A big thank you to Gwen and Wayne Black for hosting
the “Welcome Back Happy Hour” we had today. It was wonderful to have all of
our courts full of tennis players followed by quite the crowd in the tennis
pavilion to share an amazing spread. Great job everyone. And a big thanks to
Gwen and Wayne for stepping up to take on a tennis club social event!! You guys
are just a wonderful tennis club members and we are so thankful to have you as
part of our group!
A reminder of some changes in the scheduled
play:
·
Couples Open will be played on Sundays from 1- 2:30 from
now on. Please sign up on the sheet on the tennis club bulletin
board
·
Wednesday Evening Tennis – Yes, it is back to Wednesday
evening starting at 6:30 pm. Sign up sheet is on the bulletin
board.
Desert Cactus League
Kate went to a meeting on this last Saturday and here are some
of the details:
·
They are trying to get two courts at all levels. All
players on both courts will be of the same level.
·
The Women play on Mondays at 2pm, Men on Tuesdays at 2pm
(this is a change in their schedule) and Mixed on Saturdays at 2pm. They will
then take a one week break and start the next session, but most of us in Palm
Creek will not be here for that session.
·
This session will go for 7, possibly 8
weeks.
·
Regular tennis scoring and play out all ads. Third set
will be a 10 point tie breaker – 1st to 10 winning and 2 points
ahead. Tie breaker counts as one game for team scoring
·
Team Scoring –
o
If you win in two sets the winning team will get 14 points
and the losing team will get a point for every game they won in the two sets up
to 8 points
o
If you win in three sets the winning team gets 12 points
and the losing team will get a point for every game they won in the three sets
up to 8 points.
·
They know of our conflicts on the dates of the Palm Creek
Tournament and the Cancer Awareness tournament and they will schedule a flex
match on another date.
·
They are also going to add a night league that you can sign
up for. This will have play on Thursdays at 6:30 pm. You will only need 3
people on a team as one group will play doubles and one person will play
singles.
·
I will get the names of all of the players when play is
scheduled at Palm Creek and get passes for the outsiders to get into the
park.
·
As they changed Men’s play to Tuesday and we have tennis
lessons on Tuesday at 2pm , and we probably will not have the additional courts
ready at the beginning of this session, we will not be able to host play.
Tuesdays will be played at Robson Ranch. Men’s League plays from 11 – 1 on
Tuesday so if you are really energized you can play in both.
·
I have Roster Forms if you would like to fill one out for a
team and send it in. Or you can go online https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=jciwg5bab&oeidk=a07e6j9v2vhd9404f73&oseq=
and register online.
·
The fee to register in each session is $15 per player.
·
If you have any questions, feel free to call me or call
Orly Mayron 561-212-1641 or you can email Orly at: orly@palmtennis.com
·
If you don’t have a team you can sign up as an individual
and Orly will match you with 3-5 other players to form a team. She will try to
get as many Palm Creek players on the same team as possible. I am going to sign
up as an individual as the ladies at my level will be playing in the ladies
league. I have a schedule conflict at 11AM so I am going to try this
out
Lost and Found
If you find anything on the courts, please take it to the
Activities Department to put in their lost and found. Please try and check the
courts before you leave so you don’t leave anything behind. Someone left a
white shirt and a glove at Saturday’s round robin. You can collect them at the
Activities Department lost and found. Also, Gwen noticed we have quite a few
pieces that were left at happy hour last year. We will set them out at the
next happy hour.
Water at the courts
Pickle ball is not playing at the tennis center and therefore
not filling the water containers. In order to have the water containers filled
we would have to get someone certified in a class and they would have to take on
the responsibility to fill the containers up to twice a day. As this is a lot
to ask anyone we are going to have the water container removed. Tennis players
are very good about bringing a water bottle to the courts. If you run out of
water there is a water fountain at the tennis shed that provides cooled filtered
water.
Sympathy Card
Marion Gavin, Site 1708, has a sympathy card from the tennis
club to send to Jack Hardy on the loss of his lovely wife, Lois. If you would
like to add a personal message to the card, please let Marion know. We are
sending a check to the B.C. Cancer fund as this was the request in lieu of
flowers. If you would like to contribute to this donation, please let Marion
know. You can call her at 7708 or email her at jabluefins@yahoo.com.
Permanent Court Time
You can sign up to reserve a court up to one week in advance
by going to www.reservemycourt.com. If you have
any questions on how to register to use this website, please let me know.
However, only Mark or I can reserve permanent court time. If you would like to
reserve permanent court time, let us know and we will take care of it for
you.
See you on the courts,
Kate
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