Please feel free to contact me about anything.
Lisa West
Tennis Center Coordinator
503-635-5550 front desk
503-697-2832 direct
lwest@ci.oswego.or.us
Online Court Reservations – Coming Soon!
Lake Oswego Parks & Recreation is happy to announce that
we are working with Playven Inc. to provide you with an online court booking
system. Soon, you will be able to check availability, reserve and pay online.
Look for more details in the next few days.
The Heat is On
We’ve discovered that our new energy-efficient lights have
not only lowered our energy bill, but also lowered our on-court
temperatures. To help warm things back up, we will be installing heaters.
Heater installation requires us to close the courts, so to avoid addition
disruption in play, they will be installed during our regular August shutdown.
Thanks for your patience!
Tennis Center Addition Project
We’ve begun some preliminary planning on a potential
addition to the Tennis Center building. We are gathering information, and we’re
on target to have concept drawings complete this spring. Look for announcements
and more information about the Tennis Center Addition Project in future
editions of our newsletter. Meanwhile, if you have any questions or comments
about this project, contact Lisa West at 503-697-2832 or Carol Hartley, Tennis
Center Manager at 503-675-2547.Welcome, Jelena Lazarevic!
We're really excited to welcome Jelena Lazarevic to the teaching staff. Jelena is from Serbia, and she recently graduated from the University of Portland, where she played tennis for four years. Prior to that, she played on the WTA tour and achieved a ranking of 1,016, and taught tennis in Serbia with an ITF certification.
We introduced Men's Night in November, and the feedback was so good that we decided to make it a monthly event! This is a chance to meet new people, practice, and just have fun! We will have Men's Night on the first Saturday of the month, from 6-8pm. The cost is $15. The next one will be Saturday, March 3. To register, call the front desk at 503-635-5550, or sign up at loparks.org.
One-Night ClinicsJoin John Auer on Tuesday and/or Thursday nights from 8:30-10 for a fast-paced clinic for players 4.0 and above. Each 90-minute clinic costs $20, and pre-registration is optional, but greatly appreciated. Call us at 503-635-5550 for more information.
Card Keys
Card keys seem to be a permanent topic in this newsletter. If you reserve courts at the Tennis Center, you (or someone in your group) should have a card key. Even if we are normally staffed during your reservation time, something may come up and the door may be locked. For a stress-free experience, make sure someone has a card key so you can access your reserved court when the door is locked.
Speaking of the Locked Door...
There obviously has been a long history of people propping the door open for their group members who may not have card keys. We see this most often when someone puts a brochure (those cost money, by the way) in the door to keep it from latching, but we've also seen perfectly folded pieces of paper in the latch and, occasionally, the door just left wide open. We understand that not everyone is willing to buy a card key (what we don't understand is why), but we ask again that you either pressure your group members to get their own, or wait for them and let them in. An unlocked door with no staff on duty is a security concern for everyone, but especially for our staff. Please help us by making sure the door locks behind you.
Reminders
This is the time of the year when the courts are packed. You can book courts up to a week in advance, and it's a good idea to plan ahead. Also, especially since there are so many people here, please remember to be considerate of other players. That means waiting until your scheduled time to enter, not talking if you decide to wait behind the courts, and exiting the court when your reservation is done.
Thanks for reading this issue of LOve the Game, and thank you for your continued support of LOTC!
