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Beach Tennis USA Newsletter
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Join the Movement!
June 2009
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Players and Fans
The movement has headed West! Our San Diego
event was a huge success, garnering one of
the largest Amateur division draws we've seen
in years. I'd like to thank everyone involved
for their hard work, including our title
sponsor, Evolution Home
Theatre, Gretchen
Magers and her team at The
San Diego Beach Tennis Association, and
of course, all our Pro
and Amateur division players.
The San Diego Smash also saw the return of
the Maloney Sisters--Lisa and Laura, to Pro
competition, as they kept their undefeated
streak alive, taking home another trophy. In
the Men's Pro division, Donny Young and Marty
Salokas nailed a hat-trick, winning their
third event of the 2009 National Tour and
putting some serious distance between
themselves and Team Rhino in the point
series standings.
If you are planning to be anywhere near Long
Beach, CA on July 4th weekend, then you have
got to get out to The
Long Beach Open. This event is guaranteed
to be one of the biggest of the tour and is
our first West Coast event co-produced with
West
Coast Beach Tennis. These guys have done a
great job growing the sport in SoCal!
We continue to use social media to help
spread the word about beach tennis. You can
now follow live updates from all of our events
on Twitter,
and keep up to speed with everything that's
happening in the movement on Facebook.
And don't forget to upload your favorite
beach tennis photos to our Flickr
Photostream.
Please share this newsletter with all of your
beach tennis friends by scrolling to the
bottom and using the "Forward" link. Here's to
an amazing 2009 season! Come join
the movement!
Jim
Lorenzo
President, Beach Tennis USA
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Salokas and Young Pull Hat Trick in San Diego
Maloney Sisters Make 2009 Debut in Grand Style
The clouds parted on Sunday in San Diego,
providing a picture-perfect back drop for the
Evolution Home Theatre San Diego Smash, where
Donny "The Golden Bullet" Young and Marty
Salokas (Hermosa Beach, CA) picked up their
third tour win, defeating Joe "The Bronze
Bomber" Testa and his new partner, Billy
Lambo (Hermosa Beach, CA), 8-4, in the Men's
Pro division. Salokas and Young remain the
point series leaders in this years tour and
were outspoken in their desire to take on the
reigning national champs Matteo Marighella
and Alex Mingozzi at the 2009 National Beach
Tennis Championship, on Labor Day Weekend, in
Long Beach, NY.
CLICK
HERE to read more.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS YEAR'S POINT SERIES LEADERS
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Register Now for the 2009 Long Beach CA Open
July 4-5. Anyone Can Play! Join the Movement!
Beach Tennis USA comes to Long Beach, CA
this weekend for the 2009 Long Beach Open.
There's
something for everyone at this event
including top-level pro action, amateur and
juniors competition, a paddle division, and
lots of open "free-play". Grab your racquet
and get down to the beach! CLICK
HERE TO REGISTER NOW!
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BTUSA on Ch. 3 News in Virginia Beach, VA
BTUSA recently held an event at the 2009 Sand
Soccer Championship in Virginia Beach, VA.
Some great Pro and Amateur talent showed up
to compete and we made lots of new friends.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CH 3 SEGMENT.
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Become a BTUSA Member Today!
Beach tennis is the hottest new sport in
America and now you can be a part of it.
Annual membership is only $35, and all players
who become charter members will receive:
- Discounts on all BTUSA event registration
fees
- Eligibility for Pro and Amateur points
series
- 10% discount on all licensed BTUSA
merchandise, including net systems, balls and
official BTUSA apparel
- FREE BTUSA T-shirt
CLICK HERE TO ENROLL FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP
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BTUSA Heads to Chicago. Demo at EVP Event, July 18
Prelude to Next Season's 10-City Joint Venture Tour with EVP Volleyball
We'll be headed out to Chicago in July for a
daylong series of beach tennis demonstrations
at the EVP 19th Chicago Pro-Am Series. This
event will be a prelude to our upcoming joint
venture in 2010. CLICK
HERE for more information.
Next season's, 10-city, dual-sport tour,
which will include stops
in Florida, Southern California, Chicago, and
New York, will leverage both the long
standing success of the EVP Tour and the
recent momentum that beach tennis has gained
as a pro sport and a beach lifestyle phenomenon.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR JOINT TOUR IN 2010
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Henderson and Whitesell Take Virginia Beach Title
After three straight days of rain, the clouds
finally parted in Virginia Beach, making way
for some amazing beach tennis competition.
Local talent came out in droves, but in the
end it was pro beach tennis journeymen Phil
Whitesell and Chris Henderson (Charleston,
SC) who prevailed, defeating Johann Vavarud
and Niclas Kohler (Virginia Beach, VA), 8-2,
to win the Men's Pro division. Vavarud and
Kohler were consistently sharp throughout the
weekend and battled their way through the
semifinals, defeating Martin Black and Ryan
Davidson (Virginia Beach, VA), 8-6.
CLICK HERE to read more.
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Looking for the Latest News? Check out the BTUSA Blogs!
We've made some great new improvements to our
web site this season, including the addition
of more photos, video, and now we've added
three new blogs.
Our
BTUSA Pro Player Blog features tips and
stories from our top pros. The Rec
Room is
authored by Melissa Gibson, BTUSA VP of
Business Development, and contains great
information on how you can get involved with
"the movement".
Zach
Smart's Sports Blog, features Zach's
award-winning insight into the world of not
just beach tennis, but every sport. Zach has
been busy with daily BTUSA updates from the
Sony Ericsson Open.
CLICK HERE TO CHECK THEM OUT.
CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR NEW BLOGS
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Congratulations To Our Newest Certifed Beach Tennis Instructor, Lee Mendell
BTUSA congratulates Lee Mendell of Brigantine
Beach Community Education & Recreation, in
Brigantine, NJ. Lee has joined the growing
ranks of tennis professionals who have become
certified beach tennis instructors.
Learn how you too can become a certified
beach tennis instruct or turn your beach club,
bar, or community beach into an official
BTUSA Place 2 Play.
Contact us by
clicking here.
CLICK HERE FOR A LISTING OF PLACES 2 PLAY
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Check Out Our Audio and Video Podcasts in iTunes
Use your iPod to Keep Up With All The Action!
Now you can catch highlights of the 2009
season and keep up with the latest news in
beach tennis by subscribing to the new BTUSA
Video Newsflash. Already an iTunes user? CLICK
HERE.
And you can also listen to our monthly audio
podcast, available in iTunes
or at BeachTennisUSA.net.
This month's episode features an exclusive
interview with BTUSA's Dan Weinberg.
Don't have iTunes? CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LATEST EPISODE
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We've Got Some Great New Gear For You!
Check out our new selection of official BTUSA
apparel and equipment. We've got hats,
shirts, sand socks, rally towels, and our
patented net
systems. If it's beach tennis, it's here!
CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL OUR GREAT BTUSA GEAR!
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Beach Tennis USA
phone:
(516) 502-2571
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