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Tennis Court Assessment Next Steps
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Staff has initiated this project via the Tennis Courts and Sites Assessment as presented at the August 10, 2017 Parks and Recreation Board meeting. The Los Alamos Tennis Club provided a discussion on a history of tennis court usage, present day participation numbers and a look to the sports potential growth. Pickle ball enthusiasts have also provided a clearer picture of their present court needs, number of participants and how fast this sport is growing across the country. In addition, it is clear these courts are an integral part of the neighborhood and community park setting they are found in.
Discussions continue with the LAPS Athletic Director and the tennis coaches. Urban Park tennis courts are used by the boys' tennis program on Mondays through Fridays from approximately February 1st until May 10th. The girl's tennis program practices on a similar schedule at the Mesa Courts located behind Sullivan Field. Both are four court facilities. Each gender has 30-35 players. Tennis Camps begin in June and in August, and have about 50 participants each taking the camp with 12-13 student instructors assisting. Mesa Courts also provide rotating practices for girls throughout the summer.
The New Mexico Activities Association is the governing body for high school sports activities. Presently this body is proposing realignment of the districts and this discussion will certainly impact how and where future team and individual tournaments will take place. A facility having a minimum of eight courts is use to holding these events. Using multiple court sites is unfair to some schools that have only one coach for both genders. Accordingly, district tournaments move to sites with the most courts at one location on a rotational basis. Even if the district team tournament would get eliminated, individual tournaments would have the same issue if the school had only one coach for both genders. Multiple courts at diffe...
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