TENNISANDCAMPTRACE

Tennis Rules And Tips

With the advent of spring, we are eagerly awaiting some ten fun! Our first event is planned for Monday, April 3, with a Ba to-Tennis theme There will be free play, tournaments, and pizza! Any Carolina Trace Country Club member is welcome join us to see what the Carolina Trace Tennis Association (CTTA) is all about. All levels are welcome.

If you’d like to become a Carolina Trace Tennis Association member, we are collecting dues for 2023 Dues for 2023 wi remain at $25/person You can give your CTTA dues to any the board members noted below

CTTA membership is open to all country club members who would like to play tennis and join our fun It’s a great way to enhance your social and tennis experience. We will continue to have events throughout the year.

Jayne Loo - President; jayne papadakisloo@gmail com

Karen Scheidegger – Treasurer; kshydog@hotmail.com

Carol Martell – Event Coordinator and Mixed Doubles Coordinator, Saturdays; martell6064@gmail com

Carol coordinates the open play, for all level of players on Saturday mornings Contact Carol for more information

Debbie Betts – Mixed Doubles Coordinator, Mondays & Fridays; kdbetts@gmx com

Debbie coordinates the open play, for all level of players, with ball machine warm-ups on Monday & Friday mornings (times vary throughout the year). Contact Debbie for more information.

Greg Byszeski – Mixed Doubles Coordinator, Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturdays; byszeski4@hotmail com

Greg coordinates Level 3 0 – 4 5 players in open group play on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturday mornings at 9:00 am Contact Greg for more information g g p p held Monday, June 26 – Friday, June 30, 2023

Campers attend Monday - Friday from 9 am to noon There will be Arts and Crafts, Golf, and Tennis activities Extra activities are held in the afternoon or some evenings for campers and their families.

To participate, campers must have completed at least grade 2, and no higher than grade 7

If you have an interest, please contact Jayne Loo at jayne papadakisloo@gmail com You will be sent a Registration Packet Deadline for completed registration forms is May 5, 2023

Camp Trace is sponsored and manned by Club members for our children and grandchildren with the support of club general manager, Ray Reyes and golf coach, Andre PanetRaymond

For new club members, this is an excellent opportunity to get to know the people in the community and to have a lot of fun doing so There will be many volunteer opportunities Please join us in this exciting and fun event

If you have any questions, please contact: Diana Stepanik – d stepanik@yahoo com or Jayne Loo – jayne papadakisloo@gmail com

For volunteer opportunities, please contact Bernadette Russel - bfpeace@gmail.com

We also have opportunities for Junior Camp Counselors. This is an opportunity for anyone aged 14 - 17 If you know of someone who may be interested in being a Jr Camp Counselor, please contact Jayne Loo for an application –jayne papadakisloo@gmail com

Fitness Update

Caroline Boyd-Castelly

Happy March from CTCC Fitness! How often are you training your core muscles? Strengthening the core stabilizes the whole body, which ultimately can improve balance, decrease back pain, help prevent injuries or falls, improve posture, and support athletic or physical performance. Bonus is, we don’t need to be doing crunches, sit-ups or boring exercises to get stronger. There are a number of ways we can target core strength, including yoga, cable exercises, stability & balance training, and resistance training.

Give these exercises a try to strengthen core (option to include a dumbbell):

Dead-bugs

Bird-dog (repetitions & holding)

Bridge hold

Superhero hold

Plank (forearm or straight arm hold)

Modified plank

Single leg balance

Kneeling wood chops

Lateral steps

Getting stronger requires consistency, exercise efficiency, and patience Take your time performing core strength, that way we prevent injury or pain, and localize the correct muscles. Not sure how to perform the movement safely and effectively? Come receive guidance in a CTCC Fitness Class or send an email to fitness@carolinatracecc.com.