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Vol. VIII No. 412Rowayton, Conn., Saturday, October 3, 2026Tips: stories@rowayton.club
SUNDAY PADDLE CZAR

Simone Claims Right To Name F Captain

Sunday Paddle Czar cites nickname, king maker, as sole authority to replace Gorman

Subcommittee finds no such office; nickname traced to his own text

Simone declined to say who granted the title

By Anita Bath·Staff Reporter

Andrew Simone, outside the Rowayton hut Saturday, claims a third title since Labor Day — a new one roughly every twelve days.

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ROWAYTON, Conn., Oct. 3 —Andrew Simone said Saturday that naming Chris Gorman's successor as captain of Rowayton F is his decision alone, citing his authority as the club's Sunday Paddle Czar and a nickname he said the membership has given him: king maker.

Asked whether the pick runs through any process, Mr. Simone was unambiguous. "Yes, it's my decision," he wrote. "They like to call me king maker." He did not elaborate on who 'they' are, and did not respond to a follow-up question asking him to name one of them.

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“Yes, it's my decision. They like to call me king maker.”
Andrew Simone, Sunday Paddle Czar

Mr. Griggs tightens the fourth zip tie on the Court Three drop Tuesday, a number chosen, he said, so the job would never recur.

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USED-BALL DROP

Club Installs New Used-Ball Drop

Plywood board drilled with two-and-a-half-inch hole, zip-tied to Court Three post, lettered USED / BALLS ONLY; prior milk-crate contents unconfirmed

By Anita Bath·Staff Reporter

ROWAYTON, Conn., Oct. 2 —The Rowayton Paddle Club this week retired the pair of milk crates that have served, informally and without signage, as the courts' used-ball receptacles for the better part of a decade, replacing them with a single plywood board drilled with a two-and-a-half-inch hole, zip-tied to the post at Court Three and lettered by hand, "USED / BALLS ONLY."

The board was installed Tuesday afternoon and secured with four zip ties, a figure the club's assistant grounds chair, Brian Griggs, confirmed personally after being asked twice. "Two would have held," Mr. Griggs said. "We used four because this is not a project we intend to revisit."

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Hunter Siegel at a Post Road copy shop Tuesday at 6:14 a.m. He printed twenty-two copies and delivered fourteen before 7 a.m.

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THE ROWAYTON RECORD

Siegel Says He Wrote Rival Paper Alone

Record claimed Vol. XLIII with no editor, no address; Goodspeed has offered to fund it.

By Anita Bath·Staff Reporter

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Mr. McCoy plays his second set of the afternoon at Thursday's open house before leaving without a word to the paddle committee.

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MCCOY GOES QUIET

McCoy Declines Comment On Breakaway League

Third written request goes unanswered; league said to answer to no captain, only itself

By Anita Bath·Staff Reporter

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Kyle Avery at net Saturday, the second of six sessions he has added to the sheet since Monday.

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DAD STRENGTH

Avery Says Fatherhood Boosts His Commitment

Cites 'dad strength'; cleared for weekend and weekday play through preseason, disputing report he stepped back

By Anita Bath·Staff Reporter

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