IN BETWEEN THE LINES... TCD NEWS- JANUARY 2019
What an enthusiastic turnout we had for our first Captains/General Meeting of 2019. Over 175 of our team and organizational leaders were present to kick off TCD’s 42 nd year! For our Mixed Doubles League, the upcoming season marks your 39 th anniversary; for the Love-50 League, it’s your 11 th ; and for our “youngest” league, Love-60, it’s your 2 nd season, and like your sister/brother leagues, you are growing and going strong!

This 4-week pre-season period of time in which we currently find ourselves offers us the chance to get prepared for that first ball toss and serve of our first matches. Start by reading through the Rules , making sure you understand what to do when and how to go about doing it. Once schedules are posted, familiarize yourself with your home and away matches. Check the TCD website often and make sure to keep up with the latest news on the home pages of each league as well as through the monthly E-News. Also, if you are a member of Facebook, join us on the TCD Member Forum page where you can find requests for players trying to find teams, teams needing to find players, tennis news from around the Metroplex and fun photos of our members at various matches and events.

As we approach this spring season, let’s continue to recall the TCD recurring theme of practicing and mentoring good sportsmanship in all of our matches. To help illustrate that, I found this quote a few years ago which I actually have framed on my desk:
As was noted at our General Meeting this past week (and whole-heartedly applauded :-), we cannot overlook the reality that tennis is a recreational sport and we are the lucky ones who get to participate when others cannot due to real-life responsibilities. Let’s strive to approach our matches by joining together with our opponents each week to play the sport we all love with that in mind.
We are four weeks away and counting from Opening Day! Your TCD Board of Directors is here to help you with your preparation needs so don’t hesitate to call on us anytime!

At YOUR service,
Jinky Hicks
2019 Presiding Director
Team registration has closed and Captain's Meetings are complete. Thanks to all who attended! Its going to be a great season of TCD tennis!
KEY DATES
Please download the 2019 TCD Calendar for a complete list of the Spring and Fall 2019 Seasons.
The TCD 2019 Handbook is in production and will be mailed soon! If you have moved, please update your address on the TCD website today. Each league maintains it's own database; if you play in more than one league, your contact information must be updated in each league. Go to TCDtennis.org, select your league, Forms, then Corrections/Changes to make the update. Thank you!
The TCD Spring Tournament
on February 14th is fast approaching!

Registration is closing soon on January 23 rd . Many levels are already full.  If you would still like to register, but your level has “closed” (you won’t see it anymore on the registration page), I encourage you to mail in your registration form with check and get wait listed. Lots of changes happen in the next couple of weeks and people cancel, etc., so there is always a chance you can still get in. Your check will NOT be processed if you don’t make registration.  

TO REGISTER: Go to the TCD website at www.tcdtennis.org , click on the EVENTS/TOURNAMENT tab and follow the instructions. If you have any questions at all, feel free to email Phyllis McGahey tcdtournaments@gmail.com.
Registration will close online January 23rd. Mail-in registrations will not be accepted after the January 23rd post-mark date. 
TCD Members Forum
Please take a moment and join the newly renamed TCD Members Forum on Facebook. This closed group page is a great spot to find a new player for your team, ask a question, find other TCD members for friendly scrimmages, or post photos of your team having a ball! Only TCD members may join. Check it out! TCD Members Forum
TCD Provides Travel Scholarships
Cindy Brinker Simmons, President of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation, attended the December 2018 TCD Board meeting to express her gratitude to the TCD membership for donating over $30,000 to the foundation in 2018. These funds will be used for travel grants for junior players to participate in their "Little Mo" national and international tennis tournaments and programs in 2019. Please follow the link below to read Cindy's thank you letter and some of the notes from the young recipients of the travel grants.

Lifetime Fitness in Plano - Limited to 50 players
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