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Hi everyone!!

I hope that all of you had a nice holiday season and are safe and healthy.

Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center is located in Dorchester, MA.  Sportsmen’s currently serves more than 5,000 young people and 1,000 adults annually.  They provide free programs for low-income families in the Blue Hill Corridor, which includes parts of Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, Hyde Park, South Boston and Jamaica Plain.  94% are people of color, and 83% speak more than one language.

These neighborhoods have higher rates of chronic illnesses including diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and COVID-19, making their services vital.

Some tennis4all members (including yours truly) have donated towards the great work that Sportsmen’s is doing for our community.

If you are able, I hope that you’ll consider donating today.  Your gift today will help change the life of a young person.  Please mention that you are a member of tennis4all when you give.

The link to donate is:

https://sportsmenstennis.org/donate-today-2/

Thanks and Happy New Year!! 2021 has GOT to be better!

Thank you,

Steve Menichetti

Tennis4all Boston Board of Directors

Join us for a Sugar/Spice, Naughty/Nice, Holiday Tennis Social

Looking for a (jolly) good reason to leave the house? Of course you are! Our members-only Tennis4All social is the perfect opportunity to put the sweatpants you’ve been wearing 24/7 to good use … for ACTUAL exercise!

Here are deets:

• Where: Woburn Racquet Club
• When: December 20th from 3-5pm
• How Much: $25 bucks
• How Many: 24 players max
• Who: You
• Sign-Up: Click here!

Don’t be naughty – if you sign up, SHOW UP, or at least be nice and let us know 24 hours in advance if you can’t make it. Also, please note we are following the Governor’s safety protocols, so doubles players MUST wear masks while playing.

Welcome to those who discovered Tennis4All through Facebook or Meetup! Please note: to play in the Sugar/Spice Naughty/Nice Social, you must register/pay via the Tennis4All website. A “like” or “interested” or “going” doesn’t cut it (hard truth for you, Mark Zuckerberg).

Non-members can join Tennis4All and then immediately sign up for the social.

Click here to sign-up.

See you there, Sugar!

All,

I am delighted to share with you the details of the Winter/Spring 2021 Singles Season by Tennis4All. Secure your spot today!

The details are as follows:

• This season will run from January 10, 2021 through May 2, 2021. There will two weeks with no scheduled matches (February 14 and April 4). All scheduled matches will be on Sundays at 6PM.
• The cost will be $210 for the season.
• Each participant will be scheduled to play at least 9 matches.
• We are maxed out at 46 participants. We encourage participants to sign up as soon as possible.
• Registration will open on Saturday, November 21 and will remain open until the earlier of (a) member capacity is reached or (b) Wednesday, December 2.
• We will be sending a reminder email to our membership each day registration is open.  In advance, we ask for your patience and understanding regarding multiple emails; these reminders are vital to both reaching our capacity and keeping the league successful and competitive.
• Everyone will be allowed to request up to 2 Sundays off, and we will do our absolute best to accommodate those requests.
• We will be continuing this year’s COVID-19 safety procedures including a BYOB (bring your own balls) policy, and other steps to ensure social distancing.
• Please note that Winchester Tennis Club has clear rules related to COVID-19 (temperate taken at the door, locker rooms closed, mask requirement in public spaces, no lingering in the lobby). These must be followed by all participants.

How to sign up:

1. Go to the Tennis4All website by clicking HERE.
2. Verify your membership is up-to-date.  If you are not sure if it is up-to-date, please email your Membership Director, Brian Bartoloni, at membership@tennis4all.org.
3. Click the big blue “Sign Up!” button at the bottom.
4. Complete the application.
5. Submit payment.
6. Please note that all three of the following must be successfully completed to be considered registered:  (a) membership up-to-date; (b) application submitted; and (c) payment received.  If you have any questions/concerns, please reach out to Kyle Poyar at poyar.kyle@gmail.com.

If you’re interested in being a substitute, please email Kyle at poyar.kyle@gmail.com and I’ll add you to the list.

Kyle Poyar and John Costello will be the directors of the singles season.

As always, if you have any questions/concerns, please let me know.

-Kyle & John

Join us for a special MEMBERS-ONLY Thanksgiving Tennis Social!!

Spots are filling up…. we have a hard cap at 24 players so sign up before it’s full!

What’s better than tennis and bad turkey puns this time of year? If you are asking yourself: should I sign up? You cran, and you should. Feast your eyes on members of our tennis4all community as you whip the stuffing out of ’em. Laughter, encouragement, friendship: yes. Fowl play: no. See you out there!

Where and When

• Woburn Racquet Club
• Sunday, November 22, 2-4pm

Cost

$25.00 includes court time and balls

Sign-up

Click here to sign up.  Note, if you aren’t a member, you will need to join Tennis4All first, for $35 (membership good through April 30, 2021).

Join us for a special MEMBERS-ONLY Thanksgiving Tennis Social!!

What’s better than tennis and bad turkey puns this time of year? If you are asking yourself: should I sign up? You cran, and you should. Feast your eyes on members of our tennis4all community as you whip the stuffing out of ’em. Laughter, encouragement, friendship: yes. Fowl play: no. See you out there!

Cost

$25.00 includes court time and balls

Sign-up

Click here to sign up.  Note, if you aren’t a member, you will need to join Tennis4All first, for $35 (membership good through April 30, 2021).

The 2020 Summer Challenge Ladder has come to a close and I am here to announce the prizes.

Before I get to those, I wanted to thank everyone for one of the Biggest number of participants in recent memory: 40 players in all. A total of 177 matches played. Thank you for being prompt in reporting your scores and just for keeping the tennis 4 all spirit alive and well here in the unforgettable summer of 2020.

Please consider joining us next summer and lets try and get 50 folks on the ladder!

And now…the prizes. Happy to see lots of new faces on the ladder this year. And there was some interesting matchups and places being traded at all levels. But one person stands out above us all.

The prize for finishing a top the ladder goes to one man: Alex Vena

The prize for making the biggest jump from the beginning of the summer to the end of the summer goes to one man: Alex Vena (from #18 to #1)

And…prizes for the 2 biggest point totals… In second place with 87 points is Scott Enos and in first place with 107 points is yes, you guessed it….Alex Vena.

Congratulations Scott and.. as for you Alex Vena, this is very impressive. Well done.

Prizes will be forthcoming. They will be epic.

Commissioner Longlegs…out.