CONGRATULATIONS

JIM “JD” DAVIS!!!

JD was awarded “Coach of

the Year”.

JD is the Executive Vice

President of Northwest

Ohio Tennis Association,

coaches the St. John’s Ten-

nis Team and is part owner

of Shadow Valley. His suc-

cesses are too many to list,

and the district is fortunate

to have him on board!

Please join us in congratu-

lating JD on this prestigious

award!

The first of our three events

took place at Perrysburg Ten-

nis Center., March 16 Eighty

juniors participated and had the

pleasure to meet the infamous

“Ace The Tennis Dog”. He

made a special appearance for

the entire event,. There was

so much interest PTC added

another Play Day to their cal-

endar.

The second event took place at

Laurel Hill , March 23, where

85 juniors signed up to partici-

pate. Fun, was the name of the

game . The last event took

place at Shadow Valley on

Central Avenue where an-

other 85 juniors signed up to

play. The success of each

event was due to the help of

staff, NWOTA Board mem-

bers, volunteers, pros and the

facilities. Pizza was served at all

3 events. Thank you to all the

parents and juniors who par-

ticipated. We hope to see you

all on the courts!

This was the second consecu-

tive year Northwest Ohio Ten-

nis Association hosted these

events, and are already looking

forward to 2013.

All new 10 & under juniors

received a free USTA member-

ship.

Thank you parents, juniors, volunteers & Facilities!

NWO TENNIS VISITS THE Toledo Walleye

March 18 Toledo Walleye Event. NWOTA had a table on the concourse to-gether with the “Tennis Wheel of Fortune” , and Ace the Tennis Dog for kids with a few sur-prises! Our 2012 commercial made

its’ debut at the event. Hundreds of families stopped by and kids of all ages spun the wheel to win various prizes. A great time was had by all, and we are looking forward to our remaining two fall events—

dates TBD. A special thank you to Ethel Parker, Michele Henson, John Henson, Jan Fraunfelder, Matt Schreirer (Ace) and staff Amy Beaverson & Sheryl Birch for their help in making the event a success!

District Hosts 3 FREE 10 & Under Play Days! Over 240 signed up to play!

May, 2012

Volume 1II, Issue 2

NWOTA News You Can Use

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

3 FREE 10 & Under NWOTA Play Days

Winning Teams

Dates for district & state championships

Senior Team Cham-pionships

Adult & Jr. Tourna-ment Schedule—June-Sept., 2012

Walleye Event—March 18

CTC & Develop-ment Team

2012 Jr. Team Tennis

Inside this issue:

Coach of the Year NWOTA Play Days

1 1

Sr. Mixed Section Winners President’s Corner

2 4

Adult & Senior Sum-mer Tennis

2

1

Adult & Junior Tour-naments

2

CTC & Development Team

3

Junior Team Tennis 3

There’s still time to add players to your teams.

A question: What does it means to have a match considered to be played in good faith. The answer to this is found in The Code, Part 2—The Players’ Guide to Fair Play & the Un-written Rules of Tennis under Principles—THE CODE 45, #2. Points played in good faith are counted. The last paragraph of #2 addresses the match: “Shaking hands at the end of a match is an acknowledgment by the players that the match is over.”

Watch for a district survey regarding the new 2013 league structure and age groups that will be offered. We need everyone to participate, this will decide what age groups play, and when. This will be done on sur-vey monkey and those participating will be in a draw-ing for cash and prizes. Congratulations to the Julie Korsnack 8.0 Sr. Mixed team below l, and the 7.0 Sr. Mixed Connie Rush team below r, for representing and winning the Midwest Sec-tion Championships at their respective levels!

USTA League App Available Need to check stats, standings, schedules and scores while on the go? Now, there’s an app for that and much more! Download the USTA League app for your iPad™, iPhone®, iPod touch® de-vices at the iTunes store and get USTA League information any-where at any-time.

We are looking for volunteers to help with our summer Dis-trict and State Championships this coming August. Our Dis-trict Championships are Aug 3-5, and we are hosting the Ohio State Championships the very next weekend, Aug. 10-12, 2012. Please let Amy Beaverson know via email if you are able to help during those times. We greatly ap-preciate it!

Sheryl Birch, Exec. Dir.

Adult and Junior Tournament & Event Schedule

6/1-3 Summer Hard court Jr. Tourn. Tourn ID# 856601112

6/7-11 NWOTA Dist. Boys & Girls Jr. Qualifier Tourn ID# 856650112

6/22 –24 French at Fallen Timbers (Adult NTRP) Tourn ID# 850039712

7/2-6 NWO Jr. Clay Courts, Toledo Tennis Tourn ID# 856600212

7/9-11 Laurel Hill Jr. Open Tourn ID# 856602712

7/14 Future Stars (QuickStart Format) 10 & Under Tourn ID# 850020712

7/20-22 Perrysburg Tennis Center Jr Summer Classic Tourn ID# 856605912

7/21-28 Toledo/NOW City Singles, Toledo Tennis Club (Adult) Tourn ID# 856600112

7/28 –29 Laurel Hill Just Doubles Jr Tournament Tourn ID# 856606412

8/6-0 Toledo Men/Women’s City Doubles, Shadow Valley Tourn ID# 856650212

9/22 Laurel Hill Level 7—BG 12 Tourn ID# 850021712

USTA League Tennis

Championship Dates

to Remember:

Aug. 3—5

NWOTA USTA

League Tennis District

Championship,

Jermain & Ottawa

Parks

Aug 10—12

OHIO State USTA

League Tennis

Championships

Shadow Valley

Page 2 NWOTA News You Can Use

The 2011—2012 Competi-tion Training Center and Development Teams (CTC) ended the season on Satur-day, May 19. The CTC con-cluded with a tournament in Ann Arbor and Kim Pacella ran the Development ses-sion at Laurel Hill Swim & Tennis Club. The partici-pants and coaches received a hooded sweatshirt for their participation in the centers.

First, the district would like to extend a huge thank you to the parents and players. Your commitment to tennis is apparent and we hope you enjoyed the season.

The participating juniors in the 2011-2012 season were: CTC: Mike Bennett, Lilli Boice, Maverick Delp, Jacob Elbin, Jake Guerrero, Chad Huss, Emerson Hager, Shan Karnani, Akhil Katragadda, Soh Kuyama, Raj Laun-gani,, Katy Mattimoe, Mat-thew McGee, Ava McQuil-lin,, Nathan Podolsky, Reid Teatsorth, Ryan Simon, Sophia Spinazze, AJ Wood-man, Julia Yingling and De-velopment Team: Grace Bennett, Dennis Filatoff, Anish Karnani, Dev Laun-gani, Ciera Patton, Lucas Podolsky, Alexis Woodman

and Aiden Williams.

The facilities in Northwest Ohio donate their court time in support of this national program. They are: Baywinds—Sandusky, Laurel Hill Swim & Tennis Club—Toledo, Shadow Valley Club—Maumee and Westwood Tennis Club—Lima. We deeply appreciate and thank them for their continued support of this national program.

The Centers are coached by: Mark Faber—head coach, Hanna Hager, Doug Linden, Phil Uritia, Kim Pacella, and Phil Conley,

Sheryl Birch, Executive Director, also is the Training Center Administrator.

Please watch for upcoming information regarding the 2012-2013 season.

J

Grants: Please visit our website for grant information. Northwest Ohio substantially increased the amount of money we are offering to orgs and facilities to help in whatever way we can to build a stronger community of tennis players. Let’s work together to make 2012 the best tennis year ever!

2011-2012 CTC & Development Teams

USTA Junior Team Tennis (JTT)

Page 3 Volume 1I I , I ssue 2

Thank you to all coaches participating in the 2012 JTT Season, Northwest Ohio will offer the following:

Intermediate 18 and under: Play Tuesdays 4:00p.m., Start date June 12th, District Championships July 24th,Cost

is $25.00 includes district championships and t-shirts .

Intermediate 14 and under: Play Thursdays 1:00p.m., Start date June 14th,District Championships July 20th,

Cost is $25 includes district championships and t-shirts, ***Intermediate are players that have less than 200 Midwest Ranking

Points on the 2011 year end ranking list.

10 and under Green ball (Advanced) and 10 and under beginner (orange): We will run a

10 and under league from 2:30-3:30p.m. to follow our 14 and under league on 4 of the Thursdays June 21st, June 28th, July

12th, July 19th for the teams that will be participating. This will be for all 10 and under players using Green dot balls and orange ball.A round robin non-elimination match will be held in the afternoon of District Championships (July 20th) for the 10 and under groups.

Registration fee will be $15.00 and will include the district t-shirt. ***USTA /Midwest will provide $100 for each new 2012

USTA Jr. Team Tennis Team. Each team needs 3 boys and 3 girls for the stipend. All players must be USTA members,

the cost for USTA Membership is $20.

Phone District Office: 419 842-1269 Fax: 419 843-2494 League Office: 419 472-1095 District E-mail: nwota4birch@bex.net Lg. Tennis and Junior Tennis email: nwotaleagues@att.net

From the President’s Corner:

I am delighted to begin my two year term as President of Northwest Ohio Ten-nis Association. With summer months just around the corner, we have had a great deal of success exposing new players to the game of tennis. Our Play Days for the 10 & Under population allowed us to provide free junior member-ship to all new players. Tennis is the sport of a lifetime for all ages to enjoy.

This summer we will continue to host our premier junior event, the Junior Quali-fier at Jermain and Ottawa Parks. Also, the Junior Team Tennis Champion-ships and Adult and Sr. League District Championships will be hosted there as well. Northwest Ohio will be hosting the Ohio State Adult and Senior Champi-onships in August. Shadow Valley will be the site where you can come and watch the best of the best compete for the rights to move on to the section championships.

As we look to the future, we will be promoting new adult age formats in 2013. Our board, NWOTA staff and committee members are diligently working to make this transition a smooth one.

In closing, thank you for your continued support of the game of tennis!

Ethel Parker, NWOTA

President

Dean. Men: Pat Birney, Fritz Byers, Rory White, Chris Meyer, Barry Am-mons, Frank Kahle, Mi-chael Miller, Lou Fleisch-man, Chick Palmagil, Bob Cook, Mike Schmenk, John Matti-moe, and Chris McGowan. Players represented age divisions from 35’s through 80’s.

The Senior Team Champi-onship were held May 17-19 in Lansing, MI. North-west Ohio’s Team Captain was Ethel Parker. North-west Ohio would like to recognize them and thank them for representing the district and giving up their weekend to play! The 2012 Northwest Ohio Sen-ior Team: Women: Ethel Parker, Didi Thomason, Dawn Woodman, Karen Carlisle, Terri Cardillo, Judith King, Michele Henson, Judy Bastian, Carol Martin, and Penny

Attention 10 & Un-der New Players!

The USTA is in its’ second year of offering a FREE jun-ior membership to all NEW 10 & under players! A new player is one that did not have a membership in 2011. Please spread the word...what a great oppor-tunity to get our youth on the tennis courts!

2012 Senior Team Championships

Our mission is to promote and develop the game of tennis.

Visit our website:

northwesternohio.usta.com