Welcome
MBTPA is an organized group of resident tennis players who work together to protect the quality of tennis in our community. We are currently focused on three main goals:
- Create a city tennis advisory committee
- Provide updates on community tennis issues
- Keep a historical record of tennis in Miami Beach
For The Women in Your Life
Join True Beginner Tennis at Flamingo Park in Miami Beach. A USTA sponsored program for women who have never played tennis. For information contact Rebecca Boyce 305-606-6939
For Women Who Have Never Played Tennis
Can’t wait until they open the new facility. The building looks fantastic!
Construction of Flamingo Tennis Courts, these small adjustments will improve tennis center:
* All the courts should have a dedicated gate entrace. But several courts have a “shared” gate entrance. Players entering their court through a shared gate disturb play of adjacent courts.
* Cut corner fencing is missing: south side of courts 6,7,8,9 and the north side of courts 10,11,12,13. Cut corners pomote safety and keep balls from rolling under unsuspecting feet.
Miami Beach Har-Tru courts have never been maintained to manufacturers specifications. I would like to see Green Square and the City of Miami Beach provide records of 80lb. bag purchases. Har-Tru courts lose several tons of material a year. City should try installing some cushioned hard courts.
Top Dressing
Sprinkler irrigated Har-Tru courts lose material over time. In Florida, courts lose 4-5 tons per year (100-125, 80 lb. bags). Proper maintainence requires top dressing on an annual basis. Follow these steps:
* Before top dressing, court must be dry
* Scarify the entire court surface using a tow scarifier.
* Patch low areas
* Apply court surfacing material using a spreader
* Level the material using straight edge.
* Hand water and roll the court
Top Dressing Tips
• You can either top dress using a small amount of material (8 bags per court) on a monthly basis or use 50-75 bags per court once per year
• Replacement of line tapes may be necessary.
Long-Term Maintenance and Upkeep
Har-Tru courts require 1″ of Har-Tru surface material. New courts are built with 40 tons (1,000, 80 lb. bags) of Har-Tru material. Each court has a 1″ in 30′ slope for drainage. Har-Tru material regularly washes off the court so a “laser-tapered” resurfacing is needed every 4-5 years to restore proper court slope.
I noticed those signs asking patrons to sweep after their done. Now’s it the players fault the courts aren’t in good condition? Flamingo is a joke. They cannot even maintain the battery powered golf cart and are now using a Gator 4×4 ATV to sweep the courts. Moving an unweighted brush at 15 mph does nothing but create larger and larger waves as it bounces as high speed. Call the contractor back and fix the damage that has been done.
Miami Beach is raising tennis fees, membership and hourly rates. The rundown courts and dilapidated club house has not been renovated in 75 years!.
The Tennis Center is a public facility which should not be expected to turn a profit. So why is the city making tennis less accessible with rates increases when many customers are going through hard economic times?
The city imposed a “tennis tax” to raise money to help balance the city budget.
The fee increase will not be used to repair or upgrade the tennis facility.
Voting to raise tennis fees: Mayor Bower, Libbin, Weithorn, Exposito
Voting against raise: Tobin, Wolfson, Gongora