We have had an excellent response to the initial listing of clinics and have therefore added a few more!!!
- The Serve: Kick and Slice: Thursday March 24th 11 AM – 12 PM
- The Drop Shot: Monday March 28th 5-6 PM
- Fit Tennis: High Intensity 3.5 + Level: Tuesday March 29th 7:30-8:30 PM
Minimum of 4 participants required to run each clinic with a max of 6! Clinic will be cancelled the day prior if 4 participants are not signed up! Tennis Mbrs: $13 Fitness Mbrs: $15 Public: $18
MRFC is hoping to once again field both a Women’s 3.0 and a 3.5 Level Travel Teams for anyone over 50! Matches will consist of 3 Doubles positions and will be played on Tuesday daytimes beginning in May and running through Mid-July! Let us know if you are interested or need further information!
Fred Kolehmainen, MRFC’s own Assistant Head Tennis Professional, has organized Four Clinics each with a highly specialized focus! These are one hour long clinic designed for a max of 6 participants. Four participants will be required for a clinic to run!
- Approach Shots, Pick-Up Shots/Mid-Court Play Tuesday March 1st 5-6 PM
- The Serve: Slice & Kick Tuesday March 8th 7:30-8:30 PM
- Signals and Poaching in Doubles Play Thursday March 10th 11:30 AM -12:30 PM
- The Aggressive “Put-Away” Shot..The Art of the Winner Tuesday March 15th 7:30-8:30 PM
Clinics will be cancelled the day prior to scheduled start day if 4 participants have not yet registered!
Cost: Tennis Mbrs: $13 Fitness Mbrs: $15 Public: $18 Sign-up at MRFC, by calling 526-9293 or by emailing us at mountainsiderfc@gmail.com! Look for more specialty clinics coming soon!!!!
- Beth-Aime Labonte
Welcome Beth-Aime Labonte! Beth will be teaching Two Yoga Classes at Mountainside beginning in March!
On Saturday, February 19th from 12:00 – 2:00 pm, Fred and Whitey will be instructing a specialized doubles clinic. Men and Women of all levels are welcome so it’s time to start thinking about those next improvements in your game! Maximum of 18 people in the clinic, so sign up now to make sure you have your spot!!
Check this out! This month’s USTA New England Newsletter once again has Mountainside players as the highlight! www.ustanewengland.com! Congrats to Fred Kolehmainen and Ben Taylor (and Whitey) for making 4.5 Tri-Level Nationals to be held in Palm Springs in March!
The Tri-Level League New England Tournament was played this past weekend in Western MA! MRFC had a men’s team representing 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 levels! Great matches were had by all with Scott Goodwin, Tim Lesko and Bob Chorney in the 3.5 Level and Richard King, Ken Limburg and Glenn McKune in the 4.0 Level.
Fred Kolehmainen, MRFC’s Assistant Head Pro, and Ben Taylor won against a tough S. CT team to take the 4.5 Level Championships in 3 tough matches which ultimately came down to a 10 pt 3rd set tiebreaker! Fred, Ben and Whitey Joslin (also a 4.5 team member) will represent NE in Palm Springs CA in March at the National Event which is held during the BNP Paribas Tournament! Congrats guys!
75 Participants!
Shannon & Shelby..instructors extraordinaire!
- ZUMBA!!!
Our 1st ever ZUMBATHON to benefit the Fit To Fight Relay For Life Team was held this past Saturday 1/15/11 on the tennis courts and it was a fantastic success! 75 participants joined together with Shannon Obey and Shelby Blunt, certified Zumba Instructors, to zumba, salsa, shimmy, shake, laugh and have a great time, while raising $1000 to benefit The American Cancer Society! Thank you to our instructors, our volunteers and all our participants!
Love the game of singles? Wanting to groove your strokes? Want more exercise from your tennis? MRFC is creating a Singles Ladder for both men and women of all levels (4.5-2.5!)! Fred and Whitey will “create” our players’ original ladder positions and then it’s up to you to challenge those players above you!
Further ladder guidelines and rules will be distributed once we finalize our original ladders! Come and play!!!!Interested in participating just give us a call!
It’s here!!! Body Pump #76! Join us this weekend for the introductory classes of this new release! Friday 5:30 PM White Hot KickOff Master Class with all our instructors! Wear White and be prepared to pump! We’ll provide the motivation and some post pumping snacks!! A second class will be offered in addition to our normal Saturday 9:30 AM Body Pump….Sat 10:45 AM we will offer a class for New/or Just starting Pumpers! Learn the moves and start your 2011 Body Pump classes off right! FREE to the public BUT sign-up is required as there is a max of 18 per class!!! Come join the fun!
