GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!

.......and our weekly update from our new leadership, Glenn and Penny.....

THE

DECISION HAS BEEN FINALIZED AND IT IS GREAT NEWS:   

In conversation with Wendell Johnson on Saturday, he confirmed that budget approval has cleared the way for the resurfacing of courts 5 through 8 (the north bank of courts) using post tension concrete with work to be completed by the time next seasons play starts.  This is the same engineering technique that was used on the new Pickle Ball complex last summer, and It should assure many years of safe and stable court condition with minimal maintenance.  The hope/expectation is that courts 1 through 4 will be resurfaced during the summer of 2014.  In the meantime, those courts will be patched this summer to put them in similar condition as we started with this season.  We should all be grateful to the management of Palm Creek and Sun Properties for their ongoing commitment to our tennis club.  In addition we all owe Kate a pat on the back for her persistence and professionalism in keeping this important project in the spotlight.

DESERT CACTUS LEAGUE 2013-14:

In recent conversation with Orly Mayron who manages the Desert Cactus League we were informed that they have set their schedule for league play for the 2013-14 season.  Mens doubles matches will be played on Wednesdays at 2:00, Ladies doubles will play at 2:00 on Thursdays, and Mixed doubles play Saturdays at 2:00. This season we had two men’s teams involved in Cactus League competition.  We have MANY play options here at Palm Creek vs. some of the other senior communities in the area, so we are reshuffling our internal league schedules a little to allow those who wish to participate in Desert Cactus and Palm Creek  league activities to have minimal conflicts in the schedules, and so players won’t have to play in both leagues on the same day.  I will have more on that later.  In the meantime, if there is interest in our tennis club to continue and expand Palm Creek’s participation, we need someone to step up and take a leadership role for our Club.  That person will need to get  our teams organized with team captains in tandem with Orly Mayron 561-212-1641 --  orly@palmtennis.com.  She is more than anxious to see more participation from our club.  It seems that once the teams are put together and captains appointed and in Orly’s hands the organizer can turn the management over to the captains for the season.  Dave Pratt has been our coordinator this season and is willing to continue until a replacement can be found, but cannot continue into next season.  If you are interested in taking the coordinator role, talk to Dave.

While we are on the subject of Desert Cactus League activity we encourage you to turn out and cheer on Larry Merik’s team who will be playing their match on our home court on Friday March 29th at 2:00.  By the way, Larry’s team finished the 2012-13 season in second place in their division.   

2013-14 SEASON LEAGUE AND COURT UTILIZATION:

As mentioned above, we have reshuffled the league play schedule a little to minimize conflict with Desert Cactus and our internal leagues.  Top line, Ladies League will continue to play on Mondays at 11:00 to 1:00, Mens League will play at 11:00 – 1:00 on Tuesdays, Mixed will play 11:00 – 1:00 on Thursdays, and the Mens Intermediate will continue on Fridays 11:00 – 1:00.  

Social Tennis continues Monday through Friday in the 9:30 to 11:00 time slot with courts 5 through 8 reserved for Social play – recognizing that at times in the season not all those courts are needed.  

We will provide for ongoing tennis lessons, ball machine, Wednesday night couples, Saturday Round Robin + Mens Advanced play, and Sunday couples play in the schedule similar to this year’s schedule.  And, you will be able to make seasonal court bookings for those groups who play weekly or more frequently in the early November time period.  

EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR THE 2013-14 SEASON:

We are working to establish and confirm dates for the Events Schedule through The Activities Department before we wrap up the spring season.  We will communicate dates, times, etc. as soon as possible.

BINGO CHAIRS AND TABLES BREAKDOWN:

As you have heard many times this activity is a very important part of our fund raising efforts for the club.  Please mark your calendars for the last 3 Monday nights of this season (March 25th, April 1st, and April 8th), and show up at 9:00 PM at the Ballroom -- if you are still here to help.  With many hands involved it really is short work - like 15+/- minutes.  Sieny is the leader of the process through March 25th, and Hank will head up the last 2 weeks.