2008 Mid-Atlantic Super
Senior Champions
Winners Travel to Nationals
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Because of the rain, matches were played indoors at the Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD), Bowie Sport Fit Racquet Club (Bowie, MD), and the Severn Valley Racquet Club (Gambrills, MD).
In Mid-Atlantic Sectional League Coordinator Pam Leibfreid’s six years of directing tournaments, she has never been completely rained out of playing matches outdoors and had to move 34 teams indoors.
It took a little longer. OK, a lot longer, but all matches were completed.
Leibfreid put in 18-hour days, starting at 5:30 a.m. to see if it was raining, and then she had to call tennis clubs to see what court times were available.
"I had to call 34 team captains every day," she added.
Mid-Atlantic Super Senior Sectional Winners were 3.0 Men’s Champion: VA-NOVA, captain Jim Jones; 3.0 Women’s Champion: VA-NOVA, captain Fran Bennett; 3.5 Men’s Champion: MD-Anne Arundel, captain John Wehner; 3.5 Women’s Champion: MD-Anne Arundel, captain Bev Schwink; 4.0 Men’s Champion: VA-NOVA, captain Jim Elder; and 4.0 Women’s Champion: VA-NOVA, captain Stacy Colby.
The champions received crystal plaques, while the finalists were presented with crystal tennis balls.
3.0 Super Senior Men’s Champion: VA-NOVA
Front, L-R: Bruce Steele, captain Jim Jones, Dick Schmitt, and Chuck Huddleston. Back, Dimitri Papaconstantopu and Joe Clark. Not pictured: Klaus Dannenberg, Ray Art, Bob Baker, and Fred Joubin.
3.0 Super Senior Men’s Finalist: VA-NOVA
Front, L-R: Bob Warakomsky, captain Craig Miller, Bob Shriner, and Craig Andrews. Back, Bill Harrison and Rex Wade. Not pictured: Charlie Wheeler, Richard Pelletier, Kevin Sherlock, and Craig Zane.
3.0 Super Senior Women’s Champion: VA-NOVA
Front, L-R: captain Fran Bennett, Frances Barnes, Teddie Wood, Ellen Haines, and Whitney Henry. Back, Lynn O’Connor, Tricia Clover, Jan Crooks, and Carol Marino. Not pictured: Ann Chiles, Pam Binninger, Mary Whitney Henry, and Kay Hart.
3.0 Super Senior Women’s Finalist: VA-Richmond
Front, L-R: Barbara Lucord, captain Carolyn Rose, Peggy Sullivan, Bev Eastman, and Lynn Lanzillotti. Back, Julie Bradt, Kay Thomas, Betty Vaughan, and Lynn Dean. Not pictured: Julie Moore.
3.5 Super Senior Men’s Champion: MD-Anne Arundel
Front, L-R: Gary Van Velsir, Steve Bishop, captain John Wehner, and Richard Gong. Back, Bill Kamenoff, Don Wheeler, and Allen Boetig. Not pictured: Tom Schneider, Bob Duckman, and Ed Lancaster.
3.5 Super Senior Men’s Finalist: VA-Virginia Beach
Front, L-R: Jack Tucker, captain Mike Aschkenas, Perk Crain, and Jim Laster. Back, Carroll Monger, Pete Linzy, and Larry Goodrich. Not pictured: John Brinkman, Charles Bryant, Clay Richardson, and Bill Butler.
3.5 Super Senior Women’s Champion: MD-Anne Arundel
Front, L-R: Peggy Sange, Kathy Heron, Phyllis Conrad, captain Bev Schwink, and coach Peggy Machoian. Back: Carolyn Stevens, Jane Stricker, Judy Taylor, Mae Rose, Ginny Zifchak, and Nancy Hambleton. Not pictured: Andi Leonard and Christa Rickels.
3.5 Super Senior Women’s Finalist: VA-NOVA
Front, L-R: Gladys Eyres, captain Jackie Huddleston, Ann Wilkins, and Anita Murchie. Back, Sylvia Will, Carolyn Payne, Bonny O’Neil, Ann Gebara, Dottie Lawson, and Hinda Shaffer. Not pictured: Darleen Cors and Mary Williams.
4.0 Super Senior Men’s Champion: VA-NOVA
Front row, L-R: Ed Compton, Nick Morris, Bob Drosdzal, and Brian Lawson. Back, Bill Poist, Ed Quinn, captain Jim Elder, and John Lisack. Not pictured: Sreedhar Tirumalasetty, John Newton, John Hilten.
4.0 Super Senior Men’s Finalist: VA-Richmond
Front row, L-R: Gary Giffel, captain P.J. Mahoney, George Miller, and Jim Stanley. Back, Wayne Watkins and Charlie Knight. Not pictured: Rusty Whitaker, Scott Hollis, Butch Cohen, and John Koch.
4.0 Super Senior Women’s Champion: VA-NOVA
Front row, L-R: Lin Borcherding, captain Stacy Colby, and Judy Hadsell. Back, Mary Jackson, Beth Kendrick, Gerry Hall, Sandy Simmers, and Page Dimos. Not pictured: Elaine Burden, Nancy Spelman, Leslie Richards, Peg Moyer, Pamela Leibfreid, and Joan Eliot.
4.0 Super Senior Women’s Finalist: VA-Virginia Beach
Captain Fran Baker, Dee Roberts, and True Caprio. Not pictured: Shirley Johnson, Dee Collins, Adele Stark, Connie Owen, and Maggie Brinkman.