USTA Serves, the National Charitable Foundation of the United States Tennis Association, has announced that it has awarded 33 year-end grants totaling $420,650. The number of program grants awarded in 2010 was 59, totaling $855,150. Combined with scholarship awards, USTA Serves distributed more than $1 million in 2010. The bi-annual granting process, a national initiative…
Long Island Tennis Magazine, the Ultimate Guide for Long Island Tennis, has announced that the 2nd Annual Long Island Tennis Expo will take place Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Farmingdale State College in Roosevelt Hall (Auditorium and Expo Room). The event will be free to attendees of all ages, brought to you by USTA Eastern/Long…
Before the end of 2010, tennis fans will have two more unique opportunities to watch the world’s top players, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, square off. The two superstars will play each other in two charity exhibition matches to benefit their respective foundations, and fans can watch all the action on television or online. The first…
Shelter Rock Tennis Club played host to the annual Alan King Pro-Am event on Aug. 29. Tennis champions Peter Fleming, Virginia Wade, Johan Kriek, Mark Woodforde, Rosie Casals, Bob Lutz and many others teamed with some of Long Island’s best amateurs for a day of fun that raised nearly $20,000 for the charitable beneficiary. Thanks…
For the past four years, with the help the local tennis playing community, the Eastern Athletic Club in Blue Point, N.Y. has held its very successful Kris Kringle Holiday Tennis Party with all proceeds being donated to local families who are in desperate need of help. This year, the event will be held on Saturday, Dec….
The USTA has announced details of its “Give the Gift of Tennis” holiday campaign that will encourage fans to match young tennis players with properly-sized tennis racquets, and with proper compression balls. The campaign includes the USTA’s first-ever promotional sweepstakes on Facebook where fans can win free equipment and the chance to play tennis with…
On Oct. 12, the Massapequa High School Girls Varsity tennis team dedicated its home match against Carey/Sewanhaka to breast cancer awareness. The team wore pink and played the match with specially produced pink tennis balls, with proceeds going to breast cancer research. This was one of a series of home matches that Massapequa teams (Boys and…
Members of the Commack High School Varsity Girls Tennis squad recently teamed up with some of their favorite faculty members for friendly, competitive doubles tennis matches to raise money for breast cancer awareness. "This is a great way for staff and students to recognize this serious issue," said Commack High School Girls Tennis Varsity Coach…
The North Shore Men’s Tennis League (NSMTL) is an outdoor league comprised of teams representing clubs from across Long Island. The outdoor season runs from May through August, and matches are played on Tuesdays with the playoffs taking place in mid-August. The match format for the North Shore Men’s Tennis League consists of five courts of men’s doubles….
Girls from 10 major college teams took part in a new and innovative form of tennis at Stony Brook University on Sunday, Sept. 19. ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES®, as it is called, is a half-court serve and volley singles game played on a doubles court. Two players challenge each other in a singles match. The second match…