Tennis and Fitness Club in the New London and Lake Sunapee Region of NH » Uncategorized http://www.mountainsiderfc.com Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Upcoming Events this month at MRFC! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2012/01/upcoming-events-this-month-at-mrfc/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2012/01/upcoming-events-this-month-at-mrfc/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:41:28 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=777 MRFC SPECIAL EVENTS IN JANUARY

  • Body Pump #80 Launch Party:  Friday 1/20 5:30 PM……It’s an 80’s theme kickoff party to launch BP #80…pull out those leg warmers and tease up the hair for this fantastic new release!   Pre-registration is required for the launch party!  Saturday’s class will also be the start of BP #80!
  • Introductory Chair Mini-Massages at MRFC!   Mondays in January beginning 1/16   4-5:30 PM  …Mia Leonard, LMT, will be at MRFC to introduce herself and offer introductory mini-massages with her chair!  No appointments required…No charge
  • COMBAT CANCER FUNDRAISER Saturday January 28th 10:45-11:45 AM on the tennis courts!  Join Jeffie and Lisa for this Special Body Combat Class with 100% of all proceeds to benefit our FIT TO FIGHT RELAY FOR CANCER team!  Members:  Donations accepted!  Public:  $10.00 100% of which will be donated!  Body Combat is a fantastic Martial Arts based cardio workout…Come help us raise $ to COMBAT CANCER!!!!

Reminders to all:   

  • Our Supervised Playroom is now open Monday through Friday 9 AM -11:15 AM!  Come try Body Pump or Body Combat or workout in the fitness center while the kids happily play with Kristine!!
  • Pickleball is offered at MRFC: Mondays 1-3 PM, Tuesdays 1:30-3:30 PM and Friday 12:30-2:30 PM!
]]> http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2012/01/upcoming-events-this-month-at-mrfc/feed/ 0 MRFC membership rates for 2012! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/12/mrfc-membership-rates-for-2012/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/12/mrfc-membership-rates-for-2012/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:58:25 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=775 We look forward to the New Year approaching and the start of our 15th year of operation!  We thank you for continuing to choose Mountainside as your tennis and fitness facility.  Thanks to all of you we have been able to improve and expand our amenities, our quality staff and our professional programming!

Recent improvements include:

  • Our new entryway!  MANY thanks to db Landscaping!
  • Paving of our access road from Summit Road.
  • Complete men’s shower renovation
  • Addition of 2 Indoor Pickleball courts and Pickleball leagues!
  • Addition of Les Mills Body Combat Classes!

We are commited to continuing to improve and maintain our building, facilities and programs!  We have found that the increasing costs of utilities and operating expenses have necessitated our first membership fee increase since 2007.  Our new fee structure is posted on our membership page and will go into effect January 1, 2012.

Again, we thank you for your continuing patronage and friendship!

Whitey and Sue Joslin,  Richard King and Laura Joslin-King

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A HUGE thank you to all you intrepid workout before you pigout participants!  33 people showed up for our 1st ever Thanksgiving Day Class which we held on the tennis courts!   MFRF is beyond thankful for the amazing group of instructors who took their energy and excitement and shared it with us!!  Jeffie Goodwin, Lisa Hurley, Ashley Grace and Heather Grace!  You all put together some fantastic music and routines mixing up Body Combat, Body Pump moves and created a workout to be remembered!!!!

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]]> http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/great-turnout-for-workout-before-you-pigout-class/feed/ 0 Supervised Playroom Hours Expanding! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/supervised-playroom-hours-expanding/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/supervised-playroom-hours-expanding/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:31:30 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=750 With the addition of Body Combat to our class schedule we are expanding our Supervised Playroom hours to include Tuesday and Thursday AM!  Many thanks to Kristine Hussey for her willingness to add to her hours!! The playroom will now be open Monday through Friday from 9 AM – 11:15 AM!   Always wanted to try Zumba with Shannon or taking the morning Body Combat class!  Now you will be able to!!!  Tell all your friends!  Please remember that RESERVATIONS are required and that if there are no reservations in the playroom by the evening prior then it will NOT open!  S[read the word!!!

]]> http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/supervised-playroom-hours-expanding/feed/ 0 Welcome Ben Dabush to our Tennis Staff! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/welcome-ben-dabush-to-our-tennis-staff/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/welcome-ben-dabush-to-our-tennis-staff/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:14:40 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=742 MRFC is pleased to welcome Ben Dabush to our Staff of Tennis Professtionals!  Ben is a recent graduate of Colby-Sawyer College and is currently on staff as the Assistant Tennis Coach!  He has worked as a teaching professional at the David Marshall Tennis Academy and is looking forward to meeting our members and finding his own niche with his new drills and clinics!  Ben has also taken on the role of maintaining our tennis courts with twice weekly cleanings!!    Below is a listing of the classes Ben has designed…all clinics will run for 4 weeks:  Tennis Members:  $52/4 wks,  Fitness members:  $60/4 wks,  Public:  $64/4 wks…

  • Hour of Intensity:   Mondays 3-4 PM ,  Thursdays 1-2 PM or Sunday 10-11 AM:    High energy fast paced drills designed for 3.0+ players!
  • Tennis Conditioning:   Thursdays 11 AM – 12 PM, Thursdays 4-5 PM or Sunday 8-9 AM:   On court drills with cones, ladders to improve on court movement and footwork..some college-style drills included! All levels welcome!
  • Games and Strategy Clinic:  Thursdays 2-3 PM or Sunday 9-10 AM:  Play mulitple games and develp stategies on how to see and attack an opponent’s weaknesses, when to go for the right shot, and win matches!  Designed for 3.0+ level players
  • Perfect Your Technique Clinic:  Thursdays 3-4 PM or Sunday 11AM-12 PM:   Spend one hour on a stroke and perfecting the mechanics,…work on consistency to create your flawless stroke!  All levels welcome!
  • College Games:  Mondays 4-5 PM, Thursdays 12-1 PM or Sundays 2-3 PM:  Drills and Games based on college drill sessions!  All levels welcome!

Call the front desk to sign-up for all the above clinics!  A minimum of 3-4 participants are required to begin any clinic!  High School players are welcome!  Ben is also available for private lessons!

]]> http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/welcome-ben-dabush-to-our-tennis-staff/feed/ 0 WORKOUT before you PIGOUT!! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/workout-before-you-pigout/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/workout-before-you-pigout/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:12:42 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=740  This is a first at MRFC!   Join us Thanksgiving morning for an invigorating cardio class workout!  You’ll punch, kick, twist, jump and crunch your way to a T-day dinner without the guilt!    Class will be held 9-10 AM and is free for members and the public so bring your family along for the workout!  Space is not an issue..we’ll move to the tennis courts if needed!!  The Fitness Center will also be open on Thanksgiving Morning from 8:30-10:30 AM ONLY!!!

]]> http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/11/workout-before-you-pigout/feed/ 0 BODY COMBAT ARRIVES NOVEMBER 18-19TH! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/body-combat-arrives-november-18-19th/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/body-combat-arrives-november-18-19th/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:55:22 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=733 MRFC is excited to annouce the addtion of our second Les Mills Group Fitness Program!  BODY COMBAT is a Martial Arts inspired Cardio class drawing from disciplines such as Karate, Boxing, Taekwondo and Muay Thai!  Supported by driving music and our powerful role model instructors, you strike, kick and kata your way through calories to superior cardio fitness!  Check it out at www.lesmills.com!

Launch Weekend Classes!  Sign-up in advance for one of these Classes as space is limited!  Launch Classes are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE!!

  • Friday November 18th  5:30 PM          
  • Saturday November 19th  11:00 AM        
  • Saturday November 20th   5:30 PM

Body Combat will be added to our on-going Group Fitness Schedule as follows:

  • Mondays 6:45-7:45 PM  beginning Nov 21st
  • Tuesdays 10:15-11:15 AM beginning Nov 22nd*       *Zumba class time will change to 9-10 AM on this date!
  • Wednesdays 6:45-7:45 PM beginning Nov 23rd
  • Thursdays 10:15-11:15 AM beginning Dec 1st*         *Zumba class time will change to 9-10 AM on this date!
  • Saturdays 10:45-11:45 AM beginning Nov 26th

Get ready to RELEASE YOU INNER WARRIOR!!!!

]]> http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/body-combat-arrives-november-18-19th/feed/ 0 Congrats Fred! Off to 4.5 Nationals Oct 27th-30th! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/congrats-fred-off-to-4-5-nationals-oct-27th-30th/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/congrats-fred-off-to-4-5-nationals-oct-27th-30th/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:12:04 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=731 Fred is once again off across the country to play Nationals with his 4.5 teammates from Hampshire Hills!  This team came in second at Sectionals by one individual doubles match but was invited to attend Nationals in Tuscon AZ when the 1st place team was unable to attend!  Fred and his partner Ben Taylor are ready to bring home the title!!!  GO FRED!

]]> http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/congrats-fred-off-to-4-5-nationals-oct-27th-30th/feed/ 0 Jan Norris Memorial Burn For Fun Clinic & Auction Raises over $3200! http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/jan-norris-memorial-burn-for-fun-clinic-auction-raises-over-3200/ http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/2011/10/jan-norris-memorial-burn-for-fun-clinic-auction-raises-over-3200/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:43:14 +0000 laura http://www.mountainsiderfc.com/?p=724 001WOW!  What a turn out for our 9th Annual Jan Norris Memorial Burn For Fun Tennis Clinic!  We had 32 participants who played 3 hours of fun, laughter filled games to raise $ for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Patient Support Services…together with funds raised from our Silent Auction we will be donating $3250!!!  An increase of $250 over last year’s total!   THANK YOU to our pros, Whitey Joslin, Fred Kolehmainen, Richard King and Glenn McKune for donating their time, to BethAnn Paul for her assistance with the auction, to all our members who donated wonderful auction items and to our 32 hearty souls who ran around all afternoon!  Jan would have been so pleased with the laughter and tennis!

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001A HUGE Thank You to Dan Bruzga and his team from db Landscaping!  We will begin the repaving of the driveway the last week of October!!!

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