Vote on the SCTA 2025 Budget and the New Ratings Policy
The electronic election concerning these two items will continue through late tonight. The results will be made available within three days of the close of the election via Eblast, and be announced at the next board meeting on December 4.
If the SCTA 2025 Budget passes, the new SCTA Board will follow it next year.
If the new Ratings Policy passes, the policy will replace the existing Ratings Policy in our P&P’s. This new Ratings Policy will go into effect on January 1, 2025.
Your board believes there are two very important factors that need to be understood:
1) We have our Intraclub coordinators busy grandfathering in players who have clearly demonstrated their proficiency at the rating level at which they play Intraclub, changing their rating from Self to Club.
2) The Board has informally begun the work to improve the Rating Clinics. Some members who attended a Rating Clinic were dissatisfied with the process. Quite a few have been interviewed. The issues of concern were virtually all the same. It is the Board’s opinion that we should work with our Sun City Tennis Professionals to improve the Rating Clinics. We believe this can be accomplished over time.
We thank you for participating in this election, and as always, for your suggestions and ideas.
The Club Doubles Championship
Look for an Eblast today with all of the final results!
The SCTA Spring Lottery
The SCTA spring 2025 season starts Jan 13 and runs through May 25. This season will include BBTL’s USTA leagues for 55+/70+ and 65+/75+.
The lottery will be Jan 9 in Hidden Cypress @ 6 pm. Information is available on our website: Leagues/Schedules/
Forms > Lottery Guidelines & Seasonal Leagues.
You can request a lottery registration file and/or identify a desire to captain a USTA team from that page, or from the Forms page (Leagues/Schedules/Forms > Sign-Up Forms), or by clicking below. – Steve Sandike
Are You New-to-Tennis?
If you are new to tennis, or just getting back to tennis, the SCTA has a New-to-Tennis League. It offers players unrated or rated up to 2.5 a round robin group meeting every Tuesday on courts 13-15 at 2 pm year-round. No sign up involved. This group is available for men and women. If you have any questions, please contact the group coordinator, Linda Borovich at
codachance80@gmail.com for more information.
2025 Mix and Match Tournament
Mark your calendars because the dates are set. The Mix and Match Tournament kick off party will be on Monday April 21, 2025. The tournament itself will run from April 24 through April 27. Do not miss this one.
Public Tennis
Volunteer Opportunity! Hardeeville Boys and Girls Club has asked Public Tennis to introduce tennis to elementary school children as part of the Hardeeville after-school program. This will take place on the Hardeeville K-12 School tennis courts (10-15 minute drive from Sun City front gate) on Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 with 2 sessions in December (4 &11) and then continuing in mid-January into February/March. Training will be provided. Please contact Julie (
julie@publictennis.org) if you would like to help (you do not need to be available for every session).
3.0 Ladies Intraclub Spring Season
Sign ups for the Spring Season of Ladies IntraClub are now open. If you want to participate, please send an email to Carolyn Walton (crlynwalton@yahoo.com) and let me know. I will respond with “got it”, and that means you are registered to play.
See you all on the courts!!
From the Logo Building
The Logo building will be closed on Thanksgiving as well as Purrysburg (after 12:00). Therefore, we have decided to keep the Ball Machine usage closed for this day.
The Next SCTA Board Meeting
We will hold the next board meeting on Wednesday December 4 at 6:00 pm in the Kiawah River Room at Pinckney Hall.
Searching For Life’s Meaning Off the Court
“Talent is a gift from God,
What you do with it is a gift to him.”
Thanks for submitting your contributions to the blissful well being of your fellow tennis members. Please forward your favorites to tylertollstrup@aol.com.
It is a pleasure to serve the SCTA as its president. Thank you- Tyler
