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| March 2nd - Tennis Night in America |
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WCTA participated in the USTA's national program Tennis Night in America on Monday, March 2nd. Many juniors regisitered for Tennis Night Sweepstakes. To be eligible for the sweepstake's prizes, junior members had to be 13 to 18 years old (UIL rules for varsity players apply). Register for the sweetstakes at the following web site on Monday, March 2nd only. More information is available at www.tennisnight.com.
Junior players, approximate ages 5 to 13, were registered for various summer tennis programs and camps sponsored by the Wimberley Community Tennis Association.
On Monday afternoon, Wimberley's varsity tennis team, the Wimberley Texans, played practice matches against the WCTA adult team.
Everyone enjoyed pizza and beverages following the matches. |
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| QuickStart Beginner Tournament MEET THE BRYAN BROTHERS! |
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QuickStart Beginner Tennis Tournament, the new way to play tennis for kids 8 and under and 9 to 10 years of age - and get a chance to meet the best doubles team in the world - Bob & Mike Bryan.
WCTA tournament winners were Daniel Barrett and Amelia Jordan.
The WCTA QuickStart tournament was be held on Saturday, August 23, 2008.
The winners then advanced to Horseshoe Bay and met the Bryan Brothers, Andy Roddick, Sam Querre and John Isner September 11th at Lakeway World of Tennis, which benefitted Children of Fallen Soldiers. |
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2007 WCTA Spring Classic was held May 19 & 20TH. PHOTOS TO FOLLOW. (Photos from the 2006 tournament are in the "Photo Albums" link). The
2006 TOURNAMENT WAS HELD MAY 20 & 21.
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MAY IS NATIONAL TENNIS MONTH, so WCTA held it's Annual Benefit Fundraiser on May 19 & 20. Proceeds went toward the Tennis In The Park Program and the Kids To Camp Program. Our tournament sponsors are the real "heros" during our largest fundraising event of the year. They are the ones who are responsible for our continued growth! (2007 photos to follow soon).
2007 TOURNAMENT SPONSORS WERE:
NPGlass - donated all the beautiful glass trophies for the adult events.
"ACE" SPONSORS:
Carpenter Insurance
Chuck's CATA Classic
Climb On! Products
Craters & Freighters
Deer Creek of Wimberley
Lynda & John Greer, Overlook Plaza
Mounger & Campbell, L.L.P.
Myers Concrete Construction, LP
Ozona National Bank
Red Corral Ranch
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Wolf Tennis
"SUPER CHAMP" SPONSORS:
Brookshire Brothers
Jan & Cliff Strickland
"CHAMPION" SPONSORS:
Corky's Barber Shop
Cypress Creek Cafe
King Feed
Pat L. Murphy Group
So many volunteers helped that we actually had to tell some of them they weren't needed after all and they could go watch the matches! Many thanks to our WCTA members who helped us so much.
The Junior and Parent/Child events were a "hit" again this year. And, the teams from St. Stephen's Episcopal School were lots of fun to watch. Their enthusiasm was contagious: this was the first tournament for some of them and some had never played a real "match" before. The parents watching seemed to be having fun too, in spite of the heat.
FROM THE WCTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND ALL WCTA MEMBERS, THANK YOU TO EVERY PLAYER, FOR WITHOUT YOU - THERE WOULD BE NO TOURNAMENT!
2007 John Newcombe's Weekend for Two Adults winner is WCTA member, John Schick. Congratulations John! | |
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Photos from 2006 Tournament (2007 photos to follow).
Click on photos to enlarge.
TOP: Tournament Sponsors
SECOND: Parent/Child event
THIRD: Drawing for Raffle done by Diane Kerrigan, WCTA Communications Coordinator and Coach Greg Howard, Tournament Director
BOTTOM: Raffle winner (for the second time!), Lisa Crane of Wimberley |
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Adopt-A-Light Project
All six courts now have lights! |
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The WCTA Board of Directors are proud to announce we reached our goal for raising funds to light courts 4, 5 & 6 at the public courts on Texan Blvd.!
The Adopt-A-Light Donation Project was officially begun during the Wimberley Adult Open Tournament held in October 2004. During the two day event, we raised $220 and since then we have raised enough money to get the lights.
(See below list of donators and contributors that helped to make this possible in only one year).
The level of contributions were:
Champion Level: $20 and up
Super Champ Level: $50 and up
Ace Level: $100 and up
Masters Level: $250 and up
US Open Level: $500 and up
Champion donators:
Liz & Paul Rathbun
Rudy Fernandez
Sally, Allison, Sarah & Robert Sherwood
Diane & Bob Kerrigan
Leslie, Lisa & Les Crane
Diane Griffin
Willis Shelton
Super Champ donators:
Erin, Regina and John Emmitt
Joy & Boyd Collins
Ace donators:
Fran Murphy
Wimberley Leo Club
Master Level:
Chuck's CATA Classic
Craters & Freighters
Deer Creek of Wimberley
Diane Kerrigan, dba Design Kreations
Mounger & Campbell, LLP
Myers Concrete, LLC
Ozona National Bank
Red Corral Ranch
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Wolf Tennis
US Open donators:
John Newcombe's Tennis Ranch
Wimberley Community Tennis Assoc.
NPGlass
FAPCO, Inc.
Wimberley Lions Club
WCTA received donations from the Wimberley Lion's Club totaling $5,000 (some of which will go to Coach Howard for maintaining the existing courts), and $100 from the Wimberley Leo Club.
We sincerley appreciate the support of these organizations!
JUST A NOTE: WE HAVE WORKED WITH WISD TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE COIN TIMER. All courts now have lights and coin timers that work, as of February 28, 2006. | |
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Click on the picture above to enlarge. TOP PHOTO: The courts on Texan Blvd. now have lights and new coin boxes for all six courts.
Not listed on our barometer are the recent VERY GENEROUS donations from the Wimberley Lion's Club. THANK YOU LIONS! |
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