Sept. 9, 2003
Monarch Tennis Shoot Out Doubles Tournament
WHAT: Sixteen (16) doubles teams will play a regular style tennistournament. Each team will play four matches and each match will consistof one set with a tiebreaker played at 6 all. The last place team (0-4)will receive the Roy Beskin award. The Roy Beskin award is a trophy thatcan be discarder in the nearest trashcan and the last place team wouldbe asked to leave the facility extremely fast. Bonus points will beawarded for leaving your spouse or kids.
WHO: There will be 16 tennis professionals. These tennis professionalsare either former touring professional, current teaching professionals,current or former high level collegiate players, or who believe they aregood enough to be referred to as a professional for this event. Eachprofessional will be playing with a so-called amateur. The amateurs areusually people who have never had to lower themselves to make a livingoff of tennis and play for the love of the game. The amateur for thisevent will usually be a highly experienced at tennis competition.
HANDICAPPING: Each pro and amateur will be handicapped using "Bisque"."Bisque" is basically a point one can take at anytime during the match.For example if a team had two "Bisque" and the team was serving 5-4deuce the team could take two points to win the match. The pro andamateur would combine their "Bisque". The team with the highest amountof "Bisque" would subtract their opponents "Bisque" and the remainingbisque could be used at any time during the match.
WHEN: Thursday, September 11th start time is 5:00 pm.
WHERE: Virginia Beach Tennis & Country Club (Inclement weather site TBA)
AWARDS: There will be $500 for the winning team. Remember money won istwice as sweet as money earned, therefore it will feel like a $1,000.Additional prizes/awards will be added. The winning amateur will beasked to return as a guest professional for the next year. Of coursethey will have to find someone to make a donation to play with them.
AMATEUR FEE/DONATION: $500 donation to the Old Dominion UniversityIntercollegiate Foundation (ODUIF). Donations to the ODUIF will alsooffer the appropriate level of Big Blue Benefits.
Here is the targeted list of professionals.
Celebrity Professionals:
Luke Jensen, Murphy Jensen
Young Guns:
Alex Cancado, Zoltan Csanadi, Ryan Davidson, Michael Jordan, NiclasKohler, Miguel Rosa, Izak van der Merwe, Johan Varverud.
Local Legends:
Mitch Adler, John Atiso, Jose Benjumea Roy Beskin, Darryl Cummings, JohnHill, Andy Hinkle, Britt Visser, Tony Velo, Tony Willingham
After the Monarch Tennis Shootout, Luke and Murphy Jensen will take on Old Dominion's #3 Nationally Ranked Collegiate Doubles team of Zoltan Csanadi and Izak van der Merwe.
This exhibition is estimated to start at 7:30 pm and will be a one setmatch.
Who will win?