Dear Northern MI District tennis players... I thought I would share an email from Peg Hanna (USTA Midwest Section - USTA League Coordinator) regarding the qualifiers for this years USTA League National Championships. Its time to start thinking about your 2009 teams!

NOTE: The 2.5 Men from Central Indiana have an automatic berth in the National Championships because there was NO OTHER COMPETITORS! If you know any beginner (2.5 level) players who might be interested in playing competitively, please have them contact me asap. I would be happy to educate them on the process of organizing and coaching a team.

Paul Wieland
NMTAWieland@gmail.com

Good Morning:

We could not have been blessed with glorious summer weekend that was the best in the past 9 years that I have been doing the USTA League program. A very special thanks goes out to the following Midwest Staff and Midwest Volunteers who helped me run a near perfect championship. Those people are Joyce Engle, Deb Thallman, John Ryan, Karen Birch, Jan Orban, Linda Spann, Diane Ansay, Mary Pat Kalbas, John Kolner, Mike Puck (outstanding job on the signs and banners) Kathy Dalla Costa, Katie Waggoner, Jen Conley, Karen Sefton and Nick Werth.

The winning teams are:

2.5 Women Northwestern Ohio Captained by Laura Barned Toledo
3.0 Women Chicago Captained by Lisa Aronson Chicago Suburbs
3.5 Women Northern Indiana Captained by Dawn White Fort Wayne
4.0 Women Wisconsin Captained by Kelly Lagman Madison
4.5 Women Southeastern MI Captained by Loraine Black Detroit Suburbs
5.0 Women Ohio Valley Captained by Brandi Schuermann Cincinnati Suburbs

3.0 Men Central Indiana Captained by Bill Bane Indianapolis
3.5 Men Chicago Captained by Chris Springer Chicago Suburbs
4.0 Men Southeastern MI Captained by Joe Pantaleo Detroit Suburbs
4.5 Men Middle Illinois Captained by Matt Morkin Bloomington Suburbs
5.0 Men Wisconsin Captained by Scott Ansay Milwaukee Suburbs

Going Straight to National with no Sectional Championship

2.5 Men Central Indiana Captained by Bill Bane Indianapolis
5.5 Men Northeastern OH Captained by Steve Kuri Cleveland Suburbs
Open Men Southeastern MI Captained by Dan Goldberg Ann Arbor

Hope you are enjoying your summer playing tennis in USTA Leagues!
Peg Hanna
USTA/Midwest Section
USTA League Coordinator
Adult / Senior/ Super Senior
peg@midwest.usta.com
419-666-9914
419-666-9924 fax

Petoskey Tennis Events

Hi everyone,

Here is a list of up-coming events in the Petoskey area. Hope to see you at one of them. Please pass these on to other team members, friends and players in your community.

1. Friday, August 15th: mixer at Bay Tennis. Starts at 5:30 and goes until 7:30. Cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. The cost includes court time, drinks and snacks. Please call the club to sign up, 487-1713.

2. Petoskey City Championships: August 20-24th. Cost is $15 per event. Opportunities for mixed doubles, ladies and mens doubles and singles. Please call Margaret Ruemenapp to sign up. Deadline is Saturday, Aug. 16th.

3. USTA Clay Court Tourney: Runs the week-end of Sept. 5-7. Registration in on-line at the USTA.com website. Cost is $33 per event. There is only doubles play with flights being at 7.0 and 8.0. There will be an Open division also. Saturday night is a party to be held at the club. Any other info is on the website or you can call Doug, Jason or Mary at 487-1713. It should be fun. We are reviving the original clay tourney.

Mary Sivula

Summer Splash 2008 Results

Following are the results from the 2008 Summer Splash Tennis Tournament held at Traverse City Central High School on July 19-20, 2008:

6.0 Men:
First Place - Doug & Leonard Hower
Second Place - Dave Rushlow & Terry Stull
Third Place - Murali Srinivasan & Mukesh Verma

7.0 Men:
Champions - Mark Fischer & Dan Watson
Finalist - Rene Boullion & Brad Zucco
Consolation Winners - Dan Fouch & Jim Massaroni

8.0 Men:
Champions - Stephen Weinstein & Paul Wieland
Finalist - Eric Bergsma & Erik Falconer
Consolation Winners - Jeff Hall & Jim Jantz

6.0 Women:
First Place - Maia Conway & Cindy Gokey
Second Place - Nadine Donajkowski & Vicki Goodburne
Third Place - Jill Hower & Sally Reeves

7.0 Women:
Champions - Barb Hodge & Nancy Schaefer
Finalist - Chris Davis & Tunie Fliss
Consolation Winners - Mary Lee Bretz & Gay Soupiset

8.0 Women:
Champions - Terri Counterman & Diane Gillespie
Finalist - Carolyn Ebbinghaus & Barb Polzin
Consolation Winners - Olivia Lagina & Maxi Neugebauer

6.0 Mixed:
First Place - Nadine Donajkowski & Pete Schmidt
Second Place - Sally Reeves & David Grams
Third Place - Dianne Richter & Dave Rushlow

7.0 Mixed:
Champions - Gail & Jeff Hall
Finalist - Amanda Flowers & Dave Sizemore
Consolation Winners - Karen Rosa & Jim Massaroni

7.5 Mixed:
Champions - Wendy Reeve & Johan Kruger
Finalist - Faith Gavaldon & Andy Holbrook
Consolation Winners - Jen Moore & Vince Szymanski

8.0 Mixed:
Champions - Terri Counterman & Rick Magnan
Finalist - Tonia Shoup & Tim Welsh
Consolation Winners - Kim Guilbeau & Jordi Llorejustribo

Congratulations to everyone who participated!