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Regentville vs. TFN Friendly
Since last August, there were a couple of talks about having a friendly game with TFN players. But this was hard to materialize as well as to coordinate, due to the tight schedule most of the TFN players had. Eric Wong, the team captain of TFN contacted me some weeks back asking if our Regentville players were still keen on the idea of having a friendly match with a TFN select team, comprising of 4 pairs of doubles teams, 3 men’s and one mixed.
The format suggested was a best of 9 games with no deuce (sudden death) so as to shorten the tie. Eric and I managed to nail down a date to finally get this friendly tie on the way on the 26 of February.
Apollo & Carl (1st Men’s Doubles Tie) Dennis & BK (2nd Men’s Doubles Tie) Ray & Tommy (3rd Men’s Doubles Tie) Sandra & Rico (Mixed Doubles Tie) Kenneth & Myself (Reserve)
There was large turn out for that day and this was the first time we saw that many players as well as supporters gracing courts 2A and 2B in Regentville. Most of our games were close, and much credit has to be given to both teams for providing us with some entertaining tennis and nail biting action. What mattered the most is that we all had fun and increased our circle of friendship through this great sport of tennis.
I would like to thank the TFN Selection for taking time off from their busy Sunday schedule to come play with us, as well as our very own Regentville players for putting our team on the local TFN tennis scene and making our first friendly match a great success!
I would like to also especially Thank Eric for being a fantastic coordinator and making sure everything went smoothly. There were a lot of texing back and forth to get all the details right but we managed to pull it off without much hiccups or delays. My wife Serene, for helping me coordinate everything from the court booking arrangements, getting the refreshments and coordinating the matches with Eric. Eric's write up on this event can be found on link.
I’ll leave you with some parting shots from the matches… taken with my trusty Canon EOS 300D and my EF17-35L F2.8 and EF70-200 F4L lenses. All the images have been resized so that it won’t take up too much space for my blog, but any of you want a higher quality image, please send me an email. Until the next friendly, Goodbye and keep on playing! If you want to see all the photos taken from last week's friendly, please go to this link.
The format suggested was a best of 9 games with no deuce (sudden death) so as to shorten the tie. Eric and I managed to nail down a date to finally get this friendly tie on the way on the 26 of February.
Apollo & Carl (1st Men’s Doubles Tie) Dennis & BK (2nd Men’s Doubles Tie) Ray & Tommy (3rd Men’s Doubles Tie) Sandra & Rico (Mixed Doubles Tie) Kenneth & Myself (Reserve)
There was large turn out for that day and this was the first time we saw that many players as well as supporters gracing courts 2A and 2B in Regentville. Most of our games were close, and much credit has to be given to both teams for providing us with some entertaining tennis and nail biting action. What mattered the most is that we all had fun and increased our circle of friendship through this great sport of tennis.
I would like to thank the TFN Selection for taking time off from their busy Sunday schedule to come play with us, as well as our very own Regentville players for putting our team on the local TFN tennis scene and making our first friendly match a great success!
I would like to also especially Thank Eric for being a fantastic coordinator and making sure everything went smoothly. There were a lot of texing back and forth to get all the details right but we managed to pull it off without much hiccups or delays. My wife Serene, for helping me coordinate everything from the court booking arrangements, getting the refreshments and coordinating the matches with Eric. Eric's write up on this event can be found on link.
I’ll leave you with some parting shots from the matches… taken with my trusty Canon EOS 300D and my EF17-35L F2.8 and EF70-200 F4L lenses. All the images have been resized so that it won’t take up too much space for my blog, but any of you want a higher quality image, please send me an email. Until the next friendly, Goodbye and keep on playing! If you want to see all the photos taken from last week's friendly, please go to this link.
