PRESIDENT’S LETTER
ALTA Is Back!
W
e know it has been a very long spring
This summer season will look different for sure — gone
for all of us. So much of what we love
are the great refreshment “spreads” so often at our matches
has vanished from our lives because of
(even though not required); gone are the handshakes and
COVID-19. Yet, our eyes were opened to
high fives, but we all talked just fine at our six-foot distance
so many other things — spending more family time; developing
after the match. And as an effort to help our facilities with
new hobbies; reaching out to help others, including healthcare
the “gathering” requirements, gone are our full third sets,
and frontline workers; and simply enjoying the many things
replaced with the mandatory third-set 10-point tiebreaks for
we have always taken for granted. We knew it couldn’t last
this summer season. ALTA will continue to ask our members
forever, and as things start to open back up, ALTA is once
to follow the CDC Guidelines and other governmental
again offering league play for the summer. ALTA is back!
regulations, but with tennis, we can play our matches and
It was so exciting and invigorating to be back on the tennis
still adhere to being smart and safe. We are all collectively
court for my first ALTA match for the summer. Yes, my “play”
responsible for one another’s safety during these challenging
is a bit rusty… but all of us were a bit rusty! I loved seeing my
times.
teammates, meeting the opponents, and having just a great,
If you’re already a member, we can’t wait to have you back
competitive match. We all “physically distanced,” but still
on the courts. If you’re thinking of joining ALTA, we would
“socialized” and caught up on our past three months of life.
love to have you! It is now documented by several health
Our opponents were fun, happy, and great players. It almost
officials that tennis is one of the safest activities in which you
seemed that some of the “petty irritations” (like line calls) that
can participate. ALTA continues to be the greatest way to be
might occur in a match were not even present. Could this
social and stay active, while meeting many new and potential
be because we have now realize how MUCH we love this
lifelong friends.
game and being on the court? Playing this first 2020 summer
ALTA is back! We can’t wait to see you on the courts!
match made me realize what a large part of my life, my social being, and my physical health ALTA tennis contributes to my everyday life. I sure have missed ALTA over these past three
Sandy Depa, 2020 ALTA President
months — and I sure have the soreness to prove just how
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much my muscles/body have missed ALTA!
