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districtnews<br />
District 1<br />
Tom Rohrbacher<br />
District 2<br />
Jeff Richards<br />
District 3<br />
Chuck Melkent<br />
District 4<br />
Chuck Kingman<br />
District 5<br />
Stephen Vorhees<br />
District 6<br />
Tom Brennan<br />
District 1: Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties<br />
By Alan Richter, USPTA<br />
On Friday, March 4 in Santa Barbara,<br />
the Los Positas tennis courts, formerly<br />
operated by Santa Barbara City Parks<br />
and Recreation Department, changed<br />
management to the Elings Park<br />
Foundation. Now called the Elings Park<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Center, the “change of sides”<br />
occurred with a ribbon-cutting ceremony<br />
at the courts with Santa Barbara City<br />
Mayor Helene Schneider and Parks<br />
and Recreation Director Nancy Rapp handing over the courts to<br />
Executive Director Steen Hudson. The afternoon included on-court<br />
skills events for the public with prizes and awards. USTA representative<br />
Gina Havelka was there to hand out awards and meet with me, the<br />
new director of tennis. The facility will offer a full range of tennis<br />
instruction, and court usage will be available by membership and day<br />
pass. We’re not wasting any time; two full months of summer camps for<br />
kids ages 5-18 have already been scheduled. More information can be<br />
found at ElingsPark.org.<br />
District 2: San Fernando Valley & Kern County<br />
By Jeff Richards, USPTA<br />
Around the district... The Summit condominium complex and tennis<br />
club awarded USPTA District 2 Vice President Ron Hightower the<br />
contract to manage the five-court facility in Woodland Hills. Good luck<br />
to Ron and his staff. The San Fernando Valley was sad to see <strong>Tennis</strong> Ace<br />
close for business in Woodland Hills; however, the <strong>Tennis</strong> Ace pro shop<br />
is still going strong in Studio City. Parsa, at Net Results in Calabasas, is<br />
ready to take up the slack for our West Valley tennis players. Braemar<br />
Country Club is saying goodbye to Dave Sivertson, USPTA, after his<br />
tenure as tennis director there; Dave is moving on to manage the tennis<br />
program at Mission Hills Country Club in the Coachella Valley. USPTA<br />
pro Doug Doss included many D2 pros in his annual Mountain Gate Pro-<br />
Am, which is always a fun event for his members and visiting pros. It<br />
was the 20 th anniversary of this event and is one of the best run pro-ams in<br />
southern <strong>California</strong>. Calabasas Swim & <strong>Tennis</strong> hosted “Lunch with Allen<br />
Fox” on June 11. Participants heard Allen speak and were able to get his<br />
new book, among other amenities included in the event. This summer,<br />
look for your club to host a “Weakest Dink – the world’s first tennis<br />
reality game” clinic in conjunction with the Farmer’s Classic tournament<br />
this July at the UCLA <strong>Tennis</strong> Center. With so much tennis activity going<br />
on in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys, Bakersfield area and the<br />
Lancaster/Palmdale vicinity, we encourage all of our USPTA pros from<br />
District 2 to let us know of any newsworthy activities at your facility, in<br />
your program, or with your tennis organization. Contact me at<br />
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Alan (right) shakes hands with<br />
Parks & Rec. Director Nancy Rapp<br />
as Mayor Schneider looks on.
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