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Hello Teabaggers!!!

Dear Tennis4All Members and Friends,

Our annual Boston Tennis Classic tournament will be contested at Woburn Racquet Club Friday, June 14th through Sunday, June 16th. This tournament brings tennis players from all over the world to Boston for three days, and is one of the flagship events for our organization.

And it cannot be a success without generous and lovely volunteers! We need YOUR help. The three biggest needs are:

• Volunteers to check in folks for our tournament banquet at Maggiano’s in the theatre district of Boston from 6-9 PM on Saturday, June 15th. We will also need people to sell raffle tickets at the banquet.
• On-site volunteers during the tournament for back-up support at the check-in desk, warmup time monitors, etc. We won’t be scheduling volunteer shifts for on-site support, but we’ll need an extra set of hands here and there. If you’re at Woburn Racquet Club and willing to help, let us know and we’ll “tag” you in if something comes up!
• We need raffle items for the banquet! The raffle is one of the highlights of the banquet, so if anyone has raffle items, connections that may donate an item, or leads on any grants or corporate giving programs, we would greatly appreciate it. All raffle proceeds go to charity, and this year’s beneficiary is the Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center in Dorchester, MA.

If you are interested in volunteering, or if you have raffle items to donate, please email us at bostontennisclassic@gmail.com.

Finally, we still have a couple spots open in the tournament (we’re talking maybe 5 spots!). As space is very limited, if you’d like to play we encourage you to sign up ASAP on the GLTA Tournament Site. Some draws are at capacity, but you may be put on a waitlist by emailing us at bostontennisclassic@gmail.com.

Whether you are playing or not, please come out to Woburn Racquet Club for the event. We’d love to see you! Thank you for considering volunteering and/or donating raffle items for this event.

Sincerely,

Sam Smith & Jeff Legendre

2024 Boston Tennis Classic Tournament Directors

All,

The Tennis4All Board is delighted to share with you the details of the Summer 2024 Doubles Season!

The details are as follows:

• This season will consist of 12 weeks, from May 14 to August 6, 2024. There will not be any matches played on July 4th.
• All scheduled matches will be on Tuesdays from 7:00PM – 8:30PM at the Winchester Indoor Tennis Club.
• Each team will be scheduled to play 10 matches.
• We are maxed out at 36 participants or 18 teams. Should we reach capacity, we will have 3 divisions with 6 teams.
• Registration is now open and will remain open until the earlier of (a) member capacity is reached or (b) Sunday, May 4, 2024.
• We will be sending email reminders to our membership while 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.
• Every team will be allowed to request up to 1 Tuesday off, and we will do our absolute best to accommodate those requests.
• On the website, you will be able to choose your doubles partner. If you don’t have a specific partner, that’s okay; we’ll try to match you up with someone at your level based on availability.

How to sign up:

1. Join Tennis4All or RENEW your membership for $35 at http://www.tennis4all.org/register/membership. You must have a 2024-2025 membership (which begins on June 1, 2024) to participate in the doubles league.  If you have further questions regarding membership, please email our Membership Director, Kyle Poyar, at membership@tennis4all.org.  2023-2024 season memberships are not valid through the Summer 2024 Doubles Season, so please be sure to update your membership.
2. Sign up for Summer Doubles for $185.00 at https://tennis4all.org/summer-doubles-league/
3. Complete the application.
4. Submit payment.
5. 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 REGARDING REGISTRATION, please reach out to Edwin Teca or Steve Sage.

If you are experiencing a financial hardship that would prevent you from participating, please let us know.  We may be able to provide assistance.

As always, if you have any questions/concerns about anything other than registration, please let your Summer 2024 Doubles Season directors know.  This year they are as follows:

• Steve Sage ( stevecsage@gmail.com )
• Edwin Teca ( eatecau22@yahoo.com )

Let’s have some fun!

Thanks!

Hello,

Tennis4ALL is pleased to announce a tennis clinic THIS Sunday, 4/28 from 12:30-2:30 at Woburn Racquet Club.

When: Sunday 4/28

Where: Woburn Racquet Club

COST: ONLY $20 for members, and $30 for non members.

The link for the event is here https://tennis4all.org/events/april-2024-tennis-clinic/

We hope you can make it to this All Levels clinic.

Sincerely,

Tennis4All Board of Directors

…Woburn Racquet Club when the Tennis4All social is going on. We’re up to 33 players for Saturday’s social! 7 spots left and you can still sign up through noon Saturday. Get the dets and register by noon at April 13 Social

We’ve got over 20 players registered so far for our doubles social this Saturday, April 13 at Woburn from 8 to 10 pm. There are still spots available, so grab one fast. Get the details and register at April 2024 Tennis Social

Join the fun on Saturday, April 13 from 8 to 10 PM in Woburn at our monthly social. Enjoy two hours of tennis, snacks and pizza, and hanging out with your tennis friends. Register asap to reserve your spot. Get all the details and register at April 2024 Tennis Social

HI folks!

Thanks to all of you who were able to come see ‘Three Sisters’, I really appreciate the support.

Now for something completely different.

I am singing.

I am part of Actors’ Shakespeare Project here in Boston (some of you came to see me in ‘As You Like It’ last June) and we are doing a Fund-Raiser concert of the songs from ‘Kiss Me Kate’ at Club Café in the South End on MOnday April 8th.

It will be a combination of actors from the company like myself AND musical theatre actors from Boston. Should be tons of fun. Our season began with ‘Taming of the Shrew’ so this is a bookend to that production too.

Here is a blurb with more info about the show and then the link to tickets if you are interested, thank you!

Time to “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” and fall “So In Love” with the Tony Award-winning musical that captured the hearts of musical megafans and Bard aficionados alike!

Join us at Club Cafe on April 8th for a night of revelry, refreshment, and rhapsody. Hosted by ASP Resident Artist Company members and Boston theatre power couple Paula Plum and Richard Snee, this evening will take a look back at some of the best (and sometimes most problematic) Cole Porter tunes from this rollicking and romantic adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew.

An all-star studded lineup of ASP RAC members and Boston’s brightest musical theatre stars will be announced soon.

Tickets to this one-night-only event at $75 and VERY LIMITED — be sure to book your seats expeditiously, as these tickets might be “Too Darn Hot!”

https://ci.ovationtix.com/921/production/1196200

Hope to see you there!

-Doug

Hi Everyone,

Looking to perfect that backhand?? Wanna try a kick serve?  Not sure how to hold a racquet? We got you!

Tennis4All is pleased to offer an all levels tennis clinic this Sunday 3/24 from 3-5 PM at the Woburn Racquet Club.

Location – Woburn Racquet Club, 9 Webster Street, Woburn, MA

Cost – $40 for members, $50 for non members

Here is the link to sign up:

March 2024 Tennis Clinic

See you on the courts!

Tennis4All Board of Directors

Hi Tennis4All

March’s Tennis and Pickleball Social is this Saturday (Mar 9th) from 8-10 pm at Woburn Raquet Club. If you are planning to play tennis, please sign up ASAP. If you are planning to play pickleball, please sign up by the end of today so we can release any unneeded courts back to WRC. Food and beverage will be provided after tennis. Registration price is $30 for members and $45 for guests.

Hope to see you there,

Bill