TO ALL LAKE MURRAY TENNIS CLUB MEMBERS
Donn Goss, LMTC President
December 12th, 2011
Beginning now we are attempting to begin an annual function for the club and its members. The event will be played in late January. The event is a tournament of teams. Each team will be made up of an upper and a lower division. Each division will have at least six members.
Each division, like world team tennis, will play a men’s single match, a women’s single match, a men’s doubles match, a women’s doubles match, and a mixed doubles match. If we can get one hundred twenty of our club to sign up we can have ten teams. The teams that are developed will play among themselves to establish the club champion team.
Now all of you are invited to sign up to play. Each member shall sign up independently. The club as sponsor will make up the teams that will fill out the field. There is no entry fee for participating players. Come one, come all. A week after the conclusion of the tournament we will have a club dinner (the date shall be adjusted recognizing weather demands) allowing time for awards and some appropriate roasting of participants.
The goal for the event is to allow for the expansion of comradery of our membership, which is a community of people joined together by their enjoyment of the game of tennis. For myself there have been many times that I have seen someone play a point that was exceptional on a court next to the one I am playing on. Involved in my own game and observing the etiquette of the game I have been unable to express my admiration for the play to players not on my court. Maybe this tournament can allow for acquaintance with players I have admired with out knowing their name.
I believe that the game of tennis is a joy for all who play the game and I believe that the joy is magnified when there are more participants involved in the events of the day. Please sign up at the club house desk for an event that I believe can expand the joy for us all.
However, if you feel that I, your current president, have overstepped the lines and powers of the club, I welcome your comments and chastisements. Lets all have a great time.
With the holidays of the season we are all challenged with meeting and making social demands that surround us. It is time to express thanks for the efforts of those around us that enjoy the order and efficiency that allow us so much pleasure with the games we play. In behalf of the club I want to express thanks to the Emmersons for the order and courtesies they provide us all. To the board members I can only say that you amaze me with the devotion and attention you share to allow the smooth operation of the club and I thank you. To the members and players, I thank you for without you there would be no joy in thinking of ways to improve and expand this operation from which we play the game.I look forward wishing us all a Happy New Year.