A mid-week update from President Kate

Hi all,

Happy Hour – Sunday, November 18^th 4pm – all are welcome

Just want to remind everyone that this Sunday, November 18^th we are having a happy hour to welcome everyone back to Palm Creek.  This event is open to all tennis players and spouses.  So please,come on out and join in the fun.  Or, if you have lots on your schedule, just stop by so you can say hello!  This event is open to members and non-members.  Just BYOB, grab a snack or an appetizer to share if you can and join us at 4:00pm in the tennis pavilion.  If you would like to play some tennis, there will be tennis play from 2-3:30.  No need to sign up just show up.  I hope to see you there.

Tennis Stringer

Mike Murray is in the park at site 1488 and he strings tennis racquets.  Mark just had two of his racquets restrung by Mike.   It only takes him about an hour to get your racquet done so you can drop it off and pick it up the same day!!!  And, the total cost for most stringing is only $20.  The basic rule of thumb is the number of time to get your tennis racquet restrung in a year should be equal to   the number of time you play tennis in a week.  So, don’t wait, give Mike a call at 7488 and schedule a date to get your racquet(s) restrung.

Status on the three new tennis courts

Wayne Black, Bob Gibson, and John Blessen met with Wendell to provide additional support for the tennis clubs needs for the additional three courts.  Their presentation was very well received by Wendell.  He appreciated their support of the tennis club and the opportunity to hear from this group.  It gave Wendell assurance that the feelings of the membership of the tennis club is in line with what he has been hearing from me.  Bottom line result of the discussion is that: 1) the pickleball nets will be removed by the Palm Creek Maintenance Crew – date not specified. 2) The tennis club will be getting back the three tennis courts  3) The conversion date is dependent on budget availability.  If Wendell can find the monies the conversion will take place in December.  If not, as their fiscal year ends on December 31^st, he will put the conversion into the 2013 budget and the conversion will take place in January.  In addition to the conversion of the pickleball courts to tennis courts, Wendell is hoping the vendor doing the conversion will also make some repairs to the cracks in the existing courts.   A special thank you to Wayne, Bob and John for taking the time to work on this for us!!

Hope to see you on Sunday,

Kate