Delaplaine presents the ultimate country club tennis handbook for those who love tennis. The guide addresses rules, regulations, etiquette, round-robin formats, and other topics.
The ultimate country club handbook for those who love tennis. Featuring rules, regulations, etiquette, round robin formats and more. Emphasizes the "unspoken" rules of country club play. Sophie Delaplaine has been a tennis player all her life. She was a champion when she played in school and has continued to play all her life. She plays at La Gorce Country Club in Miami Beach, among many of the other highly regarded courts in Florida, such as Fisher Island and Indian Creek, she has had every opportunity to examine the game with a keen eye.
The ultimate country club handbook for those who love tennis. Featuring rules, regulations, etiquette, round robin formats and more. Emphasizes the "unspoken" rules of country club play. Sophie Delaplaine has been a tennis player all her life. She was a champion when she played in school and has continued to play all her life. She plays at La Gorce Country Club in Miami Beach, among many of the other highly regarded courts in Florida, such as Fisher Island and Indian Creek, she has had every opportunity to examine the game with a keen eye.
Presenting a new angle on angling: the captivating history of the daring, ingenious, and skillful women who have made a lasting impact on sportfishing -- from a trendsetting 15th-century nun to the champions of today's professional tournaments.Modern sportfishing began in 1496 with the definitive "Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle". Written by the English noblewoman and nun Juliana Berners, it marks the beginning of a long line of contributions that women have made to a sport often considered the province of males.Dozens of entertaining portraits present the distaff side of the rod and reel world. Lyla Foggia reveals innovations -- from fly-tying tricks to casting techniques -- developed by women, including Joan Wulff, whose teaching method Fly Rod & Reel declared, "(did) for casting what Stephen Hawking did for physics". Foggia visits the "big three" arenas of sportfishing -- fly-fishing, big-game angling, and bass tournaments -- to introduce such legendary figures as Mrs. Spalding, aless-than-100-pound wonder who landed a record-setting 426-pound swordfish.With insights into fishing as a reflective act, and featuring vint
Containing authentic biographies of New Yorkers who are leaders and representatives in various departments of worthy human achievement including sketches of every army and navy officer born in or appointed from New York and now serving, of all the congressmen from the state, all state senators and judges, and all ambassadors, ministers and consuls appointed from New York.