Tennis Lovers Will Love To Love-Love On New Winter Haven Tennis Complexby James CoulterJoan Birkes, a Winter Haven resident, has been playing tennis for 40 years, but has developed a recent love for pickleball ever since joining the Auburndale Pickleball League, known as the “Pickleball Gang.” But the newly-refurbished tennis complex in Winter Haven not only has eight clay courts for tennis, but a bank of courts made specifically for pickleball. The Winter Haven Tennis Complex was officially dedicated and opened to the public during the grand re-opening and ribbon cutting ceremony last Wednesday evening on May 9. The newly-refurbished complex features eight clay courts, along with one instructional court and several smaller pickleball courts. “I am proud to know that my family has been involved in Winter Haven and its quality of life more than 75 years ago,” he said.