German W60 Club Champions!
Click here to view finals results in Germany for all age divisions. Sunday was a successful tennis day but a tough one. We play #2 and #4 singles first, followed […]
Tag Archives: ETUF Essen
German Club Championship Finals
Click here to view finals results in Germany for all age divisions. The team I am playing for in the German Club Championships is ETUF Essen, in Essen, Germany (just […]
Practice, Visits to a Market & to the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, and Dinner Al Fresco in Essen, Germany
It was a busy and fun Saturday in Essen. Vicki Buholz and I practiced at ETUF Essen for a couple of hours, then went with Sabine Schmitz first to the […]
German Club Tennis Match: ETUF Essen beat Blau/Weiss (in Cologne)
Today was my first German Club Team match of the season and first on red clay this year. It was a cool (but neither cold nor windy). The club is […]
Good Bye Florida, Hello Germany
I had a day of rest before my next trip which is to Germany to play some club matches for ETUF Essen (near Dusseldorf). The trip started when a friend […]
German Team Champions
Friday I flew from Mallorca to Frankfurt…then waited and waited…it took 90 minutes from touchdown to getting my lugggage…30 minutes to be bussed to the terminal and 60 minutes to […]
German Team Sweep on a Gorgeous Saturday in Essen
Today I played my second team match against a team from the Bonner Tennis & Hockey Club (the one Bunnie Jackson is playing for, though in a different division). I […]
Last Red Clay Practice and a Walk in Essen
I practiced with Karin Plagenbourg again today. The weather was beautiful! We had a nice practice. I went to lunch, then gym, and after walked around Essen a bit. It […]
Practicing on the German Red Clay & Adventures in a Parking Garage
Monday May 6, 2024 Sunday in Germany is a day of rest for most businesses other than restaurants, museums and gas stations. I had a lazy morning (hit the gym […]
Germany: First Team Match
Saturday we had our first team match of the 2024 season. We played the TC Blau-Weiss Marsberg in Marsberg, Germany, about 1:45 hours north of Essen. The club’s team was […]
Guten Tag, Germany!
Another day, another country. I flew on Wednesday to Germany by “plane, train and automobile”. My flight to San Francisco was on time, and I had a longish layover so […]
German Team Champions
Monday 9/11/23 A moment of reflection on the 22nd anniversary of 9/11. I am in Austria today which is where I was during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Many thanks to […]
German 60 Team: Day 1 Success on the Slow German Red Clay
There are teams from four regions at this competition for over 60 women, Mainz is one, Berlin is one and a team from Bavaria, along with ETUF Essen. The draw […]
German Team Championships: Practice Day
ETUF, Essen, Germany Friday Sept. 8 Today after sleeping some I practiced with Luisa, Sabine and Desiree from the ETUF 60s team at high noon. It was in the high […]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: USA to Germany (With a Detour to Amsterdam)
Wednesday and Thursday I travelled to Essen, Germany (near Dusseldorf) for the German team finals. My trip to Europe, which was not expected to involve train travel nor a stop […]
Successful Saturday in Essen
Saturday the ETUF Essen team played a team from Dusseldorf, a larger city about 30 minutes drive to the south. We fielded quite an international team: the four singles players […]
Practicing on the Red Clay in Germany
This week I have been practicing on the red clay both with teammates and with players Sabine (the captain) has organized for me, which has been great, though the weather […]
Team Success in Germany
May 1, 2023: German Labor Day, USA May Day Today I played my first team match in Germany. The team matches take up the entire day! Dagmar, Desiree, Gabi, Carolyn, […]
Tennis on Red Clay and a Regatta!
Sunday April 30, 2023, Essen, Germany Today I played tennis on the red clay at ETUF Essen, then walked along the Baldeneysee where a regatta was taking place. The sun […]
Essen Singles/Doubles Champion
Draws are here. I played the singles final, and the doubles semis and final both today. I played Jutta Boekmann in the singles final and won 60 60, though she […]
Into the Essen Final
Draws are here. I had a pretty easy semi today. The woman I played, Corrine Franoux (France) had a three hour semi yesterday and a two hour match the day […]
Successful Start in Essen
Draws are here I started today by somehow getting lost on the way to the courts (I think my gps was set to the wrong address)…somehow I got to the […]
Last Practice Day in Essen
Draws are here. Today was another practice day in Essen. I hit quite a bit, first with Heide Orth (what a beautiful backhand and deadly drop shot), then with Heidi […]
Practice Day 2 in Essen
Monday was a second practice day for me and another rainy day. Draws and results I ran errands early, grocery stores and picked up my newly strung racquet. I went […]
Practice Day #1 in Essen
Sunday in Germany is mostly a rest day…few stores are open other than at airports and railway stations, or gas stations, and restaurants are open. I had a pretty relaxing […]