Grove Isle Tennis

FORTY LOVE TM

On the Internet at www.GrandLifestyle.com ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬  18 January 2003
 

Contents

Giving all to the wild blue yonder
Calendar of events
2002 Best of Miami
Norm Schellenger's tennis tip
Words to live by
Line Calls: Perseverance in search of TLC
ChuckleThink

Calendar of Events

• Every Tuesday
  6:30-8 pm, Ladies open clinic by Leandro.
  Sign up with Carol at 305-860-4360 not later than Monday.
• Every Thursday
  9-10:30 am, Ladies open clinic.
  Sign up with Carol at 305-860-4360 by 8:00 pm on Wednesday.
• Saturday, January 18
  11 am-1 pm, Men's singles round robin. $10 entry fee. Refreshments and prizes to the winners.
• Saturday, January 25
  11 am-1 pm, Ladies' singles round robin. $10 entry fee. Refreshments and prizes to the winners.
• Sunday, February 9, 1:00 pm
  Florida Breast Cancer Coalition Tennis Round Robin
  "Double Trouble" (for men and women)
  Location: Crandon Park Tennis Center (home of the Nasdaq 100)
  Entry forms are available at the pro shop.
  Call Barbara Bronfman at 305-931-1535 for information.

2002 Best of Miami
final rankings

We are proud to present the names of the Grove Isle members who are honored in the 2002 Best of Miami final ranking list:

• Yuen Swing, 2^nd place,
  Women’s singles, 3.5
• Scott Greenberg, 3^rd place,
  Men’s singles, 3.5
• Yuen Swing and Hetty Van de Kreeke, 2^nd place,
  Women’s doubles, 3.5
• Sandra Brand, 3^rd place,
  Women’s doubles, 4.5
• Steve Becker and Scott Greenberg, 3^rd place,
  Men’s doubles, 3.5
• Greg Hall, 1^st place,
  Men’s doubles, 4.0
• Manuel Salvoch and Linda Salvoch, 5^th place,
  Mixed doubles, 7.0
• Yuen Swing and Stephen Parr, 11^th place,
  Mixed doubles, 8.0
• Sandra Brand and Greg Hall, 2^nd place,
  Mixed doubles, 8.5
• Tim Crow, 115 mph
  Fastest radar-clocked serve.

Congratulations!
We are vey proud of you.
Let us also thank Luis Agostini for his efforts in bringing the Best of Miami tournament to the community.

Norm Schellenger's
tennis tip

Short to short and deep to deep

When you are playing doubles a good basic winning strategy is when you are at the net hit to the net player and when you are at the baseline, hit the baseline player. This way you don't give the other team a set-up to put the ball away.
Another quick tip in doubles is to let the person with the forehand take the middle balls since the forehand tends to be the strongest shot for most people.

Words to live by

Let what will be said or done,
preserve your sangfroid immovably,
and to every obstacle, oppose patience,
perseverance, and soothing language.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Line Calls: Perseverance in search of TLC

by
Heinz Dinter
Editor

HDinter@GrandLifestyle.com
 

I have done it before and I will do it again. And again if necessary. Perseverance in pursuit of seeking ideas from the members will bring us the kind of tennis that all are longing for. Let's do it.
The tennis committee members volunteer their services. How about you volunteering your ideas and constructive critique?
We all seek TLC — Tennis, Learning and Camaraderie. Don't you?
The committee members can be reached as follows:
Tim Moore, chair,
TimMooreTCM@aol.com
Herb Blumberg, Herbpb@aol.com
Gretchen Gettis,4gettit@bellsouth.net
Laurie Pallot, pallotlori@aol.com.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Published for the members & friends of Grove Isle Club, Four Grove Isle Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133; 305-860-4550
Director of Tennis: Norman Schellenger
Tennis Pro: Leandro Gutierrez
Pro Shop Manager: Carol Griffin
Editor: Heinz Dinter
305-859-9695; 305-859-9011 (Fax)
HDinter@GrandLifestyle.com
We welcome contributions.
FORTY LOVE is a trademark of Grand Lifestyle Publisher.

Not yet on our email list? Click HERE.

Giving all to the wild blue yonder and beyond
What makes a fascinating person?
Is it his love affair with airplanes and aerobatic flying high in the sky?
Could it be his deep-rooted commitment to his family’s business deep down below the earth’s surface?
What about his unselfish commitment serving his neighbors?
And his charm and bachelor eligibility?
Or is his love for tennis and golf the proverbial straw?
It’s all of the above and more for Grove Isle resident Tim Moore.
The native Californian was transplanted to Colombia at a very early age when the business his grandfather had founded took his parents south of the border.
Young Tim grew up in Bogotá, speaking mostly Spanish while attending an Anglo-Colombian grammar school. Tim returned to California at the end of the 8th grade to attend a boarding school.
Following in the footsteps of family tradition, Occidental College in California then became his home where he earned a political science degree with a minor in finance.
Upon graduation, his love of flying drew him to the US Air Force where he flew RB47 reconnaissance jets and soon turned fighter pilot flying the F105.
Why did he join the Air Force?
“I loved to fly and already knew how,” explains Tim. “I began flying the company’s airplane as a teenager and didn’t even take formal flying lessons.”
Tim served two tours of duty in Vietnam, served as a general’s aide in Bangkok, Thailand, and served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, DC as an intelligence officer.
After his service in the military, Tim joined the family business and was initially based in Colombia, followed by assignments in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, then back to Colombia. Tim was kept very busy.
Though he became a Grove Isle resident seven years ago, Tim did not call his superbly decorated bachelor apartment ‘home’ until last year when security problems dictated maintaining his residence in the U.S.
The Moore family mining and heavy construction business, headquartered in Miami, operates in eight countries in Latin America which means extensive traveling for the bilingual executive.
Tim is the chief executive officer of the mining side of the company and his brother tends to the construction side. The brothers’ father is still involved on the investments side.
Tim’s extracurricular interests are tennis, golf and aerobatic flying. “Not necessarily in that order,” he hastens to add.
His aerobatic ultra-light flying took a sabbatical a year ago when he crashed while challenging the beautiful mountains surrounding Bogotá.
“There was nothing left but the engine and me,” he winces. That, however, does not keep him out of the sky. Grove Isle residents wave to him whenever he zooms past Grove Isle in a rented ultra-light.
“Come along for a ride,” he invites friends.
On the more serious side of Tim Moore’s lifestyle is his service to the Grove Isle Condominium Association. He has been a member of the board of directors for the past three years and serves as co-chair of the security committee, head of the cable committee and chairs the valet committee.
He actively strives to maintain a cordial relationship with the Grove Isle Club and Resort that shares the island with the condo dwellers as head of the tennis committee.
 “We have a certain amount of harmony here that is probably not known in other condos in the area,” he proudly assesses Grove Isle. “Look at the amenities,” he adds. “We have a nice club, a top-award-winning restaurant, a full-service marina, and plenty of tennis courts. It’s the most attractive place to live in South Florida.”
Tim shares the plans and actions of the committee: “We are working on improving the overall tennis program at Grove Isle even more which includes maintenance and scheduling, and work with Norm (tennis director Norman Schellenger) to develop more activities for the members.”
“The committee welcomes all suggestions,” he says, “and I hope the players and other committee members will approach me with ideas.”

Tennis committee chairman Tim Moore is seen conducting his official duties by hobnobbing with tennis director Norman Schellenger and club members Grace Korse, Michael Hughes and Mary Ann Shockley (left to right) at the occasion of the Royal Palm Tennis Club visit
to Grove Isle in 2002.
 

| Top | Forty Love | Home |