Dec, 16 2012

Wednesday was the last time in this century that you will see the day, month and year of the same number.
12-12-12.  That was it. So, it made me even more aware of the impending 2013.  I guess we still have 11-12-13 to look forward to?

Below, I've put some notes about the tennis programs. Leagues, Clinics, Drills, Court Reservations and our upcoming Tennis Open House on the 11th of January.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that I have put some Washington Kastles merchandise in our display case.  Items are priced $20-60.  And, if you've been wondering how to treat your tennis buddies without spending a fortune, give them a Kindle Gift certificate for a book by an author they know personally, me.  Tennis Directions is $8.99 and can be found at http://www.Amazon.com by searching for the title or my name.  Once there, you click on the item to go to its description page and you'll see options to gift the book with a gift certificate.  There are all kinds of options to print or email the gift and they can view the book on PC's, Macs, Smartphones and Tablets.

See you at the club!

The leagues typically run for 14 weeks and the two main sessions begin in September and January.

Leagues are primarily doubles, but there are also a couple singles and mixed doubles available.

The schedule of and registration for our leagues is available at http://www.MySportFit.com

Registration is member priority and previous participant priority.

Players may register during their priority - this past week members new to the league had priority over any non-members.  This coming week, Dec. 17, nonmembers that played in the last league may register in any available slots and the week of Dec. 24, nonmembers participating in the league for the first time may register.

A player may register for any league that they are at the published level, i.e. - Women's 3.5 Dbls.

Leagues are open at registration.  League coordinators do not determine who gets in and who does not.  However, they will attempt to ascertain whether the registrant is at level if it is not clear.  Players that join a league and are not at level or prove to be incompatible with group play of the caliber noted may be removed and replaced.

Please take advantage of the open nature of our leagues as they are structured to provide consistency with the prioritization but allow new blood to come into the programs.

Clinics & Drills
 Looking for more tennis and a way to develop your skills?

We have a Free Intro to Tennis, for those with no experience, just to get you started.  It is a 4-week program that lasts an hour each class.  Get familiar with the game while meeting others just getting started.

There are clinics that are more instructional and drills that give you lots of hitting and movement. 

Doubles Drill & Play combines the strategy, instruction and match play drills together for a well rounded experience.

Cardio Tennis and Adult Total Workout are more about movement and getting a good workout while hitting a ton of balls.  Cardio Tennis is a one hour class with music that attempts to keep the heart rate at a good healthy calorie burning rate of 65-85% of capacity.  Total Workout may have more ups and downs with higher moments of intensity and lower resting heart rates, but makes you stretch yourself while competing in games and points as well.

When you are just looking to hook up with some friends and knock it around or play hard to win, you can book courts at the club by calling the club or online at http://www.MySportFit.com.

Courts may be booked the day of a reservation on any remaining open courts at no charge for Passport Members.

Courts may also be booked up to a week in advance at $24/court hour.  A typical doubles reservation of 1.5 hours would cost $36.  If you split that 4 ways, each player pays $9.

There are no options to reserve a court for the season or by contract so that it is reserved in advance at a specific time automatically.  You will have to book each reservation individually.  The closest thing we have to contract time is being involved in a league as you would be set up with a schedule that you know in advance.

There are events setup so that you have additional opportunities to play at Sport Fit Bowie.

The next event will be the Sport Fit Bowie Tennis Open House scheduled for January 11, 2013.

There will be 2 daytime events scheduled.
We will have all six courts booked and pros ready to train and entertain.
It's always a great time.

The Women's 3.5-4.5 Advanced Drills from 9:30-11am
The Open Level Men's and Women's Drills from 11:30am-1pm where we will be breaking up the students by level.

We have 3 courts still available for a party booking on New Year's Eve !

Right now, the club has booked out half of the courts for a New Year's Eve Tennis Party at Sport Fit.  It's private and you can't signup for it online or at the club.  But, if you have a group of players that prefer to play the game of tennis for the rest of the year, let me know at sportfittennis@aol.com

The cost of the court reservations would be $580 for 3 courts from 8pm-12am.  This is $100 above our normal rate due to the extra cost to provide staff on New Year's Eve.

We hope that you are staying involved in our programs and are getting enough play time.

This week I will also send out the programs that will and will not be running over the break.

Enjoy your holidays.  We're finally in site of X-mas. I'll be away much of the week of Christmas, but there may be other pros available.  We'll send out more details.

Sincerely,

Kevin McClure
Director of Tennis
Sport Fit Bowie

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Bowie, MD 20715

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