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MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS - VTC IS A MEMBERS-ONLY CLUB
1. Paid Membership - $200 per year. Valid for 1 year. For example: If you buy a Paid Membership on June 15, 2009 it expires on June 15, 2010). Save time - you don't have to volunteer. Paid Memberships get priority spots to all VTC events.
2. Volunteer's Membership - For serious volunteers who are active, punctual and responsible. To be considered for a Volunteer's Membership, please send an email and state how you can volunteer or contribute to our club.
3. VTC'S Athletic Scholarship - For gifted or advanced level athletes. VTC actively scouts for elite or promising people with a lot of potential to join our club's activities. You are welcome to apply for VTC's Athletic Scholarship if you excel in any activity such as tennis, badminton, ping pong, dancing, and so forth. For example, our VTC member Yasu won the SFU badminton tournament and has a VTC Athletic Scholarship. You must be an advanced level at any sports or athletics to earn this membership option. Do you know someone who is gifted and talented? Recommend them to our club and receive a free 1 year $200 Paid Membership as a reward.
Tennis outdoors VTC "It feels good to
serve an ace!"
Sunday 6:30pm July 5 Downtown
Hi,
The weather report says it should be sunny and 24C this Sunday. Let's practice and try to serve some aces! Come out and join us.
Cheers,
Derin
- VTC EVENT INFO -
TIME: 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Please arrive early or on time. You can leave anytime you want. Let
the organizer know if advance if you'll be late so he can keep an eye
out for you.
LOCATION: Downtown, Vancouver. RSVP Yes and you will be emailed
the exact address and instructions.
COST: $2 or $5 suggested minimum donation. Please have your donation ready before arriving at the venue. Try to bring exact change as this will save everyone time. A single $2 or $5 bill is easiest. Give the donation to the VTC organizer when you arrive or before you leave.
Pitch in and support our non-profit, volunteer-based club. We need to pay for running our multiple web sites, buy or replace sports equipment (hundreds of tennis balls need to be replaced as they get lost or worn out each year), advertising/promotions, recruiting new members, administration, office supplies, development, maintenance, etc.
PRIORITY SPOTS FOR PAID MEMBERSHIPS, LONG-TERM VOLUNTEERS AND
CONTRIBUTORS
Volunteers and contributors always get priority spots to all VTC
events. To be fair to volunteers and people waiting ahead in line,
please don't show up without an RSVP (1 point deduction).
ALL LEVELS WELCOME - it doesn't matter if you're a beginner,
intermediate or advanced. Similar levels will be grouped together.
WEATHER PERMITTING (OUTDOOR EVENTS) - as long as the ground is
dry, we're on. If the ground is wet, we'll re-schedule for another
day.
ITEMS TO BRING/EQUIPMENT
Please bring your own racket/sports equipment.
* Healthy Snack to share with our group if it's your first-time as
part of your initiation
* 3 or more bouncy tennis balls (Dunlop and Wilson balls are
recommended)
* racket
* lots of water
* sunglasses/sunblock when it's sunny
HEALTHY SNACKS POT "LUCK"
First time members should bring a snack as part of their initiation and introduction.
Please let the organizer know at the beginning of the event whenever
you bring snacks so we can share them with all members of our
activity.
Every member who wants to keep their membership in good standing should volunteer, contribute and bring snacks at least once in a while to our club. Bring some healthy snacks so that everyone in our group can share.
Healthy snacks are preferable because our club promotes fitness, health and well-being. Try to avoid bringing oily, overly sweet or salty foods. We prefer healthy and bite-sized, non-messy snacks if possible but anything tasty or fat once in a while is okay. :p
Some ideas and examples of healthy snacks
include yogurt bars, bagels, granola bars, multi-grain crackers,
organic fresh fruits, carrots and so forth.
Any type of snacks that you like or would like to share or introduce
to others about your culture. Eg. If you're Japanese, you can
introduce some good Japanese snacks to our group members. Just bring a
small sample enough for about 12 people to taste test. If everyone
brings a few samples of their favourite snacks, we should all be
re-energized after our intensive exercise!
TRIAL MEMBERS/VOLUNTEERS 3.0 POINTS DEDUCTION SYSTEM - VTC
Policies strictly enforced!
*This doesn't apply to Paid Memberships.
Before our 3.0 Points Deduction System was in place, several people
would RSVP Yes and not show up. During the early days, there was an
event where 12 people RSVPed Yes but only 1 person showed up. That's
why we have this 3.0 Points Deduction System.
Due to limited spots, this prevents spots from being wasted so others
who really want to attend can join us. To prevent over-crowding and
avoid long waits, our events are limited in spots. Members must RSVP
and get a confirmation email to attend VTC events. Attendance is taken
during every event.
Deduction Points will be reset to zero every New Year's Day on January
1. For example: If you had 2.5 points deducted on December 31, 2009
you'll start fresh for January 1, 2010 without any points deducted on
your record.
1) 1.5 points deducted if you RSVP Yes and don't show up OR if you
said you would volunteer at event and didn't follow through.
2) 1.0 points deducted if you RSVP Yes and change your mind with less
than 24 hours notice.
3) 1.0 points deducted if you're late by more than 10 minutes or don't
RSVP yet show up at an event without any notice.
Once a total of 3.0 points is deducted, the member will no longer be
in good standing and will be automatically removed from our system.
If you RSVP Yes and don't show up (by responding verbally, through
email or any of our web sites), you will be removed. To be fair to our
dedicated members who RSVP or others on a waiting list, when events
are full please don't budge in line or show up without notice.
People who are inactive for many consecutive months and don't
volunteer in any way will be purged and removed from time to time.
RSVP AND CONFIRMATION OF SPOTS:
Due to limited spots, be courteous to our dedicated club members by
honouring your RSVP. If you change your mind or you're not 100% sure
you can make it, update and finalize your RSVP at least 24 hours before
the start of the event. People who abuse the RSVP system or don't show up will be removed from our club.
Changing your RSVP to NO less than 24 hours of the event start time is almost as bad as a "no show" because others won't have enough notice and the spot will be wasted. Free up spots for members who really want to join us and are committed to attend.
MEMBERS-ONLY CLUB
Vancouver Tennis Club events are for authorized members in good standing and volunteers/contributors only. You must have a Paid Membership or Volunteer's Membership to join our events. It's free if you are a serious and reliable volunteer.
COSTS OF RUNNING THIS CLUB AND DONATIONS: A donation should be given to the VTC organizer at the start of each main activity. The donation goes to our VTC organizer to cover our costs such as the following:
- web hosting, development, computer equipment, maintenance
- recruiting new members, planning future events, time required for reservations, research, write-ups and correspondence
- preparations, reservations, setup, take-down - office supplies, prints, support, administration, sports equipment
Various other costs, manpower, time and resources are required to run this club. Please contribute and volunteer to help out if you can. Thank you very much for supporting our club and keeping it running.
SOCIALIZING
You can just join our event to socialize and meet other members of our
group. You don't have to play any sports. This way, you can recognize
everyone and develop a friendship for future our events such as
tennis, cycling, hiking, BBQs, volleyball and so forth.
ABOUT US - VANCOUVER TENNIS CLUB
MISSION
The Vancouver Tennis Club is a non-profit, private club. Our volunteers and members really love to play tennis as well as various sports, social, travel and environmental activities. VTC is much more than a tennis club although the core of our group consists of hardcore tennis addicts. Our members love to play tennis for several hours a day whenever possible. We do not limit ourselves and we are flexible. We want to create an environment that's fun, affordable, friendly, and convenient for our contributing members to enjoy all of the activities we have year-round.
There are other tennis clubs, but they charge much higher membership and initiation fees. There are no initiation fees to join our club. This will be our contribution to make Vancouver an even better, truly world-class city for people who love tennis! You can help us make this happen.
Join us for various sports, travel, environmental and social activities in the greater Vancouver area.
* Earn and keep a club membership by volunteering. Lessons, advice, tutorials and help for sports and most of our activities (volunteers and authorized members only).
There will be activities scheduled regularly. We play tennis primarily in Vancouver, BC. When the weather is not ideal for tennis, we will have other activities and themes such as the following:
dancing (salsa, ballroom, hip-hop, disco, etc.)
language exchange/ESL (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, etc.)
tennis ladder
cycling/biking
volleyball
fitness, health and well-being
photography
Asian-Canadian professionals
badminton ladder
table tennis/ping pong ladder
basketball
soccer
squash
hiking
billiards
sailing/kayaking
golf
bowling
There will be travel and social activities such as trips, parties, cruises, BBQs, tea/coffee, dinners, etc.
We are a fun, friendly, positive, diverse and environmentally conscious club.
Meet like-minded friends, volunteer to teach, learn and exchange cultures.
Maria - "I had lots of fun playing with different people of various levels and talking to them. I enjoyed the game so much that even forgot that I need to get back to my exam preparation."
Murray Johnston - "good variety of players and mixing"
Fouad Saeidi - "Perfect weather and amazing people to play Tennis with, it was fun."
Kanako - "Thank you for everyone, Arigatou^u^))"
Sandy Dennis - If you are just looking for somebody to play tennis with, here is your answer. Good people, No presssure..."
Takato - "It's so convenience place. I'm sure I want to join next time."
Rio - "Thanks Derin for organizing! Thanks Claire, May, Willam and another Darin for playing! It was great!"
Katarina - "was great exercise, nice friendly people."
William - "Great weather and people."
Evangelina - “ It was fun and met great people."
May - "It is fun and interesting to be with a group in an activity. It is nice feeling as part of a group being concerned and also sharing."
Tayyab Javed - "Great Meet..."
Candee Clark - "Everyone was happy to include me in the sport, even though I was brand new at it."
Murray Johnston - "Very nice condo building [Editor's note: referring to our VTC dance party]; good food; and nice people there."
Krige [Editor's note: our visiting member from Belgium] - "There was a good atmosphere in your club and I hope it continue in the same way... so next time, if I will go again to Vancouver, I will join..."
Randall - "What a great night. What a work-out! Especially, badminton. And I enjoyed billiard, and ping-pong too. Thx Derin for organizing."
Joy Thompson - "It was great - play changed around often - lots of friendly people! Good exercise! :) "
Dan - "Way Good Times!"
Lara Hirschfield - " It was really nice to meet people that had solid base shots...good day all around.."
David Yu - "Great meeting overall, I had a great workout."
Flora - "If you wanna have fun! You should join this Group... Come on! Lets play and exercise. See you there!"
Deepak - "I had a great time. Looking forward to the next event."
Kristina [Editor's note: our visiting member from Germany] - "I'm always interested in the different culture, so I'm happy to get to know people from other countries and share experiences and have some more friends."
Martin - "Good to have someone to play with. Had fun."
Lucinda - "Thank you so much for organizing this. I can see you've been so busy with it. I'm looking forward to playing tennis."
William - "Great way to improve tennis"
Lorraine - "If you're just beginning tennis and want to hang out rallying and not having to be competitive, this is a good place to start."
Reene - "Our VTC is very organized and welcoming to other members."
Christine - "Fun to play.."
Sandy Dennis - "Thanks Derin for organizing this gathering. He ensured that everyone got play time on the courts and it was great fun on an awesome spring night. I will definitely join in next time for another tennis gathering. Thanks to the organizers!"
VTC CLUB MEMBERSHIP: Free if you volunteer and pitch in. You must earn and keep your membership in good status by volunteering, adhering to our policies, participating and contributing. To attend each event, you should volunteer and pitch in by doing at least one or more of the following things:
- Help with preparations, set-up or take-down at events
- Bring snacks to share
- Wait for a court in advance. This is done by going to the courts at least 30 minutes earlier to reserve a court for our club. When the group arrives, we won't have to wait 30 minutes for a court. This saves us time.
- Bring your extra equipment to lend other members or donate equipment to our club
- Stay active and attend events regularly (inactive and non-contributing members will be removed)
HOW DO I BECOME A VTC MEMBER?
To earn and keep your VTC membership, volunteering is required to join our club and attend activities. Read our Volunteering, resources and donations and Task List and Wanted Items - Contribute and participate for a list of ways to volunteer.
If you would like to attend events,
be a member, and stay in good standing - you have to volunteer. Stay
active, participate, and contribute something positive to our club.
We are only
looking for serious members who are team players, courteous, dedicated,
responsible and willing to contribute to our club.
BENEFITS OF BEING A VANCOUVER TENNIS CLUB MEMBER, MEET NEW FRIENDS, LANGUAGE EXCHANGE
* Earn free lessons, advice, tutorials and help for sports and most of our activities (volunteers and official members in good standing only)
* Easily find tennis/sports partners of various styles and levels to play with
* Many of our VTC members are upper intermediate to advanced players at various sports and activities with many years of experience and knowledge. They can help you improve, choose the right equipment, etc. If you need some help or have any questions, feel free to ask the organizer.
* We have many people from different backgrounds and industries in our club. We will have language exchanges from time to time. There are many native English speakers who can teach English. Also, many people are fluent in other languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French and so forth.
* Meet new friends who share similar interests
* Get VTC exclusive group discounts on sports equipment and various services. We will arrange to have group/power buys which will benefit both our members and those who offer us deals.
* Have access to our extra equipment, try out new rackets, strings or resources (rackets, balls, knowledge, etc.)
COSTS OF RUNNING AND MAINTAINING THIS CLUB - PLEASE CHIP IN
Derin the VTC organizer has volunteered hundreds of hours
(and counting) to run this club, several
thousand dollars of his own money, 4 badminton rackets, 1 outdoors badminton
net, 10 shuttles, 1 tennis racket, 30 tennis balls, 1 ping pong
racket, 5 ping pong balls, 10 foosballs, 1 basketball, paying for all
the web site hosting, advertising, recruiting new members, snacks, computer equipment, office supplies and so forth.
I've volunteered and contributed much of my own time, money, resources
and effort to run this club. Our club requires sporting equipment
investments (which can be costly) and extra resources compared to
other types of organizations.
I volunteer and donate to our club so members who
don't have equipment or cannot afford it can also join us and not be
left out because of financial barriers. I will be buying more
equipment and things to share with our group members as it grows.
In order to organize and run our sports and social events, much time,
energy, effort and money/costs are involved such as the following:
- Web hosting, hardware, software, creating new content, system
maintenance/administration, correspondence
- Sports equipment costs and maintenance. A decent or good
tennis racket costs between $50 to $350 each. A good badminton racket costs
$30 to $250 each.
Table tennis/ping pong
rackets cost $20 to $150 each. Ping pong racket rubbers also need to
be replaced after playing for a while. Decent ones cost between
$30-$60 for each piece of rubber.
Racket strings need to be re-strung after a while of playing because
they get loose. It costs $20 to $40 average for new string
materials. Stringing technicians usually charge around $20 to
$30 for racket re-stringing labour each time.
- Balls/shuttles get lost, worn out or damaged and need to be replaced
regularly. 3 new balls cost $3 to $5 average.
- Time required for promoting, correspondence, making preparations,
set up/take-down, research, making reservations, etc. for our various
sports and social activities.
- Print-outs, informational pamphlets, cards, banners, flag holders,
office supplies (printer toners, ink cartridges, paper)
VOLUNTEERING, RESOURCES AND DONATIONS
We need dedicated, responsible people who can volunteer to
help this group in preparation for events, set-up, take-down and so
forth.
Donations of all types are helpful. If you have any equipment that our
club could use, you could donate it to be used and shared with members
of our club.
Otherwise, you can donate money to help cover our costs and expenses
in running this club. Every little bit helps. Tell your friends about
us. Help us promote our club.
Many resources and costs are required to keep our activities running
so that members can enjoy playing sports, meeting new friends and have
a good time. Please consider donating or volunteering to keep our club
running.
Thank you to all contributors of the Vancouver Tennis Club. It's
appreciated. If you have any feedback or
questions, please feel free to contact us.
CURRENT TASKS AND WANTED ITEMS - YOUR CHANCE TO
VOLUNTEER AND
CONTRIBUTE
Please contact the VTC organizer (email: info AT Vancouver Tennis Club
dotcom) if you would like to
volunteer, donate, sponsor us or help out in any way.
- We always welcome any type of sports equipment such as tennis balls, shuttles, rackets (even ones with broken strings - we can get them re-strung), badminton and volleyball nets. If someone has some that they don't use or want to donate to our club, it's always welcome and appreciated.
- Developing the VancouverTennisClub.com web site into a large, informative, active and useful web site.
- Extra hands to help organize a VTC members tennis tournament (we need scorekeepers, line judges, and general volunteers to help with everything).
- Extra data center rack space sponsors. Preferably a local company in Vancouver where we can go and work on the equipment. If you or your company has extra data center rack space, hardware or bandwidth to sponsor our club.
- Software developers, help us develop code, work on our web site, back-end, beta-test, debug or do more technical things. We're especially looking for a team of people who are proficient at PHP, SQL, Apache, Linux, Java, Flash, etc. to add new features and keep everything running smoothly. We also have connections to various people and companies for jobs. Volunteer to help us and we'll likely return the favour in some way or put in a good recommendation.
- Graphics designers, we need some new VTC logos and graphics. You
will get credit and publicity for the graphics you design for us. We
need these for our web site, shirts and other club prizes.
- Sports Equipment. If you have any sports equipment that you no
longer use, you can donate it to our club. For example, a racket in
good condition could be donated to our club to share with members who
don't have their own racket or who cannot afford one.
Balls could be donated for practice or to replace lost/worn out ones
or if someone forgot to bring them. If you buy new balls and are
thinking of tossing your old ones, donate it to our club. These could
be used by members to practice their serves.
- Teachers/instructors. If you can teach a beginner to play or an
intermediate to improve their game, consider donating your time to
help others learn and improve.
- Cooking/Food. If you enjoy cooking, you can help us cook or prepare
food when we have food-related activities such as BBQs, parties,
dinners, etc.
- Storage space. We might need some storage space from members who
live near the tennis courts to store some extra sports equipment or
balls in case we need more equipment for members who want to play.
If you have any special skills, resources, connections or something you
want to share or contribute, please contact us or send your comments.
We're always open to suggestions, new ideas and your offers to help us
in any way. Anything big or small would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your support.
CONTRIBUTIONS, PITCHING IN, THANK YOU AND CREDITS
Everyone is expected to pitch in and contribute to our club. This is your chance to earn and keep a membership. At each event, everyone who attends should make themselves useful and help out in some way.
By practicing what's being preached, Derin the VTC organizer has donated several thousand dollars of his own money and the following things:
Paying all the bills. Web site hosting, advertising, Meetup fees, computer equipment, office supplies,
hundreds of hours volunteering, developing the new web site, recruiting new members, etc.
donating equipment - 4 badminton rackets, 1 outdoors badminton net, 10 shuttles
1 volleyball net
1 tennis racket, 30+ tennis balls
2 ping pong rackets, 5 ping pong balls, 10 foosballs
1 basketball
2 volleyballs
1 soccer ball
1 air pump
bringing snacks, etc.
THANK YOU, CREDITS AND HEALTHY SNACKS POT "LUCK"
Thanks Marysol for bringing some sweet, soft peaches to our tennis event
Thanks Kazzie for bringing some organic apples to our tennis event
Thanks Julius for donating tennis balls
Thanks Maria for bringing chocolate chip snack bars to our tennis event
Thanks Julius for bringing bananas to our tennis event
Thanks Teresa for donating tennis balls
Thanks Winnie for bringing blueberry and strawberry snack bars to our tennis event
Thanks Athena for bringing some coconut tarts and oranges to our picnic and hiking event
Thanks Lloyd for bringing some apple-pears to our picnic and hiking event
Thanks Marysol for bringing some strawberries to our picnic and hiking event
Thanks Kanako for bringing some Fuji apples to our tennis event
Thanks Katarina for bringing some strawberries to our tennis event
Thanks Fouad Saeidi for donating a tennis ball
Thanks Jessica for bringing raspberry snack bars to our tennis event
Thanks Sunny for bringing strawberry snack bars to our tennis event
Thanks Jake for donating tennis balls
Thanks Jennifer for bringing granola bars to our tennis event
Thanks Darin Green for donating tennis balls
Thanks Ravi for bringing fresh grapes to our tennis event
Thanks Claire for bringing granola bars to our tennis event
Thanks Rio for bringing chocolate chip cookies to our tennis event
Thanks Darin Green for donating tennis balls
Thanks Rolf for bringing fresh melon fruit slices our tennis event
Thanks Sandy Dennis for bringing sweet, fresh watermelon slices to our tennis event
Thanks Evangelina for bringing grapes and Mandarin oranges to our tennis event
Thanks Barbara for
driving/carpooling our members after our badminton, ping pong,
billiards event
Thanks Christine for bringing a package of snacks to our tennis event
Thanks Yoomi for bringing chocolate marshmellow snacks to our tennis event
Thanks Joon for bringing snack bars, fresh baby carrots and bananas to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Lloyd for bringing yogurt snack bars to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Mina for bringing fresh peaches to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Suyoung for bringing Korean kimbob and sweet riceball desserts to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Christy Li for bringing walnut cake pieces to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Kelly for bringing Xiamen bean pastries to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Jason for sharing apple puffs at our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Li San for bringing egg tarts to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Nakwoo for bringing Korean rainbow rice cakes to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Amy for carpooling/driving members for our tennis event
Thanks Bo Na for bringing some Korean rice cake snacks to our tennis event
Thanks Hyun Geun for bringing some Korean rice cake snacks to our tennis event
Thanks Nakwoo for bringing some Korean "baby yogurt drinks" to our tennis event
Thanks Candee for bringing a bag of baby carrots, celery, and snack bars to our badminton event
Thanks Amy for carpooling/driving members for our badminton event
Thanks Jacky Den for taking photos and general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Sophie Lu for general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Ali for setting up Audio/Video equipment and general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Kelly for mopping the floors wearing her super-high heels :D general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Garfield for general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Stanley for taking photos and general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Mina for general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Ai for general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Jessica for general volunteering at our Christmas dinner, karaoke and dance party
Thanks Louisa for bringing blueberry yogurt bars to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Raymond S for bringing popcorn butter flavoured rice cakes to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Reene for donating spare tennis balls
Thanks Randall for bringing two bags of chips to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Jonathan for donating spare tennis balls
Thanks Minnie for bringing a cream roll cake to our language exchange, billiards, foosball and ping pong event
Thanks Deepak for bringing cookies and crackers to our language exchange, billiards, foosball and ping pong event
Thanks Jacky Den for bringing chocolates to our language exchange, billiards, foosball and ping pong event
Thanks Sophie Lu for bringing peanuts to our language exchange, billiards, foosball and ping pong event
Thanks Jessica for bringing chips to our badminton, language exchange, billiards and ping pong event
Thanks Ali for bringing two bags of chips to our badminton and ping pong event
Thanks Stanley for bringing a box of doughnuts our tennis event
Thanks Flora for bringing a bag of chips and cookies to our tennis event
Thanks Yuriko for bringing a box of cookies to our tennis event
Thanks Ben for bringing a bag of chips to our tennis event
Thanks Mina for cooking Kimbob and other Korean festive foods to bring to our Moon Festival Potluck dinner event
Thanks Gary for bringing a big box of tennis balls for our tennis lesson and training drills
Thanks Naoko for bringing some red and green grapes to our tennis event
Thanks Mina for submitting photos of our outdoors volleyball on grass event
Thanks Edison for bringing some crackers and ice tea to our tennis event
Thanks Alex Allain (our visiting member from Switzerland) for donating spare tennis balls
Thanks Mina for submitting photos of our tennis event
Thanks Darin Green for donating spare tennis balls
Thanks Ed for bringing a box of soft, fruit snack bars to our volleyball event
Thanks Murray for bringing a bag of baby carrots to our tennis event
Thanks Maral for bringing a big basket of pre-washed, yellow Rainier cherries to our tennis event
Thanks Christine for bringing muffins to our volleyball event
Thanks Gary for bringing a bottle of Aloe drink with cups to our tennis event
Thanks Dan for bringing some grapes to our tennis event
Thanks Tina for bringing some granola bars to our tennis event
Thanks Hossein for bringing a bag of chips to our tennis event
Thanks Ed for bringing some strawberries to our tennis event
Thanks Hassan for bringing a bag of cherries to our tennis event
Thanks Brent for bringing a tennis
ball basket for some drills and training
Thanks Mark Althoff for bringing sweet, dark red cherries to share with
us at our tennis snacks pot luck
Thanks Shirley for bringing cookies at our tennis snacks pot luck.
Thanks Ahmet for donating spare tennis balls
Thanks Claire for bringing some pastries to our tennis event
Thanks Gary for bringing some chips and a large bottle of orange juice to our tennis event
Thanks Clare for bringing chips to our tennis event
Thanks Judy for bringing some fruit juice and chips to our tennis event
Thanks Ulrike for bringing a large, home-baked cake to our tennis event
Thanks Behdad for bringing chocolates with plum filling to our tennis event
Thanks Dorothy for bringing cookies to our tennis event
Thanks Ahmet for submitting photos of our outdoors on grass volleyball event
Thanks Nori for bringing cheese puffs to our language exchange event
Thanks Jefferson for bringing a bag of chips to our soccer, tennis and basketball event
Thanks Yulia for bringing fresh, ripe strawberries to our soccer, tennis and basketball event
Thanks Itsuka for bringing packages of Japanese rice crackers to our tennis event
Thanks Ahmet for bringing an outdoors badminton net to our event for our group
Thanks Doug for bringing some moist and delicious oatmeal raisin cookies to our outdoors badminton and tennis event
Thanks Liz for bringing a box of granola bars to our tennis event
Thanks Peter Hollett for submitting photos of our badminton event
Thanks Kristina [our visiting member from Germany] for bringing a few packages of almond chocolate droplets to our tennis event and donating a ticket to go up to the top of the SFU Harbour Centre "Lookout" Tower
Thanks Will, for bringing rice
crackers to our language exchange event
Thanks Kevin, for bringing two boxes of bottled water (around 24
bottles) to our tennis event.
Thanks Peter Hollet, for bringing a box of delicious blueberry pie
slices to our ping pong, foosball and billiards event
Thanks Krige, for bringing Swiss chocolates he brought from Belgium to our ping pong, foosball and billiards event
Thanks Ed, for donating a spare
tennis racket and packages of fruit gummies to our ping pong, foosball
and billiards event
Thanks, Nicole for bringing some sliced apples to our
badminton, ping pong, foosball and billiards event
Thanks, Melanie for bringing brownies to our badminton, ping pong, foosball and billiards event
Thanks, Jonathan for donating spare tennis balls
Thanks, Megumi for bringing some chocolates to our to our badminton, ping pong, foosball and billiards event
Tennis outdoors VTC "Rackets, string tensions info and exchange/try out" Sunday June 28 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC "First official day of summer!" Sunday June 21 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC "Volley and control the tennis ball" VTC Thursday June 18 Downtown
Burnaby (near Metrotown) tennis outdoors VTC "play longer lighted courts" Sun June 14 6:30pm-10:00pm Burnaby South
Salsa dance party, language exchange (Robson & Granville) Sat June 13 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC "It's fun to do a jump block" VTC Sunday June 7 Downtown
Tennis outdoors "See the heat on that ball?" VTC Wednesday June 3 Downtown 6:15pm-9:00pm
Grouse (Mountain) Grind, Lakeside picnic dinner Sunday May 31 North Vancouver 5:30pm-10:00pm
Tennis outdoors "These strawberries are so sweet" VTC Thursday May 28 Downtown 6:15pm-9:00pm
Tennis outdoors "Summer's atmosphere is here" VTC Sunday May 24 Downtown 6:00pm-9:00pm
Tennis outdoors "Backhand slice is precise" VTC Thursday May 21 Downtown 6:00pm-9:00pm
Tennis outdoors "Backhand attack like a forehand" VTC Saturday May 20 Downtown 6:00pm-9:00pm
Tennis outdoors "Lob and make them run" VTC Sunday May 17 Downtown 6:00pm-9:00pm
Tennis outdoors "Drills to improve your skills" VTC Thursday May 14 Downtown 6:00pm-8:30pm
Tennis outdoors "Busy tennis season is back" Tennis VTC Saturday May 9 Downtown 5:00pm-8:30pm
Tennis outdoors VTC event Wednesday April 29 Downtown 6:00pm-8:00pm
Tennis outdoors VTC event Friday April 24 Queen Elizabeth Park (37th Cambie) Vancouver 6:00pm-8:00pm
Tennis outdoors VTC event Sunday April 5 Downtown
Badminton, Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm April 2 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event Sunday Mar 29 Downtown Vancouver
Badminton, Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm March 26 Downtown
Tennis outdoors "spring is here" VTC event Saturday Mar 21 Downtown Vancouver
100th event Volunteers Meeting, Badminton, Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Mar 19 Downtown
Tennis outdoors, Badminton Daylight-Saving Time VTC event Thursday 6:00pm-9:30pm March 12 Vancouver's west side
Badminton, Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Mar 12 Downtown
Badminton, Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Mar 5 Downtown
Night Tennis outdoors, Badminton VTC event Friday 8:00pm to 10:00pm Feb 27 Vancouver's west side
Badminton, Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Feb 26 Downtown
Badminton, Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Feb 19 Downtown
Valentine's weekend mixed doubles tennis outdoors Sunday 3:30pm to 5:30pm Feb 15 Downtown
Night Tennis, Badminton VTC event Friday 6:00pm to 9:00pm Feb 13 Vancouver's west side
Language Exchange, badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Feb 12 Downtown
Night Tennis outdoors, Seafood Dinner,Badminton VTC event Wed 5:45pm to 9:45pm Feb 11 Vancouver's west side
Language Exchange, badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Feb 5 Downtown
Language Exchange, badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Jan 29 Downtown
Chinese New Year dinner and countdown Festival VTC event Sunday 6:00pm-12:15am Jan 25 Richmond
Language Exchange, badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Jan 22 Downtown
Tennis outdoors, Badminton VTC event Sunday Jan 18 Vancouver's west side
Language Exchange, badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thursday 6:00pm-9:45pm Jan 15 Downtown
Night Tennis outdoors, Badminton VTC event Wednesday Jan 14 Vancouver's west side
Drinks/Snacks, Badminton VTC event Sunday Jan 11 Richmond
Language Exchange, badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool Thu 6:00pm-9:45pm Jan 8 Downtown
Badminton free lesson, racket try-out New Year's VTC event Sunday Jan 4 Richmond
Language Exchange, Badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool, foosball, VTC event Thur 6:00pm-9:45pm Dec 18 Downtown
Christmas 5-star luxury condo Christmas dance and karaoke party VTC event Sunday 4:45pm-10:30pm Dec 14 Downtown
Volunteers Meeting for Christmas Dance Party, Badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool, foosball VTC event Thu 6:00pm-9:45pm Dec 11 Downtown
Language Exchange, Badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool, foosball, VTC event Thur 6:00pm-9:30pm Dec 4 Downtown
Night Tennis, Badminton VTC event 6:00pm-10:00pm Wed Dec 3 West Side of Vancouver
Sports Inventory Clearance Sale 50-80% group buy/volume discounts VTC event Saturday 3:00pm-4:00pm Nov 29 Vancouver's west side
Language Exchange, Badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool, foosball, VTC event Thur 6:00pm-9:45pm Nov 27 Downtown
Night Tennis, Badminton VTC event 3:30pm-8:30pm Sunday Nov 23 West Side of Vancouver
Badminton VTC event Saturday 3:00pm-4:45pm Nov 22 Downtown
Language Exchange, Badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool, foosball, VTC event Thur 6:00pm-9:30pm Nov 20 Downtown
Tennis VTC event 3:00pm-4:45pm Sunday November 16 Downtown
Language Exchange, Badminton, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool, foosball, VTC event Thur 6:00pm-9:30pm Nov 13 Downtown
Badminton VTC event Saturday 3:00pm-4:45pm Nov 8 Downtown
Language Exchange, Ping Pong, 8-ball pool, foosball, VTC event Thur 6:15pm-9:30pm Nov 6 Downtown
Badminton VTC event Saturday 3:00pm-4:45pm Nov 1 Downtown
Halloween Badminton, Table Tennis, Billiards, 6-in-1 VTC event Thur 6:00pm-9:30pm Oct 30 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 4:00pm-6:00pm Sunday October 26 Downtown
Badminton, Table Tennis, Billiards, 6-in-1 VTC event Thursday 6:00pm-9:30pm Oct 23 Downtown
Badminton, Night Tennis, Dessert/Drinks 3-in-1 VTC event 3:00pm-8:30pm Saturday Oct 18 Vancouver's West Side
Tennis outdoors VTC event 4:00pm-6:00pm Thursday October 16 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 4:00pm-6:00pm Sunday October 12 Downtown
Badminton, Table Tennis, Billiards, 6-in-1 VTC event Thursday 6:00pm-9:30pm October 9 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 4:00pm-6:00pm Sunday October 5 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 4:00pm-6:00pm Sunday September 28 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 5:00pm-7:00pm Sunday September 21 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 6:15pm-8:15pm Thursday September 18 Downtown
Mooncake Festival Potluck Dinner, Tennis and free tennis lesson 4:00pm-9:00pm Sun Sep 14 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 6:15pm-8:15pm Thursday September 11 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 5:00pm-7:00pm Sunday September 7 Downtown
Tennis outdoors VTC event 6:15pm-8:15pm Thursday September 4 Downtown
VTC Summer 2008 Tennis tournament outdoors Doubles 5:00pm-7:00pm Sunday August 31 Downtown
Volleyball outdoors on grass, Basketball, Soccer 6:00pm-8:00pm Fri August 15 Downtown
Fireworks, Picnic Dinner, Volleyball, Soccer, Photography 6:00pm-10:30pm Sat August 2 Downtown
West Vancouver Singles#6 VTC Summer 2008 Tennis tournament 6:15pm-8:15pm Sunday July 27 West Van
Free Tennis Lesson - Singles#5 VTC Summer 2008 Tournament 5:30pm-7:30pm Sunday July 20 Downtown
Badminton Indoors VTC event 6:00pm-7:45pm June 19 Downtown
Tennis, Volleyball Badminton Basketball VTC 5:00pm-7:00pm Sunday June 15 Mount Pleasant
Language Exchange/social (near Robson & Burrard) VTC event Sunday June 01 Downtown
Cafe social , tennis, outdoors basketball Saturday May 03 Mount Pleasant (Broadway and Main)
Easter tea/coffee networking and tennis 2-in-1 VTC event Saturday March 22 Mount Pleasant
Badminton, Table Tennis, Snacks Potluck, foosball, Pool 6-in-1 VTC event Spring Mar 20 Downtown
Badminton and Table Tennis VTC event Chinese New Year! February 7 Downtown
Badminton, Table Tennis, Billiards 3-in-1 event! Valentine's February 14 Downtown
Table Tennis 2008 Jan 31 Thursday 7:30pm to 9:30pm Downtown
INDEX - QUICK LINKS
Benefits of being a Vancouver Tennis Club member
Costs of running and maintaining this club
Volunteering, resources and donations
Task List and Wanted Items - Contribute and participate
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