| Harrison
Tennis Center
Harrison
Tennis Center Wins Award
 Harrison
Tennis Center has been named the recipient of the '2008
QuickStart Award'. The United States Tennis Association
- Southern Section continues its tradition of annually
honoring an outstanding participant in a USTA sponsored
program. This award recognizes facilities or organizations
as the USTA - Southern Section's most outstanding QuickStart
programs. The award is given to an individual
or organization for outstanding participation, performance,
and promotion of QuickStart programs. This award will
be presented at the opening session of the USTA - Southern
Section Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, January 16, 2009.
USTA's QuickStart
program is a program that teaches tennis to youth players
and special needs players on 36' mini courts.
Harrison Tennis Center was selected in 2007 as a pilot
program site and within a few weeks the program was
filled with participants. In 2008, Cobb County,
along with supporting grants and sponsorships from USTA,
ALTA, and other organizations and businesses built the
first USTA approved 36' QuickStart tennis courts in
the country. The Harrison Area Community Tennis
Association, headed by president Jenny Christoffersen,
and facility manager Steve Lottinger , were instrumental
in organizing this fund-raising effort.
The courts
have become an instant hit with youth players and special
needs players. The courts are filled daily with
instructional programs, and a regular special pops tennis
program has also been successful. Congratulations
to the Harrison tennis staff, instructors, and the Harrison
Community Tennis Association for making this program
and facility a successful model for this USTA program.
East
Cobb Tennis Players Hit the Courts
 East
Cobb Tennis is a group of tennis enthusiasts that meet
up to play casual pick-up games - singles, doubles,
mixed - via the Internet. The group evolved from 6 USTA
2.5 - 3.5 players from Harrison Tennis Center. Play
is open to all 18 years or older that have an NTRP rating
and/or verifiable experience in a league such as ALTA,
T2 or Ultimate Tennis. There is no fee to join. When
you want to play you just post a message to set up an
informal match or reply to a message someone else has
posted looking for a player. It's a great way
to play more tennis in addition to the drills and team
practices you're already involved in - and meet some
new people while you're at it! For information, see
www.eastcobbtennis.net.
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