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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Leesburg Ladies Tennis Team Wins State Tournament
Leesburg, VA (October 23, 2015) –
Ida Lee Park Tennis Center’s Ladies
Singles 2.5 Team, Simply Smashing,
recently won the USTA Mid-Atlantic
Regional Championship tournament,
held October 16-18, 2015, at the
Virginia Beach Tennis & Country
Club.
Simply Smashing members include
team captain Beth Cioni, Debbie
DeLadurantaye, Jennifer Fox, Robin
Haast, Holly McMullen and Deja
O’Malley. Simply Smashing trains out
of Ida Lee Park Tennis Center, under
the coaching of tennis professional
Mark Elliot.
USTA League is the country’s largest recreational tennis league, organized as c ompetitive 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).
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 Med al 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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Left to right: Deja O’Malley, Jennifer Fox, Debbie
DeLadurantaye, Robin Haast, Beth Cioni and Holly McMullen.