Happy Holidays!

Calendar of Events

Dec 6, 10:00 a.m	Women Only Wildcard
Dec 8, 9:30 a.m	Women's 50+ Home Match
Dec 10, Noon	Men's SMIL Home Match
Dec 15, 5:30 pm	Christmas Party ! [Fireside Room]

Racquets for Richmond Park Kids

Aaron Phelps, Richmond Parks & Rec Director with Bart Ostro. David Hickey not present (picture top right)

To tennis players there is nothing more important than finding the right racquet. Over time, the quality of the metal racquet has drastically improved, due to changes in the composition of the metal as well as the weight, size and the type of strings used. These changes are important and can impact the power, spin, the racquet speed when hitting the ball, and even the stress that it will put on the arm and wrist of the player. Consequently, tennis players are constantly updating their racquets and end up with older racquets sitting in their storage areas. Two members of the Rossmoor Tennis Club, David Hickey and Bart Ostro, decided to make good use of these older racquets. The idea was to find an underserved population and donate the used racquets and tennis balls. A call was put out to members of the Club to contribute racquets that they were no longer using. Over time about 40 racquets were donated to the cause. In addition, since Bart is also a member of a tennis club in Oakland, he was able to obtain about 40 or more racquets.

The next task was to find a group that would make good use of these racquets. After searching for and contacting multiple schools, tennis clubs and recreation centers, it was decided to donate the 80 racquets along with hundreds of tennis balls to the Richmond Parks and Recreation Center. Aaron Phelps, the Director of the Center, was very pleased to get the racquets and balls and said they would definitely put them to good use in the Richmond schools. The Tennis Club tries to provide these services not only to schools but also to the Rossmoor community as well. For those interested, we provide free use of the ball machine along with instruction on forehand, backhand and serving.

More Ways to Play:

• Every Sunday 8:30 - Open Play…..Just Show up!
• Every Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 - Drop-In tennis on courts 3 and 4. All levels of play.
• Every Wednesday 10:00 - Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Skills with Eugenio. Just Drop In!
• Every Friday 10:00 - Ball Machine Clinic. Get a few pointers from an advanced player

Linda Hague, Publicity
Rossmoor Tennis Club