September 11 -13 Wayne Bryan Comes to BETC!

BETC is extremely excited to announce a very special event coming your way: Wayne Bryan, father and coach of perhaps the greatest doubles team of all time, the Bryan brothers, will be "in the house" September 11-13th.

He will be running four clinics over the weekend, three of them focusing on doubles strategies for adults, and one for our competitive junior players.

The clinics will include: Four hours of informative and entertaining tennis with Wayne (4 per court max) Saturday Night Dessert Bar and Presentation - 6:30pm - 8pm. An autographed copy of Wayne's book, "Raising Your Child to be a Champion". A commemorative t-shirt Exclusive BETC registration begins July 1st. Registration will open to the public August 1st. Full payment must be made at time of registration. No refunds will be given but substitutions may be made. Space is limited (only 4 per court) so make your plans to register early!

Junior Champs - Friday 5pm-7pm/Saturday 3pm-5pm Adults 2.5-3.0 - Friday 7pm-9pm/Sunday 10am-12pm Adults 3.5 - Saturday 10am-12pm/Sunday 12pm-2pm Adults 4.0 & up - Saturday 12pm-2pm/Sunday 3pm-5pm

BETC is offering a "pay together…play together" special to our USTA teams, Cup teams and league participants. What a great opportunity to work on your game with your teammates! Four members signing up together pay only $600 per court (individuals signing up $160 per person).

Wayne Bryan has been called one of the best and may be the most entertaining coach in the game…here's your chance to come out and see for yourself why!

Senior USTA Season Approaching!

Registration for the 2009 Senior USTA season is here. Players must be over the age of 50 for the Senior league, over 60 for the Super Seniors or over 70 for the newly formed Super Duper Senior league. General information about the league is available at the link provided and if you would like to form a team of your own, please contact me - Janet at 253-872-5545 ext 22. Thank you.

Court Resurfacing!

August 10th through the 23rd the tennis courts at BETC are going to be resurfaced! We are going to use the same color scheme that was used at the US Open and is popular around the area which is blue courts and a light green on the outside. All leagues within the time frame above will not be held. If you are participating in a lesson, please check with your instructor or if you are in a block time, check with Dave DeMulling regarding availability of court time. We are all looking forward to the new court surface!

Max Manthou - 4A State Champion Member Max Manthou is now three time State Champion! Great job Max! The runner up in the 4A Championships was Matt Overland . At the link provided you will see Matt and other State participants.

Bills Ladies!

Bill Bartlett was recently working with a private group of ladies and their forehands...Demonstrating the stroke and within the group are, Nancy Naylor, Pat Curran, Arlene Ingersoll, Mable Hassen, Jackie Krutz, Marge Forbes and Esther McFarland.



Humm, is someone's backwards - Oh no, that's the lefty Pat Curran.

New - USTA Membership

Effective May 15, 2009, BETC is offering a new membership class for those that would like to play on any of BETC's USTA teams and participate in their team workouts or practices. The membership covers a 3 month term and is very affordable at just $106.38. BETC/USTA members may participate in matches or workouts scheduled by the team at the member court rates. Additional information is available at the link provided.

Wallyball...

Come join us on Wednesday at 11:30 for Wallyball. Its a fun new activity at BETC and you don't need to find a partner just come dropin and play with other members. The cost is $2 each or to reserve your own Wallyball court, please call the front desk at 253-872-5545 ext 1. Have fun!

Roof Top and Wall Fan Policy

Periodically we will hear the wane of a member shouting - turn the fans on! The clubs policy for turning on fans is as follows: The overhead roof top fans will be turned on if the temperature as measured at the front desk is at or above 65. If the temperature is above 70 degrees the desk will turn on the end wall fans as well. As one member may want the fans on, others prefer just the opposite. The end wall warehouse and walk through doors should not be opened unless the temperature again, measured at the front desk is above 65 degrees. Thank you for your cooperation.

Associate Membership Open

The Associate membership program is now open. The current threshold for this membership is determined by adding the active tennis and racquetball share members with current associate as to not exceed 610 total memberships. This was approved by the BETC Board on February 25, 2009. An informational sheet on the membership is available at the link provided or to print an application please use that link provided.

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

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.

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.

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.