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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release Media Contact:
Betsy Fields, Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Leesburg Ladies Tennis Team Headed to USTA Adult National
Championship in Arizona
Leesburg, VA (September 22, 2015) –
Ida Lee Park Tennis Center’s Ladies 40
& Over 3.5 Team, the “Heat Strokes,”
has captured a slot at the 2015
United States Tennis Association
(USTA) League’s Adult National
Championship, to be held October
23-25, 2015, at the Reffkin Tennis
Center in Tucson, Arizona.
The Heat Strokes members include
team captain Lori Miller, Dina Bessa,
Christine Cegielski, Terry Cocozza,
Shirley Cornett, Heidi Davis, Beth
Elrefai, Jennifer Gannaway, Nicole Houman, Jodi Mallon, Caren Penso, Kate Putt, Darci Renzi,
Kristen Roberts, Jennifer Schneider, Joan Shergalis, Barbara Tobler, Heidi Venable, Lisa Wylie,
and Mary Yee.
USTA League is the country’s largest recreational tennis league, organized as competitive team
match play. Teams and matches are set up according National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP)
rating categories so that teammates and their opponents have similar skill levels. The ratings
are based on a scale from 1.0 (player is just starting to play tennis) to 7.0 (player makes his/her
living from tournament prize money).
The Heat Strokes won the Shenandoah Valley Tennis Association League season title to qualify
for the Virginia District Championship Tournament in Newport News, Virginia. The ladies
advanced to the Mid-Atlantic Sectional Championship, also held in Newport News, after taking
the District title. The team continued its winning streak by secu ring the Mid-Atlantic
championship and will compete in the USTA Adult National Championship on October 23 -25,
2015, at the Reffkin Tennis Center in Tuscon, Arizona.
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Ida Lee Park Tennis Center is part of the Town of Leesburg’s Parks & Recreation Department, a
two-time recipient of the National Parks and Recreation Association’s Gold Medal Award for
Excellence. In addition, the Ida Lee Park Tennis Center was named an Outstanding Public
Tennis Center by the United States Tennis Association in 2002, and has been recognized by the
USTA Virginia Chapter and the Virginia Recreation and Parks Society.
For more information about Ida Lee’s tennis programs, visit www.idalee.org or contact Mark
Elliott at melliott@leesburgva.gov.
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