1) How do I get to the Intramural Courts?
2) How do I get involved?
We welcome both experienced and non-experienced players. We meet on Wednesday nights and Sunday afternoons for three hours. You are more than welcome to just come whenever. During those practices, we feed our favorite game, called 'clean winner', but you are welcome to grab some balls or pick up a doubles game. In addition to weekly practices, we travel to other colleges to play dual matches against other club teams and play in competitive club tournaments.
In spring 2009, we were able to take every member that wanted to play to several tournaments including Sectionals.
During the fall of each year, members are divided into smaller teams; and in the spring of each year, we send many of our small teams to Sectionals. If we succeed at Sectionals, we send our top team to compete in the Tennis on Campus National Championship against club teams from colleges across the nation. Since 2001, the TAMU Tennis Club has won the Tennis on Campus National Championship five times. Dues are $50/year or $30/sem which helps cover for balls, shirts, uniforms, social events, REC court fees, entry fees, housing, and travel costs for intra- and inter-club tournaments in and around the state, and to nationals, etc... Club members also receive 10% off Tennis Warehouse purchases and 15% off purchases at both Golf Etc and Next Level Sports here in College Station. Our main form of communication is through our Listserve. If you would like to be added, let us know at tamu10s@gmail.com. Check out our Facebook group as well.
3) How do I become a member?
We accept new players year-round. We play twice a week, on Wednesday nights from 8-11pm and on Sunday Afternoons from 4-7pm. Students, faculty, and others in the community are welcome to come and hit anytime. If you feel like this is an organization that you would like to be part of, dues are $50/year or $30/semester to be paid to the treasurer at one of our practices. We require members to be paid up before playing in any of our intraclub pools, in and out of town tournaments, dual or team matches. USTA membership is encouraged, but not required. They often have sign up specials, so make sure you look into that before committing.
4) What is the difference between intramural and tennis club, are they the same?
Well the truth is they are not. Intramural is an ongoing tournament throughout the semester. Although it is fun it only involves those who sign up and you will just play one another. Club Tennis will not only have a similar tournament to that of intramural but if gives the opportunity to play in WTT tournaments against other schools, play other colleges in dual matches and I'm not just talking about club teams. Last year we played an actual varsity team and had a convincing victory. We also do social things so that we can get to know another... and we get cool shirts.
5) How do I get in touch with Tennis Club?
Feel free to contact us via email, tamu10s@gmail.com, or contact an officer directly. Also, don't forget to join our Facebook group!!
6) Why do I absolutely have to join the Facebook Group?
The FB group is one of our main sources of communication with members...it is how you sign up for tournaments through FB events and it's how we distribute info quickly to members. So go join the group now. I mean right now...like seriously, why are you still reading this? You should really be joining the Facebook group NOW!
7) What kind of format do we play at our Regional Tournaments and why is it so dang confusing?
The Tennis on Campus Regional Tournaments play a World Team Tennis (WTT) format. This format is meant to be fun and "exciting," and can sometimes take a while to wrap your mind around. But it's pretty awesome how intense it can get, especially when you get to SUDDEN DEATH MATCH POINT! For a full explanation of the rules, go here
8) How do I get taken off the listserv?
If you have decided that the tennis club is not for you, or you are one of the lucky ones that has graduated and moved on into the real world and are tired of getting our inspirational emails, follow the following instructions to remove your email from our listserv:
To remove yourself from a list, send an email to listserv@listserv.tamu.edu with the following command as a single line in the body of your message: SIGNOFF TAMU10S