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Below is a list of the board members for 2024. If you have any questions or just want to thank them for their efforts, don't hesitate to contact them or catch them on the court.
| President............................................. | Dan Leija |
| Secretary/Treasurer............................ | Lee Cronce |
| Scorekeeper........................................ | Monique Leija |
| Schedules............................................ | Monique Leija |
| Website/App....................................... | Clayton Kratzer |
| League Coolers.................................... | Chad Fredrick |
| Awards Gathering................................ | volunteers |
| Youth Program.................................... | Lee Cronce |
| Riverfest Tournament......................... | Dan Leija |
| Publicity/Secretary.............................. | Laura Nechkash |
Annual Awards Party and Meeting
We have an awards gathering for our end of the season socialization and meeting. It is a casual gathering as a way to close the season, give out awards, and hold our annual meeting. We are planning on Monday, September 8 this year. Pencil the date in and more information will be communicated later!
Brandt-Quirk Tennis Courts
League matches are held at the Brandt-Quirk Park tennis courts located next to the high school near the corner of Endeavour Dr. and Carriage Hill Dr.
Junior Tennis Opportunities
This summer will mark the 22nd year for the USTA
Youth Tennis Program in Watertown! It is the longest running USTA
youth tennis program in Wisconsin! A program flyer will be posted
soon. Program dates will be early June through early August (Tuesday
evenings). Dates TBD.
Registration will be open this spring at
www.midwestteamtennis.com and will go until around the end of
May.
The program is always in need of coaches and volunteers and tennis experience is NOT required! Please consider volunteering your time and love of the game – you will LOVE working with these kids! Please contact Lee Cronce at watertownyouthtennis@gmail.com if you can help in any way!
Another junior tennis opportunity that might be offered again this
year is USTA Junior Team Tennis team.
WE NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE OVER AND HEAD THIS PROGRAM UP.
This is the next step for older players, ages 11-14 (9-10 if skills
are ready for match play), who are ready for actual match play. This
program organizes a team to play matches against other area community
teams, if possible. Otherwise match play will be set up among the
Watertown team players. The players will sign up for the Midwest Team
Tennis program above which will serve as their practice day. Match
days and times will be determined, but should be Thursday evenings. If
you would like more information about this program, please email watertownyouthtennis@gmail.com.
Please spread the word about this youth tennis information to anyone you know with children ages 5-14. Thank you!
ADULT INSTRUCTION – This program is a beginner tennis program similar to the USTA youth tennis program above, but for adults wanting to learn the game or get back into the game. Beginner players can feel intimidated joining a league and we want to offer those players something to get their feet wet and hopefully get more comfortable to join our league in the future.
We are working out the details for this summer and will post it on
the website and Team App, and email it out to our membership when
things are finalized. The program will run the same days and time as
the youth program. Any questions, contact Laura Nechkash on Team App
or at lnechkash@gmail.com.
Local Racquet Stringers
Clayton Kratzer – kratzer@charter.net – (920) 390-0569 - over 15 years experience
Local Tennis Instruction
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