SUPERBOWL OF TENNIS

We WILL have a Cancer fund raising event tied together with our "Palm Creek Superbowl of Tennis" tournament to be held Friday January 31st, and Saturday February 1st.  The "Superbowl" idea and leadership has been provided by Don and Helen Baggett based on a successful similar event that our Hot Springs group held last summer.  Here is a preview of the events involved in Superbowl Weekend:
1.  Sign-up sheets have been posted for a week plus at the clubhouse bulletin board.  The tournament will accommodate 48 players (gender neutral).  The sheets have the full complement of 48 players signed-up, but there is a substitute list that you could still sign-up on in case some players decide to drop out, and you didn't get on the first 48 list.  
2.  In the very near future, Don and a committee of tennis club experts will review the player list to assemble 6 teams of 8 players each to represent the teams in the playoffs and Superbowl.  They will do their best to match players and teams to represent like skills for balanced play.  The teams along with team Captains will be posted and announced at our weekly club happy hour at the courts -- 4:00 Wednesday January 29th.
3.  On Friday January 31st the playoff matches will be played (all 8 courts) starting with the first round at 11:00, the second at 1:00, and the final playoff round at 3:00.  Matches will be determined by a single 10 game pro set with the winning team taking 10 games by a margin of 2 or more games.
4.  Superbowl "Saturday" (Feb1st) will have the Consolation bracket competition at 1:00, and the SUPERBOWL OF TENNIS matches at 3:00.  These will be 2 set matches.
5.  At 6:00, we will assemble in the San Tan Room for Happy Hour.  Everyone who brought a bottle of wine from their home area should bring them to the Happy Hour as their donation to the Cancer Raffle to be held after dinner.  We ask that everyone bring something to donate to the raffle.  If you did not bring wine from your home area pick something (bottle of wine, liquor, or some other kind of item) to include in the raffle.  Raffle Tickets will be on sale for all of us to purchase.  
6.  Following our pot luck dinner, the Superbowl awards ceremony will be conducted by Don Baggett -- with substantial and appropriate hoopla. This to be followed by the raffle conducted by Penny Jacobson and Nancy Restum with ALL PROCEEDS going as the club's donation to this years Palm Creek Cancer Drive.

We are looking forward to this being an event to be enjoyed by all players and the fans cheering them on Friday and Saturday, and by all club members on Saturday night.