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This page was last updated on 3 February 2009
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The Goddard Tennis Club (GTC) is built and maintained by its members, who work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.
The Goddard Tennis Club is one of the many social clubs sponsored by the Goddard Employees Welfare Association (GEWA).
Goddard Tennis Club Membership for 2008
In 2003, annual dues dropped to $0 for basic membership (sponsored by GEWA, to cover the annual construction and maintenance costs):
- $0 basic membership (required for liability purposes)
- $10 per family member (optional)
- $20 per reservation* right (optional, upper limit of 2)
- $15 per guest card (optional, limit 1)
- $15 per ball machine privilige/key (optional)
* Six of the ten courts can be reserved in advance for 1.5 hours of play.
In 2006, the requirement for ladder reservations was dropped, making ladder membership free.
Where to get GTC membership applications
Or, hand-carry it to Mike Powers in building 19, room S-34. |
Goddard Tennis Facility (click to visit)
This facility is managed by our elected officials:
- President: Maria Lecha, Code 567, 301-286-9276,
Maria.C.Lecha@nasa.gov
- Vice-pres: Alex Koeppl, ATSC, 410-964-7487,
Koeppls@mindspring.com
- Treasurer: Mike Powers, Code 567, 301-286-4820,
Michael.K.Powers@nasa.gov
- Secretary: vacant
Other jobs are carried out by volunteers:
- Ladder, grounds, and web: Dennis Chesters, Code 613.1, 301-614-6325,
Dennis.Chesters@nasa.gov
- Tournaments: Andy Negri, UMd/ESSIC, 301-405-5384,
ANegri@essic.umd.edu
- Sprinklers: Dan Mandl, Code 584, 301-286-4323,
Daniel.J.Mandl@nasa.gov
GTC Ladder (click for standings)
GTC Tournaments
Past winners of GTC singles tournaments (click to view).
LABOR DAY SINGLES TOURNAMENT: John Cannizzo defeated Cliff Liu in the finals of the 2008 Labor Day singles tournament in a third set super-tiebraker, 3-6, 7-5, (10-8).
MEMORIAL SINGLES TOURNAMENT: Cliff Liu defeated John Cannizzo in the finals of the 2008 Memorial Day singles tournament in a third set super-tiebraker, 2-6, 6-2, (11-9).
The GTC tournaments are Swiss-style round-robin: winners-play-winners and losers-play-losers every round, so everybody eventually plays opponents on their own level.
The tournaments are usually open to anyone qualified to play on the GTC courts: members, family members, and guests.
Tournament play counts as a ladder match, unless one of the players explicitly says "no" before the tournament match begins.
At the discression of the ladder chairman, ladder members playing in and completing the GTC singles tournaments are promoted to the top of the ladder, in the order that they finish in the tournament. Ladder members who receive this promotion are subject to unrestricted challenges for the next 4 weeks.
Tournament registration is on a sheet posted at courtside a few weeks before the tournament, or via phone or e-mail to the tournament director.
The tournament director is responsible for seeding, based on ladder standings and best judgement of skill. Please don't argue with him/her.
Andy Negri, UMd/ESSIC, is the tournament director [anegri@essic.umd.edu], vox: 301-405-5384.
Here are Andy's recommendations for running a tournament:
Among the things I bring are: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite Gal OJ 2 gal water with spigot bananas fig newtons pretzels ice ice chests cups towels pencils plexiglass to cover paperwork index cards to do matchups cans new tennis balls for sale plastic tablecloth (nice touch) Attached are the flyer from 2005 Labor Day tourney (WORD) and spreadsheet for ranking the players/recording the matches (EXCEL). This latter should print out on 11 by 17 paper if you select a tabloid-capable printer. |
GTC News
From: Powers, Michael K. (GSFC-567.0) Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 1:00 PM To: tennis@majordomo.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: Goddard Tennis Club 2008 Application and Treasury Report Tennis Club, Attached is the 2008 application and 2007 Treasury Report. Maria and I are very busy right now and I donÕt know if an Annual Meeting will be organized this year. IÕll be on travel all next week, but please go ahead and send your applications to me (Code 567). If anyone has strong feelings that a meeting should be held, weÕd welcome your help in getting it organized for early April. If not, hereÕs some status: -The budget is in good shape, as GEWA continues to reimburse us for maintenance costs -Larry Waters is still around to maintain the courts, but he may be moving sometime this year. This is a significant concern since we have nobody else to do the work. -New ball machine balls will be purchased as well as new lock/keys for the shed. If someone would like to volunteer to purchase an outdoor lock and copy 25 keys, IÕd appreciate the help and will reimburse expenses, of course. -Dennis Chesters indicated that an older (but working) ball machine was donated to the Club. ItÕs in the shed. If you need a temporary badge for access to the tennis courts, please send me a message as soon as possible. ThatÕs all I have for now. Mike Michael Powers NASA/GSFC Code 567 Bldg. 19, Rm. S-034 Greenbelt, MD 20771 301-286-4820 (voice) 301-286-1750 (fax) gtcapplication2008.pdf gtctreasury2007.pdf |
You can get a membership application from the Club Treasurer, Michael.K.Powers@nasa.gov, or from the bulletin board at courtside, or download the GTC membership application form from this page.
More GTC news and chat (click to view).
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Winter Facilities
The Goddard Tennis Club's 2 outdoor lighted hard courts are open year-round.
The Tennis Center at College Park (TCCP) has a 12-court indoor tennis facility, 4 Har-Tru and 8 DecoTurf, plus 15 outdoor courts paved with with DecoTurf, Har-Tru, and French clay.
TCCP offers bargain "corporate" memberships to members of the Goddard Tennis Club. TCCP is also open to non-member walk-in lessons and/or round robins on several days of the week.
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