I know it’s been a long time. Since I stepped away from leading Wheelchair Tennis San Diego, I’ve been extremely busy (and privileged) with other activities, although I’ve still been actively playing. Primarily being involved with a very rewarding startup pharmaceutical company, developing low side effect treatments for cancer. In addition, I’ve become involved with a number of ministries at my Church. Now, however, the company I work for has…
Come join us for a great weekend of tennis. October 14th & 15th at the Barnes Tennis Center in Point Loma https://playtennis.usta.com/Competitions/adaptivesportsandrecreationassociation/Tournaments/Overview/a09cc01b-5974-4ed9-91b0-b05c71422937 Registrations close on October 3rd.
On Saturday, July 23rd, Wheelchair Tennis San Diego hosted the first up/down event in a number of years. Although ostensibly a fundraiser, the real goal of the event was to both raise awareness about wheelchair tennis amongst the able bodies community, and to bring together wheelchair players and able bodies players. Both of these were definitely accomplished. It seems that alll had a great deal of fun, and lots of…
Andrew and I participated in the 2017 Desert Open in Phoenix this past weekend, but played in the A division. Initially, I opted to do this because attendance has been a bit sparse, so I wanted to play against the highest level. By the time of the tournament, however, the attendance was significantly higher than in the tournament’s first two years, with a number of very good A level players…
It’s been an interesting week at the Australian Open. The Wheelchair divisions have had their fair share of upsets, just like the able bodied divisions. Olympic gold medalist Gordon Reid went out in the first round to a very strong Joachim Gerard, and the combination of Alfie Hewitt and Gustavo Fernandez successfully defeated the number one seeded team of Stephane Houdet and Nicholas Peifer. The matches have been streaming on…
I started this site last year in the interest of providing a home for some wheelchair tennis commentary, then allowed myself to get distracted and haven’t accomplished much with it in the interim. Hopefully now I’m back. This past summer, I took the steps necessary to become a certified tennis instructor (officially I am a certified Associate Instructor for 11-17 year olds in general tennis, and certified wheelchair tennis coach)…
On July 18th and 19th, Wheelchair Tennis San Diego will be hosting the 24th annual Hendrickson Wheelchair Tennis Classic at the Balboa Tennis Club in San Diego. This fantastic tournament is held in one of the best vacation destinations in the US. Please join us either to play or to watch some great tennis. You can register for the tournament through the USTA.
July 5-11th, the USTA and ITF are once again joining to hold their international junior wheelchair tennis camp in Mission Viejo, CA. You can download the flyer here, although the deadline for entry has passed at this point. We hope to be able to post some updates from the camp from at least one of the campers, so please check back for updates.