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Resident asks Mentor to keep Garfield courts lined for tennis, warns against pickleball lines
Summary
During public comment, 81-year-old resident Ken Buckley asked council to preserve Garfield tennis courts exclusively for tennis, citing safety concerns from overlayed pickleball lines and USTA/OHSAA sanctioning rules that require courts to be lined for tennis only.
Ken Buckley, an 81-year-old Mentor resident, told the council during the April 21 meeting that the city’s planned resurfacing of Garfield tennis courts should preserve them for tennis rather than add pickleball lines.
Buckley said he plays with a senior group and that overlaying pickleball lines on tennis courts creates visibility problems and safety…
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