I just got back from the Tennis Club’s Soup and Salad Social and if you missed it this year, you missed a wonderful dinner. Lots of soups, rolls and butter and a long table just chock full of interesting salads. Hats off to our social committee for an excellent event with over a hundred people in attendance!
Here are some of the items discussed at this meeting:
The Palm Creek Welcome Home Party is this Saturday, January 14th from 11:30-1:30 at Palm Park. If you have not paid for your membership ($15/couple $10/single) stop by the Tennis Club Table and Helen and Glenn Arnold will be there to sign you up. Coupons for a free hot dog and a free ice cream at the Welcome Home party are available in advance in the Activities Office or you can get them the day of the party. They also have free popcorn but you don’t need a coupon. As Gwen Black so eloquently stated at our meeting this evening, “even if you are just a social tennis player, the tennis club really appreciates your supporting us by joining as a member.”
I know you have heard it before but I am once again asking for your help. If you don’t have an answering machine on your park phone it would greatly reduce all the phone calls we need to make when we cannot leave a message. I do most of the communication via email, but when we do need to make phone calls it is very time consuming and your support would be very much appreciated!
Marion Gavin gave the Treasurer’s report. We started the month with $1610.83, we had $377 income for the month and $283.02 in expenses resulting in a balance at December 31 of $1704.81.
There are some tennis club Antigua collared shirt available. If you would like a shirt, please call Marion Gavin at 7708 and she can tell you if we have the size and color (red or white) in stock. If we get enough requests I will place another order. The shirts are high quality and only cost $25.
Reminder: Tennis Lessons start this Tuesday at 2pm. The lessons are free and open to everyone. No sign up sheet, just show up on the court with your racquet. There is one court that focuses specifically on beginners - those who have not played much tennis, or never played tennis. The other courts focus on specific skills and you rotate between the courts. It is a lot of fun and very helpful for anyone who wants to improve their game. Also remember that ball machine 101 is available every Monday at 2pm. Come out to courts 4 and 5, the ball machines are set up and ready to “take you on!”
The Pickleball Club is having a pickleball paddle demo event on Saturday January 14th from 1pm-4pm. For all of our tennis club players who also play pickleball, please stop by and demo a new paddle. The pickleball club will be using Tennis Court #1 . I have reserved it for them from 11-5. There are plenty of other tennis courts available at this time, The pickleball club will also be borrowing the two folding tables that the tennis club owns.
Club Team Tennis starts this Thursday on January 12th. If you have not signed up to play, please come out and cheer on your friends. Due to the amount of people who signed up we are going to have two sessions. The first session is 1-2:30 and the second session is from 2:30 – 4:00. All players will receive an email letting them know what team they are on and what time session they will be playing on 1/12. Immediately following the last session, at 4pm we will be having the Tennis Club Happy Hour in the Tennis Pavilion. Please bring a snack/appetizer to share and your own adult beverage. Last year these were lots of fun with an amazing variety of snacks.
www.reservemycourt.com is the final resource for court assignments. We have opened permanent court time to include the 11-12:30 slot. If you have a group that you would like to play tennis with every week, please call me or Mark (x6459) and we will be glad to reserve a permanet court time for you. Otherwise the system only allows you to reserve a court one week in advance. If you have a permanent court time, please go on reservemycourt.com and verify that it is posted correctly.
SAVE THE DATE – Here are some important dates for you to post on your calendar:
CANCER AWARENESS TOURNAMENT – Wednesday. 2/1 – ladies doubles, Thursday 2/2 – Men’s Doubles, Friday 2/3– mixed doubles. The net proceeds will be donated to the Palm Creek Cancer Awareness Fund which splits the proceeds 80% to Susan G. Komen Foundation and 20% to the American Cancer Society. On Saturday at 5:30 we will have the celebration dinner in the San Tan Room with a very entertaining raffle and an auction. The fees for one event is $25 and if you are going to play gender doubles and mixed doubles it is only $30 for both. The sign up sheets will be posted on the Tennis Club bulletin board.
PALM CREEK TENNIS CLUB TOURNAMENT
Seeding event – Tuesday, February 14th
Event - February 16-19
SECOND SESSION CLUB TEAM TENNIS
February 23, March 1, 8 and 15.
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE COURTS
March 10
ANNUAL MEETING AND BBQ
March 18
The Palm Creek Lion’s Club is doing a fundraiser called “Minute to Win It.” It costs $1 per team member and each team can have 4-8 team members. The event will be held Tuesday, January 31st at 7pm in the Ballroom. Penny Mason is in charge of the Tennis Club team/s. If you would like to participate in this fun and very worthwhile event please give Penny a call at x6603.
We have a new addition to organized play. Rhoda Zaph is the court captain for Advanced Couples on Wednesdays at 2pm. If you are interested in playing with this group please contact Rhoda at x7736.
Activities office has asked me to remind you to please have your badge with you if you are not wearing it when you are on the tennis courts. If you have a guest visitng you, please make sure you get a visitor badge for your guests.
Last year Betty Scofield recommended that we do something to try and reduce the glare when we are using the tennis pavilion. Four umbrellas are due to arrive at the pavilion sometime this week. We will put the four umbrellas in four of the tables and tilt the umbrellas to block the sun. Hopefully, this will reduce the glare in the pavilion.
Last but far from least, I recently received an email from Wendell Johnson, General Manager of Palm Creek which states “You and your team are giving us the confidence to go forward with plans to make the Tennis/Pickleball complex a Tennis only complex in the future.”
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