2010 Players On the Go vF - USTA
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1 Players-on-the-Go Marcus Causton Congratulations to Marcus for winning the National Collegiate Tennis Championships in November 2009. He is planning to get back to his intense training schedule of playing three to four times a week for up to two hours. He mentioned the Paralympic Games, the elite sporting event for athletes with a disability, and the World Team Cup, the largest annual international team competition for wheelchair tennis. “It depends on what work will allow,” he said. Marcus can be seen at Harvard University’s Murr Center training on most Monday nights at the Wheelchair Tennis Clinics, drop by and come see him in action!
Transcript of 2010 Players On the Go vF - USTA
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Players-on-the-Go
Marcus Causton
Congratulations to Marcus for winning the National Collegiate Tennis
Championships in November 2009. He is planning to get back to his intense training
schedule of playing three to four times a week for up to two hours. He mentioned
the Paralympic Games, the elite sporting event for athletes with a disability, and the
World Team Cup, the largest annual international team competition for wheelchair
tennis. “It depends on what work will allow,” he said.
Marcus can be seen at Harvard University’s Murr Center training on most Monday
nights at the Wheelchair Tennis Clinics, drop by and come see him in action!
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Christian Huot
Christian will be running the “Run for the Border Half Marathon” on March 28th
2010 and is currently looking for sponsorship to support our efforts at USTA New
England Wheelchair.
All donations welcome through FirstGiving (www.firstgiving.com/christianhuot).
We wish Christian the best of luck!
Dick Lane
Dick was recently featured in the Merrimack Journal where he talks about his
introduction to tennis and gives an overview of the sport. The article can be found
on http://www.cabinet.com/merrimackjournal/merrimacksports/638255-
308/wheelchair-doesnt-slow-local-tennis-teacher.html
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In memoriam: Randy Snow
A New England Tennis Camp will be held in memory of our dear friend Randy Snow,
who sadly passed away last November. Randy was a pioneer for wheelchair tennis
and wheelchair sports in general. Dates to be confirmed.
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On-going Activities at USTA New England Wheelchair
Following a successful meeting of the New England USTA Wheelchair (pictured
above), an intense coaching session from Mike Mercier followed.
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The next meeting will be provisionally held on April 25th 2010 at the Harvard Murr
Center. For further details, contact Mike Mercier (978-273-6500). All welcome.
