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6-09-05 The NC State Tournament for Seniors and the 5.0 Adult Teams is THIS WEEKEND in Wilmington.  Check out the GWTA press release.  Come on out and cheer for your favorite team or just enjoy some outstanding tennis.  You can find the schedule here and updates to scores during the tournament on tennis link.  If you are going to Pinehurst for the Adult State Championships later this month, you can find information at the NC Tennis Web Site.

6-09-05 It's hard to believe, but Combo Doubles is right around the corner.  If you are interested in playing or want more information, check out the Combo Doubles page.

6-09-05 Mixed doubles has started for 2005!  Check out the Mixed Doubles page for all the important information about this year's league.

5-30-05 Congratulations to Hanes Harris and Skyler Pullum, winners of this year's Greater Wilmington Tennis Association / Carl A. Cramer Memorial Scholarships.  Hanes and Skyler will both receive $1,000 payable to their colleges.

5-30-05 The 2005 City of Wilmington Junior Tennis Championship held on May 13-15.  You can check out all the results here.  Congratulations to all the participants.  Our Junior tennis community is thriving.

5-03-05 Congratulations to three local players who won at the 2005 Country Club of Landfall Junior Classic last weekend. Laney’s Lucas Puente defeated Alan Donald 7-6, 6-2 in the boys’ 18 final. Thomas Pendergrast won the boys’ 16 and Talat Goudarzi won the girls’ 10 championship.  All of those junior programs are paying off!  You can find the complete results here.

4-24-05 The Wilmington Recreation Division will be hosting a Junior Tennis Tournament May 13rd-15th. This tournament is designed for youth ages 9-16 and is held at the tennis courts in Empie Park. Singles flights only. All participants receive a complimentary tennis towel. Trophies are awarded to winners. The registration deadline is May 7th. For more information, call 343-3682 or e-mail info@wilmingtonrecreation.com.

4-24-05 The latest GWTA newsletter is out.  Are you waiting for the mail?  You can sign up for the e-mail version and save us postage.

3-28-05 Perplexed by Dynamic Ratings?  This link explains them in a lot more detail than previous articles.

3-28-05 We've completed our on-line survey.  The results are being compiled with the mail in responses and will come out in the next newsletter.  

2-20-05 League Tennis schedules are out on Tennis Link.  League play begins next week!  We have 1,307 players signed up in the adult league and 541 in the Senior League.  Of course, some players play on multiple teams, but obviously tennis is alive and well in Wilmington!

1-23-05 The USTA has awarded us the the largest possible grant, $7,500 for our schools and USA Team Tennis programs! Thank you very much goes to Dianne and Rod Badakhsh for the USA Team Tennis Program and to Rosanne Boswell for the PE program in the schools and the after school tennis league for boys and girls.

1-23-05 USA Team Tennis is starting up for 2005.  Check out the Juniors Page for all the details.

1-23-05 The 2005 T-shirt will feature the 25th anniversary logo for USA LEAGUE TENNIS shown below.  Look for the upcoming  newsletter for changes in the league t-shirt policy.

1-5-05 The first captain's meeting for USA League Tennis is over and it's time to form teams.  Remember that you need to join or renew your membership in the USTA to play League Tennis.  Don't have a team?  Call the league line at 452-2941 for help.  Call quickly;  teams are filling up.

1-5-05 Are you new to the league and self rating this year?  If you played in college or competed as a junior, you are an "Elite Player".  I know, the bad back and weak knees don't feel elite but the USTA wants to make sure that a few under-raters don't spoil it for the rest of us, so they've issued these Elite Player Guidelines.  If you meet these criteria, you need to fill out a Player History Form and send it to the USTA.  Save a copy for your captain as well.

12-09-04 Congratulations to Harris Hanes, the 2004 Star-News Girls’ Tennis Player of the Year.  This marks the third year that the New Hanover senior has taken top honors.  For the rest of the All Area Players of the Year, you will have to read the paper;  I couldn't find an on-line link.

11-30-04 Everyone by now knows that the ratings are out.  If you want to appeal your rating (only for those who were moved up), you can find instructions at this link from the NC tennis web site.

11-17-04 The latest version of the GWTA newsletter is going out in the mail and should be in your mailbox soon. Want it faster? Want to save us postage? Sign up for electronic newsletter delivery!  Included in it is the USA LEAGUE TENNIS newsletter for this year.  There are some interesting changes coming including tie-break in lieu of third set.

11-17-04 The calendar has been updated with the latest proposed dates for league play.  Check out the dates!  If you miss a deadline, there's not much we can do to help you.  Key dates are also in the newsletter going out today.

11-16-04 Congratulations to our two Combo Doubles teams going to Sectionals from Wilmington, Debbie Dias's W5.5 team and Linda Dodson's SW6.5 team. They won it all at the State Tournament last weekend!  

11-4-04 The Combo Doubles is over for 2004.  Here are our Wilmington champions for 2004.

11-3-04 Congratulations to all the winners at the Country Club of Landfall Fall Tennis Classic over the weekend.  You can check out all the scores and winners here.

10-18-04 Congratulations to the New Hanover Girl's Tennis team who clinched its fourth consecutive Mideastern regular season title and the top seed in the state playoffs.  Check out the Star News article.

10-5-04 Due to lack of interest the end of year GWTA party has been cancelled.

10-5-04 Congratulations to the winners of the Adult City Championships, held at Empie Park over the weekend.  I may be missing some results, but here is what I found at press time.

Many of our USTA sanctioned leagues require USTA membership to participate.  You can join the USTA via their web site.  You can also renew your USTA membership over the phone with FAX confirmation by calling 1-800-990-USTA.  Don't wait till the last moment! All memberships must be current through the end of league play.

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