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Thank you all for your patience and understanding. While we are now allowed to take the court, there are some restrictions that must be in place and strictly enforced. If not, we may lose our ability to continue using the courts. Once we get the OK to loosen restrictions, I will let everyone know.
1. Face coverings/masks will be worn by all students and coaches when coming into and onto the court and when actually not hitting balls/playing tennis. Hand sanitizer and wipes are available at courtside and will be used during our lessons before and after picking up balls and when exiting the court after lessons. Each student will be assigned a clean ball tube prior to the lesson and will use only that tube to pick up balls, when necessary. Social distancing of 6 feet to be maintained at all times between coaches and students. 2. No sharing of water bottles or equipment. All students to provide their own water bottles and equipment. 3. There will be no spectators allowed in the facility for group classes. During a 1 on 1 lesson, a parent or household member may watch from an adjoining court, but be masked at all times. and keep a minimum of 6 feet away from players and coaches. 4. When waiting to come into the court for a class/lesson, please stay in your vehicle with your child until the previous class ends and students leave before entering the facility. starts. We will not be allowing students to be dropped of prior to class and then gather at the front gate. 5. Per FUSD, there will be no restrooms available at this time. Once indoor sports are allowed again (the State of California has ok'd this, but not the district, yet) I assume that we will be able to use the restrooms as the janitorial staff will again be available to clean up. 6. There will be no open play or practice of any type on the courts. The only permitted activities will be private lessons and group classes given by Grech Tennis. Once the district allows us to, we will open things up and perhaps begin open play on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Once again, thank you all for your patience during these very trying last 12 months. I am hoping that I see you all on the courts very soon! If you have any questions, please feel free or give me a call. Kindest Regards, Coach Joe Good Morning Parents,
I received excellent news yesterday. We are now being allowed to return to the courts and begin programming again for Grech Tennis @ Kennedy High School. I want to thank all of the parents and students for all of your support during the last year that we have been off. As we start again, there will be a few changes at first. I will only be doing private lessons and groups of no more than 4 students at any given time. There will be no Saturday doubles match play, but, we may have singles match play if we have enough participants. For those that have participated in our USTA JTT leagues, I spoke with the USTA yesterday and the format will be changing a bit. No one is quite sure yet, but, there will be some type of "team" participation. We should have more information by the middle to end of March for the spring season. We will be observing proper distancing and when not actually playing or hitting balls we will be wearing masks. I suggest that students look into using tennis gloves, if parents are concerned. There will be hand sanitizer to be used before we go on court and a sanitizer station on the court itself. Each student will be given a ball tube for his/her use during the lesson (it will be marked with their number, assigned before class starts) and there will be disinfectant wipes available to wipe it down after every use. As of right now, I am not sure who is willing and/or interested in coming back. I am thinking of beginning lessons again on Saturday March 13th. So, I need everyone who sees this email to get back to me with a preference for a private lesson or a group class or to let me know they will not be coming back I will try and organize my schedule to work around parent's schedules. My plan is to teach Wednesday through Friday 3:30pm to 8:30pm, Saturday from 8:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday 8:00am to 2:00pm.However, since we have been gone so long, not sure how this is going to shake out yet. I will try and accommodate all requests, but ask for your patience as we begin again. Please get back to me with your preferences. Also, please let me have your child's name and current age and if they have been playing, the ball color they have been using (Red, Orange, Green or Yellow). Once we begin to firm up a schedule, I will gather credit card info for payment. Once again, thank you all for your patience. Hope to see you on the courts ASAP. Kindest Regards, Coach Joe Grech Good Morning Parents,
There is an FUSD school board meeting this Wednesday 2/24 at 4:30pm. There will be an opportunity for you to speak and perhaps let the board know that we would like to be able to have Grech Tennis begin operations again. Of course, we would adhere to all established protocols set up by the state and county as it pertains to COVID-19. So, our program may look a bit different than it has in the past. The State of California has put out this: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR21-057.aspx State Updates Guidance for Youth and Recreational Adult Sports State Updates Guidance for Youth and Recreational Adult Sports. Date: February 19, 2021 Number: NR21-057 Contact: [email protected]. Football, Soccer, Baseball, Cheerleading, and other Outdoor Sport Competitions May Resume with Modifications in Counties with Case Rates at or Below 14 per 100,000. Currently 27 Counties Have a Case Rate at or Below 14 per 100,000 www.cdph.ca.gov I am hoping that if enough of us speak at the meeting that perhaps we can convince the school district that our program can open up and still be safe. It would be great if we could stress that our program benefits all kids with exercise, education and FUN! The meeting will be on Zoom if you wish to speak or you can submit written comments. The link is below. Please click on 2/24/21 Board Meeting Guidelines to register your comments or to speak. https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/fremont/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BLNPVQ65B130 BoardDocs® Library Item: 2020-2021 Board Meeting Dates MetaSearch Notice. MetaSearch is intended for research, information and reference purposes only. Search results are not intended as legal advice for you or your organization and are not a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a qualified attorney in your jurisdiction. go.boarddocs.com I am hoping that with our efforts that we can convince the district to allow us to begin tennis programming again and continue to have fun and learn on the courts!! Thank You, Coach Joe Good Morning Parents and students. I am hoping that everyone is staying safe and healthy during these trying times. I wanted to assure everyone that I plan on resuming our tennis program as soon as FUSD allows us back on the courts.
Please check back for further information as it becomes available. I will keep the website up and running with the latest info. Happy New Year to all! Good Morning,
While FUSD is not permitting us onto the courts at KHS yet, I wanted to wish all of you a very happy holidays. I am hoping that you are all well and safe in these very trying times. So that everyone is aware, Coach Joe is planning on returning to Kennedy to resume our program as soon as FUSD's board allows us to. Good Morning Parents,
Hoping all of you and your children are safe and healthy as we continue to work our way through the COVID-19 pandemic. I have been in contact with Fremont Unified School District. At this time, they are not allowing us to begin using the courts in any manner. I was hoping to begin 1 on 1 lessons and then small groups while taking the necessary precautions to remain safe, but, I have been told that the district is not ready for this, yet. I will keep in contact with the district and as soon as this changes, I will let everyone know. Thank you for your patience. Kindest Regards, Coach Joe Good Morning,
As most of you know, the Fremont Unified School District has decided to close schools from March 16th until March 29th. In support of the effort to control the COVID-19 virus, Grech Tennis will be shutting down and no programming will take place until March 31st. I will be in contact with FUSD and will make a determination about April classes as more information becomes available. I am hoping that this email finds everyone healthy and that we will resume as soon as we have a handle on the virus. Thank You, Coach Joe Good Morning. Courts are very wet and it is raining. All classes are cancelled until 11:00am. Lessons after 11:00am, please check back at 10:00am for an update. There will be no open court play today. Thank you, Coach Joe
Good Afternoon. Unfortunately, we will need to cancel 3:30pm match play due to the rain. Sorry, Coach Joe
Sorry, but due to the rain that is here now and the heavy rain coming, I am cancelling both the 11:45am and 12:45pm classes.
3:30pm Match Play: Please check back at 2pm for an update. Thank you, Coach Joe |
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