Winter Tennis can be tricky at best, but there is plenty of action if you are willing to look. Women’s Teams from PRC and TTR have been able to get matches in after a very wet January. The women continue to work hard to represent the North County with matches being played on Tuesdays and Wednesday depending on level.

Boy’s High School Varsity try-outs are this week…schedules to follow.

Cal Poly Men’s and Women’s Teams have a few upcoming home matches. All matches are free to the public and you are encouraged to bring loud cheers and a picnic to enjoy the action. CP is one of the few remaining programs that allow fans to attend for free. Come enjoy D1 tennis at its finest.

In other news, North County Tennis players combined in a letter writing campaign and accomplished the following with regards to the Chalk Mountain/Heilman Courts:

“As previously mentioned the County Department of Parks and Recreation reviewed the proposal for the two Heilmann Tennis Courts suggested conversion to pickle ball courts. Additionally County Parks understands the sport of pickle ball is a fast growing sport and lots of folks enjoy playing it. Moreover we just converted a multi use tennis and basketball court at Nipomo Park to include pickle ball. After reviewing the proposal it was determined that although we were generally supportive of this fast growing sport, we needed to get public input so as to ensure we would not be eliminating one recreational opportunity in favor of another. As you know County Parks determined it would post the intent of converting two tennis courts at Heilmann Park into pickle ball courts and was seeking input from the community similar as to how we proceeded in Nipomo.

County Parks heard from many pickle ball players in support of the proposal to convert two tennis courts at Heilmann park to pickle ball courts. However County Parks also heard form many more tennis players that were against this proposal moving forward. Some key points that were discovered through our research was that the tennis community in the Atascadero area worked with the City of Atascadero and the County Board of Supervisors to do their own fund raising toward the construction of four of these six tennis courts to allow for tournament play. Upon further research, already this new year, all 6 courts have been booked for three months 2 days a week during the week not counting play on weekends beginning in February through May of 2016.

All things considered, the Department of Parks and Recreation has determined that we will not be moving forward with the proposal to convert two tennis courts to pickle ball courts at Heilmann Park. However County Parks is willing to review and determine if there is an area that would accommodate pickle ball courts on a County Park site where pickle ball players could organize to raise funds to build and maintain the courts similar to what the tennis community did several years ago. Please feel free to contact me to discuss this option in more detail. Thank you for your interest in County Parks.”
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