Hi all,
Yes, its time to start planning for our upcoming tennis
season at Palm Creek. Let’s start with the great news – as soon as the
contractor finishes installing the new Pickleball center the existing pickleball
courts in the tennis center will be converted to three additional tennis
courts. Yes, we will have 8 tennis courts in the Palm Creek Tennis
Center!!! This is tentatively scheduled to begin November 15th so we
will have the 8 tennis courts ready when the busy season begins!! At least I am
keeping my fingers crossed J
With that news we are making some changes to the tennis
schedule:
1- We are going to
eliminate prime time and all time slots not scheduled for organized play will be
available for permanent court time reservations.
2- With many of you
requesting two hour time slots because you can’t get in three sets in a 1 ½ hour
time slot we are going to make all time slots from 11AM on into two hour time
slots. This will result in the following time slots: 8-9:30, 9:30-11, then
11-1, 1-3, 3-5, 5-7 and 7-9.
3- Organized play will not
always adhere to these time slots as we want to not force any of our volunteer
court captains to have to change their schedules.
I will have the tennis club handout ready to go in the near
future with have the organized play schedule and I will send it out in an email
and we will also post it on the tennis club website www.palmcreektennisclub.blogspot.com.
Save the Date:
Mark your calendars right now so you don’t have any
conflicts.
January 13th – Arkansas group hosts tennis
event
Cancer Awareness Tournament : January 30 – Ladies doubles,
31 Men’s Doubles, Feb 1 Mixed Doubles
Cancer Awareness Awards Banquet – Saturday February
2nd
Palm Creek Tennis Tournament – February 21, 22, 23 and
24
Palm Creek Tennis Tournament Awards Dinner – February
24
Annual Meeting – Sunday, March 17th
Other good news:
We are going to be getting a tennis racquet stringer in the
park. As many of you know it is recommended that you have your racquet restrung
the number of times in a year equal to the number of days you play tennis in a
week. That is, if you play 3 days a week, you should have your racquet restrung
three times a year. Mike Murray will be at site #1488 and is planning to
arrive the first week in November. Below is the email he sent to me requesting
any advance requests so that he can be sure to bring the correct inventories
with him:
I will be bringing my stringing
gear with me this year and look forward to working with club members as needed.
If possible, I would appreciate it if you could query the membership in
advance to find out if there are any requests for string or grip brands/types.
If so, I'll be sure and have my inventories ready for anyone who needs work
done. For your information, I typically charge $20 for stringing with a
standard synthetic gut and $5.00 for a basic grip, $1.50 for an overgrip. More
expensive strings/grips are additional at my extra cost only. My wife and I
plan to arrive sometime around the first week in November and will be in site
#1488.
Mike’s contact information is:
Email: Mike Murray [w0agmike@gmail.com]
Cell: 931-248-0722
