Sunday, September 30, 2012

A note from our Tennis Club President, Kate Perrie


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]  

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

It's almost time....

Are you ready?
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Have you done any practicing/playing this summer?

Does your racquet need to be restrung?

Do you need a new pair of court shoes?

How's your supply of fresh balls?

It won't be long till we're all gathered at the courts at Palm Creek again.

Hope to see you there!

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