Weekly Update November 4, 2012

Tennis is set to get started this week with :

-          Social Tennis(offered Monday thru Friday) starting Monday, November 5  at 9:30 AM.  We are asking Non-Members to sign in so we can capture their information.  There is a clip board in the social tennis ball bin with the clip board, pencils and the sign up sheets.

-          Ball Machine 101 (offered every Monday) starting Monday November 5^th at 2pm

-          Men’s League starts on Tuesday, November 6^th.  Sign up sheet is posted on the bulletin board

Couples Open is scheduled to start on November 18^th.    The first week play will be from 2pm – 3:30 followed by a Happy hour.  The following Sundays will move to play from 1-2:30.  As Gwen said on her sign up sheet, “You don’t need a marriage license to play.” 

Palm Creek is turning over 12 new pickleball courts to the Pickleball club on Monday November 5^th.  The grand opening for the new pickleball center is now scheduled for mid November.

The water fountain by the tennis shed has had a thorough cleaning and is clean, filtered water.

CPR

There are 2 slots available for volunteers from tennis who spend lots of time at the courts that would like to be trained in CPR.  Class is Wednesday Nov 14 from 9am - 3 pm in Sonora North.  Wayne Black attended last year and found it to be a very helpful class.  It would be great if would could get two people to volunteer as we have new machines down there (machine that will talk you through procedure). We want to make sure there are people around who know how to use these in case the need occurs.  I need to let activities know by November 8^th so please get back to me ASAP as I need to get the names back by Thursday.

Contact info

It was brought to my attention last week that a call was made to Ann Lykens in Activities because maintenance cleaned one of our courts and as a result had some mud placed on another court.  This was because the maintenance crew did not finish the job before their workday ended.  They did continue working on it the next day.  The courts are much better, but still need some more work.    The bigger issue is, if you have a concern about the tennis courts or anything related to the tennis club, please contact me (520-876-6459 or just 6459 from within the park).  If Activities had to take every call from softball, lawn bowling, shuffleboard, pickleball, etc.  they would be overwhelmed.

Reservemycourt.com

We will once again be using Reservemycourt.com for all court reservations.  Mark and I are in the process of updating the calendar for all of our planned activities.  Also, if you would like to schedule permanent court time, please give us a call.  As we still only have 5 courts, permanent court time will be available from 11AM forward when there is no organized play scheduled on the courts.  If you would like us to wipe out your registration information because you can’t remember you id and password, please let us know.  Then you can reregister.

Desert Cactus Tennis League

I have heard from a few of you who are interested in playing in the Desert Cactus Tennis League.  But, I have not heard from enough to make up a team.  If you want to play in the league and don’t have a team, they will match people to create a team.  The cost is $15 per person for each Divison.  The deadline for registration is December 14^th.  Registration is jnow open and you can register by clicking on this link: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=jciwg5bab&oeidk=a07e6j9v2vhd9404f73&oseq=

Divisions offered in January 2013

WOMEN 

LADY DIVISION - Beginner 2.5-3.0
plays Mon @ 2pm - starts Jan 7th 

PRINCESS DIVISION - Intermediate 3.0-3.5
plays Mon @ 2pm - starts Jan 7th 

QUEEN DIVISION - Advanced 3.5-4.0
 plays Mon @ 2pm - starts Jan 7th 

MEN 

ROYAL DIVISION -Beginner 2.5-3.0
plays Fri @ 2pm- starts Jan 11th 

KING DIVISION - Intermediate 3.0-3.5
plays Fri @ 2pm - starts Jan 11th 

EMPEROR DIVISION - Advanced 3.5-4.0
plays Fri @ 2pm - starts Jan 11th 

MIXED 

PRICKLY PAIRS - 3.5 and under
plays Sat @ 2pm - starts Jan 12th 

PRICKLY PAIRS - 3.5 and over
plays Sat @ 2pm - starts Jan 12th 

Individual players that do not have a team can register individually or with a partner. We will make every effort to place you on a level appropriate team for the first season. If you are uncertain of your level, please email me: orly@palmtennis.com so that we can determine the best placement for you. 

So, contact your tennis friends and form a team, or register as an individual or as partners and they will match you on a team.  The play will rotate between the courts at Mission Royale, Robson and Palm Creek.

See you on the courts,

Kate