Adios Gandia, Buenas Tardes Valencia

Sunday was our last day in Gandia. It was a gorgeous day, sunny, temperatures in the mid 70s and calm. Vicki and I played tennis early and were able to […]

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All Day Rain in Spain = Washout

Daws etc are here. It was one of those sit around and watch the courts almost dry kind of days. It was raining when we awoke…so no 8am practice. My […]

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Into the Final in Gandia; Buholz Wins 65 Singles

Draws are here. Today I finally got to play my second match. I played Eugenia Carrasco of Spain and won pretty handily and played fine. Our early warm up lasted […]

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Waiting to Play (Again); Visit to Megamart in Gandia

Draws are here. It was Groundhog Day as far as practicing…we were on court before 8am and the only ones there for a while. Afterwards I did my core/shoulders workout […]

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Into the semis in Gandia & A Paella Party

Draws are now back posted in two places (not confusing at all). Here is the original link. Vicki and I practiced early and actually got to the courts before 8am […]

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Gandia Tuesday: Early Morning Practice, Website Confusion,

Draws are here. There is a learning curve every time I play a new especially below the 1000 level outside the USA. The draws and times for this tournament were […]

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Gandia…More Practice…

Draws and matches are here. (updated link, tournament changed websites) Today was Day 4 of practice in Gandia…longer than the tournament will last! There were again no matches before 11am […]

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Tennis, Working Out and a Walk Along the Platja de Gandia

Draws and matches are here. Today daylight savings ended in Gandia which was pretty welcome as that’s one less hour of jet lag (though it does increase the jet lag […]

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Tennis + Work Out + Trips to Ducal Palace + Farmaceria: Day 3 in Gandia

Draws are here. We will not play before Tuesday. The tournament starts tomorrow and only men are on the schedule for Sunday (and the time changes here tomorrow). Vicki had […]

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Gandia Day 2: First Practice, Bus Trip…to the Grocery Store

Today was our first full day in Gandia and we are working out the kinks, figuratively and literally. Vicki Buholz and I had a leisurely 11am start. Jet lag wasn’t […]

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