We are possessive about our tennis courts and availability.  We believe pickleball courts won't be implemented by DPR at Wash Park.  Competing with pickleball for space has become an issue.  And now pickleball is seeing noise complaints.  Here's a local article about some of the issues.  

https://www.9news.com/amp/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/pickleball-noise-divides-neighbors-and-players/73-8beb759c-c19f-40f2-83f3-e09d0753242a

Tennis continues to be a broad-based and popular sport, for young and old alike. The staggering growth in participation the past several years has created a strain on infrastructure and program availability. USTA CO is committed to communities’ access to tennis and is partnering with Denver Parks & Recreation to pilot Tennis Champions, an awareness and advocacy campaign, and the Home Court Advantage contest to nominate Denver public park tennis courts for small improvements (up to $5000). The campaign will broaden across the state after the initial April 1 – June 30 focus with Denver Parks & Recreation. We must work together so tennis can grow at pace with its popularity. 

Tennis Champions are people passionate about tennis; willing to share their voice to support the sport they love. Tennis Champions share the lifelong health and social benefits of the sport with others and their community and agree to:

• Stay connected
• Give input
• Help to tell the story

 

Become a Tennis Champion today!

www.usta.com/coloradotennischampions

USTA Colorado announced the annual winners of Service Awards.  Our own Leagues Coordinator, Patricia Robertson, has won the Clyde Rogers Award (Contributions to Recreational Players) for her tireless contributions to our club's members. 

Patricia works extremely hard in coordinating with CTA league programming and the City of Denver for court scheduling, as well as getting new club members involved with a club team.

This award shows that our members recognize and appreciate her efforts!

Congratulations to Patricia!

https://www.usta.com/en/home/about-usta/who-we-are/intermountain/colorado/usta-colorado-gala.html

https://www.usta.com/en/home/about-usta/who-we-are/intermountain/colorado/usta-colorado-annual-awards.html

https://www.facebook.com/USTAColorado

Here’s your chance to help us recognize on-court achievement, sportsmanship and service to our tennis community!

USTA Colorado annual award nominations are now being accepted. For your reference, a list of awards is below.  

Making a nomination is easy. Click this link and make your nominations by September 15. 

YOUTH SPORTSMANSHIP (Sportsmanship, leadership and achievement on and off the court)
·        Boys and Girls aged 14 and under
·        Boys and Girls aged 15-18
·        Youth from a parks program 

ADULT ON-COURT ACHIEVEMENT
·        Female and Male Player of the Year
·        Senior Player of the Year
·        Wheelchair Player of the Year 

SERVICE
·        Organization of the Year
·        Family of the Year
·        Volunteer of the Year-for USTA Colorado & CYTF
·        Media Excellence
·        Service to Under-served Populations
·        Service to Recreational Players
·        Service to Tennis Community 

Thank you for taking the time to help recognize sportsmanship, achievement and service! These awards are an honor and important to those who receive them.

Congratulations to our 2021 Champions!

• Jacob Escobedo, 5.0 Men's Singles
• Walter Mannino, 4.5 Men's Singles
• Ariana Ishaq, 4.5 Women's Singles
• Julie Clapham, 4.0 Women's Singles
• Sean Daniel, 4.0 Men's Singles
• Khanh Huyen & Irina Suyumova, 4.5 Womens' Doubles
• Ben Atlee & Chad Picard, 4.5 Men's Doubles
• Dirk McDermott & John Feldman, 4.0 Men's Doubles
• Marcela Rascon & Pia Lisle, 4.0 Women's Doubles

Wash Park Red - 2.5 WOMEN ADULT 18+  

Captained by Natalie Jacobsen 

Team members include: Whitney Adams, Rebecca (Becky) Bontrager, Jenny Carlstedt, Kelly Gloeckler, Emily Goers, Emily Knight, Robin Mohr, Sara Singh, and Erica Whatley

Their season record was 5-2!

Wash Park Red - 3.5 MEN ADULT 18+

Captained by Tony Gubenko

Team members include: Zuben Bastani, Chris Carry, Henry Cheng, Fred DeFilippo, Brian Fitzgerrell, Brad (Charles) Gabriel, Spencer (Henry) Horne, Mike Machado, Sean O'Connor, Matthew Shiveley, and Brandon Stovall

Their season record was 6-1!

The Men's 3.5 Adult 18+ team, Captained by Greg Hamilton, is going to Sectionals in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 13-15, 2021.  Good luck team and bring the trophy back to Colorado!

Team members include: Greg Hamilton, Jake Hugenberg, Eric Ginsberg, Chad Whitmer, Nikhil Roy, Tim Fritz, James McKee, Jonathan Kosares, Noah Wasserman, Thomas Gunnison, Seth Newby, and Nick Miner.

As you may have heard by now, USTA National issued a statement on March 13^th to all USTA Members that they have suspended all USTA-sanctioned events (leagues and tournaments included) through April 20, 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Socials

March 21st Social

• WPTC is following USTA/CTA's lead and is cancelling the March Social.
• All registrants will receive a full refund. 

Summer Socials

At this time, we are making no changes to our schedule for Summer Socials. As the situation evolves, we will adjust accordingly.

USTA/CTA Leagues

Each league is impacted differently so please read the details carefully for each of them as they apply to you.

Trio League

CTA Trio league season is cancelled for 2020 and registration on TennisLink has been stopped.

Refunds

• WPTC will give Captains a full refund of their team fee - $170.
• Additionally, for individual registrations made on TennisLink, CTA will be issuing a refund check to each team’s captain.
• Captains are responsible for dispersing refunds to their individual players for both the individual player registrations as well as each player’s portion of the team fee.

USTA Mixed 18+ League

The suspension of league play affects 3 out of 7 weeks. At this time, the league will be shortened to a 4-5 week season.

Opting In or Out & Refunds

All registered teams/players have the option to opt-out of the league and receive a full refund.

• USTA/CTA will be emailing captains directly and require a response to taylor@coloradotennis.com by March 17.
• Each captain needs to decide whether to retain your team and play a shortened season or opt-out the entire team.
• If your team chooses to continue, captains also need to identify and communicate to USTA/CTA the individual player names who want to opt-out. 
• If you decide to cancel your team's participation entirely, please notify Patricia Robertson at leagues@washparktennisclub.com and she will request a WPTC Team League Fee refund for you. 
• For those teams that choose to continue, WPTC will wait until after April 20 to make any decision about handling any team fee refunds.

Captains will be responsible for dispersing refunds to their individual players for the individual player registrations as well as each player’s portion of the team fee.

USTA Adult 18+ League (season April 20 - June 4)

Currently, the suspension only impacts one day of the league season…4/20.

• Matches that would initially be scheduled on 4/20 will be considered a floating match (reschedule on your own).
• USTA/CTA will be working under the assumption that league play will resume 4/21 and they will be able to provide teams a 6-7 week season.

Opting In or Out & Refunds

All registered teams/players have the option to opt-out of the league and receive a full refund.

• USTA/CTA will be emailing captains directly and require a response to taylor@coloradotennis.com by March 20.
• Each captain needs to decide whether to retain your team or opt-out the entire team.
• If your team chooses to continue, captains also need to identify and communicate to USTA/CTA the individual player names who want to opt-out. 
• If you decide to cancel your team's participation entirely, please notify Patricia Robertson at leagues@washparktennisclub.com and she will request a WPTC Team League Fee refund for you. 

Captains will be responsible for dispersing refunds to their individual players for the individual player registrations as well as each player’s portion of the team fee.

WPTC will continue to monitor USTA’s direction concerning league activities taking place after April 20.

If you have any questions concerning leagues, please contact Patricia Robertson by email at leagues@washparktennisclub.com

Did you know that the Wash Park Tennis Club is run entirely by an all-volunteer board?

The ALL VOLUNTEER WPTC Board members oversee the operations, activities and events the club has put on over the past 55 years. Without folks volunteering to be on the board, the club would have to stop providing various opportunities to play tennis.

If you're ready to step up and be part of a tennis organization beloved by the Denver tennis community, there are currently 4 open positions that need to be filled as soon as possible.

Secretary
Tournament Director
Summer Socials
Fall Weekend Trip Director

Contact WPTC President, Gordon Rulon, if you're interested.

Here's Your Chance To Run The Show!

The club is looking for someone to fill the open position of Tournaments Director on the Board of Directors.

This volunteer manages all aspects of the club’s annual Clyde Rogers and Chet Niemeyer tennis tournaments. The primary goal is to run these tournaments to be fun, fair and competitive, while continuing the long-standing tradition of a quality experience for players and fans, such that they’ll want to return to the tournament year after year.

General Responsibilities:

• Attend monthly Board meetings
• Administer tournaments' posting on USTA's TennisLink
• Conduct early preparations...secure courts, umpires, train volunteers, order gifts/prizes and supplies
  
• Setup tournament draws using TDM (training available)
  
• Daily management and oversight DURING tournaments
  

Check out the full job description >

Benefits:

• Complimentary Annual Individual WPTC Membership
• Get to know fun and interesting people
• Hone your organizational and leadership skills
• Give back to the tennis community

Get involved today -- join the WPTC Board as the Club Secretary!

Contact the WPTC President for more information or to be considered for the position.