Announcing the 2009 CORTA Board of Directors
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Executive Committee:
President - Nancy Prescott
Vice President - Adam Centerbar
Vice President - Carol Northrup
Vice President - Gene Oswalt
Secretary - Jennifer Pitts
Treasurer - Steve Scheer
Past President - Todd Lee
Executive Advisor - Will White
Board of Directors:
Adult Programs - Bill Douglas
Awards - Teresa Douthit
Community Outreach - Dwan Grooms
Facility - Tom Miller
Junior Programs - Lyle Illges
Legal Counsel - Rob Brand
Officials - Al Dean
Special Events - Cheryl Smith
Sponsorship/Marketing - Ene Pate
Tournaments - Rem Houser
Volunteers - Niki Gedroic
USTA Georgia District Representative - Nita Perry
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Congratulations 2008 USTA Georgia Award winners!
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Congratulations
to the 2008 USTA Georgia Award winners! CORTA is very proud of all the
people and programs that help us promote and grow tennis in our
community. View pictures.
Male Junior Player of the Year - Christian Garay
Special Volunteer of the Year - Helen Martin
Special Tennis Event of the Year - "Serving Up Aces" Sampras vs. Martin
Male Captain of the Year - Jeff Ammerman
Official of the Year - Nita Perry
NJTL Chapter of the Year - TennisWorks |
Adult Programs News
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Flex Doubles League was offered for the very first time this winter season! This league gives players all the thrills of Adult League tennis, built around their busy lifestyle. Players call the SHOTS... 266 players to be exact!
Registration for the upcoming Spring League season is now open. Teams are forming now for the Adult, Senior, Senior Combo, and City Leagues. Deadline to form teams for the Adult/Senior Leagues is Wednesday, January 7, 2009. Let us know if you are looking for a team or need players for your team. IMPORTANT - Remember to check the Match Schedule Chart to get an idea of how many matches will be scheduled in your flight. This information could be helpful to captains in determining how many players they need on their team.
Reserve your Cooper Creek Practice Courts NOW! USTA Adult and Senior League teams may begin signing up for practice courts. For more details, click here!
A captains' meeting (mandatory for new captains) will be held Thursday, January 15th; 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the North Columbus Public Library, Conference Room, 5689 Armour Road (near Home Depot & across the street from Britt David Park).
A new format for the 4.5 Adult League flight will be offered for the spring 2009 season. Women will play three doubles positions and will require only 6 players to form a team. Men will play one singles position and two doubles positions and require only 5 players to form a team. Get your 4.5 team together for play this spring!
Congratulations to the Sutcliff 4.0 Women (60s) Super Senior team! They won the Georgia Super Senior Championship. Next stop... SECTIONALS in Pelham, AL!
 Left: Barbara Pope, Lowry Hardesty, Nancy Waldrep, Nancy Scott, Sue Sutcliff (Captain),
Ailene Mooney, and Sue Pate (not pictured) Susan Gilbert and Jane MacDonald
Congratulations to the Fall 2008 CORTA Flight winners. These teams will be recognized at the Fall Season Awards Party to be held in January. Details concerning the awards party will be forwarded to the winning team captains and players.
Adult League
2.5 Men - Collins-CC
3.0 Men - McKenzie/Kelly-CCC
3.5 Men - Blue - Ammerman-CC *Level Champion
3.5 Men - Red - Brewer-CC
4.0 Low Men - Centerbar-CC
4.0 Men - Hudson-GI
2.5 Women - Duncan/Frederick-WC
3.0 Women - Blue - Philpott-CC *Level Champion
3.0 Women - Red - Miller/Swords-CC
3.5 Women - Red - Corbin/Hanley-CC *Level Champion
3.5 Women - Blue - Dorchak/Hamilton-GI
4.0 Low Women - Smith-CC
4.0 Women - Douthit/Humphries-CC
Senior League
3.0 Men - Wise-CC 3.0 Women - Ruzeski/Campos-CC
3.5 Men - Pound-CCC 3.5 Women - Breault-CC
4.0 Men - Scheer-GI 4.0 Women - Waldrep-CC
City League
Adult 3.0 Women - Fuller-CC
Adult 3.5 Women - Phillips-CC
Senior 6.5 Men - Newberry-CC
For more information about CORTA Leagues, contact Charlie Clippinger or Cissy Sanders.
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Junior Program News
by Deby Caldwell
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USTA Middle School Jr. Team Tennis
What an incredible season of USTA Middle School Team Tennis. We had 408 players and the competition was awesome! It is so much fun to play for your schools, spend time with your friends, and improve at tennis! All indicators lead us to believe this season was our largest and best yet! We had 16 schools represented and 39 teams, beginning with 1.5 and going to 3.5.
This year we awarded a sportsmanship award to one boy and one girl from each division! Hats off to all the players who won and were nominated for this prestigious award!
Winners for the 2008 USTA Middle School Team Tennis:
1.5 Division: First Place - Marion County Rally Red; Runner Up - Midland Academy
2.0 Division: First Place - St. Luke; Runner-Up - Harris County
2.5 Division: First Place - Marion County; Runner-up - St. Anne
3.0 Divison: First Place - St. Luke; Runner-up - Brookstone
Sportmanship Award winners:
1.5 Division: Girl - Kirsten Champion, Harris Co.; Boy - Jamarcus Bridges - Marion Co.
2.0 Division: Girl - Emily Dickman - Blackmon Road; Boy - Duncan Fletcher - St. Luke
2.5 Division: Girl - Jamillia Burgos - Blackmon Road; Boy - Arnov Patel - Blackmon Road
3.0 Divison: Girl - Delaney Harrison - Gordon; Boy - Sahil Arora - St. Luke
Volunteer Coach Charlie Clippinger with East Columbus Team
Volunteer Coach Steve Scheer congratulating St. Anne Team
USTA Quickstart Jr. Team Tennis
Forty-eight children participated in USTA Quickstart Jr. Team Tennis this fall. There were 6 teams this season - two 8 & Under teams, and four 10 & Under teams. It has been amazing to watch the progress of these young children. Quickstart tennis not only trains the players, but it allows them to compete at a modified level, keeping their love of tennis exciting and alive!
 USTA Quickstart Jr. Team Tennis Participants enjoying cupcakes on the last day of the season
Quickstart Tennis is an exciting new play format for learning tennis, designed to bring kids into the game by utilizing specialized equipment, shorter court dimensions and modified scoring, all tailored to age and size. It's the fast, fun way to get kids into tennis-- and keep them playing.
Nita Perry pictured with a group of 8U Quickstart tennis clinic participants
USTA High School Jr. Team Tennis
Eleven high school teams (6 girls and 5 boys teams) have registered to participate in the Winter 2008-2009 USTA High School Jr. Team Tennis League. Match play started Wednesday at Cooper Creek. This is a great way to prepare for the upcoming high school season and at the same time... enjoy playing with friends. Good Luck Teams!
High School Team Tennis Camp
The High School Team Tennis Camp will be a special two day camp following the league designed specifically for the high school player. This camp will provide extensive drills, conditioning, stroke perfection, and instructional match play in singles and doubles. It will be a great way to improve your skills and prepare you for your high school season. The camp will be held on Saturday, January 16th (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) and Sunday, January 17th (12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.). Fee: $20.00. This is a must for all high school players!
Coming Next!
* Junior Flex Singles Series (January-February 2009)
* Spring USTA Jr. Team Tennis (February 2009)
* USTA Quickstart Jr. Team Tennis (March 2009) |
CORTA Christmas Toy Tournament
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The CORTA Junior Teen Council hosted the CORTA Christmas Toy Tournament that was held December 5 - 6, 2008 at the Cooper Creek Tennis Center. The proceeds will go towards allowing the CORTA "Ad In" Special Pops athletes to participate in the 2009 local and state Special Olympic Games. Also, new toys were donated to the children at the Open Door Community House. View results.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Gold Star: Mainline Information Systems, Burger King, Caldwell Animal Hospital, Columbus Trophy and Screen Printing, Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital, Cross Courts Sports
Silver Star: Marco's Pizza, North Columbus Pharmacy, Nora Tan-Ngo, M.D., Ezell, Chancey & Raiford, LLP Attorneys at Law, Home Care Services, SATuration, Lott Sheet Metal, Champ Baker, M.D., Morgan Keegan, St. Francis Hospital, Lyle Norwood, Judy Pearce, and Rawls & Associates
Friends of Santa: The Trussell Company, Inc., Chick-fil-A (Wynnton Road)
 CORTA Toy Tournament players pictured with Tennis Santa Wayne Hamilton |
TennisWorks in the Parks
by Helen Martin |
The winter season of TennisWorks in the Parks ended on Wednesday, December 3rd with a great pizza party! Awards were presented to players for "most improved", "best attitude", and "perfect attendance". Each child received a TennisWorks t-shirt and a coupon from Chick-fil-A on Wynnton Road. TennisWorks will resume for the spring season on March 2nd. The influence of tennis is truly making an impact on the lives of the children who participate in this program! We are very fortunate to have the BEST volunteers ever... Dwan Grooms, Bernard Francis, Kevin Jacobson, Sang Lee, and Bobbi Corbin. A very special thanks to each of you! Also, it was my pleasure to work with Columbus State University tennis team players, Nemanja Djuric (Serbia) and Hanane Toumi (Morocco) this season!
Coach Nemanja Djuric and Helen Martin pictured with top TennisWorks participants
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| Cardio Tennis |
 Registration is open now for the January/February sessions of Cardio Tennis. Sign up NOW!
Evening Sessions (6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.)
Tuesdays: January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10
Thursdays: January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12
Morning Sessions (10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.)
Wednesdays: January 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11
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"Laugh for the Health of It"
provided by Columbus Regional Heathcare System |
While she was recovering from abdominal surgery, Emily sat in her hospital bed and watched late night comedy shows. "I had to change channels," she said. "I was laughing so hard I was afraid I might tear open all my stitches."
Laughter is uniquely human; no other species laughs in the same way humans do. And doctors have long believed that laughter is good medicine - as long as you don't laugh hard enough to rip open your stitches.
In the most obvious sense, laughter is exercise. A good laugh, depending on how hearty it is, gives a workout to the muscles in your diaphragm, abdomen, chest, face, legs and back. Some researchers have estimated that laughing 100 times is comparable to spinning your legs for 15 minutes on an exercise bike. In terms of calories, of course, you'll need to laugh most of the day if you're expecting to lose significant weight.
Probably more important, laughing raises the heart rate more than most common activities. Frequent surges in heart rate help keep blood vessels pliable and healthy.
Following laughter, it's believed that the body is flooded with pleasure-producing hormones such as endorphins, which are natural pain killers.
Some studies have also shown an increase in disease-fighting cells from the immune system following laughter. And a study of 19 diabetic patients found that they had lower blood sugar levels after watching a comedy compared to watching a boring lecture.
For most Americans today, laughter doesn't come primarily from jokes or comedy shows but from interaction with family and friends. And it has a way of rubbing off on others, making it easier to affiliate and connect. At any age, these connections are essential to maintaining good physical as well as mental health.
The person who laughs is bound to have a strong circle of friends and family. And the person with a strong support circle is usually healthier than one who is lonely and angry.
Even when the benefits of laughter are unproven, the attitude of most professionals is that a hearty belly laugh never hurt anyone...except the person recovering from abdominal surgery.
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CORTA Merchandise |
CORTA vests and micro fleeces are the perfect attire to wear playing tennis in the cool winter months. It's also the perfect gift for any occasion.... or spoil yourself today! You can order CORTA logo merchandise online using your credit card or PayPal account. Available for a limited time. Don't miss out!
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Give the Gift of Tennnis
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Looking for a great gift idea for Christmas? What about giving the gift of tennis?
Gift certificates are available for a wide range of programs....Adult and Junior beginner clinics, Academy or Camp registrations, Cardio Tennis classes and more! Get someone you know out playing today!
You may also choose to honor someone with a tax deductible donation. There are many worthwhile programs that need support....choose from programs like the Junior Scholarship Fund, TennisWorks, or "Ad In" Special Populations. Acknowledgment cards will be mailed to the lucky recipient notifying them of your thoughtful gift.
Contact CORTA to help you find the perfect fit.
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| Facebook
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There is now a CORTA group on Facebook. The purpose of the group is for general tennis talk and to connect players for match play. If you are on Facebook, please join us!! Thanks to Margaret Love for volunteering to be our Facebook Administrator!
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USTA Official's Clinic
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| USTA Official's Clinics will be held on Saturday, January 31st, 2009 and Sunday, February 1st, 2009 at the Holiday Inn North. Umpires with over 3 years experience will attend the Saturday morning clinic. Referees and College (ITA) officials clinics will be held on Saturday afternoon. New officials and officials with less than 3 years experience will attend the Sunday clinic. On-line exams should be available soon. Registration this year will be on-line (instructions to follow). Costs will be the same, i.e. $15.00 for umpire clinics and $10.00 for the Referee and ITA. E-mail or call Bob Offer (706-323-4052) for more details. |
Message from CORTA
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 The CORTA office will be closed December 24 - 26, December 31, and January 1 in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays. We look forward to another great year!
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