2007 usta missouri valley yearbook_030607.qxp - USTA.com

COMMUNITY TENNIS
ASSOCIATIONS
Community Tennis Associations
(CTAs) work with USTA districts,
sections and the National Office to
deliver USTA programs to grow the
number of new and frequent recreational
and competitive players.
CTAs, independent local tennis
associations, offer those in their
respective communities a variety of
programs such as after-school tennis
and USTA League Tennis. A CTA
is an organized group of dedicated
volunteers (parents, players) and
professionals (teaching pros, coaches,
park & recreation staff, an attorney
or key business leaders) who
come together to support community
tennis programs or projects.
As an association, a group of volunteers
develop their vision for tennis,
based on the needs of the community
in which they live. CTAs
coordinate and maintain programs
and services, acting as advocates,
program administrators, promoters
and fundraisers. They are not-forprofit
entities, and they are key to
promoting and developing the
growth of tennis in their local communities.
More Information: John Terpkosh
913-322-4835 or
jterpkosh@movalley.usta.com
DIVERSITY
The USTA Diversity
Initiative develops program
awareness, new program
initiatives and program
continuity in an effort to
substantially increase
minority participation
among recreational and
competitive players, volunteers,
industry professionals
and administrators.
These efforts ensure that
all people have the opportunity
to experience the
educational, health and
other lifetime benefits of
tennis.
More Information: Fred
Johnson 913-322-4828 or
johnson@ movalley.usta.com
� Adam Greenhaw of Independence, Kan.,
hits an overhead during the 2006 Missouri
Valley Junior Team Tennis Championships.
Alba Grijalva, a middle school student from Kansas City, Mo., smacks
the ball during a May 2006 YES clinic. By partnering with groups
such as the NCAA (in the case of this clinic), the USTA is dedicated to
doing all it can to reach out to minorities.
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Community
Tennis
JUNIOR TEAM TENNIS
Junior Team Tennis offers youth age 6 to 18 the
opportunity to play on co-ed teams that emphasize
fun, fitness and friends.
Leagues are composed of teams of boys and girls
with similar abilities and ages that play regularly
scheduled matches against other teams. TennisLink,
the online software, is available for organizing teams
and leagues, collecting fees, and a number of other
uses. Local teams have the opportunity to compete in
a District Championship that leads to the USTA
Missouri Valley Section Championship held in Kansas
City, Mo. Winning teams advance to the Junior Team
Tennis National Championships.
More Information: Susan Riemann 913-322-4836 or
riemann@movalley.usta.com
� Emily Jones (left) and Krista Lindsay congratulate each other
after winning a point while playing for the Goddard (Kan.)
Slammers.
JUNIOR NOVICE
TOURNAMENTS
Junior Novice Tournaments are
intended to provide an introduction to
tennis tournament play for youths.
These are district-level events
through which players may qualify to
play in the USTA Missouri Valley
Junior Novice Section Championships.
Traditional brackets, compass
draws, pool play, round robins and
alternative scoring are among the formats
utilized in junior novice events.
Please consult the individual district
Web sites, and/or the district pages in
the Yearbook (pages 53-80) for specific
junior novice eligibility rules and
schedule of events.
More Information: Kent Shultz 913-
322-4832 or kshultz@movalley.usta.com
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