First and foremost I want to welcome Bill Glindmyer to our great club. Bill is our new Head Pro and Tennis Director. We have brought Bill in with the hope and expectation that he can go out into the local tennis community and bring new and particularly younger members to our club. I have done a lot of research on his background and personality and have been very impressed with everything I have learned. I think he will be a good one. I hope all of you will help to welcome him to our club and make him feel comfortable and supported.

Our other good news is the coming introduction of the “Alonso/Armando Tennis” program. I have been working with Hugo Sr. for quite some time in our mutual hope that he could pull this together and have the wonderful opportunity of working together with his son, Hugo Jr. Both of these guys have been around our club for many many years. Hugo went to Bayshore high school with my son and played tennis here with many of us as he grew up. He then moved on to a very successful professional career. Both of these guys are “class acts” and we are privileged to have them working out of our club. They will bring us the opportunity to view many of the world’s top junior players. Additionally, they will fill in a financial gap created two years ago when Tony Driscoll down-sized his Hurricane Academy. Tony will retain a presence here with the rental of one court for use of his students.

It has been quite an active summer to date. There is the big news I have mentioned as well as the outstanding landscaping work. The front entrance of the club looks great. The new coat of stain on the club’s decks also brightens up the place. We will be having the clubhouse exterior painted some time before October.

The weather has been the one “downer” so far this summer. We have temperatures in the upper 90s with heat indexes of 100 plus for the last three weeks of June. This is extremely unusual and seems like it can only be a backlash for the freezing cold winter we had. It is nonetheless unusually and uncomfortable. I continue to recommend cutting down your play time, drinking lots of fluids, and resting often.

Fifteen months after my heart procedure (ablation) it seems to finally have taken hold and cured my atrial fibrillation. It has been a struggle, but I have learned a lot from the experience, particularly the value of family and friends. Changes in diet, stress levels, activity, and supplements seem to have been the key ingredients to this success. We all have our health issues and our struggles, there is truly little that deserves more of our attention. Thanks to all of you who have shown concern and support.

See you on the courts….