January 2007
Monthly Archive
Binghamton USTA Newletter Vol 1 No 1 available here
Posted by Dickey Sopchak on 29 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: General, USTA
Open this post to find the link for the first Binghamton USTA Newsletter. If you have an email in your USTA registration and you are registered for a team in 2007, you should be receiving future newsletters by email, but I will continue to post them here also. Just click on the following link: http://www.tennisctr.com/ds/Binghamton%20USTA%20NewsletterVol1_files/Number%201.htm
Junior Travel Team
Posted by Michael Starke on 19 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Events, General
| February 9, 2007 | to | February 11, 2007 |
Binghamton Tennis Center junior travel team will be taking a road trip to the East Side Tennis Club in Syracuse February 9-11 to play in a Level 11 tournament. Kris Shumway will be our “touring pro” and chaperone for the event.
Cost will be between $100-$125 and includes transportation, lodging, tennis coach and supervision. One must enter the tournament on their own. Tournament and sign up deadline are Friday, January 26. We will limit the trip to the 1st 12 sign-ups. This tournament includes all age groups, 12-18’s and is the 2nd event on the Western Regional Grand Prix Championship Circuit. Flyers explaining the details of the circuit are located at the club.
Take advantage of this offering and join us for a great weekend.
Sambursky-Gennett Men’s Pro Am
Posted by Michael Starke on 16 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Events, General
| February 24, 2007 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Left: 2006 winners Faisal Mohammed & Parker Gennett. Rightt: Pro-Am sponsors Dr. Parker Gennett & Dr. Dan Sambursky
Our 4th annual Gennett-Sambursky men’s tennis pro-am will run Saturday, February 24 from 7-10pm. The pro-am fields 10 pros and 10 amatuers, with a pro & amatuer playing against anotehr pro & anatuer each match. Using a round robin format, four sets of tennis will be played, with a playoff to determine to winning team. Prizes will be given to the winning amatuers and prize money to the pros! pros Cost is $40 and includes hor’ duerves, 3 hours of pro-am tennis and a guaranteed great time. Sign up is limited to the 1st 10 sign-ups. This is our winter tennis “festival” highlight, and one you should mark on your calendar. Spectators welcome
Small Business Feature Member of the Month
Posted by Michael Starke on 15 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: General
Rick Marsi is our small business member feature this month. Rick, a noted naturalist, syndicated columnist and author has recently completed his latest work, “Bridge to Borovichi“. This book strays from the wildlife/nature subject matter of two of his previous books, and explores life in Borovichi, Russia (Binghamton’s sister city)during the time period immediately following the the end of Commuism.
Rick was able to catpure a rare glimpse of a country going through a unique and difficult transistion. Rick made a dozen trips to Borovichi from 1991 through 2003, developing deep friendships and a keen sense of what their lives wer like. The book is extremly well written and should be a must read for any Binghamton citizen.
Rick has written three other books, “Once Around the Sun”, “Wheel of Seasons” and “A Doctor’s Life”. The first two are a collaboration of Rick’s nature & wildlife columns, the third a memoir of the Life of Dr. Israel Rosefsky. To purchase any of these books or learn more about Rick, you may go to www.rickmarsi.com. We are selling copies of “Bridge to Borovichi” at the club for $15.
Rick is an avid tennis fan, and plays weekly at BTC as much as his travel schedule and knee allows.
