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January 8, 2009, 8:01 am
CALGARY – The price of shoe tags for tennis players at the Oakridge Community Association has been set at $20.00 for the 2009 outdoor tennis season.
Proceeds from the shoe tags will be used to pay for common tennis balls (a.k.a. court balls) that are used for drop-in programs, lessons, serving practice and the ball machine throughout the season.
These balls will be added to the two cases of tennis balls donated by the Oakridge Boston Pizza for our Pizza Ball Program and the balls donated by Tyco Tennis following our annual August tennis tournament.
January 7, 2009, 6:39 am
CALGARY, Canada (2009-01-07) – The Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) will be holding a tennis instructor course in Calgary in July 2009.
The two day certification workshop will be held on Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18, at the Oakridge Community Centre. Between 12 and 20 people will be accepted into the program by the July 1 registration deadline.
Although the bulk of the participants are expected to come from the Oakridge Tennis Club’s instructor development initiative, the course is open to the public. Anybody who wants to participate is welcome to join the PTR and register via their website at ptrtennis.org.
PTR is the largest global organization of tennis teaching professionals with 13,300 members in 122 countries. It has the greatest percentage of multicultural and women members of any such organization. PTR is dedicated to educating, certifying and servicing tennis teachers and coaches around the world in order to grow the game.
December 31, 2008, 11:22 am
CALGARY – The Oakridge Tennis Club has fully committed itself to developing a ladies double tennis program for the 2009 outdoor tennis season.
Beginning in April, the tennis courts will be closed to all men and all children under 11 every Thursday evening from 7:00 p.m. to sunset. Only women and female juniors capable of playing with adults will be allowed to use the tennis courts during this period.
Doreen Chan, a PTR-certified tennis instructor, has agree to act as a the primary organizer for the new ladies doubles tennis program. The search is still on for a back-up organizer. Volunteers are asked to contact Doreen at 403-988-1868.
