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Tennis4All 2024-2025 Board Elections

Hello T4A friends!

It’s Tennis4All board election season! If you are interested in helping Tennis4All continue our upward trajectory as an organization, then you may want to consider joining the board. The upcoming term will start in mid-September.

We value diversity, commitment to tennis (whatever your level of play), and new ideas. By joining the board, you will be able to directly contribute to our warm, collegial community and help make decisions about what Tennis4All can and should be in the future. As always, we thank our outgoing board members for their service.

If you are interested in joining the board, please email Sam Smith at lewis.samuel15@gmail.com no later than Friday, August 23rd. Please note: your Tennis4All membership must be active for the 2024-2025 season to be eligible for the board.

If there are any questions about what being a board member entails, don’t hesitate to ask any of our current board members!

Best,

Tennis4All

Tennis Hall of Fame Social on 8/11!

Hi Everyone,

Tennis4All is pleased to offer a 2 hour doubles social at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on August 11th.

Date: Sunday, August 11th

Time: 2-4 PM

Location: Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI.

Max number of participants: 18

Cost: $125 per person – Tennis4All Members ONLY.

Grass Court Doubles Social in Newport – August 2024

Dress: Tennis whites.

Hope to see you there!

Tennis4All Board of Directors

August is Upon-us!

Greetings Challenge Ladder Athletes of the World!

An update.

August is here and while some things change, some things stay the same on the ladder.

Up top, it is still Tang, Houlden and Krasikov holding the #1, #2 and #3 positions. But will Krasikov’s extended vacay render him rusty upon return? Time will tell.

Wu and Grosdidier have been making major strides up the ladder…can they make it all the way to the top?

On the Points Ladder, it is a tie for the top 2, with Coombs and Wu and Jackson is looming just one point below. Remember, the top 2 on the points ladder will receive Extravagant prizes!

Some very close scores of late: Jackson over Lalli, Coombs over Wu and Grosdidier over McDonough being especially close.

The ladder goes until the end of September so it is not too late to make your run! I know its hot (!) but hydrate and play early or late if you can.

Let me know if you have any questions or if I have failed you in some way.

I worked on my second serve today after double faulting an entire game away on Tuesday night. What are you doing for YOUR second serve?

-Doug

 

Tennis4All is invited to US Open PRIDE

Hello Tennis4All!

We are thrilled to share that the USTA has extended an amazing invitation to Tennis4All: to be featured as part of the US Open PRIDE celebration on Thursday, August 29th! As part of this experience, 24 Tennis4All players are invited to be on-court at Arthur Ashe Stadium ahead of the primetime evening match. Details of the experience are below:

 

When: Thursday, August 29th, US Open PRIDE Day

Where: The US Open in New York, New York

What: An on-court experience and celebration of US OPEN PRIDE prior to the 7pm evening match at Arthur Ashe Stadium

Who: 24 Tennis4All tennis players are invited on-court, plus each player may bring a guest (all must be ON SITE by 4pm)

The perks: 24 Tennis4All players will hit on Ashe Stadium prior to the 7pm match, as well as be featured on social media and in US Open comms. Additionally, all players and guests will receive a US Open Wristband for the entire day, the equivalent of a Grounds Pass Ticket, so you’re encouraged to show up early and enjoy a full day at the Open! There will be a number of PRIDE activities on the grounds throughout the day to enjoy 🙂

 

If you would like to participate in this experience, please indicate your interest by completing this Google Form. Spots will be first-come, first-serve, and we will confirm if you received a spot as soon as possible. Please note, you are responsible for your own travel and accommodations that come with participating in US Open PRIDE with Tennis4All.

 

Any additional logistics, details, or “need-to-knows” will be shared with attendees as we get closer to the event. In the meantime, if there are any questions, please contact Sam Smith at lewis.samuel15@gmail.com.

 

We hope everyone is as excited about this experience as we are, and a huge THANK YOU to the USTA and to the US Open for thinking of Tennis4All.

Summer Challenge Ladder is on FIRE!

Greetings Ladder Participants!

I have been remiss in my sassy updates.

Deal with it.

It’s hot out there. Please hydrate.

As the Wimbledon tournament progresses with some new names, we have some new names on the local front as well: shout out to Ian Wang who is BOUNDING up the ladder in recent weeks, taking over the Points ladder with 19 total points (yours truly holds on to second place in a tie with Steve Goldman); Ian is also ascending up the Competition Ladder…how far can he go? All the way to the top? Only time will tell.

On the Competition Ladder, Alan Tang sits up there at the #1 rung, with newbie James Holden one rung of revenge below…Roman Krasikov can be heard in 3rd place, ready to POUNCE! I look forward to seeing how the top of the ladder might continue to shake in the next few weeks.

Please make sure you check that I’ve updated scores/points/placements correctly, as I am prone to error in these summer months.

Be safe out there in the heat. Play early or play late! And if you come across any outdoor courts you find especially beautiful and possibly uncrowded, please let me know and I can include that in the next post!

Beware of summer camps during the week now. #kids

Thanks all. Keep challenging, Keep moving. Don’t forget to floss.

-Doug

Harvard Tennis Clinic June 28th!!

Looking to tune up your game?  Hoping for a tennis education??  Come to an ALL levels tennis clinic at Harvard University!!

Date:  Friday, June 28th

Location: Murr Center at Harvard University

Time: 6-8 PM

Max number of participants: 30

Cost per member: $30

Cost per non member: $40

The link to sign up is here: https://tennis4all.org/events/june-2024-tennis-clinic-at-harvard-university/

See you on the courts!

Tennis4All Board of Directors

Weekend Tennis Camp in Vermont – 4 spots added

We’re up to 16 players registered for tennis camp in Vermont July 19-21 at Stratton Mountain, run by the Cliff Drysdale Tennis School. We’ve added 4 more spots for a total of up to 24 players for the weekend, which means we’ve got 8 spots left. Clay courts with a mountain view, summertime in Vermont, making new friends….what’s not to love? Get all the details and grab your spot before they fill up at Weekend Tennis Camp – Vermont