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1 Passing Shots newsletter EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS August 30 - September 12, 2004 If you have always dreamed of going to the US Open, this could be your chance! Each year the USTA Southwest Section purchases a sixseat Silver Loge Box as a fundraiser for tennis program development. A LIMITED number of seats are now available on a first-come, first-serve basis. See some GREAT tennis from a GREAT location in Arthur Ashe Stadium!!! (The seats are normally not available to the general public) You'll have a great time and also support tennis programs in the SWS. If interested... ACT NOW!! Call Darlene Demory, Sales & Marketing Coordinator at , ext Come out swinging. Introduce a friend to tennis or get back in the game yourself and enter for a chance to WIN A TENNIS RACQUET! See details on back page of this newsletter. TennisWelcomeCenter. com, your one stop for tennis programs in your community. Log on and find one of 88 sites across the section where you can introduce your friends to a lifetime sport. The Tennis Industry has Nascar driver Jeff Gordon, WBA Heavyweight Champion Roy Jones Jr., Entertainer and Model Daisy Fuentes, and Co-Editor of CBS' 60 Minutes Mike Wallace as the national spokespersons for the TennisWelcomeCenter.com campaign. The goal is to have 30 million people playing tennis by Southwest Tennis Foundation Needs your help! The Southwest Tennis Foundation is gearing up for its annual Silent Auction to be held in November of 2004 in Albuquerque, NM. All proceeds from the auction provide funding for youth development programs, special needs and wheelchair tennis programs, adult education grants and tennis scholarships for tennis camps and travel to tournaments for deserving juniors. We are currently seeking donation items for the Silent Auction. All contributions are tax deductible under Section 501 C-3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Any type of contributions are appreciated. Examples of past auction items include: Artwork, Jewelry, Tennis Clothing, Racquets, Balls, Tennis Lessons, Tennis Camp gift certificates, Spa weekends, Massage certificates, Tennis gift baskets, Wine packages, US Open tickets, Resort weekends, Hair Salon gift certificates, Tennis bags, Golf packages etc. Please support your tennis community and donate an item to the SWS Tennis Foundation Silent Auction. Contact Darlene Demory at ext.111 or Sue Jollensten at ***Good news for Tournament Directors*** Beginning May 1, the USTA is happy to announce a new customer support feature for TDM (Tournament Data Manager), a Tournament Director hotline to help you with any questions you might have regarding the use of TDM software. The phone number is TennisLink Team members will be available to take your calls seven days a week from 9 am to 11 pm Eastern time. Should all the available representatives be assisting other callers on the phone lines, you will be transferred to a voice mail and your call will be returned as promptly as possible. This service is available only for tournament directors and all calls will be screened. Chartered Community Tennis Association (CTA) Your USTA Southwest Section is divided into 8 Chartered CTA s. Contact your local CTA office to get involved in tennis in YOUR community. USTA Southeastern New Mexico USTA Greater El Paso USTA Phoenix Area USTA Southeastern Arizona USTA Northern Arizona USTA Northern New Mexico USTA Southern New Mexico USTA Southern Arizona

2 President s Letter Tim Russell Dear Fellow Tennis Enthusiasts! Energy abounds within the tennis community, nationally and within our Southwest Section. The USTA, working with partners in the tennis industry, has unveiled grand new plans to grow our sport. Visit TennisWelcomeCenter.com, keep your eyes and ears open for the awesome new U.S. Open Series, and look out for the new high-profile tennis marketing campaign, which features Daisy Fuentes, Roy Jones, Mike Wallace, and Jeff Gordon, promoting the fun and physical benefits of our sport. Know that our newly constituted Southwest Section committees are hard at work developing and implementing action plans to reach the goals in our updated sectional strategic plan to grow the game and serve your needs. The Section is supporting many exciting ventures through our grants and scholarships programs. Know that we are seeking ways to improve our current programs and develop new offerings. For example, our Section s competitive junior players are battling this year with a new Points Per Round system and exciting multi-cultural initiatives are on the horizon. The national USTA goal is 30 by 2010 to see that we have 30 million Americans playing tennis by the year Do your part! Play regularly. Join a league, or another league. Enter a tournament, or more tournaments. Take a lesson or clinic, or more lessons and clinics. Invite a friend to start playing. Take them to the court and introduce them to the sport yourself. Give them one of your extra racquets. Donate your old racquet to an After School program. Buy a new racquet. Become a tennis volunteer. Get involved with your local Community Tennis Association. Assist with Youth Team Tennis. Start a middle school tennis program. Buy a USTA membership for a junior player. Spread the word! For many of us tennis never left the limelight. For others, tennis is making a comeback. For still others, they are just discovering the joys of tennis. One thing is certain much is happening in the world of tennis and in the Southwest Section. Let us hear from you, should you have questions, concerns, or suggestions. Now, get out to the court... and PLAY! Cheers, Tim Russell President, USTA Southwest Section EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Carol Marting USA Tennis Month celebrated the grand kick-off of the most comprehensive outreach ever attempted to increase tennis participation. Every facet of the tennis industry including manufacturers, teaching professionals, and the USTA have partnered to ensure a great start for over 3,700 Tennis Welcome Centers that are ready to offer introductory tennis programs with a smile. The plan is to barrage the airwaves and print media with promotions about the benefits of tennis, along with lots of local publicity. Here in the Southwest Section, we have 88 Tennis Welcome Centers signed up. 8-page advertising inserts appeared in 60,000 issues of the Albuquerque Journal in May and 60,000 more will appear in the Arizona Republic in September. The reader is invited to find out where they can "Learn to Play Tennis... Fast!" by visiting Clubs and facilities will be offering introductory programs for new and returning players and many special events will be taking place. To kick-start local publicity and get new programs started for the new players expected from the Tennis Welcome Centers, the Southwest Section awarded grant funds of over $44,000 to local USTA organizations and Community Tennis Associations, Colleges, Program Leaders and Park and Recreation Departments. Tennis Awareness Days, Carnivals, Rock n Rallies and many other special events will be taking place in cities throughout the Southwest. The excitement of this great initiative is dimmed somewhat in Arizona, as it is difficult to get newspaper coverage for our great sport of tennis and while Cox Communication has an agreement with The Tennis Channel, it is not aired in Arizona. So, to all our members living in Arizona, please send letters to the Arizona Republic and Cox Cable to let them know you want more and better tennis coverage. *GREAT NEWS - USTA Southwest Section and Head/Penn Racquet Sports continue their partnership in 2004 with Head/Penn sponsoring the Southwest Junior and Senior Closed and Junior Doubles Championships and the Southwest Section Hall of Fame & Awards Banquet. We are appreciative of Head/Penn's long time support and Penn is the "official ball" and HEAD is the "offficial racquet" of the section. *CONGRATULATIONS - Southwest Section Volunteer Service Award winners recognized at the USTA Annual Meeting in March: Bob Capron, 5 years; Larry Haugness, 10 years; Todd Ellenbecker, 15 years. Southwest Section Vice President and Community Tennis Committee Chair Denise Ariew was USTA website March Volunteer of the Month. *STAFF NEWS - Congrats and best wishes to Jason Jamison former Southwest Senior Community Tennis Coordinator and now USTA Product Manager, School Tennis. Jason was with us for nearly 10 years and will be missed. We are fortunate that he will remain in Phoenix and we look forward to a continued relationship. Best wishes also to Sheri Rigel who resigned as Community Tennis Coordinator for Northern New Mexico and will remain in Albuquerque as a teaching professional. Congratulations to Gail Duhs who will be married in June.

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4 Kids Day Page 4 Forehands, Backhands, and autographs at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Forty-six Special Population kids from the Mesa School District participated in the 2004 Special Populations Kids' day at the Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic March 3, The kids participated in various stations hitting forehands and backhands, volleys and rallying a tennis ball. Several of the tennis pros from the tournament joined the kids for two 30-minute sessions. Tennis pros Robert Kendrick, Brendan Evans, and Mark Merklein were the first to join the kids' day by interacting and playing tennis games with the kids. The doubles team of Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie joined the kids' day for the second 30-minute session taking time to answer several questions on tennis and its benefits. They also spent time autographing several posters and other items for the kids. All of the kids wished Rick and Brian good luck for the tournament and that might have been what was needed for them to win the tournament. HEAD/PENN RACQUET SPORTS HEAD Liquidmetal technology is the #1 best selling new racquet technology in the world and 2 ½ times stronger and 29% more powerful than Titanium. HEAD Liquidmetal allows you to use all the energy your swing generates for a return shot with pure energy and perfect power so whatever you put into your swing is exactly what you get out of it. Liquidmetal racquets also feature the unique corrugated structure of Total Sweetspot Construction that extends the sweetspot throughout the entire racquet head for ultimate control and stability with a maximum sweetspot. HEAD offers a Liquidmetal racquet in every swing style with the Prestige, Radical and Instinct for longer, faster swing styles; the Rave, 2 and 4 for moderate swing styles and the 8 for shorter swing styles. The Ball Matters. Penn is America s #1 selling ball, and the ONLY ball made in the USA! As the official ball of the USPTA with Pro Penn, Official ball of USA League Tennis and the Official Ball of the ATP and Masters Series tournaments, Penn is the #1 choice in America, the #1 choice of teaching pros and the #1 choice of ATP Players. Penn ATP is now offered with SMART OPTIK felt for 19% better visibility after all, a ball you can see better is a ball you can hit better!

5 Tennis in your community! Page 5 USTA Southeastern New Mexico Tennis Welcome Center in Cahoon Park Roswell, NM A free tennis carnival with lots of prizes was held in Roswell on June 5 to kick off the summer tennis season. Bill Lucero, Community Coordinator for USTA Southwest Section was present and directed the fun and games. Programs began the following week; they are managed by Alberto J'Goenaga, USPTA pro 1, in cooperation with the Roswell Recreation Department. All levels and ages are welcome for lessons, clinics, camps, and match play. The Roswell Tennis Association offers recreational play, competition, and social activities. Lake Carlsbad Municipal Tennis Courts is the scene of early "Welcome Center" activity when Roswell visited for a club exchange in April. Carlsbad's free tennis carnival was held May 22, a kick-off for the summer tennis programs. Bill Lucero and Charlie Jurva were in charge. Jurva will conduct the daily tennis activities from June 1 through July 9. USTA Greater El Paso Tennis Association RALLY FOR A HEALTHY LIFE-AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY GEPTA was honored to participate in the American Cancer Society s event for a healthy life. The event was to show support and educate the local community on how to prevent cancer. Help those who currently have cancer and remember those who have passed on. The event was a great opportunity to introduce a sport for health and a lifetime. Our President Madeline Berger and the Executive Director of GEPTA Kim Prieto set up a portable court to give everyone interested a hands on demonstration. We had flyers with information on tennis opportunities and the web address for the Tennis Welcome Center. GEPTA looks forward to many more opportunities to partner with such wonderful causes and to be a vital part of the community. Kim Prieto, Executive Director / GEPTA The Greater El Paso Tennis Association also celebrated May is USA Tennis Month with a Tennis Carnival May 22nd at Americas High School.

6 Tennis in your community! Page 6 USTA Northern New Mexico On April 16, 2004 Bev Bourguet, USTA NNMTA President and John McWaters, USTA NNMTA 1st VP met with Albuquerque Public Schools Behavior Consultant, Cecilie Bodman to organize a tennis pilot program with inner city and at-risk children who have no organized activities during recess or after school. During the week of May 3rd, the USTA NNMTA Board Members Bev Bourguet, John McWaters, Tony Stephens,(USTA NNMTA Adult League Coordinator) and USTA NNMTA Program Director, Sue Jollensten organized a Tennis Activity Week to teach tennis to over 200 K-5th graders at Los Ranchos Elementary School. The instructors worked on ball control, volleys, rally games, and played tennis on four portable nets that were set up on the school grounds. Flyers were distributed to the young tennis participants with information about the May 22nd "Rock and Rally", Tennis Welcome Centers, and the Summer City Programs. USTA NNMTA is excited to continue the path of involving at-risk elementary students the opportunity to play tennis and plans to organize more elementary school tennis programs for the new school year. HOLIDAY INN MOUNTAIN VIEW ALBUQUERQUE, NM (505) You ll LOVE our rates GRAND SLAM with 360 beautiful rooms Feel like an ACE in our indoor pool and workout facility Complimentary shuttle to airport, malls and old town will SERVE your every need To check Rates and availability call: Jamie Lehman, Sports Sales Manager (505) or jamie.lehman@ichotelsgroup.com Phoenix celebrated May is USA Tennis Month with a Rock & Rally fun Festival of Tennis at The Village, May 14th. The event was for adults 19 years and older and was free of charge. Everyone enjoyed round robin play, demo courts by Head, Wilson and Fisher, along with clinic courts of instruction. The wrap up featured contests, demos, and games for prizes. USTA Phoenix Phoenix Area Calendar of Events: The online USTA Phoenix Area Calendar of Events is available to publicize your tournament or tennis event! Browse to and click on the Calendar of Events tab on the left. You can view the entire calendar, or you can sort it by month, by location, by category, or by sanction status. Include your local tennis event or tournament on the Phoenix Area Calendar by ing the following details to <USTAPhoenixArea@mindspring.com>: Start date, Name of tournament or event, Entry deadline, Contact person & phone number, Type of event (e.g. Adult, Junior, Clinic), Location in the Valley, Sanctioned(yes/no).

7 Tennis in your community! Page 7 USTA Southern Arizona Lots O TENNIS coming up in Southern Arizona!!! SAZ is sponsoring Jr. Team Tennis starting in June through the end of July We also have Smashing 65 s for league players over 65 years of age. SAZ Summer Sizzler is scheduled for July 12; contact Ruth Fuchs at ruthleagues@aol. com. Junior Summer Classic Tournament Boys & Girls 10 s 18 s, July 9-11, 2004 at the Hilton El Conquistador Resort; call USTA Pacific Zone Team Championships Boys & Girls 12, July 28- Aug 1, 2004 at the Hilton El Conquistador Resort; call USA/SW Adult Sectionals, Aug 6 8, 2004 at the Hilton El Conquistador Resort; call Tucson Citizen City Championships, Aug at Randolph Tennis Center; call Ladies Interclub starts in September 2004 contact Leslie Keys SAZ Junior Open Boys & Girls 10 s 18 s, September at the Hilton El Conquistador Resort; call USA League Nationals, September at Randolph Tennis Center call USA League Nationals, October 1-3 at Randolph Tennis Center call SAZ Men Super Senior starts in October 2004 contact Leslie Keys Men s Interclub League starts in October 2004 contact Leslie Keys SAZ Arizona Players Championships October 8 10, 2004 at Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club, call Raise a Racquet for Kids 2004, October 15 16, 2004 at Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club, call th Annual USTA/SW Senior Closed Championships, November 11 14, 2004 at Hilton El Conquistador Resort, call Arizona Junior Shootout, November 13, 2004 at Randolph Tennis Center; call SAZ is starting the Buddy System which is designed to welcome newcomers into the tennis community by helping them arrange for games and/or clinics for information call SAZ at SAZ has Mixed Doubles League for Seniors starting in August 2004 for players 50 years of age or older; for information call Leslie Keys at

8 Tennis in your community! Page 8 USTA Southern New Mexico The Southern New Mexico Community Tennis Association (SNM CTA) has been going thru a few changes lately. Dave Walton retired from being the CTA s President and Sally Walton retired from running the Junior Competition/Recreation Programs at the end of They were both very active and instrumental in getting many of the SNM CTA programs running. Jack Saunders was then voted in as the new President for the SNM CTA for The SNM Executive Committee Members currently are: Jack Saunders, President; Ray Rivera, Vice President; Traci Hooker, Treasurer; and Dave Tornblom, Secretary. These officers have been very busy with trying to get the CTA active again. At their first Executive Committee meeting they decided the CTA needed to get communications going again with the tennis public. In order to do this they acquired a new mailing address for the CTA and a new cell phone number. The address is: SNM CTA P.O. Box 2645 Las Cruces, NM The cell phone number is: (505) If anyone wants to get more involved with tennis in the SNM CTA, or wants to know what s happening in the SNM CTA, mail or call the new cell phone number for the SNM CTA. The SNM CTA is also planning on supporting more of the local leagues that are currently running in the SNM. The Las Cruces Tennis Players Association (LCTPA) in the SNM has many events coming up this summer. They will be hosting two non-sanctioned (does not count toward ranking) tennis tournaments. 1) The LCTPA Summer Junior Tennis Tournament, June The junior tournament will cost $13.00 for singles, and $12.00 for doubles. (1 st Round Consolation Format.) Contact person for the Junior tournament is: Judy Harlas (505) ) The Red Hot Chili Mixed Doubles Fourth of July Tennis Tournament, 3-4 July The doubles tournament will cost $20.00 team (LCTPA member), or $30.00 team (non LCTPA member). (Round robin format tournament with player party afterwards.) Contact person for the Mixed Doubles tournament is: Judy Harlas (505) The LCTPA is also hoping to get its tennis ladder to go city-wide making it more competitive and active. Judy Harlas (Board Member of SNM CTA and President of LCTPA) Page, Arizona: Lake Powell Community Tennis Association (LPCTA) receives Tennis in the Parks grant USTA AND NRPA PARTNER FOR TENNIS IN THE PARKS USTA Awards $250,000 to 82 Park & Recreation Agencies Across the Country for Community Tennis Programs The Tennis in the Parks grants support one of three specific needs: hiring a certified pro, hosting and/or attending a USTA Development Coach Workshop, or offering USA Team Tennis for youth and adults including a community event. Parks are a critical component in our efforts to grow the game, said Kurt Kamperman, Chief Executive, Community Tennis, USTA. This program provides the opportunity for the USTA, NRPA, USPTA and PTR to work together to make tennis more accessible to people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in community parks throughout the country. The LPCTA plans on using the grant to assist in the hiring of certified instructors.

9 Juniors Eric Mitchell Page 9 Dan vs. Peter Sportsmanship, Respect and Good tennis I recently attended the Arizona High School State Championships to watch one of my favorite rivalries in Junior Tennis. Dan Nguyen of Phoenix vs. Peter Zimmer of Tucson. As I sat courtside watching the action, Peter suddenly "lost his lunch" on the court. The official checked on Peter and then turned to Dan to tell him there would be a three-minute injury timeout for Peter (and also to give time to tidy up the court). Dan nodded and said that was fine. Waiting for play to resume, I thought about the respect, friendship and great tennis these two players had. If he had needed it and the rules allowed, Dan probably would have given him an hour. Besides the great rivalry these two have developed over the years (they are 2-2 in their last four meetings leading up to this match), I realized what I liked most about these two players is that they are great guys, on and off the court. Their matches hold no controversy or excuses. They play great clean matches, showing respect for each other, no matter the score or how tight the match is. No line call disputes. No gamesmanship. Not only are they the top two players in the Section, they are also gentleman. This is great! The next day I read an article in the paper about the match, which Dan won in three sets. The quotes from the both were equally as flattering to each other. Even though Peter lost the match and the championship, he is quoted as saying "I got beat by a great player...it's disappointing to lose regardless of the circumstances, but I'm happy for Dan. We're friends and he did a good job." They will probably only meet one more time, if they advance as seeded, at the Southwest Junior Closed this June. I encourage all our Southwest players and parents to take some time and watch these two great sports and champions. Maybe we can all learn something from them. For me, the respect for these two players as great sports will last longer than the memory of what their rankings were. Thank you guys. *Both Dan and Peter are seniors in high school. Dan will be attending Harvard and play on their tennis team. Peter will be attending University of Arizona on a tennis scholarship. News & Notes Want to be in the Know with Junior Tennis? Send me your address and I'll include you on my distribution list. Send to: mitchell@southwest.usta.com Point charts, rules and regulation pertaining to rankings can be found by going to our website, and clicking on "Rankings" under juniors. Fall 2004 College Commitments: Dan Nguyen - Harvard, Cooper Fratt - Gonzaga, Andrea Sailer - Duquesne, Peter Zimmer - Univ. of Arizona, Karen Groll - Northern Colorado, Drew Gaffney - New Mexico Military Institute, Austin Kakar - Pacific, David Steinberg - Dartmouth, Ashley Ebbert - Cornell, Lindsey Griffin - Univ. of Portland, Justin Hauck - Montana State, Jennifer Keiner - Washburn Univ.

10 Adult/Senior-Jeff Carlson Page 10 Tournaments - What's new in st Annual USA League Super Senior Results Congratulations to all 1st annual Super Senior Sectional Champions! Level Team Captain Area 3.0 W Marilyn Myers Southern Arizona 3.5 W Rita Harder Southern Arizona 4.0 W Gail Long Northern New Mexico 3.0 M James Dittman Phoenix 3.5 M Richard Quigg Southern Arizona 4.0 M Lewis W Long Northern New Mexico 2004 USA League Mixed Doubles Sign up for Mixed Leagues will begin soon. Contact your local league coordinator for more information. Area/Coordinator Phoenix/Michael McDowell El Paso/Jerry Pippins New Mexico/Tony Stephens So. Arizona/Leslie Keys No. Arizona/Jana Perpich anarchytennis13@aol.com jpipp32723@aol.com feb61987@aol.com la.keys@comcast.net jperpich@infomagic.net 2004 Tennislink Ranking Program The implementation on the Southwest web based ranking program is complete. Please visit go to Adults>Rankings>Current Standings to view up to date rankings for all Adult/Senior Age group tournaments. Rankings will be updated by the 15th of each month. Also displayed are player record, competitors played, scores, and points for each tournament. Please see the Southwest Ranking Policies for details about the point tables and ranking requirements. For local Grand Prix rankings, please contact your local Chartered Tennis Association (Phoenix, GEPTA, NNMTA, SAZ). Sectional events for National Ranking For 2004, the Arizona State Closed, New Mexico State/County of El Paso Closed, the Southwest Senior Closed, and the Southwest Open and 30's will count as a Sectional level event for National ranking points. These events will allow players to earn 3 times a level I tournament for a National Ranking based on the National points per round system. In 2005, a new points per round system will replace the old point system for Southwest Rankings. Details will be posted to the Southwest website in June. Adult Sectionals August 6-8 Hilton El Conquistador Tucson, Arizona USA League 2004 Sectional Dates and Locations Moved Down due to lack of entries? If you get moved down in an age category event in 2004, carefully review your year-end ranking in December. For Southwest rankings we do allow points if your age division does not make due to lack of entries. However, National Ranking policies do not recognize players (will not get points) that get moved down. In 2005, the Southwest Section will no longer provide points to players that get moved down to a lower age division. Players will only receive points in the age division they play. Two entries will be required to make a draw. Mixed Doubles Sectionals September Highpoint Sports and Wellness Albuquerque, New Mexico 2005 NTRP Ratings We publish early start ratings in September and year-end ratings in November. Please visit our website for further information in September. Remember if you do not agree with your rating we encourage you to play sanctioned NTRP tournaments to affect your rating Match results from NTRP tournaments are imported into the yearend ratings to generate more accurate ratings. The more you play, the more accurate your rating will be. Appeal Statistics 2003 Year-End Perspective 4665 individuals played league tennis in 2003 in the Southwest Section. Of that total approximately 152 (3%) players appealed their 2003 year-end NTRP rating. Of those filing an appeal, 88 players (57%) were granted based on National criteria. Need More information? For more information about competitive league and tournament information, please visit our website at Volunteers Needed We are currently looking for volunteers to help grow tennis participation in the Southwest, create partnerships with industry leaders, coordinate events, and publicize tennis events throughout the Southwest. The following positions are available: Volunteer Writers Will write stories for publishing on the Southwest website on events, tournaments, players, sports fitness or any topic that relates to Tennis. Simply submit any articles to Jcarlson@southwest.usta. com in MS Word. Focus Group Volunteers We are looking for individuals to represent their respective age groups to grow participation and customize league and tournament issues. (Adults, Seniors, Super Seniors). Tournament Data Manager Support Volunteers Volunteers are needed to learn the new TDM software and support Tournament Directors with installation, registration, and publishing results to the WEB. Please contact Jeff Carlson at X 112 or at jcarlson@southwest.usta.com

11 Southwest Tennis Foundation Page 11 Southwest Tennis Foundation 2720 E. Thomas Rd., Ste. B170 Phoenix, AZ From the Southwest Tennis Foundation: The Southwest Tennis Foundation, in cooperation with USTA NNMTA, will be raffling two tickets to the President s Box for the 2004 US Open for the evening session on September 3rd, the Friday before Labor Day. Tickets will be available from your SWTF Board of Directors and the USTA NNMTA Board starting in mid-may. Contact information for the Board and details concerning the raffle will be available online at at the same time. An evening in the President s Box, courtside at Arthur Ashe Stadium, is one you ll remember forever! We are proud to announce that the 2004 ColemanVision Tennis Championships, a USTA Women s Challenger pro circuit event, will again benefit the Southwest Tennis Foundation. The 2003 event produced close to $15, for after school programs in the Northern New Mexico area. Proceeds will again be earmarked for USTA NNMTA s Fall Mid-School Tennis League (a USA Team Tennis event) and other after school programs in the Northern New Mexico area. The tournament is in its 7 th year, and for 2004 has moved to Tanoan Country Club. It is a $75, tournament, one of only four such events in the country. Consider coming to Albuquerque in the fall to see some of the best women players in the country and support the Southwest Tennis Foundation. Through the largesse of Alan Schwartz, USTA President, the Foundation received four tickets to Wimbledon for 2004 to utilize to raise funds and promote its purposes. The tickets are being offered for bid to supporters and friends of the Foundation, with the minimum bid set at $1, The winning bid amount and the name(s) of the winning bidder(s) will be announced on the SWS website. Sue Jollensten, President, SWTF

12 USTA Southwest Section, 2720 E Thomas Rd., Ste B170, Phoenix, AZ 85016; ; Fax: Carol Marting..Executive Director...Ext. 102 Darlene Demory.Marketing and Sales Coordinator...Ext. 111 Gail Duhs....Administrative Assistant/Communications Coordinator...Ext. 101 Crystal Witter...IT, Accounting, and Administrative Manager...Ext. 103 Scott Schall.....Recreational Tennis Manager...Ext. 109 Jeff Carlson, Adult/Sr Competitive Coordinator/Section League Coordinator...Ext. 112 Eric Mitchell..Junior Player Development Coordinator...Ext. 110 Matt Gleason.Community Tennis Coordinator (520) , PO Box 65015, Tucson, AZ Guillermo(Bill) Lucero.Community Tennis Coordinator (915) , PMB 203, 3233 N Mesa, Ste 205, El Paso, TX us at: lastname@southwest.usta.com Ex: marting@southwest.usta.com ***Enter to win a Wilson 4.0 racquet for yourself or a friend*** Has it been awhile since you ve hit the courts? Know someone you can introduce to the sport? Go to and enter your zip code to find the nearest Tennis Welcome Center and program information. Sign up for a program and get yourself back into the sport and a chance to win a racquet. Or get a friend to sign up, and your friend could win a racquet to take to the court. Mail this entry blank into the Southwest Section office (address above) by July 10th, in honor of Arthur Ashe s birthday, for your chance to win one of three Wilson 4.0 racquets. Name: Address: Phone: Tennis Welcome Center you will be playing at: E Thomas Rd, Suite B170 Phoenix, AZ PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Phoenix, Arizona Permit # 43