Boys & Girls Club partner with Talent HR Solutions, Hawaiian Isles Tennis, Pearl Kai Tennis Shop and Boston's Pizza for community program.

HONOLULU: July 21, 2009 – A free tennis clinic open to the public and featuring Visiting Pro, Minh Le and local Pro, Wei-Yu Su will happen at the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii Spalding Clubhouse gym from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday, August 8, 2009. Registration required, details below. The two tennis pros will meet, mingle and play with the 7-17 year old youth participants. The main game activity is Play Tennis! indoors on mini courts with foam balls and right sized rackets for juniors.

Minh Le, a touring professional from Vietnam and Japan partners with local pro and teaching professional Wei-Yu Su. They are the 3-time defending champions of the Blue Moon Men’s Night Doubles Tournament held every summer at the Kailua Racquet Club. The more compact Le exhibits incredible reflexes and athleticism in contrast to the very tall, powerful and fluid Su. Together they have been competitively unstoppable and have character worthy of attention from the young folks who will come to see and interact with them in a fun tennis setting.

The Play Tennis! Program will be emceed by Leilani Magee, teaching professional and Principal of HIT, www.HITennis.net with assistance by Mano Nguyen, Business Development Manager for Talent HR Solutions www.talenthrsolutions.com and St. Louis High School Assistant Tennis Coach who sparked this event.

[caption id="attachment_233" align="alignnone" width="97" caption="Sanjay Mirchandani"][/caption]THRS Principal and owner, Sanjay Mirchandani will also work with the children. They will demonstrate with Minh and Wei-Yu and ramp up the young participants in perhaps for many their first experiences with tennis. The oversize foam balls and right-sized rackets enable quick and fun pick up of the basic skills and dynamics of the sport.

This first tennis event is a pilot program that will generate interest in a regular youth tennis program at the Spalding Clubhouse. Staff and community members will be trained as facilitators and additional funding and sponsorship are invited to move this forward.

Registration: The clinic can only accommodate the first 50 registrants. Participants aged 7-17 can sign up on site at the clubhouse or get the liability waiver form on line at www.bgch.com. Full requirements are membership/liability form completed and signed, $1 membership fee and birth certificate or legal ID. Submit registration and direct questions to Dickson at (808) 256-7890 or Carlos at (808) 949-4743.

Location: BGCH Spalding Clubhouse is at 1704 Waiola St. Diamond Head side of Washington Middle School and directly behind Zippy's McCully on King Street. Parking will be at Washington Middle School on the day of the clinic.

BGCH Spalding Clubhouse Athletic Program Director, Dickson Wong encourages the community to stop in and connect with the many dynamic people and programs at Spalding Clubhouse. He can be reached at 256-7890 and dwong@bgch.com for information, events, volunteer and donor opportunities.

See Minh and Wei-Yu in the Men’s Night Doubles at Kailua Racquet Club starting Sunday, 8.2.09.