December Newsletter 2021

 

CLUB UPDATE

I hope everyone is enjoying the Holiday Season! We have been cruising along here at the club. The tennis Turkey Trot was a blast with 24 awesome players showing up to battle for the turkey. It was also great to get to play on our three new courts. They look amazing and hope everyone gets a chance to play on them. We are still working on getting new pool furniture shipped here soon. Major shipping delays have become an issue but we hope to get them sooner than later.

I also hope everyone tries a Massage session with Georgia in the near future. If you are feeling the stress, give Georgia an hour of your time and experience our new service. I have heard nothing but great things!

Elin and her great aquatics team had another fun and competitive swim meet last month. It was great having so many juniors working hard in the pool. I'm so proud of our program and how well the juniors have developed.

I hope everyone has a great Holiday Season. I know I am so thankful and I hope you are too!

See Ya at the Club!
Ryan

 

PILATES NEWS

PILATES INSTRUCTOR KELSEY ECKERSON
By Georgia Cotsis Pilates Director
Massage Therapist
[email protected] (805)272-5619

Kelsey Eckerson is one of our amazing Pilates instructors. She challenges her clients to work all their muscle groups to the fullest and she has a great background. I had the pleasure of meeting Kelsey in college where we were studying Dance and Pilates together as our major.

Here is a bit about Kelsey. I encourage you to book a Pilates session with her! Contact Kelsey at [email protected] or (805)625-3821.

 

 

AQUATICS NEWS

OJAI HEAT WAVES NOVICE SWIM MEET

Beginning swimmers enjoyed their first swim meet since 2019 on Friday November 19. Ojai Heat Waves Senior and Junior Competition groups helped host the Novice and Junior groups. For many of these swimmers, this was their first competition swim ever. Swimmer also enjoyed hot chocolate while watching some of our high level competition swimmers perform exhibition swims. It was a fun time for all of our swim team members! To join swim team CLICK HERE

 

BENCH PRESS PRO TIP

Fitness Director Danielle Wommack

A good old-fashioned Band Pull-Apart is a great primer exercise for the Bench Press or any training that involves muscles on the front side of your body. When you perform multiple sets of between 10-20 repetitions, the Band Pull-Apart becomes a corrective movement that activates the muscles attached to the shoulder girdle so that it can move pain free and support pressing movements like the Bench Press.

Why is the Band Pull-Apart so effective? It teaches the shoulders to move in the opposite direction to that which they are in most often – rounded forward. This becomes a habitual posture and as a result it changes the stabilizing muscles in our shoulder muscles and muscles that stabilize the scapula. Over time these muscles become functionally shortened and weakened which leaves you at risk for injury when it comes to lifts like the Bench Press. The Band Pull-Apart is your tool to teach your body how to eliminate this poor posture. It teaches your body how to move the shoulder and scapula to move correctly while training the thoracic spine how to maintain a neutral position for pain free Bench Pressing.

To perform a Band Pull Apart:

1. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart
2. Keep a resistance band held out in front of your chest with both hands at arm's length
3. Maintain the band at chest level and your arms shoulder with apart
4. Pull the band apart, moving your hands and straight arms horizontally as you pull that band apart
5. Keep the band at chest height throughout the movement and return your hands to the start position after stretching the band to full extent.

Here's a video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az_VEgEqjXQ

Give Band Pull-Aparts a go before your next Bench Press session and your shoulders and back will thank you.

 

DECEMBER RACQUETS NEWS

NEW COURTS!

The court improvements on 6, 7 and 8 are complete!! Thanks to all for your patience and cooperation.

 

VCJTA TOURNAMENT WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

We had nearly 70 area kids ages 7-16 come out on the weekend of November 13 and 14 to play our VCJTA open/novice tournament. It was a toasty weekend but the kids had a blast. Several of our members did very well and took home trophies.

The boys 14 Novice Division saw two OVAC clinic regulars Gregory Davis and Nicholas Saucedo face off in the final after each had won their respective division of round robin play. Nicholas was "playing up" a division at 12 years old and obviously did well to make the final. Gregory defeated his buddy in the match tiebreak to take first and they enjoyed a celebratory cheeseburger after the match.

The girls 14 novice division featured a similar scenario with our own Cassidy Gaston defeating her friend and fellow member Mary Moses after each had advanced through round robin play to make the final.

In the Boys 12 Open Sebastian Saucedo finished as runner-up. He got to have a cheeseburger too! The Girls 12 Open division OVAC's own Rania Busz proved too strong for her opponent and trounced her 6-0;6-0 in the final to take first place. A good looking group in the Boy's 10 Novice closed down the tourney late Sunday afternoon.

Check out pictures from the event HERE.

 

TURKEY TROT 2021

Twenty-four members and a few guests made for another memorable turkey trot on a gorgeous Saturday in late November. Katya Welborn and her partner Graham eked out a win in a tiebreaker over Lea/David Gonzalez after both teams had finished round robin play tied. Thanks to all who came out to play.

To see pictures of the event click HERE.

 

SUNDAY MORNING ADVANCED PICKLEBALL

Join us on Sunday mornings at 9:30AM for fast and exciting pickleball action led by our very own GM Ryan Gaston. The level of play here is quite advanced so if you're not sure about whether this is for you please contact Ryan or myself to run it past us. Again, members are invited to bring their high caliber guests
free of charge.

 

TENNIS CLINICS

Contact Steve at [email protected] to sign up for any clinic. The weekly JUNIOR tennis clinics will resume after labor day.

JUNIOR CLINICS

Intermediate Clinic- Invitation Only
Children must be able to rally, serve and play points. Ages 9-14 as a loose rule. Inclusion in the clinic is based on Tennis Directors approval.
Monday & Wednesday 4pm-5:30pm (90 minutes)
Ages 9-14. Cost: $18 member/$21 non-member

Future Stars
For our youngest players aged 5-8 who are new to tennis. Fun learning through movement and games.

Monday & Wednesday 3:45pm-4:30pm, Saturday at 9 AM (45 minutes)
Ages 5-8. Cost: $12 member/$15 non-member

Bigger Littles Clinic
A clinic for our older beginners who have some experience. Physical conditioning, stroke production and drills/games are part of this clinic.

Monday & Wednesday 4:30pm-5:30pm, Saturday at 10 AM, (60 minutes)
Ages 8-12. Cost: $15 member/$18 non-member

ADULT CLINICS

Advanced Live Ball- Invitation Only
Mondays 5:30pm-6:30pm. Cost: $15 member/$18 non-member

Ladies Intermediate Live Ball- Invitation Only
Wednesdays 5:30 pm-6:30 pm. Cost: $15 member/$18 non-member
Saturdays 9am-10am. Cost: $15 member/$18 non-member

Adult Beginner/Intermediate Clinic
Saturdays 10-11:30am. Cost: $18 members/$21 non-members (CURRENTLY IN ABATEMENT UNTIL AFTER THE START OF THE YEAR)

DROP IN TENNIS

Drop in Doubles: Tuesday/Thursday at 3:30pm
Cronies Doubles: Monday/Wednesday/Friday at 7am

PICKLEBALL

Adult Beginner Pickleball Instruction - Please contact Steve if interested in group or private pickleball lessons.

Open Play: Pickleball is open all day, 7 days a week. Paddles and balls available at the front desk for loan. All membership types may play. Guests are currently free for Sunday morning advanced play sessions.

Group Play- 8:30 AM on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Informal group doubles.