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Intermediate Clinics at the MRTC Wednesday Afternoons

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Lee Hall Delfausse, USPTA pro and National Champion, will be offering 5 weeks of adult tennis clinics at the Mad River Tennis Club, starting September 14, 2022 through October 12, 2022 on Wednesdays from 3:30-5:00 pm.

The drill sessions will be for intermediate level players (with approval by Lee) and will have a maximum of 8 players per session. There will be instruction on fitness (moderate), drills focusing on specific strokes and strategy for doubles, match play, and, of course, games for fun and laughter.

The cost is $10 per 1 ½ hour session for members and $15 for non-members.

Players are welcome to stay after each session for socializing with refreshments provided by players.

To sign up, each person should text or call Lee Delfausse at 802-793-1962 to reserve a place with a limit of 8 players for each session. Players need to cancel at least 24 hours ahead if they can’t make it. Lee will announce if there is a rain cancellation.

Lee Hall Delfausse has taught these clinics in Sarasota, The Bridges, Portsmouth, NH as well as around the world at The Grand Slam events. She is delighted to bring this opportunity for tennis and fellowship to the Mad River Tennis Club.

Labor Day Weekend 2022

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Some members have expressed the desire for a social/tournament on Labor Day weekend. There are still members we haven’t met and this would be a perfect opportunity. We only have a week and a half to prepare.

Please reply ASAP to the notification email you will receive or comment on the website post with 1) your general interest, 2) any particulars you care to share, 3) whether you’d like to participate/help (food/planning), 4) preference of day(s), time of day, 5) whether you mind if some of the court availability is reduced due to a club function…

If a tournament is planned, likely doubles and mixed doubles to make best use of the courts, would you like to choose your own partners or have a random rotation like our tournament a few years ago?

Calendar problems, Note re: youth camps

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Members,

We have had some calendar problems–the disappearance of reservations. Please understand that anyone can modify ANY MRTC reservations. Use care and caution. Everyone has equal event privilege on a shared calendar.

We have provided this instructional page, https://www.madrivertennis.com/using-the-google-calendar/, which I may further update when I have time. Please review it again if you are posting reservations on the calendar. The biggest problem we have had in the past was posting personal events inadvertently on this calendar, but this year numerous reservations have been deleted. The only two ways I have found in research that this may be happening are:

  • Individual error/improper use
  • Corrupted files syncing to iCloud (beyond our scope to advise on)

To avoid any double-bookings (at the court itself), please periodically check that your reservations are still intact before heading to the courts. Please review what is on the schedule before you reserve and double check that other events are still there after you post a reservation. If you attempt to clear space on your personal calendar, please be sure to UNCHECK the MRTC tennis calendar view before doing so.

If we are able to narrow down any individuals who are improperly using the calendar, we may revoke privileges at least until we can determine the cause(s).

Thank you for your understanding and assistance.

Briefly on another subject, youth tennis camps are scheduled for this week and the week of August 1st. It is possible that the camps will not take up both courts. If you do find a second court available for play while a camp is in session, please understand that stray balls are likely.

Thanks,
Darlene

Men’s Doubles to start Tuesday, the 28th at 4:00

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We will again use playerlineup.com for attendance, event notification and messages e.g. if there is a question about the weather. If you were registered last year, use your same sign in.

We will not be using the MRTC website for any more communications on Men’s Doubles.

If you were not registered last year and want to join us, please use the following link to signup:

https://mrtcmensdoubles.playerlineup.com/public_join

Let me know if you have any questions.

geordie

Club Opening

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Scott just finished nailing the lines down. Tomorrow he will finish sweeping, rolling, watering and putting up the nets. Play will start Sunday morning.

Enjoy!!

Mens’ Doubles to Start this Thursday

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If the MRTC is not open we will play at Drumleys as the guest of Tuck Nichols.

Sign up as usual on playerlineup.com. Let me know if you need the link to register or get in to the site.

The courts are in the center of the complex. Part by unit 26.

geordie

Club Opening Update

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Good Morning

First off I want to ensure everyone the delay in opening is a one off this season. We live in a different world now with supply chain and labor challenges.  I’m frustrated as you are along with the other board members in losing three weeks of the season. We will be open later this week at this time I do not know the day as soon as I do we will make sure the word gets out. That being said based on the time lost we will offer a rebate on next year’s membership of $25 or if a member plans not to rejoin a check back in that amount. The plan is to stay open as long as we can in October weather permitting. We have installed new lines this year and our vision is to improve the infrastructure of the club in the future. I’m hoping we can install new net posts at the start of next season. At season’s end we will look at this challenge along with others we faced and see what we can do differently for 23.

Thanks to All for Hanging In!!

Communicating with members through the website

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Dear Members,

Quick update: the court surface has been spread but lines are still being installed. Please watch the Google calendar in the next few days for the OPEN announcement.

Primary reason for this email: We are now using our website as a means to communicate to you. I will be making a test post after this email. I request that you watch for it and if you don’t receive it immediately after this email, look for it in your spam folder and save the “from” address in your contact list. We likely will still send group emails to sub-groups of membership.

The new method will allow Board members and YOU to make posts to the website which is built on the WordPress blogging platform. When a post is made, members will be notified by email and can click a link and read the post on the website. For this reason, please use discretion and post only when necessary. Examples of appropriate reasons to post:

  • a Board member has an update of interest to the entire membership
  • a member has taken some clinic or round robin pictures they’d like to share
  • a member is seeking hitting partners at a certain level*

*The membership list has been posted in the shed. Members can locate members with similar skill from this list as well.

Note: comments on a post will not generate an email to all, only to the person posting. Only a post will generate an email to all.

All members have been added to the website with a) the main email you provided (the one to which you have already received email from us, this one, not necessarily the one used for the calendar) and b) a username that is constructed as last name first initial. Examples of deviations include:

  • babbottkleind (no hyphen)
  • birnnjeff (same first initial)
  • birnnjane
  • dillonb (when signed up as Bob vs. Robert)

You may use your username or email to login. First you will need to set a password. Go here: https://madriverinternet.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

This process may take you to the parent website when complete, so go back to the tennis login if needed, in the footer of the website: https://www.madrivertennis.com/

If/when you make a post, in addition to content, please provide:

  • a descriptive title, like a subject would be
  • a category (in the right sidebar)

The post notification system is unfortunately still limited to Classic Editor. There are some links to help pages on the Members page, but there is also a ton of WordPress instruction on the web.

The Google calendar has at times been used as a means to communicate short periods of court maintenance or courts too wet to play.

Even though our website is hidden from search engines, it can be accessed when someone knows the URL. Therefore, the Members area on the website is password protected. The password is (you received it by email). The membership list PDF and some help pages are posted. Please respect member privacy and only use this for purposes of tennis at this club.

Darlene
Secretary, Membership

Anticipated opening, email problems, calendar

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Dear Members,

1. The court surface material has been delivered and will be applied this week. We anticipate opening by the weekend. Rather than send another group email, we will post on the Google calendar when we are open.

2. Some people have told me they hadn’t received past emails.

  • Emails went out to members on 4/12, two on 4/30, 5/8, 5/17, and 5/24, either from me or a Board member. Please check your spam folders if you did not get these. Please ONLY write back to me if you have a problem that you think I can resolve. I cannot diagnose your email service problems.
  • I have posted the relevant emails on the website in case you did not receive them. Please go here, https://www.madrivertennis.com/news, to see those you may have missed.

If you received today’s email, please consider any problems resolved.

3. I have put all paid members on the Google calendar. Please test it now so that you don’t have a problem when you need to make a reservation. Please see https://www.madrivertennis.com/using-the-google-calendar/ if you need help working with the calendar.

Thanks,
Darlene