Sunday, September 25, 2022 (Court Day #552)

I was stressing this morning about whether or not the courts would be wet or not. I texted Rick A. (who lives nearby) but he wasn’t able to get back to me. Making the call about a delay or cancelation of play is the most stressful part of being a site coordinator. My front deck—a synthetic non-absorbent material—was wet, but when I put my hand on my driveway, it didn’t seem wet. I figured the courts would be fine.

I arrived to Derby park it 8:38 a.m., and I was the first one there. The courts were dry and I had been needlessly worrying.

The sad state of the City’s two older portable nets.

I had a few disposable games during the social hour. And there were two newbies that I played with, Michelle and Kristin.

A surprise result, I was playing with Michelle against Steve and Ted and she and I won. It was a surprise since Michelle is a novice, but I was able to make up for her shortcomings.

But then René showed up. René and I will be playing in a tournament one week from today up the Bay Area. I waited for her to finish her game and then we paired up for the next 3 1/2 to 4 hours.

I was repeatedly hitting really nice dropshots. That’s progress. It’s been reverting to less reliability lately.

I was done at 1:52 pm. 5 hours at the courts.

New SCPC Caps

Barb was there selling pre-ordered club shirt and club caps. I’d ordered a cap. I forgot they were $25. Not cheap. But it’ll get use.

My new club cap.

Ouch

I forgot to put on sunscreen and burnt my neck pretty good. I’m counting my blessings that it was at least overcast today and it took a little of the edge off. It could have been much worse!

Number of days on a court: 552
Number of total hours: 2,495

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