sunday. Tournament information: Sixteen players remain from a 64-player draw. The main draw starts today with matches at noon, 1:30, 3 and 4:30 p.m. The winner advances to the Mercedes Benz Cup Wild Card tournament at the L.A. Tennis Center (UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ) on July 25. Racquet Centre history: Opened in October 1978 as a public facility featuring 20 tennis courts, racquetball, walleyball and paddle tennis. Frequented by Hollywood stars. The facility will be demolished between October and December, to be replaced by a strip mall. CAPTION(S): Box BOX: IF YOU`RE GOING (see text) |
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