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The Paris Tennis Club 2021

I trust that everyone had a safe and happy winter filled with as much outdoor activities as you desired. Now the birds begin to sing and the tennis courts begin to shine! Spring is officially here and the obvious questions then present….. When are the nets going up? How can I get a membership? When can I get a Key to the courts?

I’m happy to let you know that the nets will be going up at the beginning of April. You can get your PTC Membership online NOW! Yes that’s right, NOW! simply log onto our site theparisclub.ca and register for your membership. Our Club Opening Day is set for April 24th 10am-2pm (weather dependant). At which point you can pick up your key and meet some of of our board members, coaches and other players from your community.

If you are new to the club, welcome! We are looking forward to meeting you and sharing our passion for tennis. We have an annual tradition, we welcome our members to come out on Opening Day with some leaf bags, garbage bag, a rack (if you have one), a pair of gloves and help us tidy around the courts picking up all the leaves & winter debris. This is just one of our opportunities to show the school and the county how much we appreciate these 4 beautiful courts that are well maintained in our community.

We are looking at kicking off our Jr. Programming at the beginning of May weather dependant. Registration for our Programs will be online as well. We will be holding tryouts for everyone interested in Jr. Programming on Saturday May 1st from 10am-1. Please email your registration for this day to Coach Jourdyn. Please indicate your child(rens) Name, Age and Time slot.

Tryout Schedule:
10am-11 -BEGINNER/RED LEVEL
11:30am-12:30- RETURNING & EXPERIENCED PLAYERS

Then there is the big pink elephant in the room that everyone is exhausted hearing about and talking about but is essential. Yup, that’s right, COVID! The PTC follows the guidelines that are put into place by the OTA (Ontario Tennis Association) and work with the County of Brant to ensure that safe play is top priority. The County looks after sanitation stations around the courts along with porta potty. It is important that we respect the rules that are put in place as Tennis is a sport that we all love and want to have available to us. The rules are constantly changing so please keep yourself informed and know that we are in this together.

Yours in Good Health,
PTC Board

P.S. Stay up to date with all PTC news by signing up for our news letter or follow us on FB.

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The PTC Championship finals

Last call to register for the 2019 PTC championship finals. We want to see you all there for our last tournament before the winter hits.

PTC Championship Finals 2019
Where:Paris Tennis Club 231 Grand River St. N, Paris
When: Sept 27th-29th Events:
Junior Fun Day:
Social Doubles Tournament: Competitive Singles Tournament
RSVP to info@theparisclub.ca
Registration due: Friday Sept 20th, 2019 $10 fee for non-members

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Summer’s Over, Hello Fall

We have a Canadian Grand Slam Champion! Congratulations to Bianca Andreescu for her US OPEN 2019 Title Victory over Serena Williams!
Welcome to the Paris Tennis Club

Club Championship Weekend: September 27-29, 2019 Come Join us for a great weekend of Tennis Events to wrap up Season 2019, including:

No Cost for Club Members for All Events, but Advance Registration will be required.

Email Today to secure your registration spot in the Championship

Some Notes: Minimum/Maximum numbers required to run programming.

  • Junior Fun Day: 6 participants min
  • Social Doubles Tournament: 12 participants min / 32 participants max
  • Competitive Singles Tournament: 16 participants min (8 each for ELITE and STANDARD divisions). 48 players max.

Singles divisions will be based on the 2019 Ladder Play with PTC and Dufferin Club Members. Players with match history will receive seeds and byes into the tournament draws.

Format will follow a double loss-elimination bracket so players will fall into a relegation bracket with their first loss.

RULES For the SINGLES and DOUBLES tournaments: 
Each Round of Play will be first TWO of THREE mini-sets to FOUR games, win by two. A tiebreaker to 7 points will be played at 3-3. Early Rounds will be played with no-ad (deciding point), and the third “set” will be played as a 10-point tiebreaker. Later matches will be full games, based on court scheduling and availability.

DOUBLES TEAMS will play a ROUND ROBIN SCRAMBLE format. Your entry into the tournament is as a solo and you will be paired up with a new partner each round. Keep track of your games and sets won to determine Doubles Champions for 2019!

Club Nights for social play continue through the end of September, on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Come on out and get your hits in before the winter comes along and shuts us down for the season.

Lessons from Monday for Juniors have been consolidated onto Wednesday nights for the remainder of the season to best accommodate players and coaches. We may be looking at a time bump as the month progresses to begin all sessions at 5:30 in order to take best advantage of the available light.

Hope to see you soon!

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Brant County Club Championships 2019

More Info Coming Soon. We are looking at an All-Brant Club Championship this year, open to Paris and Dufferin members, around September 28-29 with: 

  • a Competitive Singles tournament final, with seedings established from the Season Competition Ladders
  • A FUN Doubles Scramble Social Tournament (sign up as solo, partners scrambled for each match) – All Players\Skills are Welcome
  • A Junior Fun Day – Play and Practice session with Fun tennis games and activities and Red-Court play
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PTC Summer Lessons and Programming Updates

Happy Summer Everyone,

I just wanted to jump in here with a quick message regarding the conclusion of our first week of 8-sessions, and the availability of lessons packages for the remainder of the outdoor season. We will be planning lessons through the end of September, so stay sharp for the Club Championships by renewing in a lesson series today.

First off, a big thanks to everyone with their patience with the weather delays this season. It has reminded me how much headache could be saved if we had facilities that could accommodate practices in the rain 😛

We have some VERY exciting Tennis initiatives and partnerships for 2019 in our community to announce in the coming weeks, so stay tuned to the PTC newsletter and make sure to enjoy all the hits you can this season.

Lesson Series Renewals and Registration

Spots in lesson groupings are available now to any and all interested players, and also NEW OPTIONS are available via the new SUMMERflex Lesson program (see below).
https://theparisclub.ca/lessons/

Spring Season Wrap-up

  • Monday (Red & Orange) – 2 Sessions Remaining : Last Session July 15
  • Wednesday (Green) – Last Session July 3 THIS WEEK
  • Thursday (Red) – Last Session July 4 THIS WEEK
  • Friday (Green & Adult) – OFF THIS WEEK July 5 – Beginning again 7/12/2019
  • Saturday (Red) – Last Session July 6  SummerFun Tournament July 13th

SummerFun Tournament 2019: 
Save the Date July 13th

Come join us for the Third Annual SummerFun Tennis Tournament, to be held on: Saturday, July 13th (Rain-Date: July 14th) at Paris Tennis Club, with the following schedule:

• 10 am – 12 pm RED Level games and activities for Juniors
• at 12 pm SIGN-IN for Junior Competitive Tournament
• 12 pm – 1 pm BBQ LUNCH ($) for All Juniors and Volunteers
• 1 pm – 4 pm Junior Competitive Tournament
• 4 pm – 5 pm Open Court Play, Demos and Warm-Up
• at 5 pm SIGN IN for Adult Competitive Tournament
• 5 pm – 6 pm BBQ DINNER ($) for all Adults and Volunteers
• 5 pm – 10:30 pm Adult Tournament
• Singles (Division 1 / Division 2)
• Doubles (Mixed Teams)

Tournament Entry will be FREE for all Paris Club Members. Food available at additional cost.
Register today with an email to info@theparisclub.ca, or online at https://theparisclub.ca/summerfun-tennis-tournament/ to secure your spot in the tournament. Registration for each section of the draws will be open to drop-ins until the event starts, but advance registrations will help us to plan and organize the event for player numbers.

NEW Lesson Series DATES and NEW Coaching Assignments 

** NEW ** SUMMERflex Lesson Options –
or those with many summer plans

For those looking to keep it loose this summer, but still add in weekly lessons and practice for both Juniors and Adults when you can, Paris Tennis Club is now offering $20 per lesson drop-in programming for ALL AVAILABLE* 1.5h program slots and $10 per lesson for all 1h lessons. Players with advance registrations will always receive priority placement for available practice slots. If program is full, due to court or coaching availability, then no additional drop-in players will be accepted.
Available Programming Includes:

  • ** NEW ** Wednesday 6:30pm  Green Ball 1.5h Session with Dora and Jourdyn Coaching and increased player cap-limit of 12.
  • ** NEW ** Thursday 6:00pm Ladies Only Summer Clinic with Coach Dora 
  • All 1.5h Junior Lesson Programming
  • Friday 6:00pm Adult Intermediate Lesson Programming with Coach Dora

And for $10, drop in to any 1h Junior Program:

  • All Red Level Lessons 

*Please note, lesson space availability must be confirmed via email in advance of drop-in session. Unconfimred participants will be turned away if the session is filled up. **Payment of lesson fees can be provided in-person to the staff on hand or coach, or in advance with online payment via Stripe Credit Card with our new “Submit a Payment” form.

Looking forward to seeing you on the courts.

Cheers,

Tom Tranmer
Paris Tennis Club

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PARTICIPACTION Community Challenge

Yes, that PARTICIPACTION. If you’re at least my age then you likely remember the commercials with Hal and Joanne on public access television.

Well, PARTICIPACTION is back with a community challenge for us here in Brant County. Fortunately for them, with tennis players on their team we’ve got his competition in the bag! As you can see below, Competitive Night Tennis last night, along with coaching our great kids has me surpassed the WEEKLY GOAL.

Multiply that by the 19 Players we had last night (9 kids and 10 adults) and I’d say we can take on any community 🙂

The challenge starts on Friday, May 31st, so login at the website and/or get the app and join me in testing the limits of what their tracking system can handle and let’s show these community challengers how we really move!

Phone Screenshot, Tuesday AM:

PARTICIPACTION App Phone Screenshot – Click to visit the Community Challenge Website

Here are the details of the competition below from your recreation team at County of Brant

The County of Brant Recreation Team has an exciting opportunity for our communities. We are participating in ParticipACTION’S Community Better Challenge, this is a new event that just started this year.

What is it?

The ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge is a physical activity challenge. It is open to all communities and individuals, to recognize Canada’s Most Active Community and awarding it with 
$150,000.00 to support local physical activity initiatives. Five regional winners will also be recognized and receive 
$20,000.00 each to support local physical activity initiatives. 
The challenge period is; May 31st to June 16th, 2019.
 
Why Get Involved?
The challenge will help strengthen our communities through physical activity and sport. The Community Better Challenge encourages all Canadians to sit less and move more together, through our ongoing programming, activities and events that we are already promoting through June is Recreation and Parks Month. Time to show Canada what Brant County Sport Clubs, Organizations, and affiliates have to offer!
 
 
The County of Brant is taking the lead and encouraging our communities to be more physical active, by creative inclusive programming and by being more socially connected.
 
How to Get involved?
All that is required are the following;
1.       Download the ParticipACTION app and track your personal minutes as well up too 6 family members; https://ParticipACTION.com/challenge

We invite you to join us in our efforts to being CROWNED CANADA’S MOST ACTIVE COMMUNITY.