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Elena
Baltacha wins Pamplona Challenger
Elena Baltacha
won her second Challenger of the month on 28 July when a 6-2 6-1 defeat
of Virginia Pichet of France in the final earned the Middlesex player
victory in the $25,000 tournament in Spain.
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Melissa
Gibb wins ITF Tournament in Ireland
Congratulations
to 16 year old Melissa Gibb who has won her first ITF tournament.
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Sue
Livingston wins
European Women of Achievement Award |
The
12th European Women of Achievement Awards sponsored by IBM were held on
Friday 12 July 2002 at Grosvenor House in London. There were six
categories and the Professional Award sponsored by Oracle UK was won by
BWTA President Sue Livingston.
Sue
was Director of Women's Tennis, European Tennis Association from
1983-1999, responsible for creating and organising The European Women's
Circuit; starting with 20 professional tournaments in Europe. In
2000 there were just under 200 tournaments held in 28 European countries
with total prize money of $2.5 m. Sue started from scratch - with no
previous coordinated circuit or rules for these events. She promoted
the development of tennis throughout Europe and encouraged the National
Tennis Federations to support the Women's Circuit. In 1983 the
profile of women's tennis was very low and barely recognised as a
professional sport; now over 50% of all professional tennis tournaments
worldwide are held in Europe.
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Joyce
Butterfield retires
Sonia
Copeland
BWTA
Day at the
DFS Classic
BWTA
Jubilee
Tennis Parties
Weekly
Updates
Starter
Tennis
LTA
$25K and $10K events
Pofiles
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Former British Payers
WTA
Charity Support
Tennis
Europe
University opportunities
in USA
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Jubilee Tennis
Parties
As
part of a drive to encourage more young girls into tennis, BWTA held an series of one-day tennis parties at venues throughout
Britain during the Jubilee weekend, 1-4 June. More than 260 girls
took part.
Click
here for report
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BWTA
received a mention by Sarah Edworthy in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday 29
June.
The
article was about Jane O'Donoghue's appearance against Venus Williams on
Centre Court and the importance of feeling good about oneself when
playing tennis. It went on
"This
is music to the ears of the British Women's Tennis Association, who are
poised to launch an initiative aimed at encouraging greater numbers of
juniors to take up the game and, crucially, stay in the sport beyond the
age of 12. 'We just want to bring the fun back into tennis for
girls. It's that simple,' said Sue Livingston, BWTA President."
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BWTA
Day
at the DFS Classic
Tuesday 11 June 2002
Edgbaston Priory Club Birmingham
Members
and their guests, 29 in total, took advantage of an arrangement that BWTA
had with the LTA to entertain members and their guests at Edgbaston. The
day started with coffee in the Press Interview Room and a fascinating
presentation by the American player, Nicole Arendt. The presentation
took the form of a question and answer session in which Committee Members
Judy Angus and Jheni Osman put questions to Nicole about her career and
life on the Tour. Members then had the opportunity to ask their own
questions.
Members
went to watch the matches, which unfortunately were interrupted by heavy
showers, but they were able to partake of an excellent lunch, enjoy the
comfort of the facilities of the Club House and watch Ireland qualify for
the last sixteen in the World Cup!
Nicole
Arendt's presentation
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Joyce
Butterfield
BWTA Vice-President retires
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Joyce
has been a member of BWTA since the early days, joining in
1976. She was Junior County Organiser for
Leicestershire for 12 years and, in 1988, was elected the
first woman President of Leicestershire LTA, serving in
that position for five years. In 1993 Joyce achieved
another first by being appointed the first woman
Vice-President of the Leicestershire LTC.
In
December 1998 Joyce, who is married to Tony and has four
children and ten grandchildren, was awarded the LTA
Meritorious Award for services to tennis.
Joyce
was invited to join the BWTA Executive Committee in 1982,
representing the Midland Counties, and was subsequently
appointed a Vice-President. She has been largely
responsible for encouraging BWTA to run veterans events.
Joyce
has played County veteran ladies tennis at all age groups
and is waiting for the LTA to organise over 70's
inter-county matches where she hopes there may be a
vacancy! Joyce is a keen golfer and plays several
times a week.
BWTA
is enormously indebted for her contribution and support
over the years and has invited her to become an honorary
member of the Association.
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Sonia
Copeland
A great supporter of
BWTA has died after a long illness. A Service of
Thanksgiving was held at St Mary's Parish Church Wimbledon
on Wednesday 17 July. Sonia requested that
donations if desired should be made to The British Women's
Tennis Association, c/o Andrew Holt, Brabners, 1 Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2ET.
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Starter
Tennis
Thanks
to the generosity of a member, BWTA is able to organise
tournaments for girls 10 & under progressing from mini tennis.
Players must be either be non-rated or have
an LTA rating of 7.3.
Lucy Bird organised the Starter Tournament at Chesham Bois in Buckinghamshire
on Sunday 7 July. She was delighted that 17 girls entered and to make
them feel at ease everyone was introduced to each other. The event was
very informal and from discussions with players she ascertained that their
greatest fear was that they could not get their serves in, so with that in
mind Lucy gathered the girls, took the balls on courts and had a fun few
minutes explaining different serves and letting them have a go! They
soon got the hang of it and had a few laughs when things went wrong! The
tournament was fun with three categories, two groups of first timers/non-rated
and one group of rated players.
Results
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Winners
Group A (non-rated)
Victoria Rode, Great Missenden LTC
Group B (non-rated)
Vivian Hind, Chesham Bois LTC
Group C (rated)
Romily Smith, Great Missenden LTC and
runner-up Charlotte Pierce (Surrey)
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WTA
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LTA $25K and $10K events
LTA Ladies $10K Event -
University of Bath
Qualifying - Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 August
Main Draw - Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 August
Closing Date for Entries - Monday 17 July
Tournament Director - Clare Buckingham (020 7381 7023)
LTA Ladies $10K Event -
Cumberland LTC, North London
Qualifying - Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 August
Main Draw - Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 August
Closing Date for Entries - Monday 24 July
Tournament Director - Sarah Wooding (020 7381 7028)
LTA Ladies $25K Event -
Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Glasgow
Qualifying - Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 September
Main Draw - Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 September
Closing Date for Entries - Monday 26 August
Tournament Director - Julie Piper (020 7381 7027)
LTA Ladies $10K Event -
Puma Tennis Centre, Sunderland
Qualifying - Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 September
Main Draw - Wednesday 25 to Sunday 29 September
Closing Date for Entries - Monday 2 September
Tournament Director - Julie Piper (020 7381 7027)
LTA Ladies $25K Event -
Welsh National Tennis Centre, Cardiff
Qualifying - Monday 7 and tuesday 8 October
Main Draw - Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 October
Closing Date for Entries - Monday 16 September
Tournament Director - Julie Piper (020 7381 7027)
LTA Ladies $25K Event -
David Lloyd Club, Southampton *
Qualifying - Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 October
Main Draw - Wednesday 16 to Sunday 20 October
Closing Date for Entries - Monday 23 September
Tournament Director - Clare Buckingham (020 7381 7023)
LTA Ladies $25K Event -
City of Nottingham Tennis Centre
Qualifying - Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 October
Main Draw - Wednesday 30 October to Sunday 3 November
Closing Date for Entries - Monday 7 October
Tournament Director - Peter Greatorex (07971 141 323)
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The draw sizes for all the Events is 32 Main Draw Singles,
32 Qualifying and 16 pair Doubles.
Doubles Qualifying Events will be TBA
depending on Event and venue
* = Please note this Event has been down graded from a $50K to $25K
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BWTA
Charity Support - Breakthrough
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a charity committed to fighting breast cancer.
Breakthrough is all about fighting for a future free from the fear of breast
cancer. This is obviously a long-term goal, but research funded by
Breakthrough is also aimed at improving the quality of life of those
affected by breast cancer and extending their lives as far as possible.
BWTA
holds raffles at the One-Day Ladies Doubles tournaments
and thanks all the players who give so generously. In 2001
£3,500 was collected.
Tennis
Europe
The Women's Tournament Office
situated in Basel, Switzerland, co-ordinates all ITF Women's Circuit events
throughout Europe.
Player entries for$10/$25/$50/$75,000 events
should be faxed to this office.
Fact sheets, entry and withdrawal forms are available on faxback.
Latest calendar and up-to-date acceptance
lists all available from
Tennis
Europe
Tel: 00 41 61 331 3500
Fax: 00 41 61 331 7196
Faxback: 00 41 61 332 0590
Email: womensdept@tenniseurope.org
University
Opportunities
in the United States
Sports
scholarship consultants
www.firstpointuk.net
www.page-group.co.uk/collegewise
www.cpoauk.com
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