RCI January 2011 Newsletter

Holiday Greetings!

Wishing you a happy and safe holiday season!

Discover the Secret of Longevity

RCI December Newsletter

Argentine Tango Workshop

Argentine Tango Workshop at the Laguna Niguel Racquet Club

                              

When:  Saturday, November 20th
Time:  6 to 8:30 p.m.
Cost:   $15 per single, $25 per couple. 
Instructor:   Tamara De Marco from Argentina.

What to wear:  Something comfortable to dance in.  Important:  Must wear shoes that do not have a rubber sole, preferably a leather or suede soled shoe (soles that give you some slip on a wood floor).

Come with a partner, with your friends, or just on your own. 

Please register for this workshop ahead of time.  Non-members are welcome.  To register, you may do so at the front desk at LNRC or call (949) 496-4665.  Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the workshop to check in.

Clayton Shagal Product Launch Event at TCMB

November Newsletter

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Charity Turkey Shoot

For more info, contact Taryn at (949) 786-3001 or taryn@spearmanclubs.com

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Ladies Day at RCI

Amrit Method at Laguna Niguel Racquet Club

RCI October Newsletter

Answers to your questions regarding the next golf tournament...

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick note...I have had a number of questions regarding the upcoming Golf Tournament we have scheduled at Monarch Beach Golf Links this month on the 28th. This tournament is open to all members and their guests....as a member of LNRC/TCMB/RCI you can invite 3 non-members guests to come play. They will pay the discounted rate as well. We will be limited to 80 players total between all 3 Spearman Clubs, sooo don't wait to get registered at the Front Desk. Make sure you put all 3 of your guests names down as well, along with their phone numbers. The cost is $70.00 for 9 Holes of Golf, Dinner, Wine/Beer, or $40.00 for Golf only. Come on Sunshine!!! Will be alot of fun. Tee time is at 2:30pm.

Thanks and let me know if you have any questions.

Sandy Apfeld
General Manager
LNRC/TCMB
(949) 496-4665, ext. 107
sandy@spearmanclubs.com

International Dinner

Nine and Dine Golf Social!

Contact eric@spearmanclubs.com or sandy@spearmanclubs.com for more info.

Pro Futures at RCI

Pro Tennis is coming to town September 24th - October 2nd, and we want you to know all about it. This year's event will start with the qualifying tournament -  September 24th - 26th, followed by the main draw - September 27th - Oct 2nd. The top seed this year is aaaaaAmerican Jesse Witten who is ranked 179 in the world. It is free to watch, so please make room in your schedule to come and see some great tennis.

Housing Needed - If you want to get more involved with the tournament, we are looking for housing for the main draw players. They simply need a place to sleep and some OC hospitality, so if you can help, please let me know. Who knows... you might be housing a future champion. We will also need ball boys and girls for the finals on October 2nd. If you have some children that would like to get up close to the action, please let me know also. 

Thanks,

Eric Quade
General Manager
(949) 786-3000
eric@spearmanclubs.com

Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament

RCI Newsletter - September 2010

Copy of this newsletter will be included in members' September statements.  Non members may download a copy at http://www.spearmanclubs.com/site/rci/RCI_Newsletters/2010/RCI_September2010.pdf

Shotgun Golf Kick-Off Party!

Contact Sandy at sandy@spearmanclubs.com or call (949) 496-4665, ext.107

League News

The Racquet Club of Irvine supports two teams in the Ladies Sundowners Tennis League, which plays on Monday evenings. The RCI Top Spinners team (in the Moonlighters South division) is in search of 3.0, 3.5 & 4.0 women players, interested in playing doubles or singles. Please contact Burnetta Tate at (949) 433-4552 or tatebl@ymail.com if interested.

LAST CHANCE FOR PAC SUN LEAGUE

Time has just about run out for those wanting to play in next year's Pac Sun Ladies league.  If you are interested in playing some great tennis in a competitive day time league, call Eric Quade at (949) 786-3000.

NEW PHONE POLICY

We have slightly changed our phone policy to improve our customer service and we need your help to make it a smooth transition. We now have three numbers for you to call to get the service you need:

1. 949-786-3000 
• Signing up for events
• Checking courts after Court Director hours
• Pro Shop
2. 949-786-LOVE 
• This is the Court Director's number and must be called to reserve courts or request a match with the Court Directors. (Note:  Front Desk will not transfer your call to the Court Directors - you must call the Court Directors directly)
• You can also reserve courts and request matches online at www.eclubconnect.com/rci
3. 949-786-3001 *NEW NUMBER
• Management
• Sales Dept.
• Accounting
• The Grill
• Club rental

We hope this will make it easy to get to the correct staff and eliminate the front desk from being the middle man for calls. Thanks for your help and don't forget to re-program your phones with these numbers. 

Mixed Member Guest Saturday August 14th.

Just a reminder that this Saturday, we are holding our One Day Mixed Member Guest event, and we have a huge sign up. With the large size of the event, courts on Saturday will be very limited. We will have two challenge courts available and courts in the early afternoon, but the 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 court availablity will be slim. We still need a few more players to round out some divisions, so if you are interested in playing give me a call and I will do what I can to include you in this great event.

Eric Quade
(949) 786-3000
eric@spearmanclubs.com

“NEW Exclusive” Monarch Beach Golf Links Golf Service for SCI Members!

Contact:  sandy@spearmanclubs.com

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End of Summer PARTY!

August Newsletter

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New Member Social

Member Guest Coming Soon!

Sign up with or without a partner in the activity book and plan on enjoying a great day of tennis at RCI.

For more info, call Eric at (949) 786-3000 or e-mail eric@spearmanclubs.com

New Member Social

Call Taryn for more info at (949) 786-3000 or email taryn@spearmanclubs.com

Congratulations to our drawing winners!

Tennis Balls Testing at RCI

Become a Fan of Facebook/RSS!

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Racquet Club of Irvine Pro Futures Wildcard Tournament

Contact Eric Quade for more info at eric@spearmanclubs.com or (949) 786-3000

Calcutta

The Calcutta scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled due to lack of participation. We will look into rescheduling this event to a better time of year in the future. For those of you that had signed up to play we are sorry for the late notice but we were trying to field the needed players to make it work. Thanks for signing up and have a great weekend.

3 Point Balance Drill

3 Point Balance Drill

by Tony Babarino, CPT, AKC

Kettlebell Coach & Joint Mobility Expert

The 3 Point Balance Drill is not only a simple and useful exercise to improve balance while being active, it can reveal issues with controlling balance that you didn’t know you have. Almost all training for the legs happens while both feet are in contact with the ground or while stepping immediately into a lunge. How much time do we spend improving our coordination and control to help make this kind of training more safe and effective? Very little. Probably because we take for granted our ability to move, since it is natural for us and minor active balance issues are easy to miss when you’re not looking for it. Sometimes it is the little things we do for ourselves that make a big difference in the things we put so much attention on. For example, while running or lunging, the better balance control you have while moving, the less energy you use while remaining safe, as an activity is done successfully. If your active balance were very bad, it would take an excessive amount of energy to move well, assuming you can do it all and safely.

In movement, and especially exercise, active balance is king. Without it being best and first in priority, any movement would be a mess which may result in failure to perform a skill or sport properly, leading to various injuries, particularly at the joints.

Try the 3 Point Balance drill in your training. If you can not do it well right away, then clearly, you need it! Become an expert in this simple exercise before you load your body and legs with weight. After all, if you can not perform well with nothing, how you can be better with something? Consider this: do not load the body (with weight) until you can move the body (with nothing but your own bodyweight). The 3 Point Balance drill is just what most of us need, and didn’t know it….until now!

Instructions:

1) Watch the entire video before attempting (see link below). Understand what is going on and what needs to be done. It is deceptively simple in appearance! Wait until you see what you can and can not do!

2) Perform level 1 while staying very close to a safe and secure object (such as a fence, pole, wall, or tree) just in case you need to hang on to prevent yourself from falling. Use it only when you need it. If you use it all the time, you will earn few, if any, benefits.

3) The overall goal is to able to perform each level successfully for a minimum of 30 seconds, and ideally for one full minute, with calm and consistent control before moving onto the next level. Do not move on to the next level until you are good at the one you are not good at! Each level builds on the previous level.

4) Relax and take time to do the 3 point Balance drill. This exercise creates and refines and sophisticates movement skill, nurtures joints, and improves balance. For some, it will build up some strength and endurance as well. This is not intended to be a ‘hard’ exercise. Instead, it is more of a ‘movement challenge’. Training with this exercise is playful in nature, therefore, the calmer you are, and the more you pay attention to the feeling of the exercise, the better you will be sooner!

Try this exercise almost every day, working the level you need to improve upon, either before you start training or playing tennis. Do not attempt afterwards as being fatigued or simply being very active beforehand will reduce the success rate of performing this exercise well.

Good luck in your training! Look out for more tips and ideas from Tony Babarino in the next Sepearman Clubs newsletter!

Tony Babarino is a Professional Personal Training, Joint Mobility Expert, Kettlebell Coach, and a Tennis/Golf Fitness Pro. He has 25 years experience in training and education in the fitness industry. He can be reached at tony@enhancedhuman.com or 949-633-6741.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7KbRIMWGAk

Personal Training Special!

Contact Tony for more info!

2-CLUB CALCUTTA IS COMING TO RCI THIS WEEK-END JULY 10, 11

This is your chance to play tennis in a fun-filled, madcap, handicapped tournament and win some serious cash. This is a Men's Doubles, Ladies Doubles (no mixed) tournament. Cost is $30 per person and includes a bidding party this Friday, July 9,6:30pm at RCI. Sign-up at the Front Desk or call (949) 786-3000. Don't miss this one!

RCI Newsletter - July 2010

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Lost and Found

Our lost and found is over flowing and will be donated to the Goodwill if not claimed by Sunday, June 27. Please stop by the front desk if you are missing any items.

National 45s Hardcourt Doubles

Mike Kovar and his partner reached the finals of the National 45s Hardcourt doubles tournament in Westlake, CA, after beating the #1 seeded team and before falling to Rick Leach (former #1 player in the world) and Greg Washer. This is Mike's first silver ball, but we expect it won't be his last.

National 65 Hardcourt Results

RCI's Dean Corley and his partner Mike Stewart defended their National 65 Hardcourt doubles title last week by defeating Ken Robinson and Rich Anderson 6-4, 7-6. This is Dean's second national title - both of them coming at RCI. Now, that's a home court advantage!

Gear up for our next hike.. Saturday, July 3rd

This hike should take about 3 to 3 and ½ hours. Yippeee! We are going to start at the bottom by El Moro Ranger Station, hike all the way up to Bommer Ridge (yes, this is the trail that parallels the toll road), and then along the ridge, and back down to the ranger station...

This way we get all of the uphill finished first, and we can do most of the hike out of the sun.

We will be leaving at 7am on the nose from the trailhead in El Moro.

Please email me at nstrother@ca.rr.com if you are interested!!!!

Looking forward to a great turnout!

Don't forget to bring water!

Nicola Strother, CPT

"You Either Worked Out Today .... OR You Didn't!"

Circle of Success Training

310 210 7052

Two-Club Doubles Calcutta

Celebrate at RCI!

For rates, call Sandy at (949) 496-4665, ext. 107 or email sandy@spearmanclubs.com

FREE Tennis Warm-up Workshop!

For more information, email Tony at enhancedhuman@gmail.com or call the Club at (949) 786-3000

Take a Hike

RCI's next hike will be June 19th. This hike would be great for those of you that have been interested before and are now ready to get your feet wet. This particular hike should take only about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

However, for those of you that are wanting more, I can lead you in the right direction that day.

Because this is a shorter hike, we will be leaving from the trailhead at 7:15am. This time, we are going to meet at the cul-de-sac at the trailhead.

Directions to Ridge Park (bommer Canyon trailhead)... From RCI, turn right on Culver, left on Newprot Coast, you will pass the shopping center on yuor right, and turn left at the ligth at Ridge Park. take Ridge Park until it dead ends at a cul-de-sac.

Dont forget to bring your water as summer is upon us!

It is a great way to start the day and to also meet some new friends. Maybe, you can even get Dad out for a Father's Day Weekend Hike!

Nicola Strother , CPT
"You Either Worked Out Today ....Or You Didn't

Circle of Success Training
310-210-7052

Go Lakers!

Join the fun and watch the big games at RCI. During all Laker games we wil be serving $2 Tacos, $5 Margaritas, or $7 for two Tacos and a Margarita. Now that's a slam dunk!!!

Open House at RCI is two days away! Don't miss it!

Don't forget this Saturday from 3-7pm RCI will be hosting our annual Open House. Come by and bring your friends for free tennis clinics, music, food and drinks, chair massage, and much much more. Don't forget this is the best time of the year to join the club. If you have a friend that is interested bring them by and if they join you will be placed in a drawing to win $1500.00 in free dues!!

June 2010 Newsletter

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Open House is this Saturday, June 12th at RCI!

Call Taryn at (949) 786-3000 for more info.

Hiking with Nicola

Hike this Saturday, June 5th! Keeping with our tradition, we will be hiking again this upcoming Saturday morning. We will be starting our hike at El Moro again, and we will be doing the reverse hike than the other week. This hike is just under 4 miles and will take about 1 ½ hours to 2 hours to complete. We will start with a flat walk in the canyon, followed by a gentle "S" like uphill, followed by more flat, and then a steeper downhill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. We will be leaving the RCI parking lot at 6:30 am (on the dot) or meeting at the El Moro parking lot and leaving for our hike at 7am! Please email me at nstrother@ca.rr.com if you are interested. It is a great way to start the weekend, and I look forward to having more people join us. Directions to El Moro: If you don' t want to meet at RCI, directions to the parking lot at El Moro are below. Trailhead: Three miles south of Corona Del Mar, on Pacific Coast Highway, go past the Crystal Cove shopping center, then look for a traffic light signed "School-State Park"-turn left (inland), and proceed past El Moro School to a stop sign-turn right, and proceed uphill, veering right, into the El Moro Canyon/Crystal Cove parking lot near the Park Headquarters building. Nicola Strother, CPT "You Either Worked Out Today .... OR You Didn't!" Circle of Success Training 310 210 7052

Open House at RCI