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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Ida Lee Tennis Team Captures 2012 Leesburg Cup
Leesburg, VA (September 17, 2012)
– Team Ida Lee finished one point
better than runner-up Middleburg
Tennis Club to win the 20th annual
Leesburg Cup championship at the
Ida Lee Tennis Center on Sunday,
September 16, 2012.
Ida Lee took two matches during
Sunday’s decisive last round to edge
Middleburg by a score of 9 to 8 in
total matches won. Chestnut Forks
Athletic Club finished with overall 7
points by winning 5 of their last 6
matches. The three-day tournament
featured players aged 50 and over
competing in Singles, Doubles, and
Mixed Doubles matches with a team
format. Middleburg came into the
event as the defending champions after winning the title in 2011.
Kitty Foster captained the Ida Lee squad, and helped provide the winning margin of victory
Sunday when she turned back MTC’s Kim Smithers in a pivotal head-to-head singles matchup.
Foster rallied from 1-4 down in the first set to win 6-4, 6-2 and assure Ida Lee at least a tie for
the Cup.
The clinching point came from the team of Julie Seraphin and Cathy Browning, who won 6-2, 6-
1 against Paula Klima and Susan Hanback of Chestnut Forks in the final round to give Ida Lee an
insurmountable lead. Seraphin and Browning, Foster, and the mixed doubles team of Doug
Whitman and Kathleen Castro each contributed two wins on the weekend for Ida Lee. Scott
Carpenter (Singles), Bill Mabry and John Lombardi (Doubles), and Muriel Hunt and Steve Solow
(Mixed) also won matches in their divisions. Other team members include Tammy Belote, Jane
Sarver, Keith Durham, and Scott McNabb, Susan Nixon, and Ron Carpenter.
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Team Ida Lee (left to right): Scott Carpenter, John Lombardi,
Jane Sarver, Doug Whitman, Julie Seraphin, Team Captain
Kitty Foster (holding the trophy), Cathy Browning, Steve
Solow, Kathleen Castro, Ron Carpenter and Ida Lee Tennis
Manager Marc Walters.
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The Leesburg Cup is an annual event between Ida Lee, Chestnut Forks Athletic Club, and the
Middleburg Tennis Club. Originally begun at the Loudon Racquet Club and moved to Ida Lee in
2003, the event is one of three tournaments the clubs sponsor each year promoting inter-club
play. The first leg of these is the Chestnut Forks Challenge Cup in early February, followed by
the Morgan Cup at Middleburg in June. Ida Lee won all three championships during the past
2012 season.
Contact:
Marc Walters
Tennis Manager
mwalters@leesburgva.gov
703-737-6043
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