Racquet Sports
The Fisher Tennis Center comprises four tennis courts, a large viewing pavilion (The Adams Pavilion) and the Holway Pro Shop which houses a kitchenette, a men’s bathroom, a women’s bathroom, a pro shop and a storage room. Tennis members in good standing may utilize the tennis courts in accordance with the published rules. The Fisher Tennis Center facilities are currently not available for lease/rent.
Junior Tennis
The Junior Tennis program offers an eight-week season on our four private courts located at the Fisher Family Tennis Center. Any child that resides in the dwelling of a Colony Club member may participate in the program. Special rates apply for participants with an SBCC Family Tennis membership.
Age Groups
The Junior Tennis program is run by SBCC’s head tennis professional, along with a staff of assistants, and offers these programs for all ages and skill levels:
Peewee tennis: For ages 4 to 5 years old first timers to learn how to hold a racquet and learn basic tennis skills. Coach Katherine uses smaller nets, slower tennis balls, and focuses on hand eye coordination and fun rallies with the kids.
Junior Hopefuls: For ages 6 to 9 years old players who will focus on ground strokes, serves, and net play. They will also be introduced to game rules and strategies. For Camp age kids, this can immediately follow the camp day with parent permission to be arranged with the parent coordinator.
Team Tennis: For ages 9 to 16 years, or younger, at the Pro’s discretion (for players who can serve from the baseline and return serve). Includes intra-club practice two days per week and weekly match play against other neighboring junior tennis programs. The team is split into two groups, the “A- Team” and the “B-Team,” based both on age and ability at the Pro’s discretion. The “up or down” age has traditionally been 12 years old – meaning a strong 12 year old would play up or a developing 12 year old may play down. The B-Team competitions use either orange ball on a 60 ft court or green ball, full court. B-Team players need to be able to hold orange ball rallies and serve from the 60ft court with some consistency. A-Team players play full court, yellow ball.
Private lessons: Available by contacting the Pro directly for either private or semi-private lessons. As a reminder, the SBCC Pro is the only tennis pro authorized to use the Club’s tennis courts for tennis lesson.
Special Events: Include the Tiny Gregg tennis tournament, scheduled the 7th week of the season, and our traditional opening day Pizza Party.
Adult Tennis
Taking place at the Fisher Tennis Center regularly throughout the summer season, join us for whatever works for you! See the typical weekly schedule below for match times and days when we are out in the sun playing tennis!
Quick Glance Tennis Weekly Schedule
Sunday
Men's Tennis
8:00am - 11:00am
Monday
Camp Tennis
9:30am - 12:30pm
Junior Hopefuls Clinics
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Tuesday
Ladies' Tennis
9:00am - 11:00am
B Team Tennis (Age 9-12+)
1:15pm - 2:45pm
A Team Tennis
(Age 12+)
2:45pm - 4:15pm
Wednesday
Camp Tennis
9:30am - 12:30pm
Junior Hopefuls Clinics
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Thursday
Ladies' Tennis
9:00am - 11:00am
B Team Tennis (Age 9-12+)
1:15pm - 2:45pm
A Team Tennis
(Age 12+)
2:45pm - 4:15pm
Friday
Cardio - Music & Fun (All Ages, Drop In $10)
9:15am - 10:15am
Adult Beginner Lessons & Coached Point Play $10
10:30am to 11:30am
Jr. Tennis Matches
1:00pm to 4:00pm
Mixed Couples
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Saturday
Men's Tennis
8:00am - 10:00am
Competitive Tennis
10:00am - 12:00pm
Young Adult Tennis (Age 17-25+)
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Pickleball
We are excited to offer pickleball and add new offerings to our membership. To continue to grow and innovate as a club, it is important that we take into full consideration both the benefits and sensitivities new additions like pickleball bring to the SBCC membership, and neighbors, and community.
Pickleball Regulations: All Pickleball players must have a current SBCC Tennis membership to play Pickleball. Social-only members are not permitted to participate in any Pickleball activities including, general play, clinics*, or other. New members will be required to purchase a Membership Certificate as well. Tennis members in good standing are not allowed to bring “guests” to play unless their specific membership level allows for guest privileges—this refers to the Tennis Membership with Guest Privileges (TG).
*Exception—non-tennis members and social members that express interest in participating in the Friday (10:30-11:30) pickleball clinic(s) will be permitted to participate in (1) one clinic to better understand if membership is of interest.
For information on getting a tennis membership, click here.
Pickleball Conduct: All players must abide by a code of conduct that demonstrates a sensitivity to fellow players and abutting neighbors. This code of conduct will be available for review and visible on-site for Pickleball play. This includes:
- No loud or abusive behavior by words or actions directed at anyone – this includes players on the courts and by-standers waiting to play
- No alcoholic beverages on or near the courts
- No glass bottles of any kind
Pickleball Tournaments: Any pickleball-specific events and or tournaments must be pre-approved by SBCC and if necessary, gain approval from the SBCC Board.
Equipment:
- It is expected that players use suppression and noise-reducing paddles
- All nets, paddles, and balls must be cleared from courts after use
- Shoes and Dress: Proper attire required (shirts for men, tennis attire for women)
- Non-marking flat court shoes are to be always worn. Shirts must be always worn.
Quick Glance Pickleball Weekly Schedule
Sunday
Open Play
If the courts are open and not being used for tennis, pickleball can be played.
Monday
Pickleball
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Tuesday
Pickleball
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Wednesday
Pickleball
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Thursday
Pickleball
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Friday
Pickleball
10:30am - 11:30am
Pickleball
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Saturday
Open Play
If the courts are open and not being used for tennis, pickleball can be played.
Tournaments
The Colony Club hosts tennis tournaments throughout the summer.
There are currently no tournaments scheduled yet for 2024. Check back soon
Tournament Rules
Only Tennis Members in good standing may participate in any tennis tournament, with the exception of the Junior Tennis Program’s Tiny Gregg Tournament. All members may participate in the Inaugural Pickleball Tournament.
Participants should register online to enter a tournament. The tournament roster will be created in the order of the date of registration.
Tournament Chair(s) is (are) the winner(s) of the specific tournament, the previous year, and/or the designated committee member listed in About Us: Committees.
Tournament Chair(s) is (are) responsible for verifying the eligibility of all tournament participants.
Tournament Chair(s) is (are) responsible to review the tournament registration list, confirm players participation and create tournament roster prior to the tournament’s start. In the event that a tournament limits the number of players, a substitution list will be created in the order of the date of registration once the maximum number of players has been reached.
For all Parent & Child tournaments: A child is eligible to play through age 16. For the purpose of determining this age, the child must not have turned 17 years of age on or before December 31 of the tournament year. These are competitive tournaments. Child must be able to do an overhead serve from baseline. Parents of younger children may organize a separate noncompetitive tournament with all children receiving a participation reward. If parent does not play in tournament, the child’s grandparent or blood relative (i.e. grandmother or aunt), who is a tennis member, may play in the place of the parent. An eligible child lacking a tennis playing parent, or eligible relative, may play with a substitute adult chosen by a random draw from volunteer tennis members in good standing who are at least 35 years of age on or before December 31 of the tournament year. The draw will performed in public with substitutes and other participants present before the start of the tournament.
Bergstrom Cup, Holway Cup and Women’s Doubles: – Players must be at least 21 years of age on or before December 31 of the tournament year. Partners chosen by random draw.
Mixed Doubles Happy Hour Cup: Mixed doubles tournament comprised of married couples only. No surrogates or substitutes may play in place of a spouse.
Men’s Singles: Players must be 21 year of age on or before December 31 of the tournament year.
Tiny Gregg Youth Tournament: This is a Junior Tennis Program tournament and only active Junior Tennis Team players are eligible to participate in this tournament. Format and draw for partners will be determined by the SBCC Junior Tennis Pro. There is a registration deadline which is communicated to registered Team players via email.
Some tournaments are subject to a capacity limit which is outlined in the table below. Once capacity has been reached, a substitution list will be created based on the registration date and time.
Racquet Sports Calendar
The below calendar is a simple filtered version of the entire events calendar located here.