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But brand spanking new regulation size tennis courts are here in Morgan County and ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are centrally located \u2013 next to the Warm Springs Middle School soccer fields \u2013 off Route 9.
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They are beautiful.
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And they have meaning beyond their visual beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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They mean that for the first time ever, a Berkeley Springs High School tennis team will be able to play a home match in Morgan County.
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Before this year, all home matches were played away.
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They mean that the public will be able to play recreational tennis in Morgan County on brand new regulation courts, without debating the age old question \u2013 if a tennis ball is coming your way and hits a monster crack in the playing surface in the back court and bounces away from your racket, is it a point for your opponent? (Answer: Yes. No crying in tennis.)
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The courts cost about $350,000 to build. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Big chunks of that money came from the Berkeley Springs Presbyterian Church, the Morgan County Commission, the United States Tennis Association (USTA), the Morgan County Tennis Association<\/a>, Morgan County Parks and Recreation, the Morgan County School Board and the Mid Atlantic branch of the USTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany local and regional organizations, businesses, and individuals donated more than $75,000 towards this cause in donation levels as much as $10,000 and as small as $5.00,\u201d said Assistant tennis coach and Morgan County Tennis Association Chairman Ryan Fincham<\/a>. \u201cIt took a village.\u201d \u201cWe have been told that we have the most beautiful tennis courts in the area,\u201d said Berkeley Springs High School tennis coach Raynette Mock. Fincham said that the courts should be open to the public by April 1 \u2013 or sooner. But the Berkeley Springs High School tennis team practices will begin March 15 and they will be practicing every day but Sunday, Mock said. Fincham said that a couple of odds and ends need to be taken care of before opening the courts to the public. \u201cIt could be open as soon as March 15 \u2013 we don\u2019t know,\u201d Fincham said. The courts will be open to the public \u2013 but only when the high school team is not practicing or playing matches there. The courts are bright blue in bounds and bright green for out of bounds. \u201cThey are USTA colors, because they gave us part of the money,\u201d Mock said. \u201cThe courts are handicap accessible and the courts are marked for ten and under,\u201d Mock said. \u201cOur youth groups will be able to play on the courts.\u201d \u201cThe courts are 78 foot long for adults and marked 60 foot long for ten and under,\u201d Fincham said. The first home tennis match in Berkeley Springs will be April 12, 2021 at 4 pm against Hedgesville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On April 24, Berkeley Springs is hosting the Potomac Valley Conference tournament with five teams \u2013 Berkeley Springs, Keyser, Moorefield, Petersburg, and Frankfort. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been five long years in the making. But brand spanking new regulation size tennis courts are here in Morgan County and ready to go. They are centrally located \u2013 next to the Warm Springs Middle School soccer fields \u2013 … Continue reading
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