Your Game. Your Community. Your Club.
Stone Creek Tennis Club
Ocala, Florida
stonecreektennis@gmail.com
Sponsors
We proudly thank these local businesses for supporting our tennis club.
Board of officers
Marty Remer
President
The club president acts as the chief executive and figurehead, responsible for setting club goals, presiding over meetings, and leading the board and committees. Key duties include delegating tasks to committee chairs, ensuring budgetary compliance, facilitating member engagement, and acting as the primary representative to outside organizations.
Mary Lynn
Vice President
A club vice president (VP) acts as the primary assistant to the president, serves as a key leader in strategic planning, and oversees committee operations to ensure club success. Key responsibilities include leading meetings in the president’s absence, mentoring new members, overseeing committee chairs, and managing internal communication.
Don Crawley
Treasurer
A club treasurer acts as the chief financial officer, responsible for managing the club's money, maintaining accurate financial records, preparing budgets, and reporting on financial status. They collect dues, pay authorized expenses, reconcile bank statements, and ensure financial transparency for members, often using spreadsheets or accounting software.
Carol Ann Jones
Secretary
A club Secretary is the chief administrative officer, managing communication, maintaining official records, and facilitating meetings to ensure smooth operations. Key duties include taking accurate meeting minutes, managing correspondence, maintaining membership databases, handling compliance with the constitution, and acting as the primary point of contact.
Jodi Hughs
Member at Large
A club member-at-large serves as a flexible, voting member of the board, providing general support, representing the wider membership, and assisting with special projects or committees as needed. They act as a vital bridge between the leadership and general members, often covering duties assigned by the chairperson rather than holding one specific portfolio.
Committee Members
Tim Woods
Ambassador
The Ambassador Committee is dedicated to welcoming new members and helping them feel at home in our club. Ambassadors, when needed, pair up with newcomers to guide them through club play and other activities, introduce them to other members and generally help them integrate into club life. In addition, ambassadors represent the Stone Creek tennis club at community events such as sports expos and fall expos.
Anita Kinderman
Social
The Social Committee works closely with the Board to plan and coordinate a variety of social events for our tennis club. Committee members take the lead in organizing details such as potlucks, cookouts, and catered gatherings. They also handle logistics like ice, supplies and festive decorations for holiday socials. In addition, the committee collaborates with the Inter-Community Play Committee whenever our club hosts matches, helping to ensure events run smoothly and are enjoyable for everyone.
Bruce Donovan
Court Maintenance
The Court Maintenance Committee helps keep our tennis facilities in top condition and promptly reports any maintenance concerns to the Board. Responsibilities include periodic inspections of court surfaces, windscreens, and nets; removing wind-blown debris like pine needles; and emptying court trash cans. Committee members also roll up windscreens and remove bench canopies in late July or early August as the risk of high-wind storms increases. Additional committee members are Jeff Oparka, David Horetsky, Bonnie Keating, Julie Baldwin.
Marty Remer
Intercommunity Play / Tournaments
The Inter-Community Play Committee organizes and coordinates matches with tennis clubs in neighboring Ocala communities, both home and away. Responsibilities include contacting other clubs, arranging match schedules, handling logistics, and fostering friendly competition that helps our members enjoy new challenges and build connections. Additional committee members are Kelly Thompson and Bill Freeman.
F.A.Q.
All residents of Stone Creek can join and here's how.
Dues are only $20 to become a member.
We’ll guide you through the process and answer any questions.
Do I already need to know how to play tennis to join the club?
Are there beginner clinics or lessons?
Does the club have organized club play?
How can I meet other players at my level?
How can members get involved in club activities?
Forms, Rules, Bylaws, and AED info
New Membership Form
To become a member, down load the membership form, fill it out and place form and check in the lock box located at court 2.
Club Bylaws
Stone Creek Tennis Bylaws
AED LOCATIONS/OPERATION
AED Locations around Stone Creek as well as procedures on using it.
4/10/26 News Letter
News letter outlining what Stone Creek Tennis is up too.
Tennis 101
Tennis Court Etiquette
If your new to tennis, watch this video to give you a better understanding about the game.
Tennis Racket Information
Attached is a picture of a tennis racket and all the information about it.
Tennis Grip Positions
There are at least 4 different positions you can hold your tennis racket. Continental is where it all starts.
Tennis Basic Serve Video
Watch this video to help you with your serve.
When to restring your Tennis Racket
The big question, when to restring my racket? Watch this video to help answer that question.
COMAN Tiebreaker Rules
The Coman Tiebreak procedure is identical to the regular tiebreak procedure except that the players change ends after the first point and then after every four points until the conclusion of a tiebreak. The Coman Tiebreak procedure is used for all tiebreaks played during a match. Set Tie Break: First to win 7 points by 2 points wins “Game “and “Set” 3rd set Match Tie Break: First to win 10 points by 2, wins match. The player whose turn it is to serve shall serve the first point from the deuce court. After the first point, the players shall change ends and the following two points shall be served by the opponent(s) (in doubles, the player of the opposing team due to serve next) starting from the add court. After this, each player/team shall serve alternately for two consecutive points (starting from the ad court); changing ends after every four points, until the completion of the tie break game. Switch ends after points 1,5,9,13, 17...…. and at the conclusion. SUMMARY • Switch sides after 1st point to the deuce court • Then switch sides every 4 points thereafter • Each player serves on the side they serve from during the set PRINCIPLE ADVANTAGES Fairness – By changing ends more frequently, the effects of the elements (sun, wind, differences in court surfaces etc.) are distributed more evenly between the two opponents as opposed to playing six consecutive points before changing ends. In doubles, the server will always serve from the same end of the court as they did throughout the set...........................Watch this funny video. ;-)
Forehand Slice
This video will help with doing a forehand slice.
Backhand Slice
This video will help you with a backhand slice.
How to use a Ball Machine the RIGHT way / tennis lesson
This video shows the advantages of using a ball machine.
Contact
- 6111 SW 89th Court Rd, Ocala, Florida, USA
- StoneCreekTennis@Gmail.com
- Mon-Fri - 08:00-19:00
If you are interested in joining Stone Creek Tennis Club, please download our New Member Form, fill it out and place it and a check for $20.00 in an envelope and put it in our lock box located at court 2 and someone will contact you. Welcome!
Social Events
Training & Ball Drills
Gail Falkenberg
Professional Player and now Stone Creeks Tennis Trainner
Gail Falkenberg is an American professional tennis player. Possibly the oldest tournament tennis player of all time, she has competed in ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournaments as recently as 2023, aged 76.Raised in Westfield, New Jersey, Falkenberg attended University of California, Los Angeles in the 1960s, where she played on the basketball, tennis and volleyball varsity teams and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in filmmaking. After graduation she worked as a documentary filmmaker and didn't join the professional tour until she was 38 years of age. She made her Virginia Slims main draw debut at the 1986 Brazilian Open and featured in qualifying at the 1988 Australian Open. Retiring from full-time tennis in 1990, she achieved a career high singles world ranking of 360. During the 1990s she was the men's and women's tennis head coach at the University of Central Florida and even had a season in charge of the women's basketball team as an acting coach. Falkenberg has continued to compete on and off in ITF tournaments since the 1990s. In 2013, as a 66-year-old, she came up against Naomi Osaka in the qualifying draw for the Rock Hill ITF event. Osaka, 50 years her junior, won 6–0, 6–0. Stone Creek Tennis club is fortunate to have Gail Falkenberg as a resident and our professional trainer.
Ricky Jackson
Sunday night ball drills
Come out Sunday nights for some fun ball drills .
Tennis Racket Stringing
Marty Remer
For all you restringing and grip replacement needs, please reach out to get a quote.
Nick Berry
For all you restringing and grip replacement needs, please reach out to get a quote.
In Loving Memory
Bernhard Jacob Burg
Bernhard Jacob Burg, 93, of Ocala Florida passed away peacefully on July 23, 2025, in Burlington, Vermont. Born to Margarete and Nikolaus in the vineyard town of Reil, along the Mosel River, in 1931. Bernhard grew up simple. Raised Roman Catholic and infused with the ethics of honesty, compassion, hard work, and selflessness. He was an altar boy, a choir boy, a student, hard working son, and a protector to his three younger brothers, Hellmut, Albert, & Otto.
Bill Bolumen
Bill Bolumen passed away on April 21, 2026. There will be a celebration of life at Christ's Church Ocala on May 9th at 11 AM. Church address is 6768 SW 80th Street, Ocala 34476.