COLD weekly update from Kate

Hi All!

Well, as I sit here under my down throw I am really glad the Arkansas group rescheduled the Fun Sunday event.  With the date rescheduled, the sign up sheet is still on the bulletin board, so if you did not signup, please make sure you do it soon so you can enjoy some fun tennis.  The soup/salad/dessert sign up sheet is also still posted and it looks like we are going to enjoy another delicious pot luck. 

Fun Sunday – January 20^th

12:45 – Show up at the tennis courts for your court assignment

1pm-3pm – Play as many or as few of the games as you would like

5pm – Soup/Salad/Dessert Dinner in the San Tan Room

Remember to bring your own utensils, plates, bowls, and beverages

To make it easy for you, if you want to take care of it right away,  just  email Kate ( nperrie1@yahoo.com ) and let her know the names of the players who want to play tennis on the 20^th as well as your names  and site if you would like to attend the pot luck Soup/Salad/Dessert Pot Luck.  You can attend the pot luck even if you didn’t sign up to play tennis and non players are very welcome.

A big thank you to the Arkansas Contingent for working so hard to make this a great event.  Now its up to us to support their efforts.

Tennis Lessons – Tuesdays 2pm– They’re free and for players of all levels!

If you have any interest in improving your game I highly recommend you stop by courts 5-8 on Tuesdays at 2pm.  Last week we worked on poaching, volleys and the ever effective drop shot.  There was also a nice contingent of people new to tennis on the beginners court.  Where can you enjoy a fun, informative, clinic for free????  Last week we had both men and women, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5 and true beginners all working on things to help their games.  Hope to see you there on Tuesday at 2pm!!

Cancer Awareness Tournament and Celebration Banquet

-      First let me add a correction to the contact info for Penny Jacobsen x6827 and Nancy Restum x7433 – I had Nancy’s phone number posted incorrectly.  My apologies.

-      Second – the February 2^nd dinner is free to all those who play in the cancer awareness tennis tournament.  The very reasonable $5 fee (where can you eat out for the very reasonable price of $5 plus enjoy a very entertaining raffle and auction???) is only for spouses and guests who are not registered to play in the cancer awareness tennis tournament.

As a reminder:

The schedule of play is:

Men's Doubles:  Wednesday, January 30,   9:00 AM

Women's Doubles:  Wednesday , January 30,  1:00 PM

Mixed Doubles: Thursday, January 31,  9:00 AM

Rain Date:  Friday, Feb 1

-Play is open to players at all levels.  You don’t even need to get a partner as a partner will be assigned and communicated immediately prior to the start of the matches. 

 -Cost is $25 for one event and $5.00 for a second event.  Please make checks payable to "Palm Creek Tennis Club" and give to Penny Jacobsen #827 or Nancy Restum #1433.

 -The Celebration Lasagna Dinner and Raffle will be on Saturday, February 2 at 5 PM in the San Tan Room.  Spouses and guests are only $5.00 each, payable to Penny or Nancy.

 -Sign-up sheets are posted on the bulletin board at the courts.  So please sign up and support this most worthy cause.

 -Nancy and Penny have been working very successfully to get raffle and auction items and we are going to have quite an array of items at the February 2^nd dinner so make sure you sign up so you can participate in this very worthy cause and walk away with some great deals!!!

People Update

-     Sadly, Jack Hardy will not make it back this year afterall.  On behalf of the tennis club, thoughts and prayers are sent to Jack for a very speedy recovery – You will be missed.  Here is the email I recently received from Jack Hardy:

“This is to advise you that I have had to cancel my visit to Arizona this year. My doctor has advised that early treatment is necessary to contain a high grade cancer tumor in my bladder(similar to what took dear Lois). Since it has been diagnosed at an early stage he is confident that this BCG treatment could keep this tumor from recurring.

I will really miss the great times we have had there and wish to thank all of you everywhere who have been so supportive.

Maybe next year?

Cheers.  Jack”

-      Jim and Lennie Weaver are proud to share that there son Colin has recently become engaged to his beautiful girlfriend, Fernanda.  Congratulations to all!

-      Roger Jensen’s wife Kathy has had successful knee replacement surgery and she is already getting around with a walker!  Wishes for a speedy recovery.

Desert Cactus League – Men’s League playing Wednesdays at 1p.m.

There are two teams of Palm Creek Men playing in the Desert Cactus League.  If you are free on Wednesdays at 1pm, please stop by the tennis courts and cheer on our guys!!!  A special thanks to Dave Pratt for getting the ball rolling on our teams.  And, thanks to Dave and Larry Marik for captaining our two teams!  The schedule of play and the away teams coming to play at Palm Creek are as follows:

1/16 vs Anthem – White

1/23 vs Anthem – Red

1/30 vs Robson Road Runners

2/6 both teams playing home matches vs Anthem White and vs Robson Aces

2/13 both teams playing home matches vs Anthem-Red and vs Robson Net Results

2/20 vs Mission Royale

2/27 vs Anthem White

3/6 vs Anthem Red

3/13 vs Mission Royale

Men’s, Ladies and Mixed Leagues

Our leagues have been very popular with mixed league filling all 8 courts last week!!!  Jim just told me he expects Men’s league to also fill all 8 courts.  If you are not signed up for any of these leagues, you can still participate as a sub.   Just go down to the courts and add your name to the sub list.  For more info call Connie x 6030 or Bonita x x6900 regarding Ladies’ league, or Jim Weaver x 7284 regarding Men’s or Mixed Leagues.

Patio Heaters

Yes, you are seeing correctly – there are now four patio heaters in the tennis pavillion.  There are gauges on three of them and one is already almost out of propane so they are getting some usage.  The fourth heater is the one paid for by the park.

Ladies 3.0/3.5 Three and a coach pilot (Tuesdays 9:30-11:00)

One of the things I enjoyed doing in the past was playing three and a coach tennis.  This is not a lesson –  this is liveball play.  Quite a few of the ladies from Palm Creek including myself played inter-club tennis at Mission Royale.  When the Mission ladies came back to AZ, we were rightfully, moved to the sub list.  Instead of waiting around to be called as a sub, and even though I should not take on any new projects, I decided to try a pilot.  I thought about why I liked the play at Mission so much.  It was because it was a chance for me to play with players like Rhoda, Marg, etc.  So, I asked Mary Ellen Halm if she would try this out and be the “on court coach/player” to talk to us while we played actual points.  She reinforces what we are doing right and points out opportunities that we might not be aware of.  We started with two courts and have now expanded to the maximum of three courts. Mary Ellen spends a half hour on each court and the rest of the time we just play regular games of tennis.  Right now, I have all three courts filled with regular players, but with 11 weekly regulars you know that we will need subs.  If you would like to sub into this group, please let me know – call me at x6459 or reply to this email.

Hope to see you on the courts,

Kate