So I've got some great news about my tennis outings, which I am still attending on a weekly basis. They are building brand new tennis courts at Mill Creek now. The news was in the Statesboro Herald today. I would like to share the article with you all now:
Statatesboro Bulloch County Parks and Recreation are getting brand new tennis courts at Mill Creek Recreation park. The new courts will be state of the art and offer the community and the SBCPR Tennis League a new place to play. Currently there are two locations for people to play tennis. The original courts at the Honey Bowen building at the old rec dept facility and in Portal by the new high school. The new facility will offer lighted courts.
Alex Smith, director of the tennis league was asked about the new courts. "We are really excited about the new courts being constructed and hope it will give people the ability to enjoy not only playing tennis but also watching at the new center court that will offer stadium style seating for observing the Thursday night mixed doubles matches. When asked why the community needed new courts Smith answered, "The community was in need of new state of the art courts after the newest member of the tennis league started playing regularly. Mr. Greg Bryson is our newest member and this new facility will really give the whole community the forum to witness his awesome tennis skills. Also his (Mr. Bryson's) serves are so powerful that it is actually causing damage to the older, existing courts. Cracks have started to develop almost instantaneously upon his serves hitting the playing surface." Mr Smith was asked how the new courts surface would remedy this problem, "The new courts will be designed and constructed similar to how the launch pads at Cape Canaverl are built to withstand the force of a shuttle launch. When asked Smith said "his serves are probably as powerful as if not more powerful than the main thrusters at liftoff of a space shuttle launch. I only hope that this new method of construction will hold up to his insane power. We have already had an incident where a participant fell victim to the power of Greg's insane serve*. I think that this new facility will help the people of Statesboro be able to come out and cheer on there golden son."
Well the community may have to wait for the new tennis facility but it can witness the awesomeness that is Greg every week on Thursday during his doubles matches.
OK so I may have exaggerated a little. Hell I made that whole article up. The only thing that was in the paper was a picture of some work on the new tennis courts.
Now there was a part I did not make up. The * in the fictitious article did happen
It was my second week playing and I was serving. I am not particularly good at serving. Mainly because I try to look like Nadal when I serve. Problem is I really do not have a clue how to make what looks like a good serve actually be a good serve. Practice would probably help.
So I'm working on trying to control my serve which turns into a very weak serve but whatever. Well halfway through my only match that week I don't know what happened but I let one rip. It felt good coming off of the racquet. Problem is it went right into the back of someones head. And that someone just happened to be my playing partner. Who was a girl. As bad as that sounds, it was beautiful. I mean it hit her right in the center of the back of her head.
When it hit her, her hair went every where and the ball, which I did not see this but was later told about it, shot off of her head and out of the court area all together. It was just like in a movie when someone gets shot and their head snaps back. And then she hit the deck
Now in my defense, she was standing in the middle of the court every time I served. Sad thing is, I knew I was going to hit her at some point. That's not to say I did it on purpose because I didn't. Its just that when you don't have any type of actual control and then your partner stands in the middle of the court eliminating 90% of the window you have to get the ball into its bound to happen.
After she hit the deck she started saying that it was the third time tonight she had been hit by the ball. Seems to me maybe you would figure out to get out of the way. But now I'm just trying to place blame on her and I should not do that. I do blame her though for me not being able to serve after that. I was too worried that I may hit her again. We lost the match too.
As a matter of fact I have yet to actually win a match.
Anyway, I am going to post this without actually proofing it first but it is late and I a m ready to go to bed. I have noticed that I use far to many contractions when I type. Also this little keyboard that comes with a Mac is terrible for any prolonged typing.
Stairway to heaven is on. That kind of creeps me out late at night. Do not play it backwards. It really works. Just saying.
peace out
