DESERT HORIZONS OWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE REPORT ANNUAL MEETING 2025
Committee Name: Fitness, Wellness and Courts Committee Members: Andy Banachowski, Bryon Graves, Sherrill Sutherland, Heather Tucker, Dave White, Ed Gould, Barb Meserve, Sophia Ermoian, Jon Rombaugh (ex officio member and board member) Staff: Grant Bolin, Director of Fitness and Wellness, Cary Collins, Director of The Courts, Valerie Moreno, Assistant Submitted by: Don Costa (Chair and Board Representative) The FW&C Committee is an advisory committee that makes recommendations on the program offerings, operations and capital improvements of the fitness and wellness center and the tennis, pickleball and bocce courts programs. Committee members were selected as leads with Andy for Pickleball, Sherrill for Tennis, Heather for Wellness & Fitness and Dave for Bocce. Other members were assigned so that each “subcommittee” could focus on each program with leads bringing recommendations to the entire committee. This has been an exciting year as it was the first full year of program offerings. Bocce Many thanks to Dave, Barb and Ed for a phenomenal first season at the new clubhouse. A Breve tournament was held in the fall followed by the Prime tournament that included 18 teams and 18 captains for a total of over 160 players. To accommodate the number of teams play was held on both Sundays and Tuesdays. The future plans include a spring Breve Tournament, boot camps and socials, and we are working on the possibility of having inter club play starting with Toscana. Recommendations will be made for the coming year to improve the Bocce facility for a safer and larger standing area around the courts. Pickleball and Tennis Many thanks to Cary Colins, our new Courts Director who has brought structure to the Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday member open play and has regularly scheduled practice sessions for both new and experienced players. The number of members new to pickleball has grown substantially and we now have many days on which all courts are full. Private and group lessons have been extremely popular, which contributes to the growth of the sports at Desert Horizons. The Pickleball championships will be held Friday March 21st and Saturday March 22 nd . Cary has implemented an honor system for certain snacks and drinks, and we have also had Dink and Drink functions held at the Pavilion as we look for more ways to use the Pavilion. This year’s improvements included fence protectors, shade umbrellas and benches for the courts. Tennis lessons are available, and development of a tennis program is continuing. Page 10
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