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203-259-3480 Monday thru Sunday 9 to 5
email:pablo@ccfairfield.com
Please go to the "Newsletter" section of this website to view letters & correspondence from committee chairs.

WELCOME

Greetings to all and welcome to another exciting season of tennis at The Country Club of Fairfield. The 2009 season is shaping up be our best summer yet and I could not be happier to be back for a 4th year as your tennis director.  Once again, I feel very fortunate to have all of our staff from last summer returning this season to help me provide you with the very best tennis programs and services.

To add to this wonderful staff, this year another fellow Clemson Tiger will be helping us take it up a notch. Josh Goffi, a former #1 singles and doubles standout at Clemson University who played in the Davis Cup in 2004 for Brazil and was in the top 400 in the world in singles play and top 100 in the ATP doubles rankings, will be joining us this summer and hopefully many more to come. He holds 3 singles titles and 18 career doubles championships and is currently the Men's assistant coach at Duke University.

The tennis camp for Juniors returns for a second year. The camp was a great success last summer and our boys and girls had the time of their life. Please take a moment to look over the information regarding the 2009 Juniors Tennis Camp.

I look forward to another great season together while providing an excellent tennis experience for you and your family. Thank you for your continuing support and I hope to see you on the tennis courts very soon! 

Pablo

 

Camp

 

Kid's Camp
June 29th to August 7th
Monday through Friday


Daily Schedule

10:55 am - Drop Off/Order lunch
11:00 am - Warm Up & Stretching
11:15 am - Stroke of the Day Drills
11:45 am - Games & Team Competitions
12:30 pm - 1 Hour lunch (not included)
1:30 pm - Off Court Activity (ping pong, frisbee,soccer,mini tennis tournaments and other fun activities).
2:00 pm - Tip of the Day; 15 minutes to talk about a special aspect of the game with juniors and how to put it to work on the matches to follow.
2:15 - pm Supervised singles and doubles Match Play with on court coaching for all juniors.
3:30 - pm Parent Pick-Up.

Kid Camp age range 9 to 16 years old. Advanced sign up discount available. Packages include all tennis instruction, supervised match play and supervised off court activity. Weekly Package Price $200.00. Daily Drop-In Rate $50 Full Day, $30 Half Day

 

Clinics & Lessons

 

Junior Programs


Jr. Pre Season Clinic May 19th thru June 25th:
All Juniors age 9-16 Tues & Thur 4:15-5:45
Munchkins age 4-8 Tues & Thur 3:30-4:15

Jr. Summer Season June 29th thru Aug 6th:
See Tennis Camp Schedule

Jr. Late Summer Aug 10th thru Sep 4th:
Junior Clinics Daily 11:00-12:30 & 1:30-3:00

Jr. Weekends May 23rd thru Sept 6th:
All Juniors Sat & Sun 12:00-1:30

Adult Programs


Ladies Clinics: Start May 11th
All Ladies: M,T,TH,F 9:30-11:00
Ladies' 1/2 & 1/2 Wednesdays 9:30-11:00
(45 min Tennis & 45 min Cardio)
Ladies' Cardio Tennis Saturdays 9:30-11:00
Ladies Interclub See Calendar 10:00am

Men's Interclub Wednesdays 5:30

Pricing


Clinics:
Ladies' $22/1hr & $30/1.5hr
Men's $30/1hr & $30/1.5hr Challenge
Juniors $20/1hr & $30/1.5hr
Munchkins $15/45mins

Private Lessons:
$70/hr & $35/1/2hr Pablo
$60/hr & $30/1/2hr Marko or Josh
$55/hr & $25/1/2hr Roman or Anja

Packages:
$330.00 "The Lob" Take 6 Lessons Get 1 Free
$500.00 "The Ace" Take 10 Lessons Get 2 Free

2009 Tennis Schedule (see monthly calendar)


5/11/09 Monday Tennis Shop Opens
5/11/09 Monday Ladies' Clinic Begins
5/13/09 Wednesday Men's IC League Begins
5/19/09 Tuesday After School Jr. Program Begins
5/23/09 Saturday Inaugural Round Robin
5/23/09 Saturday Pro Exhibition
5/29/09 Friday Kid's Opening Pizza Night
6/09/09 Tuesday Ladies Interclub
6/11/09 Thursday Ladies Opening Day
6/19/09 Friday Kid's 12 & Over Pizza Night
6/20/09 Sunday Men's Member Guest Postponed to 7-26-09
6/26/09 Friday Mixed Doubles Mexican Social
6/28/09 Sunday Women's Pro Am
6/29/09 Monday Beachcombers Begins
6/29/09 Monday Jr. Tennis Camp Begins
6/30/09 Tuesday Ladies Nite-Out
7/05/09 Sunday Breakfast at Wimbleton
7/07/09 Tuesday Women's Interclub
7/09/09 Thursday Ladies Member Guest
7/11/09 Saturday Parent-Child Round Robin
7/12/09 Sunday Men's Stetson Pro-Am
7/17/09 Friday Kid's 9 & Older Pizza Night
7/21/09 Tuesday Ladies Nite-Out
7/26/09  Sunday Men's Member Guest
7/28/09 Tuesday Ladies Interclub
7/31/09 Friday Hawaiian Night Social Mixer
8/06/09 Thursday Beachcombers season ends 

8/15/09 Saturday CCF vs GCC Men's Challenge
8/28/09 Friday Argentina Night
9/07/08 Monday Jr. & Adult Club Championship
9/07/09 Monday End of Summer Tennis Bash
 

9/20/09 Sunday Mixed Doubles Tournament


Tournament Results
Club Championships

Girls 10yr Old   Ellie Kreitler          Winner
                     Grace Murphy       Runner Up

Boys 10yr Old   James Whiteley     Winner
                      Billy Duffy            Runner Up

Girls 12yr Old    Molly Murphy        Winner
                      Tatiana Crawford  Runner Up

Boys 12yr Old    To Be Played

Girls 14yr Old     Charlotte Kreitler   Winner
                       Georgie Garner      Runner Up

Boys 14yr Old     Griffin Garner        Winner
                        Chris Foote          Runner Up


Best Attitude       Tatiana Crawford & Alex Ives
Sportsmanship      Hope Tierney & MJ Duffy
Most Improved      Claire Foley & Henry Purdy


Men's Doubles
Winner      Phil Craft
               John Mckenna
Runner Up  Ed Slade
                John Kreitler 
                      

 

Tennis Rules


Tennis Whites

Tennis Whites are to be worn at all times by both adults and children. Smooth soled tennis sneakers are required.

Tournaments


Sons and daughters of members, upon reaching their seventeenth birthday, are eligible and welcome to compete in Club tournaments. No one may enter a tournament after the posted deadline. The Tournament Committee will enforce deadlines for play by defaulting the member unable to comply.

Maintenance


Courts should be open at 9:00am daily. If the nets are lowered, the courts have been deemed unplayable by the Committee, the Club Manager, or the Tennis Professional, and members must comply until the decision has been reversed. Depending on the conditions, watering may need to be done during the day with a minimum convenience to the members.
Courts will be closed Monday evenings (except holidays) because the maintenance crew will be doing calcium treatments to the courts. They will start after six pm and all the courts will be treated. The rest of the week the courts will be swept before the nightly watering.

Guests


Each member is responsible for signing in guests, both junior and senior. Should the pro shop be closed, please call the Club Office or sign in at the gate. Members of the Committee and the Tennis Professional will sign up any guests whom the members have not. Please remind your guests that use of cellular phones is not permitted.

Tennis Lessons & Equipment


The Tennis Professional and his assistants will be on hand for lessons and play. A full line of tennis equipment, including expert restringing will be available at the Tennis Pavilion.
Please call the Tennis Shop to sign up for clinics or lessons so they can staff accordingly.

 

Tennis Committee

 

CHAIRMAN
Edward Slade

COMMITTEE
Shelly Garner
Bitsy Higgins
Heather Kreitler
Andrea Millard
Greg Pearce
Lynn Rotando
Lulu Witherbee