Au Revoir La Baule; Americans Dominate Action Sunday in France

La Baule was a very nice site for a world championship and today was a beautiful day, overcast and beachy in the morning and sunny by afternoon. Tina arranged for […]

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Saturday in France: Doubles Champions!

Saturday was finals day for our division in doubles. Lyn Mortimer and I played a South African team which was unseeded, but they won three matches to get to the […]

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Americans Find Success on the Red Clay on Thursday

Thursday was quarterfinal day in most events. I played Caroline Glaszmann from France. She played #1 on the bronze medal winning French Marble Cup team. She’s a lefty with a […]

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Wednesday: Into the Singles Quarters and Doubles Semis

Wednesday was another beautiful day in La Baule and Pornichet. I warmed up early with Fran Chandler (she won her 50 singles, as did Gretchen Rush); then biked over to […]

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Individual World Seniors Championships: Tuesday

Today I started the individual world championships with a win in singles over a Dutch player, Sylvie. We had a nice match, some good points as she’s improved since I […]

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Nantes

Sunday Susan Wright, Kathy Vick, Tracy Houk & I took off for Nantes, the capital of Brittany (Bretagne), though I practiced first with Tracy,  indoors as it was raining. We […]

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