NEWSLETTER
MAY 1, 2015
www.mulhollandtennisclub.com
Letter from the President
"And so, with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as
things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over
again with the summer." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Summer is almost here! MTC has a full slate of activities for members to take advantage of. The Club’s website now has a calendar feature which can help us all keep up
to date with the club’s many every day and special events, and with all MTC has to offer, you can fit some time at the club into your “staycation”. I encourage all of you to
check it out!
On that note, we expect the club to be very busy during the summer months. We kindly
ask our members to adhere to our policies of signing in upon arrival, signing in all
guests, and having an individual at the club as your guest no more than 4 times per
month. These policies improve the security of the club as well as helping to ensure that
our dues paying members can enjoy the pool and other facilities with limited overcrowding. Your fellow members will appreciate it and we thank you.
The Club’s financial position is improving dramatically; a beginning of 2015 projected
approximate first quarter operating loss of $40,000 was instead an operating profit of
approximately $73,000. These excellent numbers help us to ensure that MTC is prepared for a rainy day - and, as the finances continue to improve - allow us to make further improvements to the Club in both infrastructure and services. You can look forward
to those improvements in the near future.
Have a wonderful start to the summer and take advantage of all the club has to offer.
We look forward to seeing you at MTC!
Paul V. Urbanek
MTC Board President
DINING
SPRING 2015 DINING HOURS
BRUNCH BUFFET
Sunday 10:00am-2:30pm
LUNCH
Tuesday-Friday 11:30am-2:30pm
Saturday-Sunday 10:00am-2:30pm
*Extended Hours Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
Food service available until 4:30pm
DINNER
Wednesday 5:30pm-8:00pm
Friday (adults only) 5:30pm-8:00pm
BUFFET
Sunday 5:00pm-8:00pm
May Dinner Buffets
Sunday 10:00am-2:30pm
*Lunch Selections Available
Southern Buffet
May 17, 2015
5-8pm
Call Today for Reservations
323.654.0550
*Limited Menu Available
Mexican Fiesta!
May 3, 2015
5-8pm
Please Call
(323) 654-0550
For Reservations
Asian Cuisine
Mother’s Day
For Reservations Call
(323) 654-0550
Prime Rib Buffet
May 10, 2015
5-8pm
Reservations are requested
(323)654-0550
*Limited Menu Available
May 31, 2015
5-8pm
*Limited Menu Available
Chef Efren’s Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
2 cups, 4 handfuls, fresh shiitake mushrooms
1 1/3 to 1 1/2 pounds thin cut chicken breast
2 tablespoons light colored oil, such as vegetable oil or peanut oil
Coarse salt and coarse black pepper
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 inch ginger root, finely chopped or grated
1 orange, zested
1/2 red bell pepper, diced small
1 small tin, 6 to 8 ounces, sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped
3 scallions, chopped
3 tablespoons hoisin, Chinese barbecue sauce, available on Asian foods
aisle of market
1/2 large head iceberg lettuce, core removed, head quartered
Wedges of navel orange -- platter garnish
Directions
Remove tough stems from mushrooms and brush with damp towel to clean, Slice mushrooms. Chop chicken into
small pieces.
Preheat a large skillet or wok to high.
Add oil to hot pan. Add chicken to the pan and sear meat by stir frying a minute or 2. Add mushrooms and cook another minute or two. Add salt and pepper to season, then garlic and ginger. Cook a minute more. Grate zest into
pan, add bell pepper bits, chopped water chestnuts and scallions. Cook another minute, continuing to stir fry mixture. Add hoisin Chinese barbecue sauce and toss to coat the mixture evenly. Transfer the hot chopped barbecued
chicken to serving platter and pile the quartered wedges of crisp iceberg lettuce along side. Add wedged oranges to
platter to garnish. To eat, pile spoonfuls into lettuce leaves, wrapping lettuce around fillings and squeeze an orange
wedge over. Enjoy!
Join us!
Friday May 1, 2015
6:00pm-7:30pm
Complimentary bar bites will
be served!
Lower dining deck reserved for bar night attendees
Dinner service available on upper dining deck
MTC Singles Tournament Results
Sunday April 19, 2015
Men's A Quarter Finals
#6 J. Deck def #3 M. Swischuk 6-1 6-2
#1 C. Bensinger def R. Bruland 6-1 6-1
#4 C. Todd def # 5 A. Gorgonni 7-6 6-4
J. Wyrick-Solari def #2 P. Urbanek 7-6 6-4
Ladies B Semi- Finals
#1 S.Shoop def M. Calahan 6-0 6-2
#2 H. Segal def S. Carlson 7-5 6-4
Men's B Quarter Finals
#1 B. Karrash def #8 T. Calahan 6-1 6-1
#6 C. Carlson def #3 J. Konvitz 7-5 4-1 ret.
#4 A. Guild def #5 S. Hirsen 5-7 6-3 7-6
#2 C. Marshall def #7 M. Shapiro 6-2 5-7 6-3
Men's B Consolation
M.Levy def A. Garonni 6-1 6-0
J. Morphew def N. Arnold 7-5 7-5
Men's A Consolation
M. Morris def M. Palermo 6-1 6-1
Saturday April 18, 2015
Men's A
#3 M. Swischuck def M. Palermo 6-0 6-1
#1 C.Bensinger def M. Morris 6-1 6-0
R. Bruland def #7 M. Meyerson 6-3 6-4
#4 C. Todd def A. Walton 6-1 6-1
#6 J. Deck def C. Wyrick-Solari 6-4 6-1
#5 A. Gorgoni def T. Mahoney 6-4 6-2
Sunday April 26, 2015
Women's A Singles Semi Final
#1 Gabi Hayes def Cheryl Dolins 6-4 6-0
#2 Alita Guillen vs Julie De Santo 6-3 6-3
Men's B Singles Final
#6 Chris Carlson def #4 Adam Guild 4-6 6-4 6-4
Men's A Singles Final
#1 Chris Bensinger vs #6 Julien Deck 6-0 6-0
Saturday April 25, 2015
Women's A Singles
Cheryl Dolins def Pam Epstein-Cohen 6-4 4-6 6-4
Julie De Santo def Giulia Palermo 6-1 6-2
Men's A Singles Semi-Final
#6 Julian Deck def James Wyrick-Solari 7-6 4-6 6-2
#1 Chris Bensinger def #4 Chris Todd 6-1 6-1
Men's B Singles Semi-Final
#6 Chris Carlson def #2 Colin Marshall 3-6 6-1 6-2
#4 Adam Guild def #1 Brent Karrash 6-3 7-6
Ladies B
M. Calahan def B. Marshall 6-1 7-5
Men's B
#2 C Marsall def E. Krautheimer 6-1 6-2
#3 J Konvitz def B. Clarke 6-3 6-3
#8 T Calahan def M. Levin 6-0 6-1
#7 M. Shapiro def G. Mehlman 6-4 6-2
#4 A. Guild def M.Levy 6-3 6-0
#1 B. Karrash def D. Shoop 6-1 6-1
Westside League Round Robin
Wednesday, May 6th
The People's Tournament
Saturday May 30, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
8:00am-1:00pm
On the Court...
MTC Singles Tournament
Men’s and Women’s A & B Division
The 2015 MTC Singles Championship was
a strongly participated event which saw
many new members, juniors, and former
Champions competing for the titles.
Two major milestones were achieved this
weekend by two Chris’s. Chris Bensinger
set a club record by winning his 7th Men’s
A Singles Championship, the most in the
Club’s history and this one comes fifteen
years after winning his first title!
Chris Carlson, playing with his left hand
this year, achieved an unprecedented result when he won his 3rd B Singles Title,
having won two Championships with his
right hand already!
The Men’s A Singles final pitted #1 seed,
Chris Bensinger, against fourteen year old
young gun #6 seed, Julian Deck, playing in
his first men’s club championship and
looking to back up his Calcutta win. The
final seemed to be the perfect generational
battle. Deck came into the final with a
strong win over fellow teenager and giant
killer, James Wyrick- Solari. Bensinger
was relentless in his Semi-Final, convincingly disposing of the fiercely competitive,
Chris Todd. Bensinger quickly showed
why he was the #1 seed and the man to
beat in this year’s event as he started
strongly and put on a flawless performance wining 6-0 6-0.
The Men’s B Singles proved to be a very
exciting event with the Semi-finals providing us with two interesting battles. #4
seed, Adam Guild, outlasted #1 seed and
defending champion, Brent Karrash, while
#6, Chris Carlson, defeated a much improved and tough opponent in #2 seed,
Colin Marshall. Both matches took over
two hours. It was to be the power game of
Guild against the prowess of touch game
of Carlson. Though Guild took a commanding lead at a set and 4-1, Carlson
would not be denied as he rallied back and
won a close 4-6 6-4 6-4.
The Women’s A and B singles are not yet
finished. In the A singles, #1 seed Gabi
Hayes is set to play #2 Alita Guillen this
weekend. Hayes showed why she has
been unstoppable in recent years and was
too strong for Cheryl Dolins. Dolins was
still recovering from her win in epic battle
against Pam Epstein-Cohen on Saturday,
lasting nearly 3 hours. Guillen played consistent tennis to handle Julie De Santo,
whose strong serve and big forehand can
be difficult to deal with.
In the Ladies B there were four new singles competitors, which were fantastic to
see! #1 seed, Susie Shoop, set up a finals
show down with #2, Heidi Segal. Shoop
used her court speed and consistency to
out rally Mary Calahan 6-0 6-2, who was
competing in only her second competitive
singles match. In the other semi, Sandy
Carlson tried to impose her strong net
game on Heidi Segal. However, Segal had
the answers and emerged victorious in a
close 7-5 6-4.
Congratulations to all the Winners! Thank
you to everyone who participated!
The Ladies Finals will be this weekend, so
come and watch some great tennis!
AY 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1
Dinner
5:30-8PM
Bar Night
6-7:30PM
3
4
Asian Buffet
5-8PM
Dining Room
Closed
10
11
Mother’s Day
Brunch
10AM-2:30PM
Prime Rib Buffet
5-8PM
5
6Westside
League Round
Robin
12
13
18
Southern Buffet
5-8PM
Dining Room
Closed
24
25
26
27
Memorial Day BBQ
5-8PM
Dining Room
Closed
Dining Room
Closed
Dinner
5:30-8PM
31The People’s
Tournament
8am-1pm
Asian Buffet
5-8PM
19
Election/ Polling
JR. Lounge 6AM
ALL DAY
20
8
2Yoga JR.
Lounge 8:15AM
9Yoga JR.
Lounge 8:15AM
Dinner
5:30-8PM
14Yoga SR. 15
Lounge 8:15AM
Dinner
5:30-8PM
17
Memorial Day
Lounge 8:15AM
Dinner
5:30-8PM
Dining Room
Closed
Board of
Directors
7Yoga SR.
Sat
Dinner
5:30-8PM
21Yoga SR. 22
Lounge 8:15AM
Dinner
5:30-8PM
16Yoga JR.
Lounge 8:15AM
Westside League
RR 11AM-1PM
Armed Forces
Day
23Yoga JR.
Lounge 8:15AM
Dinner
5:30-8PM
28Yoga SR. 29
Lounge 8:15AM
Dinner
5:30-8PM
30
The People’s
Tournament
8am-1pm
Yoga JR. Lounge
8:15AM