JUNIOR NEWS.....
Junior Team Tennis is starting again... We are currently forming teams to have a start date of September 18th. If you are interested, please call 376-8250 and ask for Robert Taylor or Jon Bongiovanni who will get you the information needed to get your child onto a team. Matches are on weekends and most teams have a team practice as well. WE NEED MORE PARENT VOLUNTEERS FOR JUNIOR TEAM TENNIS!!!! Our coaches can not be at every contest for each team. Last season we had 8 teams so coaches coming to each match was very difficult. We need your help parents!! Either becoming a parent/captain to email match dates and what kids are available, writing down scores, and helping on court with matches would be a tremendous help!! Please ask Robert or Jon if you would like to volunteer.
Westside News: Clinics are now forming. Please check out our website at www.gainesvilletennisacademy.com for more info.. These clinics are geared for our beginner players and new players only, except for the high school excellence clinic which is for our high school players and solid younger intermediate players. If you do not know your child's level, please call 376-8250 to set up an appointment with one of our instructors to asses their level.
Gainesville Open Series: To help create more match play for the juniors, we have established a challenge ladder for the kids to play in. It will be a 12 week ladder where kids will have 45 min to play matches with other kids. There will be 3 divisions, (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) and each will play at their respective times.. beginner 4-4:45, intermediate: 5-5:45, and advanced from 6-6:45.. The matches will ONLY be on fridays unless you challenge someone. Each game you win counts as a point toward your cumulative score. At the end of the 12 weeks, the top 3 in each division will win a prize. Top prize in each division will be a new racquet donated by Mike Oransky and a series of 3 30 min private lessons with an instructor of your choice. There will be a small service fee of $10 because we will have the points chase online.. We will have a trial run of the program on SEPT.10 and start play the following week, SEPT. 17.
Tournaments: We will have a local tournament at Westside this weekend, SEPT.4th. You can click this link: www.usatennisflorida.com and check out junior tournaments in september to register online or you can come to the pro shop and fill out an entry form. Other tournaments that are near the area this month are:
Sept. 17- Leon Local Classic- Tallahassee
Sept. 18- DB Racquet Club Fall Junior Super Series- Gainesville
Sept. 19- Quickstart Tournament (under 10 beginners)- Jonesville (gainesville)
Sept. 25- Lake Cane Rookie- Orlando
Sept. 25- Seminole Fall Bash Super Series- Seminole
Keep in mind that rookie tournaments are designed for kids who don't have much experience tournament wise or have a low state ranking. Locals are usually for beginner tournament players and some who have experience and Super Series are for experienced tournament players..
ATHLETE of The Month: Every month we will do an athlete that demonstrates abilities on and off the court.. We will accept any nominations through email (rt4tennis@gmail.com) and at the end of the month, we will do an interview during our live video blog with some highlights of them playing and some interesting facts about them...We will start accepting nominations SEPT.1 and will announce the winner SEPT. 26 at our live blog show.
ADULT NEWS::::::::::::::::: Day League Practice has begun and WE NEED YOU!!! Our 3.0 and 3.5 teams need players. If you know of anybody who does play tennis and can play on Wednesday or Thursday mornings, please let Mike Oransky know at 376-8250 or email him at oranskym@bellsouth.net.
COMBO LEAGUE: Our USTA Fall season is starting to form! It is called combo and if you are not familiar with it, it basically just "combines" the ratings of two players that will play doubles together. It is only doubles play and matches are on the weekends.. If you do not know your rating please call 376-8250 to set up an appointment to get rated by our wonderful staff. They will inform you of the other information you will need in order to join a team.
DOUBLES NIGHT LEAGUE: For those busy professionals out there, tennis has become a secondary and even less thought. Now at westside, we are bringing tennis to a priority level as we are forming a weekday night league starting SEPT. 13! It will be a round robin format with a small fee that will coincide with a doubles clinic prior to play.. If interested, please email at oranskym@bellsouth.net or rt4tennis@gmail.com. Future ventures will be to have an end of month mixer at westside and also plan trips to major tennis events (amelia island, sony ericcson, us open, etc) KEEP LOOKING FOR MORE INFO ON THESE UPCOMING EVENTS!!!
LASTLY, if you are an avid reader of this blog, keep watching for small discounts and programs that are only valid if you read the blog... WE will have our first discount REALLY shortly so keep watching for it... SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!!!
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