There have recently been proposals about sharing CH public tennis courts with other sports. In particular, at the Ephesus courts, there are four tennis courts and six pickleball (PB) courts. The PB community has submitted a proposal to takeover an additional two of the remaining tennis courts 50% of time. The proposal also includes drawing permanent PB lines on the two shared courts.
The tennis community has defended preserving the four tennis courts and given full and detailed reasons in a response document. However, the friends of CH public tennis would like to highlight one point that is especially pertinent in the coming months.
“There are too few CH public tennis courts which are in good playable condition.”
Later this year (or early next), Cedar Falls and Hargraves tennis courts (total of 9 courts) will be closed during renovations which are expected to take up to 12 months. During this time, there will be even fewer courts available.
The problem of finding an available court shall become even more exacerbated when Cedar Falls and Hargraves are out of commission. Ephesus tennis courts will become even more crowded as additional players come over from those sites.
Finally, usage is not necessarily visually reflected by the number of players waiting outside the gate. Tennis players arriving during times when all courts are in use have to wait a long time. Most players leave instead of waiting, and so you do not see large groups outside the gates as with Pickleball (who can rotate in with shorter games). But the demand is ever present and will be increasing..
Sharing or giving up even more courts at Ephesus than we already have is out of the question. There are just not enough CH public tennis courts to share.
Friends of CH Public Tennis
