Draw sheets available

Hassan Humayun has made the draw for the 21st Annual Spring Valley Lake Country Club Memorial Weekend Tennis Championships, and the drawsheets are available here.

Check your start time, or the start for for any of the interesting-looking matches Hassan has in store for us. If you have any questions, contact Hassan at 245-5356.

Register now for the 2009 NJTL program

The 2009 National Junior Tennis League starts June 15th. See all the details here.

Memorial Day tournament dates set

Director of Tennis Hassan Humayun has announced the dates for the 21st Annual Spring Valley Lake Country Club Memorial Weekend Tennis Championships. The tournament will run from May 23-25, 2009, with Men's, Women's, Mixed, and Junior's divisions. The entry fee is $15 per player per event (singles and doubles). The deadline for entry is noon on May 21st, and the draw will be made available by noon on May 22.

The entry fee includes a commemorative T-shirt and Saturday BBQ.

Download an entry form here as a PDF file, or here as a Microsoft Word file.

HEAD racquet specials at SVLCC

The pro shop at Spring Valley Lake Country Club is running a special on the new YouTek line of racquets from HEAD, as well as special pricing on racquet bags.

Get the full details here (PDF).

Get the latest about Sunset Ridge on Twitter

From the website of the City of Victorville:

Very soon we will be offering open play nights for people to find tennis partners for the league. Monday nights - Women's doubles. Thursday nights - Mixed doubles. Wednesday/Tuesday - Men's doubles. To be the first to know, follow us on Twitter!

VVC: More fleas from the dog in the manger

For years, Victor Valley College has kept locked the public tennis courts that, according to state law, must be made available to the community. Now in a further insult to the community it claims to serve, VVC has taken additional steps to exclude the public.

The Summer 2009 Victor Valley Community College Schedule of Classes (page 63) now lists an "Open Tennis Lab," for students only, which runs from 6:00 A.M. to noon, and from 6:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M., every day of the week. This cynical pretext allows VVC to make the mendacious claim that the courts are in use during these hours, so there can be no public access.

Tennis players may wish to consider this shabby treatment when VVC proposes new bond issues.

The really tragic aspect of the whole mess with the tennis courts at VVC has been (and continues to be) that the high desert desperately needs some kind of tennis center -- someplace with enough courts to hold real tournaments, and serve as a focal point for the local tennis community. With ten courts, VVC could be that focal point. Unfortunately, it appears that one or more tinhorns are attempting to establish a feudal feifdom as a means of self-aggrandizement.

Serrano wins its first Mojave River League title

The Diamondbacks beat the Sultans 11-7 at Serrano High and claimed the Mojave River League title.

Get all the details here.

Ball kids (and adults) wanted

Ball people are needed for the professional tennis event at the Home Depot Center, May 23-31st. If you're interested, contact Tony Brock at 310-910-8304, or e-mail him at T-brock@ymail.com.

Get all the details here.

Challenger matches coming to the Home Depot Center

The 2009 LA Tennis Open USTA Men's Challenger, and the Home Depot Center USTA Women's Challenger, are coming soon. Qualifying runs from May 23 through the 25 (matches begin at 9:00 A.M.), with the main draw running from May 25 through May 31 (matches starting at 10:00 A.M.). Admission is free.

Get more details here.