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| THE COLONY NEWS | JANUARY 2024 | 31 Happy New Year! As we say goodbye to the year 2023, let's take a moment to appreciate our Racquet Club friends and activities. e courts are my favorite place to be, a great start to any day. Old and new friends congregate there, enjoying sunshine (usually), friendly banter (mostly), chaos (definitely), but most importantly, fun and friendship (always). Every day is a special day at the courts! Outside of our games, we are also fortunate enough to have great dinners, ladies' monthly potlucks, and just-for-fun tournaments. ere is always a place for everyone in the Racquet Club. If you are not a part of it, please give us a call and we will get you involved: Karen Nichols for paddle tennis at 619-550-8194 or John Knitter for tennis at 951-805-2456. Our monthly paddle tournament was hosted by Pat and Linda Kight, and our thanks to them. ey are always right in the middle of all things Racquet Club! e tournament this time was four short sets of mixed doubles, which was a different concept that turned out to be a fun change! Kris Smith was the ladies champion and Rob/Bob Chandler was the men's champion. You two are awesome. Way to play! Racquet Club By Karen Nichols, 619-550-8194 is month's message will inform you of two significant changes: 1) We will no longer be publishing monthly news articles, and 2) we are discontinuing hosting monthly pickleball tournaments. Instead, we are transitioning to a quarterly schedule for both news articles and tournaments. Our tournaments will be on Saturdays. e dates for 2024 are March 2, June 8, Sept. 7 and Dec. 7. We hope we will see some new faces when we have our first tournament in March! We are excited about the changes. Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me. Until then, keep enjoying this great game. Pickleball Jamie Calvert, 818-665-5869 Tournament Winners: Rob Chandler & Kris Smith Pat & Linda Kight, breakfast hosts for Paddle Tennis Tournament