Results from the 
MISSION HILLS INVITATIONAL
February 22-26, 2000


Players from Maine to Mexico, from Palm Beach to 
Seattle and points in between came to enjoy a week in 
the desert sun. The competition was keen and the 
difference between many games was just a point. 

The fun began on Monday night with a great Mexican 
dinner and cocktails at the Mission Hill Resort Tennis 
Club where everyone got their schedules. Games began 
Tuesday morning on three courts at Missions Hills and 
two more courts at Indian Ridge. Both venues are 
beautiful but the desert roadrunners do add a nice 
touch as they run along the walls and even across the 
courts at Indian Ridge. Thursday night we all went to 
Ellery McClatchey's home for a 5 star meal of boneless 
rack of lamb. After dinner Pat Apple and Nancy Deupree 
presented each player with an engraved pewter cup from 
the Mission Hills Croquet Club. Saturday we dined 
courtside on grilled salmon while watching the finals. 
Some players gained handicap tracking points and some 
lost tracking points but we all probably gained pounds 
from the superb hospitality shown by our hosts.

The Bagby flight back to Alabama might have had trouble 
going through security with all the silver (Four 1st 
place trophies) they were taking home. Cindy also had 
56 new handicap tracking points to pack along. If you 
find a "Bagby" in your block at your next tournament 
consider yourself warned.

After winning his block and also collecting silver in 
doubles, Jim and Phyllis Butts were last seen packing 
his trophies and mallet as they headed east to the 
Phoenix Open in search of even more trophies.

The tournament format was 3 blocks of singles and 2 
Waterford doubles blocks. Each player had 2 singles and 
1 doubles game each day. There was a seeded playoff for 
the top 3 places in each singles block but the order of 
finish was the same as it had been in the block play.

Block 1
1		Arthur  Bagby	
2		Maryholt  Maxwell	
3		Tom  Krause	
4		Christina Pinkerton	
5		Gordon  Milse	
6		Ellery  McClatchy	
7		Biff  Roche	
8		Irving  Hofstein	
9		Maurice  Marsac	
10		Jane  McDonnell

Block 2	
1		Jim Butts	
2		Carolyn Danz	
3		Gordon  Smale	
4		Melanie Marsac	
5		Lee  Wood	
6		Charlie Sexton	
7		Woody Tarlow	
8		Libby  Newell	
9		Vern Benfer

Block 3
1		Cindy  Bagby	
2		Pat Apple	
3		Len  Lyon	
4		Paul  Moore	
5		Bob Kays	
6		Andrew Pinkerton	
7		Mary Cahill	
8		Elfie Guillen	
9		Elaine  Fong	
10		Dick  Pierce

Waterford Doubles Block 1	
1st 		A.Bagby
2nd		B.Roche
3rd		J.Butts
4th		T.Krause
5th		G.Milse
6th		C.Danz
7th		Melanie
8th		M.Maxwell
9th	 	L.Newell
10th		I.Hofstein
11th		G.Smale
		
Waterford Doubles Block 2		
1st		C.Bagby
2nd		L.Wood
3rd		E.Fong
4th		C.Kays
5th		J.Bonacci
6th		P.Moore
7th		B.Kays
8th		L.Lyon
9th		M.Cahill
10th		N.Deupree
11th		V.Benfer
12th		D.Milse

John & Rosemarie Taylor
Tournament Directors