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June
20, 2009: "First of Three Summer Tournaments Attracts
50 Participants" More
than fifty participants from McCall,
Boise
and as far away as Vale,
Oregon
, competed in four divisions.
The women’s advanced level group was won by sisters
Kaitland and Kourtney Brown of
Boise
and McCall.
The women's intermediate level division was won by
Anna Torti and Mary Schofield of
Boise
and McCall.
Runners-up were Jo Conn and Tamara DeBoer of McCall.
The men’s advanced division was won by the father and son
team of Jeff and Randy Seals of Vale,
Oregon
.
They defeated John Steichen of McCall and Jeff Surbeck of
Boise
in the final.
The intermediate men’s division winners were
Carlos Blanco and Don Braun of
Boise
.
Tony Horton of McCall and his grandson Alex Pusch of
Boise
won the division’s consolation
prize.
Above:
Kevin Batchelor and Jim Harrison
Photo: Al Butler
Above:
John Steichen, Jeff Surbeck and tournament director Tony
Horton
Photo:
Al Butler
Above:
Alex Jones, Fran McCurley, Tamara DeBoer and Jo Conn
Photo: Al Butler
Above:
John and Lea Williams
Photo: Al Butler
June
19, 2009: "Luau and Fundraiser at the North Fork
Lodge for Re-Surfacing
the Remaining Two Public Courts" Over
120 people attended the Luau
and over $10,000 was raised!
Many thanks to all the supporters, donors, attendees,
volunteers for making this happen.
We are raising funds to finish resurfacing the last two
public courts at the High School, the only public courts in town.
The money raised at this Fundraiser puts us close to our
goal.
Above:
John and Lori Bishop, Kathy George, Ron Klimko
Photo:
Nancy Butler
Above:
Steve Lewis and Kathy George Photo:
Nancy Butler
Above:
Tamara and Mike DeBoer Photo:
Nancy Butler
Above:
Jim Jones, Dixie Lewis, Nana Horton, Jean Odmark, Margie Surbeck
Photo:
Nancy Butler
June
21, 2008: "Tennis Court Dedication"
Above:
President Al Butler oversees the ribbon cutting and court
dedication
March
11, 2008: "MCTA received $1,000 Community Outreach
Grant from the USTA"
Details
TBA.
Feb,
2008:"USTA Community Tennis Association of the Year Award"
McCall
Community Tennis Association is a Community Tennis Association (CTA)
member of the US Tennis Association and is the recipient of the
annual award for USTA
Community Tennis Association of the Year for the Intermountain
Region. MCTA earned this prestigious award
for its enrolling
over 100 members in less than 1 year and raising $35,000 for
resurfacing 2 of the public tennis courts at the High
School, among other great achievements. The award was
formally presented to the association at the awards banquet in Las
Vegas, March
3, 2008.
Above:
Lea Williams, Vice President of MCTA (left) and
Matthew
Warren, Idaho Tennis Association (right)
Feb
13,
2008:"USTA Executive Director Intermountain Idaho Comments
and Grants"
Matthew
Warren, Executive Director of USTA Intermountain Idaho and Tiffany
Coll, USTA Community Relations Coordinator, attended the McCall
Community Tennis Association's general meeting to present a $1,000
check from the Community Development Support Group for the
tremendous effort that MCTA has done in promoting tennis in the
McCall area. Warren said that MCTA is recognized as a model
club throughout the Intermountain States and announced that
another $500 check would be sent toward the expenditures of
the MCTA Block Party in the spring. This is all a
tremendous recognition for all the hard work and achievements that
should make our club proud.
Above:
Receipt of $1,000 check from USTA. Left to right: Tom
Stilinovich, Nancy Sommerwerck, Jo Conn, Matthew Warren (Director
of ID Tennis Assoc), Lea Williams, Brook Caldwell, Al
Butler, Don McCurley
Feb
13,
2008:"USTA Adopt-A-Court Grant"
Nancy
Sommerwerck announced that MCTA is the recipient of USTA
Intermountain region Adopt-a-Court grant funds in the amount
of $2,935 for windscreens, benches, squeegies, ball machine,
etc.
2008:"MCTA Hats, Visors, Wine Glasses Now Available"
Help
spread the word about the MCTA and enjoy accessories with the
McCall Community Tennis Association logo - hats, visors and wine
glasses are now available for purchase. Contact any board
member for details.
Above:
Hats, visors and other MCTA accessories are available for purchase
PHOTO:
Nancy Butler
June,
2007:"McCall CTA Raises $10K at Fundraiser"
News
article in the Idaho Tennis Association Newsletter
describing the "Grand Slam" party to raise funds and
Matthew Warren's comments, "It is exciting to see an
entire community transformed through the game of tennis. To
raise $31,000 and have over 150 members in less than a year is a
testament to volunteerism and community involvement."
Read the entire article, click here.*
May,
2007:"Tennis, Anywhere"
"New
McCall tennis club hopes to make public courts usable again".
News article in the Star News describing the inspiring
story of the founding of the McCall Community Tennis
Association. Read the entire article, click here
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