Club Times 2021 November/December

Ladies Program Year in Review | 202 1 t e n n i s

IF THE AAC TENNIS COURTS COULD SPEAK? WHAT WOULD THEY SAY? WOW! WOW! WOW! The AAC ladies’ program is thriving more than ever! We have over 400 ladies involved in our program (recreational and competitive) and everyone is enjoying the fun that tennis provides. We have many highlights for this year. In May we had four teams representing not only the AAC, but the whole City of Atlanta at the State Championships in Rome and Macon. The camaraderie shown by these teams, watching each other and pulling for one another, was very special. I need to mention these teams worked really hard to organize the teams as well as organize the teams’ travel to these USTA State tournaments. Out of the 4 teams going to state, one finished as State Champion and another one as Runner-Up State Champion. Here are the names of these four amazing teams who represented the Atlanta Athletic Club at the State Championship: 2.5 18 & over Thursday Team April Carlock (Captain) represented at the State Championship by Brooke Wooten and Ann Hoerner (Captains) STATE CHAMPIONS and competed at USTA Sectionals against other States. 3.0 18 & over Thursday Team Katie Mays and Leah Winkler (Captains) STATE RUNNER-UP 3.5 18 & over Thursday Team Beth Pombo and Katherine Malone (Captains) 4.5 18&over Sunday Team Christi Luskin and Jessica Dreher (Captains)

In addition to the teams who qualified for the State tournaments, many of our teams got to the playoffs and city finals. This past Spring, we had three ALTA Division Winners and three ALTA Division Runner-ups. Congratulations to these teams: B-5 | DIVISION WINNERS Thursday Patty Hopper and Valerie McMichael (Captains) C-1 | DIVISION WINNERS Thursday Amy Hobgood and Stacy Kilgore (Captains) B-7 | DIVISION WINNERS Sunday Melissa Cusimano and Clare Manning (Captains) AA-1 | DIVISION RUNNER-UP Thursday Jessica Dreher and Kelly Boling (Captains) B-2 | DIVISION RUNNER-UP Sunday Vanessa Brewster and Katherine Malone (Captains) B-3 | DIVISION RUNNER-UP Tuesday Ladies Katherine Malone and Connie Lussier (Captains) Then, this summer, the tradition continued with several of our teams reaching division winner and division runner-up status as well as going all the way to City and capturing the City Runner-up title. Congratulations to these team: 4.5 18 & over Thursday Team Jessica Dreher (Captain) DIVISION WINNER AND CITY RUNNER-UP 3.5 18& over Thursday Team Beth Pombo and Katherine Malone (Captains) CITY RUNNER-UP B-1 45 & over Thursday Night ALTA Team Katherine Malone (Captain) DIVISION WINNER

3.0 18 & over Thursday Team Jill Aycock and Erica Prante (Captains) DIVISION WINNER 3.0 18 & over Sunday Team Carrie Strickler and Katie Mays (Captains) DIVISION WINNER 3.5 40 & over Tuesday Team Katherine Malone and Shannon Collins (Captains) DIVISION WINNERS I want to say THANK YOU to our ALTA and USTA Captains for volunteering this past year. You are an outstanding group of ladies and make our tennis program run smoothly due to your dedication and leadership. DEADLINE COMING UP! If you are thinking or planning to switch to a different AAC team, the DEADLINE is Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 . This date is approximately six weeks before ALTA’s deadline. This allows proper planning by your Coordinator and Captain to retain a healthy number of players on the teams for the upcoming season. Thank you in advance for following the steps below: • Consult and discuss the move with your coordinator (Carmen Garcia-Jersild). • Inform your current captain and please remember to thank them for their hard work. We appreciate you following these simple steps. Following these steps signals respect for the captain’s and coordinator’s hard work in creating the team, assuring that everyone has a team to play on and that the teams have enough players season to season.