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The focus of our open house is food, fun, friends and forehands. A healthy membership is vital to Timberhill Tennis Club. Our numbers are in a constant flux. Some TTC members are always coming and going. We have snowbirds who head to Arizona, California and New Zealand every winter. Unfortunately, people have injuries and health problems, which result in medical leaves.
Our annual open house is our biggest membership drive of the year. Invite your nonmember friends to an event during our fantastic free open house. Events will run from Sept. 27th to Oct. 5th. TTC board members will be hosting mixed doubles Sun. Sept. 28th, ladies night Mon. Sept. 28th, and men's nights Tues. Sept. 30th and Thurs. Oct. 2nd. Surprise the regulars by bringing a ringer and enjoy the snacks that will be provided. Don't forget the free clinic and croissants Sat. Sept. 27th and ladies playday and luncheon Wed. Oct. 1st. An important feature of our open house is the zero initiation fee for those who join that week. Remember also, the one-month of free dues for sponsoring a new member.
Last but not least, mark your calendars for another stupendous mixed doubles spaghetti feed with the first annual silent auction. The proceeds from this fundraising event will be used to upgrade TTC's bathrooms.
See you at the open house,
Gay Hall (co-president)
SIGN-IN ALL GUESTS AND BALL MACHINE USAGES
Timberhill uses the honor system to have all guests and ball machine usages.
Please sign-up guest with name and how many you may have and the ball machine
use on the sign up sheets in the clubhouse. We budget for guests and to replace
the ball machine periodically through the fees raised from the usage of the
ball machine. Thanks!
TIMBERHILL SILENT AUCTION (1ST ANNUAL)
Timberhill will be having its 1st annual silent auction to raise some funds
earmarked for locker room upgrades. We are looking for donations to auction
off. All donations are tax deductible since Timberhill is a non-profit organization
(401C3 status). If you have a vacation home you would like to auction off a
weekend, any services you might be interested in donating (for instance, dinner
for a ladies group), etc., please contact Gary about how we will be proceeding.
We are looking for about 15 major items to auction off. We will have the items
at the club for about two weeks before the culmination of the bids during our
Nov. 9 Spaghetti feed. You do not have to be here that night to win the auction,
but it couldn't hurt. Please contact Gary for any further information about
the auction. It should be a great time and a way to raise some funds for club
improvements. See you there!
SUMMER PROJECTS
Timberhill has a busy schedule for keeping Timberhill a top notch tennis club.
Here is a list of projects we have planned for this summer, with some of these
projects may have already been completed and others are planned soon.
§ Outdoor courts professional cleaned (Finished)
§ Reseal and stripe parking lot (Finished)
§ Stain the decking around the clubhouse and outdoor seating. (Finished)
§ Replacement 400 watt ballast and all lamps on courts 1-3 (Finished)
§ Replace carpet in clubhouse (Finished)
§ Paint some of the inside clubhouse (Finished)
§ Buy new stove for kitchen. (Fall)
§ Replace tile and urinal in men's locker room and spruce both locker rooms
up with some new paint. (Fall)
If you have a project that you would like to see worked on just let Gary know about it and we will see what we can do about getting it done.
Timberhill will be hosting its fall membership drive from September 27 - October 5. All activities at the club are free to non-members and any friends or potential members that you think might be interested. If you bring a guest during that week there is no charge for guests and there are activities for every member of the family.
The activities are listed below:
September 27 - October 5 TTC Open House (All activities open to the public)
§ September 27 Free Clinic & Croissants 9:00-11;00am
§ September 28 Mixed Doubles 4:00-6:30pm
§ September 29 Ladies night 7:45pm
§ September 30 Men's night 7:45pm
§ October 1 Ladies Playday & Luncheon 9:30-1:00pm
§ October 2 Men's night 7:45pm
October 3-5 All Comers tournament
Remember that if you sponsor new member any time, not just during the open house week, you will receive a free month's dues. This open house week is one of the most important weeks of the year for keeping Timberhill Tennis Club a financially healthy club. We usually pick up over 50% of our new members for the year during this time. If you have any questions or would like any help recruiting a potential member please Gary at the office. Our members are our most important resource!
The instruction schedule at the club is in full swing for the fall-we have all levels of adult and junior programs happening right now. If you're not signed up, but are interested, please give us a call at the club and we'll steer you in the right direction. On the juniors' side of things, Friday fests have begun again-the next ones are October 24 and November 7. We'll need some parents to volunteer to host these as we get into the winter, so if you're available and interested, get in touch with Hunter.
Coming in November is our annual Spaghetti Feed Mixer-this is a fun event that will hold a special twist this year…stay tuned.
A very exciting event coming to the Northwest is the inaugural Superset Tennis event at the Rose Garden in Portland. This one set professional tournament promises to feature players such as Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Mark Philippousis, Tommy Haas, Jan-Michael Gambill and Todd Martin. For ticket information, call 1-800-418-4368 or e-mail groupsales@rosequarter.com. A "Clash of the Clubs" one set singles tournament will be held throughout the Northwest, including Timberhill, which will produce a final to be played in the Rose Garden during the night session of the Superset. Look for dates and a sign-up around the lobby of the club. Have a great fall, and I'll see you on the courts!!
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Robin & Warner Evans 929-5974
Toni Thomas 929-5512; Toni is a 3.5 level player that is very flexible
with her time. Toni prefers doubles to singles.
Louis Rozario 929-9538; Louis is a 3.5 level player that can play evenings
and weekends. He will play singles or doubles.
Linda Schmidt 754-6990; Linda plays at the 3.5 level. Linda has some
flexibility in her schedule and can sub into groups.
John & Leslie Johnson 752-2136; Leslie plays at the 2.5 level, daughter
Leslie plays on the CV tennis team and Ashley plays at the intermediate level.
Rhonda Wilson 503-606-0711; Rhonda plays at the 3.5 level and can play
evenings and weekends. Her son Dustin is a freshman at Central High and will
be playing on the tennis team there.
Ken Lefton 503-644-1428; Ken plays at the 3.5 level and prefers singles
but will play doubles. Ken is available evenings and weekends.
Remember that if you are looking for subs or just want to play a new face please give these players a call and make them feel welcome.
Do you need a partner to play with? If you can’t find players to play against please contact Gary at the office or use Timberhill’s web page - MatchMate
Umpqua Valley Junior tournament August 29-31
John Tilton won the Boy's 16 Singles and Doubles. He defeated fellow Timberhill junior Alec Weller in the finals.