Galleria Tennis & Athletic Club Court Reporter

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1 Galleria Tennis & Athletic Club Court Reporter V O L U M E 2, I S S U E 8 A U G U S T st Annual Ping Pong & Tennis Tournament Saturday, August 28 th 10:30am-1:00pm By popular demand we invite you to the 1 st Annual Ping-Pong and Tennis Tournament. Players can play ping pong and/or tennis during the event. Cost is $10 for Members and $20 for guests or steve.kirk@thegtac.com to sign up or for more details. Don t forget to ask how you can upgrade your membership to included Sugar Creek Country Club.

2 P A G E 2 New Tennis Professionals Bobby Dowlen Bobby is a native Houstonian and has been teaching tennis here for over thirty years. He attended the University of Houston where he was a three-year letterman. Bobby was an assistant pro at River Oaks Country Club, Quail Valley Racquet Club, The University Club and The Downtown Club. He was the Director of Tennis at River Oaks Tennis Club for 17 years. While he was there, he built an active program filling the18 courts with mixers, tournaments and matches with other clubs. Bobby loves to teach tennis to people of all ages. He wants to make sure his students have fun while they learn and improve their game. Clay Parten Clay has been employed by some of the most prestigious tennis clubs in Texas including the Houston City Club, the Briar Club and River Oaks Country Club. He was most recently the Director of Tennis of the Hearthstone Country Club where led a staff of three pros to grow tennis activity by 25%. His playing background includes back-to-back NJCAA National Team Championships with Tyler Jr. College, a second place finish in the NAIA Team Championships with the University of Texas at Tyler and All- American status from Clay has worked with players of all ages and levels ranging from beginner to professional and is a USPTA P-1 Certified Professional as well as USTA Sports Science Level 1 Certified. Ladies Interclub VS Lost Creek Country Club (Austin) Friday, August 20 th 12:30pm-3:30pm Saturday, August 21 st 9:00am-1:00pm (lunch to follow play) All level ladies are welcome to play in either or both friendly interclub matches with Lost Creek Country Club in Austin. Players should expect to play a least 3 sets of tennis. Lunch will be served at 1:00 following play on Saturday. The interclub Friday is free to Tennis Members and the Saturday event is $15.00 per Member, which includes lunch. Space is limited so please sign up early at the front desk at or steve.kirk@thegtac.com

3 V O L U M E 2, I S S U E 8 Tennis Bulletin Board P A G E 3 Rock & Roll Clinic Level Every Tuesday 6:00-7:30 a.m. $22.50 Wednesday Night Mixed Doubles Socials Aug 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th (league) 6:00pm-8:00pm Thursday Night Men s Drop-In Doubles Aug 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th 6:00pm-8:00pm Friday Afternoon Men s Drop-In Doubles Aug 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th 4:00pm-6:00pm Super Saturday Ladies, Men s, and Co-Ed Clinic Aug 7th 10:30am-12:00pm Saturday Men s Doubles and Lunch Aug 14th 10:30am-12:30pm Monday-Thursday 12:30am-4:30pm (full camp- ages 8 and up only) 12:30am-2:30pm (half camp) Juniors of all ability levels age 4-17 are invited to join us for a 2-hour or 4- hour tennis camp. Players age 4-7 may attend the half camp and players age 8 and up may attend the half or full camp. Students will work on their agility, balance, quickness, and half day and full day campers will receive instruction on all stroke technique through fun drills and games. Full day campers will also experience singles and doubles match play. Snacks are included for both half and full camps. Please visit for camp registration forms, session dates, and prices. Fall After-School Junior Program will start up the week of August 30 th. Please look to the website for fall junior tennis information and registration forms -

4 August 23rd 7:30 pm P A G E 4 Trivia Night August 6th Couples Twilight Golf August 8th & 22nd- Sunday Brunch August 13th Prime Rib Night August 14th MGA Tournament Aug 21st Poker Tournament & Kid Movie August 27th Fajita Friday August 28th Wine Dinner

5 V O L U M E 2, I S S U E 8 P A G E 5 BINGO August 19th 7:30 pm

6 P A G E 6 Benefits of Yoga Yoga Benefit 1: Yoga is known to increase flexibility; yoga has postures that trigger the different joints of the body. Including those joints that are not acted upon with regular exercises routines. Yoga Benefit 2: Yoga also increases the lubrication of joints, ligament and tendons. The well-researched yoga positions exercise the different tendons and ligaments of the body. It has also been found that the body which may have started doing yoga being a rigid one may experience a quite remarkable flexibility in the end on those parts of the body which have not been consciously worked upon. Yoga Benefit 3: Yoga also massages all organs of the body. Yoga is perhaps the only exercise that can work on through your internal organs in a thorough manner, including those that hardly get externally stimulated during our entire lifetime. Yoga Benefit 4: Yoga offers a complete detoxification of the body. It gently stretches the muscles and joints as well as massaging the various organs, yoga ensures the optimum blood supply to various parts of the body. This helps in the flushing out of toxins from every nook and cranny of your body as well as providing nourishment up to the last point. This leads to benefits such as delayed ageing, energy and a remarkable zest for life. Coming in September: Paola Georgudis will be offering free Pilates Reformer classes. Times to be announced and advanced sign-up is required

7 P A G E 7 New Young Executive Membership GTAC is now offering a Young Executive Membership for people 35 years old and under. If you have a friend or co-worker who is looking for a friendly, fun club with the finest amenities in town, please contact Jeana Stetson at or Jeana.Stetson@thegtac.com ProntoWash We are very pleased to offer this new car washing service to our members. Members will get the added convenience of getting their cars pampered while they play tennis or workout. Services will be provided at GTAC s reserved parking places just a few spots before the entrance, every Saturday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

8 Club Hours of Operation Monday-Thursday 5 am-10 pm Friday 5 am-9 pm Saturday & Sunday 7 am-8 pm Verve Monday-Friday 11:30-2:30 pm Monday-Thursday 5-9 pm Friday Happy Hour 5-8 pm Happy Hour Menu 5-7 pm Courtside Cafe Monday-Friday 7 am-5:30 pm Saturday 8 am-5 p.m. Sunday 8 am-2 pm (Grab & Go) Main Fax Web Management Staff Ville Jansson General Manager Ville.Jansson@thegtac.com Niclas Kroon Director of Tennis/Club Manager Niclas.Kroon@thegtac.com Lauren Hernandez Food & Beverage Director Lauren.Hernandez@thegtac.com Amanda Frost Member Relations Director Amanda.Frost@thegtac.com Jeana Stetson Membership Jeana.Stetson@thegtac.com Lisa Aguilar Accounting Lisa.Aguilar@thegtac.com Chris Garcia Executive Chef Chris.Garcia@thegtac.com Steve Herrick Maintenance Director Steve.Herrick@thegtac.com Leslie Tidwell Athletic Director Leslie.Tidwell@thegtac.com