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Congratulations go to Tyler and Cindy Robinson, upper bracket winners of the 2010 Mixed Quasi-Compass Doubles bash, and to Hope Ironmonger and Matt Taggert, winners of the lower bracket!
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Download the final tournament draw in pdf format below.
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Team Hundert, the 2010 local senior league champions in the 3.5 men's division, represented St. Mary's this past weekend at the Maryland District Championships. They came away with a 1-1 record and placed 2nd in their flight, which included the eventual champions from Howard county. Overall, team Hundert's compiled the 3rd best record of the 6 teams competing in the tournament.
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Dream Season Continues for St. Mary’s 18U Junior Tennis Team
Written by Jason Wynn
Team Danger to Compete in National Championships
The St. Mary’s County 18 & Under Intermediate Junior team defeated four teams en-route to winning the 2010 USTA/Mid-Atlantic Jr. Team Tennis Sectional Championships held at the University of Mary Washington, August 13-15, 2010. After winning the Maryland District Championships on July 18th, Team Danger (formerly Team White-SMCTA) entered the sectional tournament as Maryland’s #1 seed, which included champions and runners-up from Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia. Team Danger is now set to travel to Surprise, AZ, where they will represent the Mid-Atlantic section in the National Championships, October 29-31.
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10U Team Competes at Mid-Atlantic Sectionals in USTA Jr. Team Tennis
Written by Brian Abell
The St. Mary's County 10 & Under White Team competed in the Mid-Atlantic Sectional Championships for USTA Jr. Team Tennis on August 13-15 at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Pictured above in the front row (l to r) are 10U players Liam Poole, Annabelle Finagin, Harita Iswara, Samantha Chan, Paul Bishop, Noah Guadagnoli, and Domenic Guadagnoli. In the back row (l to r) are 10U coaches Christine Driscoll, Brian Abell and Steve Bishop.
The team advanced...
County Commissioners Commend 18U State Champ and 10U Md. Finalist Teams
Written by Brian Abell
The St. Mary's County Commissioners recognized the 18 & Under intermediate state champion and the 10 & Under intermediate Md. finalist teams in the USTA Jr. Team Tennis program conducted by the St. Mary's County Tennis Association during their August 10 meeting. The Commissioners praised the player's noteworthy accomplishments and expressed gratitute for the hard work and dedication of the volunteer coaches and parents in USTA Jr. Team Tennis. Recreation and Parks Director Phil Rollins emphasized the close cooperation between Rec. & Parks and the St. Mary's County Tennis Association. He spoke about the USTA grant funds, enabled by such cooperation, used to augment the funding of recent tennis court improvements at parks in St. Mary's County.
The Commissioners presented the 18 & Under state champion team players and coaches with official commendations and praised the promising early start in tennis by the 10 & Under state finalist team. Pictured above in the front row (l to r) are 10 & Under players Noah Guadagnoli, Domenic Guadagnoli, Harita Iswara, and Annabelle Finagin. In the back row (l to r) are Rec. & Parks Director Phil Rollins, Commissioner Thomas Mattingly, 18U player Connor McKissock, Commissioner Kenny Dement, 18U player WIlliam Clark, Commissioner Daniel Raley, 18U player Lydia Browne, 18U player Hope Ironmonger, 18U Coach Matthew Taggert, Commissioner President Jack Russell, 18U coach Derek Sabedra, 18U player Danielle Gorman, Commissioner Larry Jarboe, and 10U coach Brian Abell.
U18 State Champs Receive Honors, Commendations
Written by Jason Wynn
The St. Mary's U18 State Champions were honored this past week, along with state champs from other divisions, at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington D.C. You can view more photos from this event by opening the full article!
Additionally, the team received commendations from the St. Mary's County Commissioners during the August 12, 2010 public meeting. Congrats all!
The Youth Levels Tournament was held at Breton Bay Golf and Country Club, on August 7-8. In the Purple Group (advanced), Robert Bishop (Great Mills HS), Joey McGowan (St. Mary’s Ryken HS), and Josh Levitas (St. Mary’s Ryken HS) all finished 1-1. Bishop was awarded the championship by default.
In the Blue Group (intermediate level), Adam Goff took the title, while Elliot Etter edged out Scott Flood in the third place match.
Samantha Schwalbe captured the Green Group (for newer players) for her first tournament title, followed by Jake Dodges, Jordon Martin, and TJ Ball.
SMCTA's Junior Tennis Budget Increase Pays Off Big in 2010
Written by Jason WynnIn 2010 the SMCTA Board of Directors, committed to growing local Junior Team Tennis participation, approved a significant increase to the Junior Tennis budget. The nearly $5000 commitment, which does not include 100's of hours volunteered by roughly 13 coaches and parents, far surpasses that of any other SMCTA program this year.
Helping to fund this increase was a $2000 Community Development grant from USTA Maryland.
The results? This year's JTT league consisted of 66 youth, a 100% increase in participation from 2009, and put the St. Mary's County JTT program at 6th largest in the state, out of 13 the counties with JTT programs. In addition, St. Mary's is sending 2 teams to the Mid-Atlantic Sectional Championships, the State Champion U18 Intermediates, and State Finalists U10 Intermediates.
Local champions from the Adult Gender League played well in the Maryland District Championships held July 16-18, but were unable to advance beyond their flight round-robins.
At the men's 4.5 level, Team Frazier were unable to secure a win, but lost a very close match (2-3) to the eventual MD Champions from Frederick county.
At the men's 4.0 level, Team Kim came away with only 1 individual match win by way of the #1 Doubles team of Jason Wynn and Jeff Howard.
In men's 3.5, Team Buckler defeated Frederick 2 4-1, but then fell to the eventual flight winners from Montgomery.
For the women, Team Slade/Bellis at the 3.5 level had 4 individual wins, but no match wins.
The 3.0 Team Mansuetti also recorded 4 individual wins.
Open the full article to see some photos of the 4.0 men's team. If anyone else has any pictures from the tournament please send them my way!
Southern Maryland USTA Junior Tourney Draws 31 Youth
Written by Jason Wynn
The first running of the Southern Maryland Junior L5, which featured 33 players competing in 13 divisions, wrapped up this past Friday at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Competing in the Boy's 18 Singles division was local standout Robert Renfrow, who lost only 1 game on his way to the finals, where he defeated Ryan Indgjer 6-0, 6-0 in 23 minutes.
Check back soon for a complete article. You can find full results on tennislink here: http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/tournamenthome/results.aspx?T=92179
Click here to see the photos of the finalists from each division.