As we don’t have enough tennis courts at Palm Creek for all the teams to start at the same time, we are going to try doing Club Team Tennis this week by splitting the courts between Palm Creek and Mission Royale. We know we have hit the big time – we are playing “away games!!!” Play will start at 2pm at both sites. All players will receive an email letting them know which courts they will be playing on. As Mission Royale does not have the depth of facilities that we have here at Palm Creek they are requesting all players bring chairs. Those playing at Mission Royale will have their Happy Hour at Mission Royale and those playing at Palm Creek will have their Happy Hour at Palm Creek. If you are not playing Club Team tennis please come out and cheer on the teams and stop by and emjoy our tennis club happy hour at 4pm. This is our last session of Club Team Tennis for the January Session. The February/March Session will start up again on February 23rd.
Sign up sheets are posted for the Cancer Awareness Tournament. Please stop by the bulletin boards and sign up. This is a very worthy cause and the Cancer Awareness Tennis Tournaments are always great fun!! You don’t even have to find a partner as partners are randomly assigned to you!! It really makes for a very fun filled event. And, all players are invited to the Cancer Awareness Awards Dinner on Saturday at 5:30 pm for free. Spouses are invited to also attend for $5. There is a sign up sheet for those who just would like to attend the dinner for $5. Please note that the tennis club does not participate in the Cancer Awareness shirts/caps/towels. We prefer to give as much money as we can to the Cancer charities. As many of us participate in the golf tournament or the walk, or one of the other tournaments we already get a shirt/cap/towel. If you want a Cancer Awareness shirt or a cap and you don’t participate in any of the other Cancer Awareness events you can go to the Activities office and they will sell it to you.
I heard from Helen Arnold, membership chair, that she is getting calls looking for updated phone numbers. Because I so value all of the tennis club volunteers, I hate to put additional burdens on them. So I reprioritized The Tennis Club Roster on my “to do” list and I have updated the roster on the tennis club website: www.palmcreektennisclub.blogspot.com. On the right under the word Menu is the “2011-2012 Tennis Club Roster.” Please check and make sure your site number is correct. I have found that many of you have changed sites and did not let me know so I am finding out the hard way how to find you. Also, the self rating is just that, how you rate yourself as a tennis player. We use the USTA rating system. But, this is your self rating, you are the only one who can change it. Please review your rating and let me know if you would like to change it. Last but not least, there are no emails included in this roster. This is a public website and with all the emails posted it would open all of us to unnecessary spam. Also, someone added in our planning meeting that they believe it is against the law to publish email addresses. I highly value the use of emails to communicate with you. Therefore, I am very careful to send this using the “blind carbon copy” or bcc. That way no one can see any of the other email addresses. Take a minute and print the roster so you can easily look up your tennis friends.
Ladies League is going strong with 7 courts!!! Connie Emerson advised me that as the 11:00 court has to finish by 12:30 so the rest of the league can play. The 12:30 group courts 4 and 5 have to be finished by 2pm if not earlier so Hank Olson can get ready for Ball Machine 101. In order to ensure that the games are all finished in time the ladies league is going to a “no ad” format. The tennis league members discussed this and voted as a group to go to the “no ad” format.
Tennis Lessons on Tuesdays at 2pm are going strong. Last week Skip assigned the beginners and some of the newer players to work with Bob McConnell on Court 2 and it seemed like they were all having a great time. Four of the ladies in this group traded contact info and they are going to start playing together. This is just outstanding! If you want to improve your game and have some fun at the same time, come out to the courts Tuesday at 2pm. Skip, Walt, Rhoda and Bob do an amazing job. And, its FREE!!!
Also, I need to clear up a possible misunderstanding. Social Tennis is open to ALL LEVELS OF PLAY. If you are just starting please know that you will be welcomed. I have seen Mary Ellen Halm, one of our top lady players at Social Tennis and I have seen some of our newest beginners at Social Tennis. This is one of the best things about our tennis group - we welcome all players and all of the people playing social tennis are more than willing to help you out. It is a great way to learn the rules of the game, get to meet other tennis players, get in some exercise, and have fun! Social Tennis starts at 9:30 AM Monday through Friday. To all of our social tennis players, please make sure the lid is placed back on the ball container. Last week I found balls spilling out of the bin and the lid was off. If there are extra balls in the bin either throw them away or put them in the can to be used with the ball machine or lessons. Thanks!
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