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In Between the Lines... TCD News - March 2018
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It's been a challenging spring season so far, with rain outs in nearly all Ladies' and Love 50 week 1 matches. Your league directors and flight coordinators appreciate how teams have worked together to schedule makeup matches around personal schedules and court availability. In drought-plagued Texas, we need the rain, but we can hope for a little "luck of the Irish" for our tennis weather the rest of the season!
Here are a few reminders for your TCD calendar:
- Spring Break Bye for Ladies League only is Thursday, March 15
- Player Add Deadlines:
March 24 - Mixed
March 26 - Love-50
March 27 - Ladies
- Easter Bye for Mixed League only is Sunday, April 1
Finally, I want to encourage you to share your "best practices" as part of an effort we are calling 'TCD Team Talk'. Please
see details on this below.
Enjoy some fun tennis in the weeks ahead!
Anne Gannon, TCD Presiding Director
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The following
Rule change is effective immediately:
V. MATCH PLAY
L. RAIN DELAYED MATCHES
4. For Ladies Doubles, rescheduled matches must be played within a two (2) week period of the originally scheduled match. (Week runs from
Friday, day one, through
Thursday, day 14.)
If Spring Break (TCD Bye) week falls within a rain make-up reschedule, an additional week extension will be allowed
. Rescheduled matches that are rained out will be allowed a one (1) week extension from the rescheduled date (day one beginning from the day after the rescheduled match through seven (7) days), OR the remainder of the ORIGINAL TWO (2) WEEK PERIOD, whichever is later.
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Mark your calendars...
Don't miss this popular event that will conclude our spring season on Wednesday, May 9! You and your TCD teammates can choose a preferred boot camp location, enjoy two hours of fun drills, and have lunch afterwards for $20 per person. Registration begins in April.
Hope to see you May 9 at TCD Bootcamp!
Sheri Colaluca, TCD Social Director
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We thought you might be interested in knowing
how TCD will be using your membership fee in 2018. Membership fees support TCD's league programming and events throughout the year. Here are just a few examples of the direct benefits to members:
- Use and support of the website that manages the scheduling, scoring and statistics of the 7,000+ league players
- Recognition for the hundreds of volunteers who serve as flight coordinators and committee members
- Two fun end of season events
- Prizes and awards
What you might not know is a portion of the fees is given in grants that enable local organizations to provide outstanding tennis programs. Past grant recipients include: The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation, Aceing Autism, Children's Medical Center Foundation, Dallas Wheelchair Tennis, Dallas Tennis and Education Academy, Scottish Rite Hospital, Special Olympics of Texas and many more.
And... you get nine weeks of organized, competitive tennis F-U-N... all for just $15.00 a season!
Thanks so much,
Shirley Floeter, TCD Financial Director
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TCD Team Talk - sharing our best practices!
Have you ever had someone who doesn't "get" TCD ask why you are so committed to playing TCD? I sometimes explain that it makes me "feel like a kid again". Enjoying the game of tennis is certainly part of the reason why I feel like a kid. But it is the
team aspect of playing TCD that provides a unique experience of old-school fun!
We have so many captains and players who have gained wisdom through the years of
the best things that their teams have done to make playing TCD a wonderful experience. Sometimes you don't realize how important a seemingly small team policy, activity, or expectation is until you look back in hindsight.
If you have specific words of wisdom that could help new captains, or teams needing some advice,
please share that with us here! The TCD board plans to publicize and keep a consolidated list of these best practices, calling them "TCD Team Talk".
Feel free to contact me with any questions,
Jane Schrick, TCD Communications Director
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Catch some great professional tennis being played
next week!
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