Play Begins on Court 1

Chris and George teamed up against Kurt and Dave in the inaugural doubles game on the new courts. Appropriately, the weather was a typical light drizzle. Grass would have been too slippery and dangerous to play. It was for days like this that we built these courts. Of course, we'll be out there when it's sunny, too.

It was a good game. Dave closed out the final point with with a roof.

Here, Chris pounds cross-court off of Dave's block for point.

Here, George casually digs Dave.

Chris had his jump serve going.

Dave was hitting well like usual.

Kurt shows off his patented cross-court pokie.


The guys gave the sand an A+ rating...clean, fine, and firm enough that they could get out of the sand to spike.

What remains before we can claim we're done...
1) Install power poles form the border around the sand.
2) Fencing around the south, west, and north sides of the court if the City allows. We'd like the City to provide the fencing. The slope on the west side is quite steep and potentially a safety issue. We'd like to have some of the fence post extended 15-20 feet in the air so that we can install a mesh netting to keep the balls contained.
3) Grass seeding on the steep slopes to keep the dirt in place.
4) Clean up the rip-rap construction entrance/exit and put the parking lot back in shape.

We're tentatively planning a grand opening celebration for Saturday, October 4th.