USTA Team Tennis Challenge weekend October 30th

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Saint Johns Tennis Academy entered 8 teams into this weekends USTA Team Tennis Challenge weekend located at Boone Park.  We had 4 teams entered in the U14 intermediate and 4 teams entered into the U18 intermediate.  I am so very proud of each and every team with high efforts to play their very best tennis and displayed great sportsmanship in every match!  I received several compliments from various parents and teams and pros from our local communities.

We had 2 teams come in 1st and 2nd place in our U18 intermediate flight - Team 904 won first place with players Landon Williams, Molly Wannamaker & Lily Thompson.  We had 2 teams of ours in the playoffs of U14 intermediate "Team Highlighters" and "Team Uno".  Team Uno won 1st place with players Allie Bielski, Carys Cook & Lily Davis.

Congratulations Abby Setzer!!

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Miss. Abby recently won finalist in the 12u category at Queens Harbor.    Abby is one of our Academy players at SJTA and works hard in clinic and private lessons with Coach Cheryl Keller. We expect big things from Abby in her future as a local tennis star. Her nickname is "smiley" because she always has a great smile and shows great sportsmanship on and off the tennis courts. Congratulations!

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Congratulations Allie Bielski

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Miss. Allie is one of our Academy students and she won the finalist in the consultation draw of last weekends Level 7 tournament. She's excited to now be ranked and work on moving up in future tournaments. She works hard in our weekly clinics and private lessons. Congratulations Allie to your recent win  and we hope you have many more in your future.  

 

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Daytona sectional championship...were back!!

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We had tons of fun in Daytona this last weekend, August 5-8th. St. Johns Tennis Academy entered into the summer sectional tournament with 5 teams (U14 beginner, U14 intermediate, U18 intermediate and two U18 advanced). It's a time to go and compete against all the other junior team tennis teams in the state of Florida. Most of us chose to stay in local hotels in the area of LPGA Boulevard in Daytona Beach where we can hang out with each other, as teams, when were not playing tennis and wake up as early as 7:00a.m. to play early matches beginning at 8:00a.m. Most of our teams played 2-3 matches per day and were absolutely exhausted by Sunday. It's a full weekend of sun, tennis, friends and family.

Most of our teams did pretty well. The winners of each division that finish in 1st place are eligible for Nationals competition located in Alabama in the fall. Our U18 advance team won first place last fall and advanced to Nationals winning 2nd place. Were very proud of that and you can see the banner in which they were awarded hung at the tennis courts at Mills Field. We hope to do it again next season.