June 2020 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 7
Charbonneau
Tennis Club
By STEVE HALL
Tennis club discusses
plans to reopen
HALL
As of this writing,
the tennis
club continues to
be closed. We are
waiting for the
governor to give
us the go-ahead to
reopen.
In the meantime,
we have been busy
creating a reopening plan that we can utilize
once we get the go-ahead to reopen.
We would like to reopen ASAP but we
need to do it in a way that will provide
appropriate protection to our staff and
club members. We also need to follow
the requirements from the appropriate
health officials and government organizations.
Right now, it looks like initially we
will open the outdoor courts first for
both tennis and pickleball and start with
limited functionality and build on that as
we see that things are under control.
When we reopen the indoor facility we
will then start adding back our activities
as appropriate. Activities include tennis
lessons and clinics, mixed doubles, mixers,
men’s day, and use of the ball machine.
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