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, [...]
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110604/ARTICLES/110609739 By Cliff Olsen, Correspondent Published June 4th, 2011 2011 GAINESVILLE SUN BOYS TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR ZACH GOLDBERG, GAINESVILLE Credentials The 5-foot-11 sophomore, who was part of Eastside’s team that reached state in 2010, was a major factor in Gainesville’s success this spring. Goldberg was 16-3 at No. 1 singles, which included a perfect [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
Exerpted from: http://www.florida.usta.com/tennis_briefs_gainesville_2nd_at_usta_league_nationals_orlando_grand_prix111/?CategoryId=12480&Year=2010&pg=2 The women’s 3.5 USTA League senior squad from Gainesville finished second at the 2010 USTA League 3.5 Senior National Champions, held Oct. 8-10, 2010 in Indian Wells, Calif. Representing USTA Florida as the section’s league champion, Gainesville defeated the USTA Midwest Section (the team from Naperville, Ill.) 3-0, but were edged 2-1 [...]
Alachua County tennis was very well represented at the recent 2010 USTA Florida Annual Awards, which were presented during the 61st annual USTA Florida Annual Meeting and Volunteer Weekend, held on Dec. 3-5, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando. Jonesville Tennis Center received the prestigious Member Organization of the Year Award, and [...]
Mike Oransky Tennis, located at Westside Park, is a professionally staffed, full service tennis center that has offered quality programming to the public for many years. However, the operations of this facility were crammed into a tiny, increasingly dilapidated “tennis hut”. In spite of the considerable need for a better facility and restrooms, funding for [...]
Amanda Tobin, a graduate from Kennesaw State University with a degree in Sports Management, always envisioned herself moving to Florida after college. Fortunately for her the position of Tennis Program Coordinator for the North Central Florida region became available and she joined the USTA Florida team in June 2010. Amanda was born and raised in Marietta, GA. She began her [...]
Excerpted from:http://www.usatennisflorida.usta.com/mehan_gainesville_quickstart_tennis_guru_named_usta_florida_june_vom/July 1, 2010 Gainesville’s Bobbie Mehan began volunteering for USTA Florida roughly two years ago, and in that span she has radically changed how tennis is taught to 10-and-under players, not only at her club but throughout the city. Her volunteering has paralleled the rise of QuickStart Tennis, which was introduced roughly two years [...]
Adam Shugar, of Newberry, Florida, was recently awarded a $500 Kelley Scholarship by the Youth Tennis Foundation of Florida. This year, there were over 50 applications and many fine candidates for the awards, but only six individuals were awarded $500 scholarships and two $250 scholarships. Nominations for the scholarships were made by Jr. Team Tennis [...]
