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No Tennis for You, Lakeway
May 10, 2006I spent two days watching tennis at the Lakeway World of Tennis. There's lots of pretty country around this rich man's center, and in its day I bet it was one of the nicest places to play the sport.
But it should not be allowed to play host to any more UIL events. There is very little organization to this event, causing hours and hours of delay on a rain-free Monday.
The court surfaces don't match up well with what you'd see at Hamilton Park in Wichita Falls, let alone what you'd get at UT.
No concession area, no place for working media to use their computers, no sign anywhere that the UIL tournament is welcome there.
They are just allowed to show up and then told to deal with it.
The UIL must have some inside deal with Lakeway to put up with this weak effort.
Some board member knows somebody.
Because down below that decision nothing is being done to make this a people-friendly event.
The solution is simple, turn this into a 3-day event at Pencik-Allison courts. Two classes begin Monday and finish Tuesday and the other three classes begin on Tuesday and finish on Wednesday.
It may be too simple of a solution for the UIL to take it. But for now, Lakeway is just taking money. And not giving much that can be seen by the naked eye.
Posted by Andy Newberry at 11:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Not only all that...but they DELAYED the start of the state tourney because some elderly members were playing in the morning.
No excuse for that. I didn't think about there not being any signs or concessions, but you're right. That's weak.
