USTA Florida
Institutes Uniform Jr. Team Tennis
League Fee for 2010
Beginning
in 2010, USTA Florida will institute a
$35 league fee for the USTA Florida Jr.
Team Tennis league in an effort to offer
a consistent and quality program across
the state. The Jr. Team Tennis league
connects kids together in teams to play
singles, doubles and mixed doubles
against other teams, with local league
winners advancing to the state/sectional
championships, and to the USTA Jr. Team
Tennis National Championships.
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School Tennis
Coaches Workshop in Jacksonville
A High School Tennis
Coaching Workshop will be conducted by
USTA National Certified Trainer Dede
Allen on Jan. 6, 2010, from 2:30-6:30
p.m. at Sandalwood High School in
Jacksonville, Fla. Coaches at any school
level are invited to attend and learn
the best strategies to give your players
the best experience and lead your school
tennis team through a fun and organized
season.
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2010 USTA League
National Championships Calendar
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LEAGUE NEWS
TC Palm: Net
gains pay off with honor for Toth
Let us -- especially the local tennis
community, particularly those of us who
play in the various USTA leagues -- show
our appreciation for all the hours, all
the dedication, all the extra effort
Laura Toth devotes to making the game
bigger, better and more enjoyable along
the Treasure Coast...The USTA has. Two
weekends ago, at the USTA Florida's
annual meetings in Clearwater, Toth was
named the 2009 Area League Coordinator
of the Year, despite having overseen the
USTA leagues in the Indian River, St.
Lucie and Martin county region for only
14 months.
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Examiner: USTA
takes major steps to level the field in
league play
The USTA National Oversight Group, which
had been under fire for some time to
address the accuracy in which players
are rated, announced this past week that
nearly 30 per cent of their playing
members have been rated up for the
upcoming 2010 season.
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Tallahassee
Democrat: USTA ratings shake up league
play
Last week's release of
the USTA League 2009 Year End Ratings
have caused a stir throughout the tennis
community, not only here but throughout
the country.
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JUNIOR/COLLEGE NEWS
Daytona,
Gainesville Strong at USTA Florida Jr.
Team Tennis Fall Chps.
All local Florida USTA
Jr. Team Tennis teams that have
participated in an official USTA Jr.
Team Tennis Fall season program, have a
current USTA junior membership and
played in at least three different local
league matches were invited to the Fall
Section Championship.
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USTA Stipends
Available for Tennis Campus Showdowns
What is the one event
that provides competition open to all
college players, juniors, adults, and
even teaching or touring professionals?
It's the USTA Campus Showdown, a
one-day, short-format tournament with
one-set matches and a tiebreak at 5-5 in
a compass draw for singles and doubles.
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2009 Eddie Herr
Highlights on IndieTennis.com
Founded in 1987 by Herr's grandson Glenn
Feldman to honor his grandfather's
lifetime passion and success in bringing
the world's best junior tennis players
together in the Orange Bowl and the
Sunshine Cup/Connolly Continental Cup,
the Eddie Herr event attracts the top
junior players from around the world.
Herr was also a founding father of the
Florida Tennis Association, now known as
USTA Florida.
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Unseeded Addison
Wins G16 Orange Bowl Singles, R-up
Doubles
Breaunna Addison burst
into prominence on the U.S. junior
tennis radar over the weekend when the
14-year-old unseeded Boca Raton resident
won the singles final and narrowly lost
the doubles final in a third-set
tiebreak in the Girls 16 division at the
prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl
International Junior Tennis Championship
in Key Biscayne, Fla.
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USTA Florida Jr.
Team Tennis: Up Close and Personal
(video)
Learn more about our
Florida Jr. Team Tennis players from the
recent JTT Fall Section Championship.
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OTHER NEWS
Ft. Myers
News-Press: Cape Coral resident ranks
high in tennis quadriplegic division
Marc McLean excels at
tennis. It's just a little different
than the kind most people play. McLean,
40, is an internationally ranked
wheelchair tennis player. He is also a
quadriplegic. The Cape Coral tennis
teacher is ranked 19 in the world for
singles and 12 in doubles in the tennis
wheelchair quadriplegic division.
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The Ledger: The
Life of the Bryans
The Bryan brothers gave
their best and left in their worst
Saturday in Plant City. Twins Mike and
Bob, the top men's doubles tennis team
in the world, donated their shirts,
shoes, hats, sunglasses, watches and
even underwear -- all signed -- to an
auction at the Zeno/Canon Tennis
Challenge 2 event. All proceeds went to
the Larry King Cardiac Foundation. The
brothers left Mayor Rick Lott's house
without shoes, in old T-shirts and
warm-ups.
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