http://www.florida.usta.com/blog_usta_florida_at_the_2011_jr_team_tennis_national_chps111/?Year=2011&pg=2 Thank you to Mi Young Lee, who wrote these blogs after long days at the Arizona courts. The following is the final blog from Arizona. Click on the link above to read the whole series. Sunday, October 23rd Championship Day Cockle-doodle-doo! We were greeted at the courts by a sun thinking about rising and [...]
From http://www.florida.usta.com/mehan_family_of_gainesville_readies_3_for_usta_league_and_jtt_national_chps111/ September 15, 2011 After playing USTA League tennis for more than 25 years and never advancing to nationals, Gainesville’s Bobbie Mehan suddenly has a family full of national championship contenders in 2011. In the same year Mehan, her sister and her daughter are all advancing to USTA League National Championships in Arizona. Mehan, [...]
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From USTA Florida, June 16, 2011 http://www.florida.usta.com/division_winners_crowned_at_the_2011_usta_florida_jr_state _closed_singles_championships111/ A morning rain delay gave way to sunny skies and high humidity on Thursday, the final day of play at the 63rd USTA Florida Jr. State Closed Singles Championships, held June 11-16, 2011, at the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach. Top-seeded Danielle Collins won the Girls’ [...]
It is time to start planning for the summer season of Junior Team Tennis. Here are some important dates: 5/11 Team numbers will be issued by and registration will begin. 5/25 Deadline to have at least 4 players on team roster. Teams should try to have 6-8 players on their rosters. 6/4 Match play will [...]
By Cliff Olsen, Gainesville Sun Correspondent, April 6th, 2011 http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110406/ARTICLES/110409659 SCHOOL: Eastside YEAR: Junior POSITION: No. 1 singles, No. 1 doubles HEIGHT: 5-foot-9 WEIGHT: 140 pounds A rea tennis player I would pay to watch play?: Zach Goldberg of Gainesville High School. He has been a good friend of mine for a long time. I [...]
The USTA Florida Jr. Team Tennis Fall Section Championship drew 62 teams to the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach on Dec. 11-12, 2010. The Gainesville area sent seven teams, who competed in beginner to advanced divisions, and Gainesville teams won two of the six division titles (12 and Under Advanced, and 14 and Under [...]
December 8th, 2010 From: http://www.florida.usta.com/florida_tennis_briefs_eddie_herr_champs_atp_king_of_the_court_uspta_conference111/ Miami’s Roy Lederman won the Boys’ 16 title at the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships over the weekend, defeating No. 10 seed Jamie Galleguillos of Chile 6-3, 6-4 amidst rainy conditions and delays at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. “I came back, and I was shaking,” Lederman told [...]
After a successful summer season, Bobbie Mehan organized a QuickStart Tennis league for the fall. QuickStart Tennis is a form of tennis in which smaller rackets and nets are used on smaller courts. This format makes it easier for young kids to be successful at tennis and to start playing matches at an earlier age. [...]
Teams will begin organizing in January for the spring season of USTA Jr. Team Tennis. Match play will begin in mid-February. Matches will be played on Friday evening, Saturday or Sunday in the Gainesville area. Teams are coed and matches in the local league are gender nonspecific. 10 & under and 8 & under teams [...]
The Gainesville area USTA Junior Team Tennis program has certainly gotten the attention of the rest of the junior tennis community in the state. Starting in fall 2008, a number of Gainesville teams have traveled to Sectionals at the end of the fall, spring, and summer seasons and competed very successfully at each tournament. Winners [...]
