The tennis tournament awards presentation and pizza happy hour was an outstanding success last Thursday. A special thanks to Seiny and Bill Kouwenhoven for all their hard work to make it such a wonderful event for all who attended.
We had 10 teams filling the courts for the first match of our March Session of Club Team Tennis. From the laughter and applause coming off the courts it was, as usual, a fun day of tennis. This session, with many of our men players being on the “injured reserve” list, or having left the park, Mark got creative and put together an all women team called “Chicks with Sticks!” Bev Argo, Rhoda Zaph and Marg Wildeman played in the men’s slots in the men’s doubles and the mixed matches. They did not win this week but from my scouting report, they are going to be one tough team to beat!
The Tennis Tournament Medalist Plaque is in production, the medal winners have received their certificates, and, I am proud to announce (put it this way…I am thrilled to get it off my “to do list”) that the blog has been updated with action photos of all of our winning teams. You can find this on our website www.palmcreektennisclub.blogspot.com. Just click on this link and it should take you right to the posting! Please remember that I also post a copy of this weekly update on our blog so you may have to scroll down past the 3/6 update to get to the tennis tournament medalist photos.
Next session of Club team tennis is Thursday, March 11th. If you are not playing, please come out to cheer the teams on and then join us for the tennis club weekly happy hour at 4pm. Just bring your favorite adult beverage and an appetizer to share (can be homemade or store bought) and meet some of the people that make our tennis club so great.
The secret is out and all of our members should have received an invitation in their park mailbox to the March 19th “Saturday Night at the Courts” event. The invitation has the details of the draw for the singles tournament which has eight of our finest tennis players competing in a single elimination tournament with a single set determining each match. The festivities start at 6:30 pm on Court 3 with the Opening Ceremonies and the singing of “O Canada” and “America the Beautiful.” In keeping with the elegance of our members this is a [Silly] Black Tie event. We are asking for everyone to wear some form of black tie, ribbon, bow, and entertain us with their creativitiy. A black tie event of this magnitude would not be complete without fine wines to taste. We have therefore asked for every couple to bring a bottle of their favorite wine to add to the tasting (with a suggested maximum cost of $10/bottle). In keeping with this sophisticated black tie extravaganza, we are also asking for everyone to bring an appetizer that fits a “Silly” black tie event. To complete our evening in style, the club will provide dessert and coffee. This event is open to all members of the tennis club and their guests (who we respectfully ask to also bring a bottle of wine and an appetizer). If you are not a member and would like to attend, just call Helen Arnold at 520-876-6877 and, as you are signing up so late in the season, we will count this year’s dues toward’s next season’s dues as well.
Last but not least, I hope to see you at the Tennis Club Annual BBQ on Sunday, March 13th at 4pm in the North Pavilion. The sign up sheet has been counted, but if you forgot to sign up, please give Sieny a call at 6687. The club provides the hamburgers and the hot dogs and we ask our members to bring either an appetizer, a side dish or a dessert. And don’t forget to bring your favorite adult beverage. This is also the election of officers and committee chairs for the 2011/2012 season. Past Predident, Char Eicher, as her “swan song” before she moves into her new home in Mission Royale, has voluteered to head the nominating committee. If you got a call from Char I hope you stepped up to be of service to our great club.
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