Intramural tennis returns Published April 27, 2011 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Intramural tennis is back on the courts after a three-decade hiatus. Six squadrons are fielding teams for the spring league -- the 81st Training Support Squadron, 45th Airlift Squadron, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 81st Force Support Squadron and the 335th and 336th Training Squadrons. A fall league is also planned. Longtime tennis enthusiast Dick Brock from the legal office remembered, "I think that the last time we had any tennis program here was back in the late '70s or early '80s. We had a challenge ladder that I recall, and we even had a tennis shed that was manned to schedule court time." The base's tennis program expects a boost later this year with renovations including court resurfacing and new fencing after Air Education and Training Command received $3.6 million in Defense Department funding to execute 20 fitness program projects. In addition to intramural tennis, youth and adult tennis lessons are offered through the youth center Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings with tennis pro Ted Pattison. For more information on lessons, call 377-4116.