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Holiday Classic Tennis Tournament
BETC Pros Allan Overland and Jim Robison will be running the 28th annual Holiday tournament.
The NTRP events start on the 18th while the Open events begin on the 26th.
The entry form for
Non USTA members may be found at the link provided. For those that are
USTA members
they may apply on line with a credit card at the link provided. Good luck to all!
Survey How Members Participate at BETC
In October a participation survey was distributed to the members.
Ninety two surveys were received. A summary of BETC staff's responses
and or follow-up is shown below:
Tournaments
1) Increase the minimum age of juniors for competing in the holiday tournaments.
2) Add three new seniors 50 & over doubles categories.
3) Change t-shirt design.
4) Send entry forms out with the newsletter.
Club Socials
1) Make effort to separate levels better (note: this is possible with
more pros attending).
2) Consider holding socials at different times/days.
3) Feature more theme based ideas.
4) Expand PR.
Lesson Program
1) Try more lessons/special events for 4.0 & up levels.
2) Try some senior skill level classes during the day.
3) Offer more doubles instruction/strategy sessions.
4) Utilize video analysis more during lessons.
5) Offer more classes emphasizing fitness- for both adults and juniors.
Leagues
1) Ask the coordinators to provide league format information/rules that
can be posted.
2) Remind the league coordinators to use byes/splits whenever possible
so that more members are included in the leagues.
3) Continue to post at the club, include in newsletter and email
league sign up information.
4) Email the league coordinators a list of the miscellaneous comments to
make them aware of the members' perceptions, etc.
USTA Teams or Cups
1) Continue to post match schedules in the Newsletter.
2) Use the sign up board to post USTA team information and results.
3) Continue to work towards more pro availability for the adult members
of the club that represent BETC on USTA and Cup teams.
4) Maintain list of interested players who want to be on a team.
Miscellaneous
1) Start Mixed Doubles on Friday nights. (6.0-7.5 on 1st and 3rd,
8.0 + on 2nd and 4th).
2) Plan mini tournaments like Family, Mixed or Senior tournaments
using pro set scoring.
3) Post a Quarterly Calendar of Events to help members plan.
4) Post a sign up sheet for members looking for a match.
Online Survey
Print and Mail version
Singles Club Championship
Our 16th annual Singles Club Championship
tournament will be held the first 2 weekends in October.
Entries have closed for the first weekend (all .5 and the junior events)
but are still available for the second. In these tournaments members will receive a
t-shirt, the ability to participate in at least 2 matches and snacks throughout
the event. The divisions start at the 2.5 level and run through
5.0 or the Open event. Our league coordinator Dee Dee Fisher
runs this event. This is your chance to have your name engraved on our
perpetual plaque - enter today at the links provided. Once available
the draws will be provided at the online link below.
Draws and results.
New Roof and a New Court Lighting Policy
As a result of the new roof being installed on courts 1-6,
effective September 1, the Club has adopted a new court lighting policy.
To support a decision on the new policy, the club learned that the industry
standard for indoor tennis court lighting is between 75 and 100-foot candles
per court. At BETC, on courts 1 - 6, the average foot-candle reading when 3
bulbs are in use is 83. On courts 7-9, with the benefit of the skylights on
a day with severe overcast, and the addition of 1 bulb, the average
foot-candle reading is 82. Since both of these averages are within the industry
standard, effective September 1, 2008, the club will operate lights at those
levels. As it was before the new roof was installed, one session before dusk,
the courts with skylights (7-9) will be increased to full power. Charts and
other data are available for your perusal on the bulletin board at the entrance
to the club. Spreadsheets showing the lighting levels at
BETC versus other clubs may be found on the bulletin board
at the main entrance.
Labor Day Tournament
The draws
or the results of matches, for the Labor Day Tournament
are available at the link provided. Allan Overland is
the Director or this event and could be contacted at
253-872-5545 ext 31. Good luck to all the participants!
Jr Challenger Tourney
The
BETC Summer Junior Challenger Tournament was
held at BETC August 1 - 3. The results are available,
at the link provided.
NW WA Jr Champ Tourney
The
NW Washington Junior Championship Tournament was
held at BETC June 27 - 29. To review the results, please go to the
link provided.
Memorial Day Tournament
May 22 through 26, BETC hosted and club pro
Jim Robison ran the Memorial Day
Tennis Tournament.
Results are available at the link provided. Our next adult public tournament
will be the Labor Day Tournament in late August.
Shown above are (left to right): Sho Kato and Kara Ikeda who lost to
Dean Kamplain and Breanna Esber 6-4, 6-3 in the Mixed 6.0 division.
Capital Improvement Fund
March 12, 2008 a letter was sent to members regarding use
of BETC's the capital improvement fund. The
letter may be found at the link provided
and your comments or suggestions are collected by
email at the link provided, or may be placed in the suggestion box at
the club or sent via US mail to P.O. Box 986, Kent, WA 98035.
The deadline to receive your comments has been extended to Tuesday, April 15, 2008.
Thank you.
Men's 2.5 Team
In 2007 our 2.5 men's USTA team participated in Nationals and ended up
taking second place! This was a great accomplishment from a first year team.
From left to right they are:
Brad Belmondo, Dan Benoit, Dave Herron, Tony Shaheen, Jim Thorp, Darren Griffin,
and Tony Hicker.
Mixed Senior USTA
This was our Mixed 6.0 Team that participated in the sectional playoffs
at Sunriver, Oregon last August. Bedia Olsen captained the team and the members
include: (left to right) Ray Olsen, Bedia Olsen, Merlin Bosch, Carol Samek,
Monnie Ironside, Jim McKinlay, Mary Jo Leonardson and Della McCleary.
BETC Guest Participation Policy
With each visit to BETC, participation without registration will not be allowed.
Any player guest entering BETC must check in at the front desk. Upon check-in,
they will be asked to sign the guest registrar and pay the appropriate guest and
if applicable, court fee. If a guest participates in a league, reservation or
block time, the member securing the guest substitute or the coordinator of the
league is asked to tell the guest to check in at the front desk. A guest fee not
paid by the guest, will be billed to the member.
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