Tennis Tryouts for Swiss Point and Liberty Pines Middle Schools

 

Tennis Tryouts for both Swiss Point and Liberty Pines will take place the following:

Monday, February 6th & Tuesday, February 7th

2:45pm - 4:45pm at Mills Field Tennis Courts (1805 Race Track Road, St. Johns 32259)

Students from either school may come to Mills Field during these dates and times to tryout for their school tennis team.  Middle School season will begin the week of February 20th - May 5th, 2017.  

Tennis tryouts will last for at least 30 - 40 minutes while being evaluated.  Students selected for their schools team will receive notice of results the following Friday.  You must register online at SJMSAA website as directed from your school in order to tryout and participate on your schools tennis team.

Practices for Swiss Point will be Tuesdays 2:45-3:45pm

Practices for Liberty Pines will be Wednesdays 2:45 - 3:45pm

Match play days will be every Thursday (times vary according to venue played)

 

SJTA Thanksgiving "TURKEY TENNIS CAMP"

Come work off all that turkey and casserole you will be eating on Thanksgiving!

We are offering a Thanksgiving Tennis Camp for all our Teen & Academy tennis players for these following dates & times:

Monday, November 21st 5-8PM  (Singles Drills & Strategy)

Tuesday, November 22nd 5-8PM  (Doubles Drills & Strategy)

Wednesday, November 23rd 10AM - 1PM  (Tournament Play & Pizza Party & Awards)

This camp includes 9 hours of tennis instruction/play, round robin challenge, prizes and pizza party on Wednesday.  Tennis Camp cost is $85.00

We are reserving a maximum 16 students to attend this camp.

Please RSVP by emailing Coach Heather Lester at heather.lester@mac.com and send in your payment by check made out to "SJTA" to hold your spot.

 

Thank you,

Coach Heather Lester 

 

USTA Team Tennis Challenge weekend October 30th

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.

Halloween Tennis Social 2016

We had a blast last night with all our students to celebrate Halloween tennis style. We had three contest winners for ; "Wackiest tennis shot"- Sam W.,  "Best Tweener shot"- Gabe S. , and "Best target serve"- Lily D..  We also had a dog fight in which our winner was Grace W.   Pizza, drinks, awards and candy was enjoyed by all. Coaches Patrick Diegan and Heather Lester thank you for coming out to play in our 4th annual Halloween celebration!

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Now forming Junior Team Tennis Teams

We want to announce an excellent opportunity for all our students to form their own team for a local USTA Junior Team Tennis event late October.  We want as many teams as possible to go and compete then have the opportunity to travel with their team to Orlando to compete regionally.  

I specifically want one or two high school teams made. This will be great practice before January tryouts. 

See flyer attached and if you need help being placed on a team come see either Coaches Cheryl, Patrick or Heather to be matched accordingly.  

USTA Junior Team Tennis  

USTA Junior Team Tennis