Posted on: Saturday, February 19, 2005
USTA junior tourney starts today
Advertiser Staff
More than 200 junior tennis players will compete in the USTA National Open at Central O'ahu Regional Park today to Wednesday.
The USTA National Jr. Open features boys and girls in ages 18-and-under in singles and doubles. Last year, there were more than 125 participants from more than 22 states and Canada. Entry is restricted to those who qualify through a national selection process.
The finals are Wednesday starting at 8:30 a.m.
This is the only national tennis tournament for junior tennis players being played in Hawai'i.
"Over the past couple of years ... this event is emerging as one of the most popular events on the National Junior Tournament scene, bringing the highest level of junior tennis competition to O'ahu," said Bernard Gusman, Punahou School's director of tennis.
For information, call assistant tournament director Lenora Wee at (808) 946-2951.
In conjunction with the National Open, the event will host a "Community Tennis Day" Monday, at 11 a.m.
It features clinics, demonstrations, free lessons by local tennis pros.
For details, contact Madeleine Dreith at 955-6696, ext. 26.
An event honoring the life Jim Bartlett will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Tennis Center.
Bartlett, a fixture at Diamond Head Tennis Center for some 30 years, died in Sacramento on Jan. 29, 2004. He was 85.
Bartlett ranked at or near the top his age group in Hawai'i for decades, into the late 1990s.
For information, call 955-6696, ext. 23.
In honor of Jim Bartlett
