End of the fall tennis season

Day 61, "Every picture has a story"

This is some of the tennis team and wives from last spring.  The picture is old but the TEAM is the story.  I picked up a racquet for the first time in 2011.  By 2012 my competitive juices were alive and well but not really any place to use them team wise as our club had no 2.5 (low level of skill) team.  In late 2014 I approached our club pros and inquired about starting a team.  They were all for it.  So the journey of team tennis begin in January of 2015.  We took our lumps and then some that first year.  In winter of 2016 we were kind of middle of the pack and then in winter of 2017 we hit the HIGH and won the league.  Well when you are on the mountain top you need a new challenge so in the winter of 2018 it was on to 3.0 competition.  Well that darn torn hamstring prevented me from playing in 2018 BUT I still managed the team and we were on the UP swing towards the end of the season. Now with 2019 coming up I have high hopes of finishing in the upper half.  When one gets to the 3.0 level you often are playing against 3.5ers who are on the down rather than 3.0ers who are on the up!  On to yesterday which was our last fall match.  We played the other Tarpon Cove team which actually was a 2.5 playing at the 3.0 level.  We won all 3 matches in convincing fashion which was supposed to happen BUT one never knows.  The closest match was mine on court #1.  I played with Rich who is in the middle of health issues related to dementia.  Rich is a good player but oh my it is INTERESTING playing with him.  We won 6-2 and 6-3.  To be fair to Rich he has not played since last winter so he was rusty but he still has the physical skills of a good player but by the time winter comes around I may play him on court 2 or 3 as the mental part of the game just is not there anymore.  It was a fun afternoon as the club brought over a nice spread for treats and drinks.  Players hung around for a good time to chat and talk about the fall and what is coming up for the winter.  

I am in the middle of deciding about my winter team.  I am struggling with a couple of players who really are good enough to be on the team but from a personality standpoint I am not excited to have them on the team.  WHAT IS ONE TO DO???  I do not want my personal biases to be a negative for the team but on the other hand I do not want any cancer on the team either.

Oh my I need to get serious about some things that have to be done before Terry's Tuesday Christmas party.  Perhaps there has been too much tennis and too little work over the last couple of days.  I will try to be better and maybe it will work as I am finished with my FP and think I am ready to greet a new day with energy.