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Post by RogiFan on Mar 19, 2003 12:20:17 GMT -5
Hello!!! Have you guys seen Roger's other website? It's in French but i find the layout really good. Jerome should get ideas from this guy. lol www.roger-federer.fr.stHi Mrs. B.! I'm checking it out now... looking at the screencaps from Dubai. Nice to see it's pretty up-to-date -- just what we want! Will have to continue later as I'm starving! Jerome... ay!  Are you gearing up for the season now? |
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 19, 2003 15:09:18 GMT -5
I certainly am. I went to our tennis club today and they've started to remove old clay from the courts and will put in some new ones. They've cleaned and pruned the plants around the place too. I'll wait for a go signal from our "Platzchef" so he can turn on the boilers then i'll start cleaning up the clubhouse. I'm having a meeting next week with my beer supplier. I wanted to change brands but will have to check out who's got the better offer. I still don't have a car so i'm a bit crippled from going around and checking out new pricelists of products. We're officially opening on the 19th of April, and i'll be preparing an apero for the members. With the weather getting better everyday it feels like spring already. ;D  |
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Post by ILR on Mar 19, 2003 15:16:12 GMT -5
Hi  it all sounds so fun,getting all the new clay in and even the meetings because its all to do with the tennis club! it is officially the first day of spring apparently.i heard it on the radio  |
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Post by ILR on Mar 19, 2003 15:16:46 GMT -5
ooooh yay Ive got 4 stars now!;D
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 19, 2003 15:35:12 GMT -5
Hi Emma! You're a 4 star general! Yeah, clay court season is in the corner and i'm looking forward to it. I'll be hanging around the courts again. ;D |
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Post by ILR on Mar 19, 2003 15:42:44 GMT -5
Hi Mrs.B Ive been after that 4th star for ages! it'd be really cool to work in a tennis club ;D especially if you could play there when you've got the time too |
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 19, 2003 15:52:39 GMT -5
I certainly am. I went to our tennis club today and they've started to remove old clay from the courts and will put in some new ones. They've cleaned and pruned the plants around the place too. I'll wait for a go signal from our "Platzchef" so he can turn on the boilers then i'll start cleaning up the clubhouse. I'm having a meeting next week with my beer supplier. I wanted to change brands but will have to check out who's got the better offer. I still don't have a car so i'm a bit crippled from going around and checking out new pricelists of products. We're officially opening on the 19th of April, and i'll be preparing an apero for the members. With the weather getting better everyday it feels like spring already. ;D Wow, sounds exciting (even if its a lot of work)!! Its been really nice here too although a huge storm is going to blow in tonight Anyway, I'll keep my fingers crossed that everything goes well! I wish we had clay courts here, but alas no, just hard. I'll find a clay court if I die trying, LOL!! |
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 19, 2003 16:21:01 GMT -5
Wow, sounds exciting (even if its a lot of work)!! Its been really nice here too although a huge storm is going to blow in tonight Anyway, I'll keep my fingers crossed that everything goes well! I wish we had clay courts here, but alas no, just hard. I'll find a clay court if I die trying, LOL!! Hey, Hackie! I've been idle for the last months so am looking forward to do something again, and make money out of it. Yes, hope it goes well, it will depend mostly on good weather. Good thing about it is that i don't work hard everyday, so in between i still am a paying clubmember and can play whenever i want to. Michel's parents' place has also claycourts at the back of their place and also hold tournaments there. I'll take some pics for you when the timing is right! |
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 19, 2003 16:32:45 GMT -5
Hey, Hackie! I've been idle for the last months so am looking forward to do something again, and make money out of it. Yes, hope it goes well, it will depend mostly on good weather. Good thing about it is that i don't work hard everyday, so in between i still am a paying clubmember and can play whenever i want to. Michel's parents' place has also claycourts at the back of their place and also hold tournaments there. I'll take some pics for you when the timing is right! Wow, it sounds like a dream, running a successful club and mingling with the other members on the court! Do you guys have tournaments, too? A club league or something similar? Michel's parents need to drag their son home and do something to him!! He hasn't got a prayer against the Frenchies if he's struggling with Meligeni  But LOL, any pictures would be greatly appreciated, as I'm sure you already know! |
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 20, 2003 4:42:54 GMT -5
Wow, it sounds like a dream, running a successful club and mingling with the other members on the court! Do you guys have tournaments, too? A club league or something similar? Michel's parents need to drag their son home and do something to him!! He hasn't got a prayer against the Frenchies if he's struggling with Meligeni But LOL, any pictures would be greatly appreciated, as I'm sure you already know! oh yes, we have Interclub tournaments in the months of May & June on all weekends then i'm really busy (but get to watch matches and cheer for the home teams) and i have to feed the visitors and our team, plus some guests. July is easy, as most members go off on holidays, then August & Sept. are club tournaments for singles and doubles. (I play matches then, and i let someone do my job ;D) We also host a local doubles tournament where players from other clubs participate. During these events we put a bar in the garden which overlooks the courts. Most members hang out till late in the evening . It's really a cool place. Yeah, Krati...que pasa?  Hope he performs better than this during DC. |
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Post by Doris on Mar 20, 2003 10:56:27 GMT -5
Looks like you have a lot of fun with your club Mrs. B.
Still thinking about joining our one haven't made up my mind yet. But I guess it would be worth it.
To bad for Krati. I really hope he can put his game together again!!
Come on Michel "we" need good results from you!!
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 20, 2003 12:27:56 GMT -5
Doris, it's certainly worth it to be a club member. You can play as much as you can, i even play with the ball machine. lol. Actually, it's not bad 'cuz you get to practice your strokes. There's a few women i get to hit with, sometimes with my husband, sometimes with our top ranked players, but they wear me out fast. Still, any possibility to hit is most welcome. There's also a Filipina kollegin who just joined last year, i hit with her too, no prob. I 'm happy to be on the court and to move. ;D btw., i saw this woman at the coop this afternoon working at the Gemeinde and asked her where Krati lives...he's on Dorfstrasse.... *hear that, Hackie?* |
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 20, 2003 12:46:52 GMT -5
oh yes, we have Interclub tournaments in the months of May & June on all weekends then i'm really busy (but get to watch matches and cheer for the home teams) and i have to feed the visitors and our team, plus some guests. July is easy, as most members go off on holidays, then August & Sept. are club tournaments for singles and doubles. (I play matches then, and i let someone do my job ;D) We also host a local doubles tournament where players from other clubs participate. During these events we put a bar in the garden which overlooks the courts. Most members hang out till late in the evening . It's really a cool place. Hehe, I'd probably be ecstatic just being around clay for the first month or so  Sounds like its enjoyable and rewarding! Yes, I remember you talking about participating in a few tournaments on ATPWorld last year, but I wasn't too clear on the structure of it all, but it sounds really cool I think they have such things here in the states, but tennis is so under the radar that you'd have to seek out a club league -- they don't exactly advertise |
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 20, 2003 12:48:34 GMT -5
Doris, it's certainly worth it to be a club member. You can play as much as you can, i even play with the ball machine. lol. Actually, it's not bad 'cuz you get to practice your strokes. There's a few women i get to hit with, sometimes with my husband, sometimes with our top ranked players, but they wear me out fast. Still, any possibility to hit is most welcome. There's also a Filipina kollegin who just joined last year, i hit with her too, no prob. I 'm happy to be on the court and to move. ;D btw., i saw this woman at the coop this afternoon working at the Gemeinde and asked her where Krati lives...he's on Dorfstrasse.... *hear that, Hackie?* Eeee, you're making me want to find someone to play with, Mrs. B!! Thank goodness my lessons start next week, then we'll see just how much of a Hack I really am, LOL What am I hearing? Am I hearing a street address, LOL? Or the faint rumblings of my Swiss liason to stalk? |
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 20, 2003 13:00:38 GMT -5
Eeee, you're making me want to find someone to play with, Mrs. B!! Thank goodness my lessons start next week, then we'll see just how much of a Hack I really am, LOL What am I hearing? Am I hearing a street address, LOL? Or the faint rumblings of my Swiss liason to stalk? I know this street, as our community is quite small, so it's 4 sts. parallel to ours. I could get the house number too, but i don't want to stalk him, i'll just wait for another occasion when i'll see him and i'll ask him something! But i can take a pic of his flat outside for you... I'm off again. Dinner with friends...later!  |
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 20, 2003 13:28:17 GMT -5
I know this street, as our community is quite small, so it's 4 sts. parallel to ours. I could get the house number too, but i don't want to stalk him, i'll just wait for another occasion when i'll see him and i'll ask him something! But i can take a pic of his flat outside for you... I'm off again. Dinner with friends...later! Ooh, okay! Sounds like a plan And hey, if you want to get in some more practice with your camera, who am I to stop you Have fun!  |
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Post by Doris on Mar 21, 2003 6:28:12 GMT -5
Hmmm these are the only Kratochvils I could find ....
Kratochvil Fenner Susanne , Baumgartenstr. 20, 4917 Melchnau
Kratochvil Frantisek , Dennigkofenweg 122, 3072 Ostermundigen
Kratochvil Jakub , Schönburgstr. 21, 3013 Bern
Kratochvil Jana , Rumiweg 47, 4900 Langenthal
Kratochvil Jaroslav , Weststr. 10, 4900 Langenthal
Kratochvil Josef , Hausmattweg 35, 3074 Muri b. Bern
Kratochvil Jiri , Rainstr. 75, 4557 Horriwil
Kratochvil Dusan , Hirschmattstr. 47, 6003 Luzern
Kratochvil Leo , Bullingerstr. 60, 8004 Zürich
Kratochvil Milena , Eugen Huber-Str. 55, 8048 Zürich
No nothing with Dorfstrasse........
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Post by Doris on Mar 21, 2003 6:29:30 GMT -5
Actually there are two more but both from Zürich so I guess it's not "our" man.....
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 21, 2003 6:44:28 GMT -5
I think Krati's ad is unregistered. He also just moved here in Gümligen.The one in Ostermundigen is his Dad. I'll check if his phone no. shows up in the tel search...
But the woman at the Gemeinde said she'll email me his ad if i really wanted it. I asked it discreetly so she probably thought i needed the info for our tennis club or something.
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 21, 2003 6:47:59 GMT -5
i knew it. Keine Anträge gefunden! I feel like Nancy Drew on a mission... LMAO ;D |
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 21, 2003 8:29:27 GMT -5
What a good spy you are! So many Kratochvils? Is it that common a name or are they ALL related? Can't imagine it... Hackie: nice pic of Micha, isn't it? But Rogi's nose is BIGGER!
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Mar 21, 2003 8:38:19 GMT -5
HI! LOL at the nose talk. How about Ivo H. or George B., they're Swiss but their noses aren't that big! Well you know the myth, the bigger the nose, the bigger the asset. ;D |
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 21, 2003 8:46:26 GMT -5
HI! LOL at the nose talk. How about Ivo H. or George B., they're Swiss but their noses aren't that big! Well you know the myth, the bigger the nose, the bigger the asset. ;D lol! A lot of people say that... maybe that's why Rogi's big nose doesn't bother me!  The heat is brutal in Miami this year -- recordbreaking! Hope our guys will be OK! Some play today: Hewitt, Juanqui, Alex, Carlos, Misha, Paradorn, Max... good luck to them! Breakie! |
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 21, 2003 9:22:14 GMT -5
OMG!! It's become the Michel Kratochvil Stalking Party Kidding, kidding. RF: Nobody could touch Rogi's nose, but the first thing that came to mind when I saw lokon's picture was that. Perhaps I was influenced by all of the nose talk from yesterday ;D |
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 21, 2003 10:46:08 GMT -5
Hackie, does lokon have any pix of Rogi? Liked the Alex and Juanqui ones!
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 21, 2003 22:06:15 GMT -5
HOPP, ROGI!! Rogi's up first on the main court at 11.00am Miami time. Keep your cool, Rogi!
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Post by Lily on Mar 22, 2003 6:48:25 GMT -5
oh good lord, first the spa now the nose. Is that right? did Lleyton really lose to Clavet? I'm stunned! I was so sure Rogi w have to beat him again in this tourney. So Lleyton loses and Paradorn finally wins a match. how wacky! and maybe RF knows who Verdasco is cause i sure dont and i usually know ppl i've never heard of.  and what is w this disturbing trend of Americans winning all of a sudden. Fish, Ginepri, Martin? Things are just getting out of control. Rogi plays Horna whos a qualie and qualies are bad so Rogi must be v awake! I wonder if all the ppl who were sick last week are better, like Marat. Hope so. The heat does seem brutal! dont they have some kind of a heat rule, like at the AO? |
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 22, 2003 9:37:54 GMT -5
Hi Lily! Fernando Verdasco is a Spanish player from Madrid, who won the Spanish Junior title in 2001 and was finalist in the Spanish National vs. Robredo last year. So he's coming up in the ranks in Spain -- good! They need more good young players. Cheering for ROGI today!! HOPP! PL was scouting out Horna, acc. to MMGirl -- she met Rogi and PL!! Hope she reports here!
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Post by ILR on Mar 22, 2003 9:40:03 GMT -5
Hi RF so if Rogis match is 11am Miami time it means that I wont be here for his match! just want to wish him the best out there today!;D |
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Post by ILR on Mar 22, 2003 12:01:50 GMT -5
lol I am here! ;D Rogi took first set 6-2 and its 2-2 in the 2nd now
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Hope he performs better than this during DC.
and what is w this disturbing trend of Americans winning all of a sudden. Fish, Ginepri, Martin? Things are just getting out of control.