Founded by Jordan Leitzke and Daniel Tiernan in 2022, Nordeast Tennis Club is a welcoming social organization for friends and acquaintances within walking or driving distance of Northeast Minneapolis. As a tennis club for people who are bad at tennis, we are an inclusive club in nature. Except, of course, if you have any discernible tennis talent.
Officially, the rule for admittance states:
To be a member of Nordeast Tennis Club, one cannot have exceeded organized athletic training for or participation in the sport of tennis past one year of NCAA Division III collegiate experience. All others are welcome.*
Those who do not meet the requirement for membership may submit a variance form with their membership application. The founders of Nordeast Tennis Club will review the variance request and make a membership decision based upon their own discretion.
Nordeast Tennis Club meets three to four Saturdays a month at 9 a.m. from the time when you can start playing tennis outside in Minnesota (late April or early May) until you can’t (sometime in October). Members are notified of confirmed meeting times via the club’s group text message. The normal meeting spot is Northeast Athletic Field Park in Northeast Minneapolis.
Organized around the principles of good fun, cheerful exercise, and amateur folly, Nordeast Tennis Club is a place for friends and acquaintances to spend Saturday mornings playing an approachable sport that can be enjoyed with little to no skill. With the right attitude, participants can get a good sweat and do something more productive with their weekend morning than sleeping in.
Although the club does not currently offer official lessons, club founder Jordan Leitzke does explain the rules of tennis to any newcomers who are unfamiliar with the sport. Jordan did not play tennis in high school, but he did play one year of NCAA Division III tennis for the University of Minnesota, Morris Men’s Tennis Team in 2010.
*If you have any questions regarding eligibility, please contact Jordan or Daniel. FYI, they have been known to take it easy on enforcing this rule and are mostly happy to have anyone join as long as you are down with the principles of good fun, cheerful exercise, and amateur folly.