Grand Tennis Club General Meeting March 10 th , 2016 2 Treasurers - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Grand Tennis Club General Meeting March 10th, 2016

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Treasurer’s Report (Ron Wagner)

• To-date we have a total of 481 members
• 2016 Dues Status:
• Members paid: 427
• Members unpaid: 54
• Account Balances: Savings - $10,028

and Checking - $5,703

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Men’s Representative’s Report (Bob Richman)

• Current Drop-in times:
• 2.5/3.0 Level on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 12:00 and on

Thursdays from 8:00 to 10:00 (Adobe)

• 3.5 Level on Tuesdays from 8:00 to 10:00 and on

Thursdays from 10:00 to 12:00 (Adobe)

• 4.0 Level on Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 to 12:00

(Cimarron)

• All new members who wish to play 3.5 or higher drop-in

and Saturday Mixed Doubles must be rated during our monthly Rating Session held on the last Friday of every month unless they have a USTA rating

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Women’s Representative Report (Diane Vick)

• Current drop-in times:
• 2.5/3.0 Level on Mondays from 10:00 to 12:00 and on

Wednesdays 8:00 to 10:00

• 3.5 Level on Mondays from 8:00 to 10:00 and on

Wednesdays from 10:00 to 12:00

• 4.0 Level on Mondays and Wednesdays at Cimarron

from 9:00 to 11:00

• All new members who wish to play 3.5 or higher drop-in

and Saturday Mixed Doubles must be rated during our monthly Rating Session held on the last Friday of every month unless they have a USTA rating

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Tennis Instruction Committee (Skip Pavitt)

• We no longer offer the 4-Week Tennis Clinics:
• Too difficult to gather compatible level players
• We are going to try to assist our USPTA instructors form

specially compatible groups

• Members interested in joining a tennis clinic group should

send Skip Pavitt an email, so you can be added to a list of interested players

• Skip Pavitt will work with the instructors to form clinics

based on a person’s skill and compatibility with a group

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Rating System Revisions (Bob Richman)

• New Club members must be rated to play 3.5 or

higher

• New members can play at the 3.5 level until the next

rating session subject to Player Representative approval

• Rating sessions are held the last Friday of each

month

• Exact details of the new system are still a “work in

progress”

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Why Do I Need Tennis Instruction At 2.5/3.0 Level ? (Skip Pavitt/Ray Yost)

• Are you using your body properly to hit shots?
• Shoulders back?
• Using hips?
• Are you pushing the ball or hitting it?
• Leading with the butt of the racquet?
• Following through with the hit?
• Are you able to hit the ball hard or are you afraid of hitting the ball
• ut?
• Are you positioning yourself in the correct place to

cover your part of the court?

• Are you moving around for each shot or staying in one location?
• Are you in the best position to return the ball?

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Why Do I Need Tennis Instruction At 2.5/3.0 or 3.5 Level? (Continued - Skip Pavitt/Ray Yost)

• Are you serving correctly for your level of play?
• Correct ball toss (i.e. location, height)?
• Can you serve to different locations?
• Can you put spin on the ball?
• Are you playing correctly for baseline play?
• Are you staying behind the baseline and moving forward when

needed?

• Are you hitting the ball deep into the opponents court?
• Are you playing the net correctly?
• Are you in the center of the service box when the ball is in play?
• Are you watching your opponent’s eyes at the net to determine and

position yourself for their return?

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Why Do I Need Tennis Instruction At 2.5/3.0 or 3.5 Level? (Continued - Skip Pavitt/Ray Yost)

• Best way to utilize our instructors:
• Form a group of peers that want to learn the same skills
• Arrange a 90 minute instruction session for a particular skill
• Practice what you have learned for several weeks
• Arrange another 90 minute instruction session for the same

skill

• If you see improvement in your game:
• Keep repeating the sessions and practices for another skill
• Then, spread the word that it is possible to improve your

game

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Shine-In-The-Sun Tennis Tournament Update (Ray Yost)

• Tournament Director: Ray Yost
• Dates: November 9th through 13th, 2016
• Volunteers will be appreciated
• Will have an organizational meeting on April 7th at

3:00 pm in the Sports Building

• We are open to suggestions for improving the

tournament

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Recap of Valentine’s Day Social (Linda

Campanelli)

• 47 members participated in the tennis

portion

• 67 participated in the potluck portion:
• Great weather
• Great variety of foods and desserts
• Great time was had by all
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Next Event – Ice Cream Social – Relay for Life - American Cancer Society (Linda Campanelli)

• Location: Adobe Sport Building
• Cost: $5.00 for all you can eat ice cream
• Tennis Demonstrations by young players from

the Surprise Tennis Center

• Date: Sunday, March 13th, 2016
• Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
• Volunteers Needed

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Next Social Event – Spring Fling Party

(Linda Campanelli)

• Location: Adobe Courts & Pavilion (next to

Angela’s)

• Tennis games and dinner at Pavilion
• Cost: $5.00
• Date: Sunday, April 3rd, 2016
• Time: 12:30 - 5:00 Sign up sheets are

posted on the Adobe bulletin (in front of courts 3 & 4)

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Court Utilization (Bob Richman)

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"LOVE OF THE GAME” AWARDS 2015

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Love of The Game (continued)

• Mixed Doubles:
• Linsay Lohan Award
• Dean Martin Award
• All Levels Afternoon Drop-In:
• Martina Navratilova Award
• John McEnroe Award
• Men’s and Women’s Drop-In:
• Serena Williams Award
• Roger Federer Award
• Over-All:
• Maria Sharapova Award
• Bill Tilden Award

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Men’s 3.0 Tourney Group Results – 3rd Place

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Men’s 3.5 Tourney Group Results – 1st Place Tie

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• Gary Hansen
• Jim Palmer
• Rick Hofeditz
• Gary Neely
• Ron Wagner
• Bill Wong
• Jerry Minor
• Jay Goldsmith
• Dan Hofeditz
• Doug Dawson
• Lowell Frederick

Men’s 4.0 Tourney Group Results – 3rd Place

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• Lynn Blumi
• Lynn Bell
• Leroy Smith
• Steve Struck
• Curt Greaves
• Lyod Newlands
• Ray Yost
• Tom Thomson
• Rick Hofeditz
• Gary Neely
• Ron Wagner
• Jerry Minor
• Bill Spranger
• Jay Gense

Court Maintenance (Skip Pavitt)

• Mike King has resigned as our “Handy Man” (he has too

much work to do outside of the club)

• We are requesting volunteers to help fill this position (one

person has volunteered to-date)

• We have created a “Maintenance Blog” on our website to

record and monitor maintenance issues

• Send email to Skip Pavitt to ask him to post a maintenance

issue on the “Maintenance Blog”

• When issues are resolved, send email to Skip Pavitt to close

the issue

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Court Leaf/Sand Blowing (Skip Pavitt)

• We have purchased four (4) electric leaf blowers
• They are stored in a tool box under the eastside court

bench between the courts

• Blowers can be plugged into an outlet, leafs blown off of

the courts, and the blower returned to the tool box

• For extremely dirty courts, please contact Skip Pavitt

to report the problem

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Website Addition (Skip Pavitt)

• We have added a new section called “Grand Tennis

Club Charter Club Policy and Rules”:

• Sun City Grand Charter Club Policy (link to SCG

website)

• Grand Tennis Club Charter Club Exceptions
• Grand Tennis Club Board Meeting approved ruling

policies

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Cimarron Courts Pickleball Issue (Skip Pavitt)

• We are keeping detailed court usage

analysis for the months of February and March 2016

• We do not expect anything to happen with

the SCG Board until April 2016

• The Lifestyles Activities Committee is

waiting for the Strategic Planning Committee’s report to make their recommendations

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Other Items

• Announcements?
• Adjourn

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Questions?

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