The weather has turned cold but the holidays and indoor play at the club are here to warm you up! Here is what is going on at HRC right now…
THANKSGIVING WEEK HOURS
Click here for the updated Thanksgiving week hours and programming at HRC
CLUB SOCIAL – COOKIE EXCHANGE AND COCKTAIL TASTING DECEMBER 8TH
Join us for a late afternoon of holiday fun! Sunday, December 8th from 4-6 pm will be our Cookie Exchange and Cocktail Tasting social for all HRC members! Bring 2-3 dozen of your favorite holiday cookies to exchange and copies of the recipe to share. Some of your favorite HRC staff will be there to serve up four different holiday cocktails too! Lee will be giving massages to help melt the holiday stress away. The event is free but you must sign up in advance with Briana at the arena front desk. Come celebrate the season!
TENNIS: New Schedule, Clay Courts, Junior Tennis, Turkey Trot, Black Friday Specials, Fast4 Tourney, Pro Shop Corner
New Schedule. The new indoor schedule of classes is out. Be sure to pick up a new schedule at the front desk. Men’s, Women’s and Mixed morning and evening points clinics stay the same. Tennis 201 is now Wednesday 6-7 and Master Class is Tuesday 11:30-1. Newly added is Advanced Ladies Pts Clinic Mondays 7-9pm, Advanced Men’s Round Robin Thursday 7-9 and TryPlay sessions Sundays 6-7. C’mon out and play!
Outdoor Clay Courts. As of this newsletter, courts 3-6 are done for the season. However, courts 1 and 2 survived the freezes last week and are still up can be played on! If you can reserve it online, it is available for use. We will send an e-mail to tennis members and make courts unavailable on the reservation website when we have to close the last courts down for the winter. Let’s hope that’s not for a long while!
Junior Tennis. Our current Junior Tennis Academy session is halfway done this week. We take a week off next week for Thanksgiving and then do three more weeks after that. Next session will start January 13th.
Our HYPE (HRC Youth Players Elite) Program sessions have changed since going indoors. Blue sessions are now Mondays and Wednesdays 4-5 and HYPE Black sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays 5-7 and are year-round sessions which are currently happening right now. These high performance group classes are for our prospective and current tournament players.
More info can be found at our website…sign up today!
Turkey Trot this Friday. Our fifth annual Tennis Turkey Poker Trot is Friday, November 22th 6-8 pm! Come on out for a fun night of tennis, food and fellow tennis players! The event is co-ed and you don’t need a partner. Format is 5 Rounds of 4 Game Mini-Sets. Winner of Each Set Draws 2 Playing Cards, Loser Draws 1 Playing Card. Prizes for Winning Poker Hand, Runner-Up, and Worst Poker Hand (Big Turkey Award). Thanksgiving Themed Refreshments Included. $20 Entry Fee for Members, $25 Entry Fee for Non-Members. Last year was a sell out so sign up today! Must Sign-Up in Advance by Wednesday, November 20th. Reserve your spot by clicking here or contacting Cre!
Tennis Black Friday Specials. Be on the lookout at the end of this week for the announcement of our Black Friday Specials. They include a mixed doubles clinic BOGO, lesson gift certificate discount, and half price court time. It’s not to be missed!
Fast4 Tournament December 28th. HRC is hosting the 2nd annual Winter Blast Fast4 Indoor Doubles Tournament! Plenty of great action will be on court and the TVs will have all the College Football games on too! Come out for a great day of sports and fun with your tennis friends! Divisions: Men’s and Women’s Open, NTRP 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5. Senior (50+) NTRP Men’s and Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5. No mixed doubles
The shortened format for each set offers a “fast” alternative to tennis, with four points, four games, and five rules: No-ad scoring is used, Service lets are played, Tie-breaks are played at three games all, The first to four games wins the set, Best 2-out-of-3 Fast4 sets will be used with Match Tiebreak in lieu of 3rd Fast 4 Set
Each player is guaranteed to play 2-5 matches during the tournament. USTA Southern will be handing out prizes for everyone! Free food and drink too! There is a $25.00 entry fee for one event, and a $50 entry fee for players to participate in two events. Sign up today!
Tennis to keep an eye out for… Tennis 201: Tennis 201 is our follow-up program for the beginner tennis classes. It’s also a great option for players who have taken some time off and are looking to get back into it! Now Wednesdays at 6 pm! Indoor Tennis Contracts: There are still a few contract times open weekday 8:30, a couple of night spots and a bunch Saturday and Sunday. If you are interested in forming a group, let Cindy know!
Pro Shop Corner: The pro shop has some seasonal products for you! Ear warmers are in and for sale this week at the arena front desk. New apparel has been ordered and should be in next week. Interested in racquets? We have some in stock for sale as well as we can special order anything in. Members, take advantage of the 10% discount you get on merchandise and buy local! We match all regular online prices, plus you get a discount beyond that!
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Wilson Blade
98 CV 16×19 4 1/4” $99
Wilson Blade 98L 16×19 4 1/4” $99
Wilson Blade 98S CV 4 1/4” $99
Wilson Ultra Tour 97 18×20 4 3/8” $89
NEW Wilson Blade 98 18×20 4 1/2” $140
FITNESS NEWS: Inclement Weather Policy, Thanksgiving Fitness Schedule, Kids Fit Club Special and New Adult Fitness Program
Inclement Weather Policy. For all fitness classes…when the weather is bad and you don’t know if we are holding classes, check the school system. If Henderson County Public Schools close, there will be no morning classes. If they are delayed, we will begin with our 9:30 classes. As always, the fitness center is always accessible to door code users. Updates also are available on the HRC website.
Thanksgiving Fitness Schedule. Every fitness class is on as scheduled except: no tai chi Wednesday 11/27, no classes Thursday and Friday 11/28-29, and no tai chi Saturday 11/30.
Kids Fit Club SPECIAL. Bobby is offering a special deal for new Kids Fit Club members. Sign up for the Saturday sessions…the six week cost is just $90! This is for boys and girls ages 12-18. The program focuses on making fitness fun while also learning about nutrition, proper exercise technique, and healthy lifestyle changes in a positive and encouraging environment. One session cost is $20. Must sign up at least 2 days before the session.
NEW ADULT FITNESS PROGRAM. Get a head start on you New Year’s resolution to fitness. 6 weeks of personal training with Bobby for just $30/session! Contact Bobby to set up your schedule and you can invite up to 3 others to join (or just have Bobby one-on-one) but cost is same ($30/session) for all participants. Must pay in full at start of the six weeks. Let Bobby show you how to have fun in the gym and get results. Enjoy the tremendous savings and go get fit with Bobby!
MASSAGE SERVICES AVAILABLE
Give the gift of a massage this holiday season! Lee is giving 10% off all gift certificates purchased before December 12. Need work now? Lee will be available Dec 2nd for the rest of the year. Reserve time now for when she returns! Call her at 860-985-5834 to make arrangements.
RACQUETBALL NEWS
Morning racquetball is in full swing! The guys and gals have lots of fun and exercise weekday mornings…come check it out! Court 3 is the challenge court where you find a doubles partner and see if you can beat the best!
Night session will start up in January. If anyone is interested in being in a league or ladder, contact us!
CLUB UPGRADES
This fall was certainly busy! We started Phase One of our areas between and beside the lower and upper clay courts. We have started the preparations for winter on the clay courts and fixing some on-court problems in preparation for next year. We sadly had to take four trees out down between the parking lot and pond due to some bad bugs killing them from the inside out. However, we did turn them into mulch, firewood and campfire seating in their second life!
On the LED upgrade/retrofit front, we have installed the new lighting in the men’s and women’s locker room in the clubhouse. The rec room/racquetball area is our next and final phase of the project! The lighting levels should be the same or greater than you are enjoying now!
We have several projects in the pipeline. We will finish off Phase One of the hillside project and work on Phase Two hopefully by January. There are several improvements to the indoor tennis arena planned plus the hanging of our league championship and State championship banners. Some technology upgrades are also in the planning stages now for the fitness area.
….thanks for being a part of the HRC family. If you need anything or have any comments/questions, please don’t hesitate to ask any of our staff. It’s a busy time at the club. Be sure to take advantage of it! Let’s all keep active and see you at the club!
Sincerely,
Chris, Cindy and staff