TENNIS TOURNEY STYLED AFTER WIMBLEDON.Byline: Bryan Winchell Special to the Daily News A continent and an ocean away, tennis fans will watch the conclusion this weekend of the game's most illustrious il·lus·tri·ous adj. 1. Well known and very distinguished; eminent. See Synonyms at noted. 2. Obsolete Shining brightly. tournament - Wimbledon - over a breakfast of strawberries and cream. Nostalgia is much the theme of the Newhall Tennis Club's miniature version of Wimbledon today from 9 a.m. until the early afternoon at Valencia High School Valencia High School may refer to:
Modeled after Wimbledon, the Charity Tennis Tournament is a ``wood-and-white'' event featuring two distinct rules: all players must use wood rackets rackets Game for two or four players with ball and racket on a four-walled court. Rackets is played with a hard ball in a relatively large court (approximately 9 × 18 m), unlike the related games of squash and racquetball. and must wear white clothing. Proceeds from the event go to the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Association to Aid Victims of Domestic Violence, which recently opened a shelter for battered women and their children. Club president Pat Boss estimates up to 60 players will participate and hopes to raise around $2,500. While the event will resemble Wimbledon's tradition with everything from fines for colorful clothing on players to strawberries and cream in the morning, it won't imitate the high-stakes competition of Wimbledon. ``This is intentionally a lot of fun,'' said Paula Prescott, who is the club's ladder chairwoman. ``It's a little too hot for us to push anyone hard.'' While most modern players are used to hitting with oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. rackets of light graphite, the smaller-faced wooden rackets will force them to focus a bit more on the ball. ``The wood rackets really take the power out of the game and evens the playing field,'' Boss said. The tournament will be a mixed-up, mixed doubles mixed doubles pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A game of doubles, as in tennis, that is played with each team composed of one man and one woman. format, meaning that each player will play with a different partner of the opposite sex for 20 minutes, switch to a different partner and so on. The overall male and female winners will receive new wood rackets. While the tournament is the main event, other activities make the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. appeal to more than just tennis players. A raffle, which will feature prizes from tennis lessons to coupons to local bookstores and restaurants, a sale of excess items from Gene Doty's Newhall Tennis Club pro shop and two exhibition matches, beginning at 11 a.m., make the event more than just a tennis tournament. Half of the proceeds from the pro shop sale will be donated to the domestic violence group. The exhibition matches will feature Boss vs. 14-year-old phenomenon Jieun Jacobs and Eleanor Harbula, the No. 1 over-80 division player in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , teaming up with Doty, who is in his upper 70s, against two 11-year-olds. ``We encourage people to come out,'' Boss said. ``We have bleachers to sit in and the raffle and pro shop sale, as well as strawberries and cream.'' |
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