Mixer at Monaco

Thirty members of Heritage Eagle Bend turned out for the Mixer at Monaco Saturday night. We had four courts and played 45 minute sessions. Everyone got an excellent workout over a 3 hour period. In between play, we enjoyed the appetizers we had taken to the club along with a glass of wine, beer or soft drink.

We thank Gail and Ron Hedy for arranging the event, organizing the players into their respective teams, taking the tennis balls, etc. The Athletic Club of Monaco gave away free passes, so it was a win-win for us all.

2008 Officers of HEB Tennis

We are pleased to announce that we have four new officers of our HEB Tennis Club. They are as follows: (left to right)

Treasurer: Carol Chiolero
Co-President: Ron Hedy
Secretary: Liz Wallace
Co-President: Jan Rankin.

At our monthly meeting last night, we discussed the future of our club and the expectations of our members. Many different ideas and concepts were suggested as well as the formation of the USTA 2008 leagues. There are sign up sheets for these leagues on the Bulletin Board behind the Pro Shop. However, the slots are filling up fast, so we encourage you to sign up as soon as possible.

Note: If you have contributions to this blog, please email your photo and text.

Indoor Tennis Mixer

We are changing the date of the Indoor Tennis Mixer @ CAC Monaco. It was originally planned for January 26, but it will be moved to Saturday, February 23rd. The time and cost is the same (6:00 - 9:00 p.m. - $12.00/player). We hope this date works better for most of you. There is a new sign up sheet on the bulletin board. If you'd like to, you can just reply to this email and I'll put your name on the sign up sheet on the bulletin board (or you can sign up yourself). If you were signed up before, please let me know again if you plan on playing on the new date.

If you have already paid, I can either keep your money and put it toward this mixer or I can return your money if you cannot play.

This gives us a little more time to put this together, but I would still appreciate your response sooner, rather than later, if possible.

Thanks,

Gail Hedy

Our Tennis Tree

Once again, our ladies have done an excellent job of decorating our Christmas tree. Last year, some members got together to make tennis related tree decorations using tennis balls, ribbon and other embellishments for our very first Christmas tree at HEB. One member searched the net and found tennis ball Christmas tree lights and even found fabric that resembled netting. She used the fabric to make decorative ribbons that were used on the tree last year and again this year. Congrats to our tennis ladies for decorating our tree so beautifully!

As a reminder...since the weather is often nice enough to play even through the winter, Gail has suggested that we use the 50 degree rule to play as we did last winter. When the temperature is around 50 degrees (or above!) we should call each other to see if a match or two can be organized. Gail will notify members by email if a scheduled meeting is organized.

Keeping in Touch

We understand from Nancy that her mother regularly checks our blog for news on our tennis club at HEB. Ruby is 97 years old (can you believe that?) and has been using the internet for the last five years. Ruby, we welcome you to our site and love the fact that you are interested in our events.

Four ladies turned out this morning for our Thursday session and Nancy played a great game. We are thoroughly enjoying the beautiful weather here in Colorado because we know how quickly that can change. We take every opportunity we can to enjoy this glorious weather.

Keep checking our site Ruby. We'll 'post' again soon. By the way, we all think it's fantastic that you are "surfing the web" - congratulations to you!

Fall and Winter Tennis

Hi Ladies,

It looks like the weather is supposed to be nice on Thursday, the 8th. Let's plan on playing tennis at 9:00 a.m. With the time change it'll seem more like 10:00, so the sun will be a little higher and the weather should be a little warmer. See you then.

Gail Hedy

Year End Party

The senior team celebrated this past week with a party at Jan's house. Wine, appetizers and lots of fun and laughter were squeezed into a busy week. Carol, our captain (far left) enjoyed opening her gifts as we all thanked her for a job well done.

(Photo courtesy Tricia)