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November 2009

Lee Tennis Donation Announced

CATA is proud to announce a $1,000 donation to support local junior tennis from Lee Tennis Products in honor of their 30-year tenured employees. Lee Tennis, a division of Luck Stone Corporation, is headquartered in Charlottesville and manufactures and sells the Har-Tru line of "clay" tennis court material and related supplies and the new Clay Tech tennis court system (www.leetennis.com).

Left to right: Scott Elliff, Rick Anderson, Willie Turner, Harriet Lambert, John Welborn, Robert Anderson, Roy Hey, and Randy Futty (General Manager).

Congratulations on 30 years of supporting tennis in our community - Thank you !

October 2009

Fall Jefferson League Results

The Fall Junior Jefferson League has concluded play for the season. This season included teams from the CharlottesvilleCatholicSchool, Farmington Country Club, Forest Lakes Tennis Club, Glenmore Country Club, and the UVA tennis program. The matches averaged 10 players per team and each match was a combination of singles and doubles. Following the 5 week long team match season, an individual singles tournament was hosted by Farmington Country Club. The results of the tournament are as follows:

Girls 12-under: Alexi Snyder (Charlottesville Catholic School) defeats Natalie Accad (Glenmore)

Girls 14-under: Claire Sevcik (UVA) defeats Julie Shaw (Forest Lakes)

Boys 12-under:Jack Stalfort (Farmington) defeats Landon Greene (Farmington)

Boys 16-under: Drew Gaffney (Glenmore) defeats Joseph Squillace (Charlottesville Catholic School)

Thanks to Jeremy Speicher (Farmington) for running the league this year.

September 2009

UVA Women's Club Tennis Team to assist in CATA Fall High School Skills Development Program

CATA is pleased to announce the involvement of the UVA Women's Club Tennis Team in assisting with drills and match play in this program, under the direction of Betsy Nugent. The team consists of top former high school players, who continue to play a full schedule of matches against teams from other universities, and can also act as unofficial mentors and role models for our local players. This program is being held during September and October at the Albemarle High School courts; more information is availalbe through the Junior Programs section of the website.

Here is a picture of the excellent Fall 2009 class:

August 2009

USTA Spring-Summer Adult League Results

Boar's Head and Glenmore teams dominated the league this year - winning all of the divisions. Congratulations !

Men's 4.0: Boar's Head #1
Women's 4.0: Boar's Head
Men's 3.5: Boar's Head
Women's 3.5: Glenmore
Women's 3.0: Glenmore #1
Women's 2.5: Boar's Head #1
Mixed 8.0: Boar's Head #1
Mixed 7.0: Boar's Head #1
Seniors (oops, forgot this in the original posting): ACAC women’s 3.5 USTA senior team won Charlottesville for the second fall in a row, going on to Districts

July 2009

Jefferson Junior Tennis League

Congratulations to Boar's Head Tennis Club, winners of the team championship in the summer 2009 Jefferson League. Full team standings:

1. Boar's Head, 2. UVA, 3. Fairview, 4. Forest Lakes, 5. Famington, 6. Key West, 7. Glenmore. Click here for listing and pictures of winners and finalists in each age group.

The Daily Progress has published a nice article about the Jefferson Junior Tennis League, which sponsors fun weekly competition for kids enrolled in local tennis instructional programs - a great tradition !

Link to article

June 2009

ACAC - Boar's Head Mixed Doubles Challenge

Over 50 players participated in this great new event, held at the ACAC courts June 5-7. Teams from ACAC and Boar's Head (and friends from other clubs too) competed in a team tournament style event, at both 7.0 and 8.0 levels, together with a cookout, wine tasting and great fun all around.

Here are the winning team members:

8.0: Boar's Head / Forest Lakes

Mike Shaw

Chris Shaw

Eric Parker

Brenda Myers

Carolyn Rubin

Dave Dahnert

Bill Long

Susan Nothnagle

7.0: UVA

Steve Kimata

Mike Cline

Danny Sheppard

Donna Cox

Jane Fletcher

Sherry Moehling

Beverly Sweeney

Lynn Davis

A special thanks to Derek Haas, Ken Fox and Steve Momorella for setting it up, Jason Grigg and ACAC for hosting it, and Scott Elliff / DuCard Vineyards for providing the wine tasting.

We hope to make it a new tradition here in Charlottesville - and to add other fun new adult competitions too. If you'd like to volunteer to help with planning future events, please reply on the CATA site and someone will be in touch with you.

June 2009

Spring Jefferson League Results

Congratulations to Boar's Head as the overall team winner in the 2009 spring league, with Forest Lakes as runner-up. About 50 kids participated in the league, which provided competition at various ages and skill leves among local clubs.

Here are the individual winners and finalists from the season-ending tournament:

10 & under champion - Joseph Millbank

10 & under finalist – Arav Patel

12 & under champion – Emily Dahnert

12 & under finalist – Chester Hunter

15 & under champion – Douglas Corbett

15 & under finalist – Ruffin King

Great job everybody !

May 2009

Outstanding High School Seniors - Class of 2009

CATA recognized three outstanding local tennis players in their senior year of high school - awarding them plaques and five year memberships in USTA, helping enable them to stay active in tennis while they are hitting the books in college. This is the second year of this program, using nominations from coaches and with awards made at the finals of the Boyd Tinsley Women's Pro Tournament.

This year's honorees:

Sarah Nugent - Western Albemarle High School
Valentina Moshikova — Albemarle High School
Indu Chelliah — Charlottesville High School

Click here for full bios of these impressive young people

April 2009

The Charlottesville Area Tennis Association’s Jump Start QuickStart Tennis Initiative has officially unveiled Go Bananas for QuickStart! — a campaign to expand the QuickStart Tennis format to include a nutrition and hydration component. QuickStart already integrated tennis instruction with fitness and conditioning using agility, balance and coordination drills (ABCDs).

At this year’s QuickStart Tennis Day at Darden Towe Park, kids 10 and under will be taught to eat like tennis players on the court. Whole Foods is generously donating bananas, whole-grain cereal bars and water for 120 kids for the event.

Lynda Harrill, CATA QuickStart Coordinator, says, “Applying for a grant from the Childhood Obesity Task Force was the inspiration for Go Bananas for QuickStart! Adding nutrition and hydration to the mix seemed like a natural. There’s no better food than bananas for tennis players and most kids love them. We’re going to use tennis players as nutritional role models for kids starting with bananas. Want to be a great tennis player? Eat like a great tennis player!”

CATA is partnering with the UVa Health System to create Go Bananas for QuickStart! Nutrition Cards for kids. UVa’s Heatline outreach people will be at QuickStart Day again this year to provide information on hydration and heat-stroke prevention. CATA is also working on establishing strategic alliances with banana importers, cereal manufacturers and bottled and enhanced water companies for financial support.

CATA’s Jump Start QuickStart Tennis Initiative will take QuickStart Tennis to 16,000 kids in 42 elementary schools in Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson and Orange counties and the City of Charlottesville over the next three years.

March 2009

Winter Excellence Program a big success (again)

Over 90 junior players, from age 10 through high school, participated in this year's program on Sundays through the winter at the Boar's Head Sports Club courts. Again this year, CATA provided a scholarship for a week at Brian Boland's Nike Tennis Camp here in Charlottesville this summer. We received many excellent entries in the essay contest for the scholarship, and Chi Zhang was the winner. We loved her statements that:

"I believe that the Nike Tennis Camp Scholarship should be for those with a pure love and passion for the sport. Attending the camp will give me the opportunity to play even more tennis this summer, and it"ll give me the chance to play with people from other places who share the same love as me for the sport. To me tennis isn"t just another sport. It's something that requires not only athleticism, but also strategy, endurance, and most importantly-passion."

February 2009

CATA Holds Quick Start Training Workshop

As part of its Jump Start QuickStart Tennis Initiative, the Charlottesville Area Tennis Association held its first QuickStart Tennis Workshop for over 40 participants on February 14 at the UVa Boyd Tinsley Courts. PE teachers, tennis instructors and community volunteers from Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson and Orange counties attended the three-hour session.

For more details and pics click here.

QuickStart classes held at Venable Elementary School

Ever see 65 second graders sit still? It happened here, well only for a minute before doing fitness and conditioning drills to improve agility, balance, hand-eye coordination, reaction time and stamina, followed by rallying using CATA’s portable nets and the “kid-sized” equipment from CATA QuickStart Loaner Kits. Click here for more details.

January 2009

CATA's Jump Start QuickStart Tennis Initiative Receives First Grant Funding

The Luck Stone Foundation of Richmond, Virginia has provided a grant for CATA to begin expanding the QuickStart tennis program across Central Virginia. CATA aims to take this new USTA format for kids 10 and under to 16,000 kids in 42 elementary schools throughout seven countries and the City of Charlottesville over the next three years. Luck Stone is the parent company of Lee Tennis Products, manufacturer of Har Tru tennis courts, accessories and equipment with over 50,000 courts in 23 countries. CATA appreciates Luck Stone's generous support of CATA's initiative to grow junior tennis in our area.

Click here to view the full press release.

December 2008

Charlottesville Area Tennis Association (CATA) officially "relaunches" with new website, new Board of Directors, and great plans for the future.

CharlottesvilleTennis.org is one of many new activities that we have been working on - we're glad you're here. Thanks to outgoing Board members Linda Harrill, Roy Harrill, Christine Holley and Chris Shaw - we appreciate your contributions.

If we have your email or snail mail address you'll be hearing from us, asking you to join CATA and help continue and expand the great programs you see featured here. Membership information can also be found here. In addition to supporting local tennis, members receive the new charlottesvilletennis.org car magnet shown below and discounts at local tennis shops as two added benefits of membership...

THANK YOU.

November 2008

CATA Holds QuickStart Training Session for County PE Teachers. Twenty five teachers participated in Staff Development day program. More ...

QuickStart comes to Westhaven after-school program. The fun of QuickStart Tennis has recently been added to the terrific after-school program run by Nancy Jo Krueger. The program is seeking an indoor location in order to continue beyond the current eight week session. Anyone who can contribute space please contact us. More ...

October 2008

High School Skills Development Program Launched. The Charlottesville Area Tennis Association, in partnership with Albemarle County Parks and Recreation, offered a new tennis program this fall geared towards high school kids at Albemarle High, Western Albemarle High, Monticello High and Charlottesville High Schools. More ...

Fall Jefferson League Tournament Held - Congratulations to everyone who played in the league and to all 45 tournament entrants. Scroll down in Results for winners and runners up.

Manillas honored as Tennis Family of the Year by USTA Virginia - Congratulations to Ron and his clan - Details are here.

September 2008

Henley Middle School Starts Tennis Instruction in PE Classes

Tessa Pehanick, a great tennis enthusiast, recently joined the staff at Henley Middle School as a PE teacher and is bringing QuickStart to the curriculum for the 740 students there. More ...

August 2008

Roger Flint Spirit Awards - 2008. The Charlotttesville Area Tennis Association (CATA) annually recognizes local kids who exemplify the values of doing your best and having fun in tennis, named for the late Roger Flint who did so much to organize local tennis here in Charlottesville/Albemarle in the 1970s and beyond.

Congratulations to these kids, who have been named the award winners this year - keep up the great spirit, kids!

Boar's Head: James O'Leary
ACAC: Michael Trotta
Key West: Reed Shaw
Fairview: Thomas Teisberg
Glenmore: Erian Young
UVA: Gray Evans
Charlottesville Rec: Jamie Criser

County's First QuickStart Tennis Program a HUGE Success! Forty kids, ages 5 to 10, participated in the six-week program which was developed by the Charlottesville Area Tennis Association (CATA) in partnership with the County, with the instruction led by local Tennis Pro Betsy Nugent. More info and pics here ...

These bright faces promise great things for tennis in our community.

New Backboard Installed at Charlottesville High School

The Charlottesville Area Tennis Association (CATA) recently donated a new backboard for the courts at Charlottesville High, as part of an ongoing program to add to the assets and infrastructure for tennis in our area. The backboard was installed in August 2008 and is available for use by the public - so please go there and 'bang some balls' to fine tune your strokes.

July 2008

Jefferson League Tournament Held - UVA wins. 180 kids participated in this year's Jefferson Junior Tennis League Championship tournament held at UVA's Snyder Courts on Friday, July 18. Scroll down in Results for team and individual results.

QuickStart Day for Greer Elementary Summer School Students - totally AWESOME! Over 60 kids, ages 6 to 10, were introduced to tennis in three one-hour sessions held on July 15 and sponsored by the Charlottesville Area Tennis Association (CATA). Most had never even held a racquet. More ...

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