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Welcome New Members
Gina Doyle—Sr. Single
M/M Stephen Elder—Sr. Family
M/M Jeff Gill—Sr. Family
Lana Lansweirdt—Jr. Single
Kira Leaman—Jr. Single
M/M Erik Swanson—Sr. Family
Darick Trayford—Student
Hannah Yi—Student
Holiday Hours
November 25, Thanksgiving. The club will be open from 8:00 a.m.
to 1:15 p.m.
November 27, the club will open on Friday at 8:00 a.m. and close at 10:00 p.m.
Saturday Tennis Clinic!!
Drills and More Drills
Drills for level 3.0 will be held on Saturdays at 9:30am-10:45am. Cost is $15 for this drop-in class. Start your weekend out right with lots of drills with Greg. No class on Thanksgiving weekend.
Thank You Members!
John Arbini and Bill Ludwig did a fantastic job on pruning the rhoadies, magnolia tree and other plants around the club. Thank you for your volunteer work, men!!
New Member Sponsors
If you have sponsored a new member during the annual membership drive, your sponsor credit will show up on the December monthly statement.
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Board of Directors Election
Enclosed in this month's mailing is your ballot for this year's election. The three retiring board members are: Jeff Allen, Greg Hoover and Arlene Alexander. Many thanks to them for attending board meetings and giving their expert advice.
There are six members running for the board. Mark your ballot for THREE people and have your ballot turned in by November 20.
Save the Date!
This year the annual Holiday Open House will be held on Wed, Dec. 1 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
All club members (except students) will be billed $16 each for this event, so please plan on attending and socializing.
Your invitation is included in this month's mailing.
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New Club Directories
New directories for 2011 will be available in December.
The Forming of the USTA and the first National Championship
In 1880 a number of clubs had taken up the game of tennis. However the clubs played with different heights of nets and balls of varying weight and size.
This condition of affairs finally decided three clubs, one each in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, to send out an invitation to such other clubs as they knew were playing the game, for a meeting in order to form a national association to bring order to this chaos. Thirty three clubs met in New York on May 21, 1881, and the United States Lawn Tennis Association was formed.
A date was set for the first championship, August 31, the place chosen for this being Newport, R, I., and, after some discussion, rules were adopted and a ball chosen for uniformity. The net height chosen was 4 feet at the net posts and 3 feet at the center—as compared to 3 feet in the center and 3 feet 6 inches at the net post that we use today.
(Taken from the first fifty years of Lawn Tennis in the United States- year 1931)
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Read the October, 2010 meeting minutes.
November 2010
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