parent meeting

Parents ! Let's get together to sign up for transportation to MCC clinic, out of town matches, and snacks / drinks for matches ! I can answer any other questions you may have, as well.

Beth Godwin has agreed to coordinate snacks and drinks.

Tracie Elrod will head up transportation ! Thanks to these moms for helping me coordinate !!

We will have sign up sheets at our meeting so bring your calendars.

Parent Meeting:

Date: Friday, Feb. 25

Time: 4:30-5:00

Place: Trinity Boardroom (2 doors down from my classroom 308).

I will put a sign outside the door. I will have the girls meet in the choir room adjacent to us. They will decide on their team verse.

Team Uniforms: 1st match and team pictures on Thursday, Feb. 24. I have a back-up plan if our uniforms are not here. (Last year's uniform / borrow from last year's jv players). I am trying to round them all up before Tuesday. Any returning players from last year: please locate your uniform and make sure it fits. I can let you borrow one from a past player if you have outgrown your uniform. Please bring me your uniform if you will need to borrow another uniform. Someone else may be able to borrow from you!

I will announce our line up for the St. James match on Wednesday. We will play 6 singles matches and 3 doubles matches. The format is usually an 8 game pro-set, but we may have to revise number of games based on daylight. The St. James coach and myself will make that determination prior to play. Beth Godwin is bringing snacks and drinks for our 1st match.

Parents, you may want to bring a chair to sit in on Thursday and, of course, good sportsmanship and a supportive attitude for all of these girls !!

In Christ,

Jennifer

eligibility forms, uniforms, revised calendar

I need to get the following forms ASAP for eligibility!

Christina Hogan: birth certificate (I need this by Friday, Feb. 18). I also need her Star Sportsmanship certificate and yellow card.

Francie Hogan: the Insurance, HPA and waiver forms

Mori Wallace: Star Sportsmanship certificate, yellow card

Paige Lewis: Physical, Star Sportsmanship certificate, Insurance, HPA and waiver forms, yellow card

I sent home uniform order form today. We were not able to order uniforms until we officially had our team. We need to get these ordered tomorrow, if possible. Nicole Yohn needs our team picture in before the end of February. Robertson Photography told me that they can take our picture next Thursday and still get it in for the Spring Sports Annual. We will take our picture before our first match against St. James (in our new uniforms that we hope will be here!) We will cross the uniform "bridge" if our uniforms do not come in. It is very important that the girls return their forms tomorrow, however !!

Trinity School bills the parents for the Spirit Packs (uniforms) and the MCC Tennis Clinics directly.

The girls can now begin to report to Study Hall !

I will send home a revised calendar with all the MCC Clinic sessions and revised M.A. Away match. We did reschedule the Tues. match from next week to April and added to more April clinics. We are also trying to plan a weekend trip in April. The girls have always loved this trip and we will try to plan something fun !!

Congratulations to the 2011 JV Girls Tennis Team:

Tori Chancellor

Madison Elrod

Savannah Elrod

Mori Wallace

Mary Kate Godwin

Christina Hogan

Francie Hogan

Paige Lewis

Parker Reynolds

Mollie Beth Dill

I am giving the girls a registration form for the USTA Southern Alabama MCC Junior Classic Tennis Tournament February 25-27 in Montgomery. I would love to see all 10 of our girls play in this ! What great experience !!

Last, make sure your girls have a good pair of "tennis" shoes not running shoes. It is very important that they are playing in the proper attire. They will also need a racer back bra to wear with both our uniforms (no bra straps showing please) : )

They will also need a jump rope for practice beginning Monday. I can keep them in the storage room during the season and return when we are through.

We do have practice tomorrow until 5:00. We will be practicing with our doubles teams for our match next Thursday !!

We are loving this weather and I am loving your girls ! We are going to have a great season !!

tryouts

We should be able to complete all of our matches for our round robin tournament tomorrow. We will be able to determine our top 10 players for our team ! All of the girls have done a great job, shown hard work and encouragement to each other. I could not be more proud of them all. The tournament will not only determine the top 10, but will also rank the players for position. I will let the girls know the outcome of the tournament tomorrow at the end of practice. I will announce their rank at practice on Thursday. We will be going to our first clinic at Montgomery Country Club on Thursday. I have arranged 2 parent drivers to pick the girls up in carpool and transport our team. Clinic begins at 3:30 and ends at 5:30. Each parent will be responsible for arranging for their child to be picked up at the Country Club at 5:30. I will make sure that all the girls are accounted for before I leave.

I want to encourage those girls who do not make our team this year not to give up ! I already love each of these girls and want to make the best decisions for our team and development. Keep practicing and taking lessons ! Tennis is a wonderful game to set goals, work hard, and most of all have fun. I hope this is just the first step towards a life long love of the game for all of these girls !

round robin tournament

Our tournament is underway !! Most girls were able to play 3 matches today. We revised the format to best 3 of 5 games with a tie break at 2 all, if needed. This should make the play progress quickly. We will play on Saturday and it should be a beautiful day to get some good tennis in. I have heard from several girls that they will not be able to attend the entire day. If you could email me the times that your child should be able to attend. I know there is an ACT being given, but I am not sure what time the students will be able to attend tryouts.

I have heard from Christina Hogan, Josey Aughtman, Mollie Beth Dill for ACT. Paige Lewis may not be able to attend, Abbie Grace Sims has basketball game. Let me know times and I will schedule the games accordingly.

We may still need a few days next week to play before we can determine the top players for our team.

Thursday and Friday sound like cold days and the courts may be wet tomorrow. We will still practice until 5:00 both days. We will meet in room 302 if the courts are unplayable tomorrow. I will have office make an announcement for the girls during 7th period as to where to report.

Thanks ! Jennifer

tryout week(s)

Well 80% chance of rain on the first day of tryouts, but we will not be defeated !! We may, however, not get to practice on the courts. I will make an announcement during the day to let the girls know where to meet at 3:30. (I need to confirm that the PTO/boardroom is available?) We will discuss the tryout format, look at uniform options, season schedule and talk through some of the rules and strategies of tennis.

The YMCA good times program is in my classroom after school, so my room is not going to be a good place to meet. The girls will come back down to my room to be picked up, however. My classroom is 308 in the lower section of Middle School carpool line. Easy enough !!

Feel free to call or text my cell phone if you ever need to reach me during any of our practices.