EVENT DETAILS:
Date: 8/24/09
Time: 2:30-4:30 PM
Location: Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, Waimea Gym
Street, City: 4540 Ola Rd., Waimea
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Contact: Program: Leilani 354-6373, Registration: James Beardmore 635-2456

Join the BGCH for $1 a year and attend a free tennis clinic with guest appearances from KRC Men's Night Doubles 2004 Champion Brad Lum-Tucker of Lihue and 2008 Girls 12s National Championship at Deerpark Doubles Runner Up, Lani Rae Green of Kekaha.

Brad Lum-Tucker and John Paer

Lani Rae Green

The free event is an introduction to tennis for all children ages 7-17 and is led by Leilani Magee, Hawaii's #1 ranked Women's Open Singles player and 2009 recipient of the USPTA Hawaii Special Community Service Award.

The main activity is Play Tennis! games played on mini indoor and outdoor courts with foam and low compression balls and right sized youth rackets. The event is an outreach to Kauai community youth. Kauai youth tennis organizer, Tammie Quinlan will be on court too.

Registration:
Participants must sign up on site at the clubhouse or get the liability waiver form on line at www.bgch.com. Site or registration questions? Call James Beardmore 635-2456.


Registration requirements: Liability membership form completed, $1 membership fee, Birth Certificate or Legal I.D. for all clinic participants ages 7-17.

Event brought to you by:

Kauai District Tennis Association.

Support! Leilani Magee cheers on Minh Le who helps Linda Van Dam
"I've got to do more of these community tennis events. This is great." -Minh Le, three time Blue Moon Kailua Racquet Club Men's Night Doubles champion.

Wei-Yu Su and Minh Le
Minh Le and Wei-Yu Su volunteered at the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii Play Tennis! free Youth Clinic at the Spalding Clubhouse in Honolulu hours before they went on to win the playoffs of the Blue Moon Kailua Racquet Club Men's Night Doubles.

Tennis courts are not necessary for successful entry level play. Play was on portable scaled down courts with foam and low compression tennis balls and shortened as well as full size rackets.

"The tennis clinic was a success. We are making people aware that this is a place with people who care, and tennis is a great activity for all ages." -Dickson Wong, BGCH Spalding Clubhouse Athletics Director.

Local tennis maven and teaching pro, Leilani Magee led 20 volunteers and 65 children in the gym and outdoors on 19 youth size temporary tennis courts created from multi-purpose playground space.

Pros demonstrate

Mano Nguyen, Business Manager of Talent HR Solutions (back right) sponsors the event and assists on court.

Foam balls mean more success

Sam Kaneta volunteers, Linda focuses for a forehand

Outdoor play with low compression balls, bigger rackets and courts

Kids playing together

Wei-Yu Su leads group sharing at the end

League player and volunteer, Sujin Lee leads her group through highlights

Challenge the Pro

Pizza! Mahalo to Boston's Pizza for it's generous donation.

Autograph Session with the pros

Leilani Magee, HIT Principal and Dickson Wong, BGCH Spalding Clubhouse Athletic Director

Big mahalo to our volunteers who rocked the Club!

SPECIAL THANKS to our sponsors:

Talent HR Solutions, Sanjay Mirchandani, Mano Nguyen, Kelli Hotema & Brie
Hawaiian Isles Tennis, Leilani Magee
Forward Foundation photographer, Evan Tector
Pearl Kai Tennis Shop, Thomas So
Boston's Pizza

HIT partners with the Forward Foundation and welcomes sponsorship and donations to provide Play Tennis! programing and other HIT community projects such as this event at the Boys & Girls Clubs.