NOVEMBER 2012 Choice Health & Fitness In Grand Forks Celebrates Its Grand Opening! Photos provided by EAPC Architects Engineers N RTHERN EXPOSURE Register Now For the 2012 Community Tennis Workshop in St. Paul reating a world where everyone Inclusion Training by USTA Chief Diversity can be a tennis player, the 2012 Officer D.A. Abrams, the Sectional Awards CCommunity Tennis Workshop will Luncheon and much, much more. help inspire you, form connections and To register for the 2012 Communtiy Tennis equip yourself with the knowledge and tools Workshop, visit www.CTW.ezregister.com. needed to make tennis a sport of opportu- Also, that weekend, is Eric Butorac’s nity in your community. Come join us on Minnesota Tennis Challenge, featuring 2012 November 16-17 at the Fred Wells Tennis & Education Center in Olympic Gold Medalists and US Open Champions Bob and St. Paul, Minn., for an action-packed weekend of fun and learning. Mike Bryan, at LifeTime Athletic Club Eden Prairie. Doors Featured events include a Tournament Director’s Training, open at 5 p.m., followed by the Tennis Challenge at 6 p.m. and What’s New In 2013 Workshop, a 10 and Under Tennis Workshop Gala and Auction at 8 p.m. Tickets prices are $100 for adults given by USTA National Director of Coach Education and and $40 for juniors with all proceeds benefitting the Fred Wells Development Kirk Anderson, the USTA Northern Annual Tennis & Education Center, InnerCity Tennis, St. Paul Urban Meeting, the Teamster Challenge, a Doubles Clinic by 13-Time Tennis and the Rochester Boys and Girls Club. For tickets, visit ATP Tour Doubles Champion Eric Butorac, a Diversity and www.ebmntc.com. 2012 Community Tennis Workshop Schedule of Events FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Tournament Director’s Training 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m. “What’s New in 2013” - Community Tennis Rally Luncheon 1:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. 10 and Under Tennis Workshop led by USTA Director of Coach Education and Development, Kirk Anderson 1:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Breakout sessions: How to Host a Kirk Anderson Successful Event & Building Your Base With the QuickStart Format 10 and Under Tennis Workshop 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Happy Hour, followed by USTA Northern Annual Meeting 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Teamster Challenge / Heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. “How to Increase Participation by Reaching New Audiences,” led by USTA Chief Diversity Officer, D.A. Abrams 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. “Doubles: The Modern Game” led by 13-time ATP Doubles Champion, Eric Butorac 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Celebration of Award Winners - Luncheon 1:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Breakout sessions 4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Closing Session & Door Prizes Eric Butorac 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Exhibition and Live Auction at the MN Tennis Challenge To register, visit www.ctw.ezregister.com. For more information about the weekend, visit www.northern.usta.com or contact Christine Nickels at [email protected]. www.northern.usta.com 3 STAFF DIRECTORY USTA Northern Announces Reorganization s the seasons change, USTA In addition, a new position has been 1001 West 98th Street, Suite 101 Northern is going through some dedicated to specifically serve Schools, Bloomington, MN 55431 A transitions of its own in terms of NJTLs, 10U Tennis Play Days and (952) 887-5001 • (800) 536-6982 staff changes and restructuring. On-Court Training within USTA Northern. Fax: (952) 887-5061 South Dakota Tennis Service The Section is excited that Hayley Horning Representative and USTA Northern Hall Shibley, our Tennis Service Representative Kristi Bushinski (952-358-3280) of Famer Chris in North Dakota, has accepted the assign- Junior and Officials Programming Assistant [email protected] Dummermuth is ment as the new Director of Schools and stepping back from Youth Recreation and is moving to the Pat Colbert (952-358-3283) Assistant Executive Director/Director of her position to Bloomington office from Fargo, N.D. Junior Competition spend more time Finally, USTA Northern will be hiring a new [email protected] with family and Tennis Service Representative for North and Chris Dummermuth (605-496-1612) play tennis herself. South Dakota in mid-to-late November. That Tennis Service Representative – South Dakota Dummermuth will position will assist the Section in its mission [email protected] remain with USTA to promote and develop the growth of tennis Jean Forbes (952-358-3292) Northern through in North and South Dakota by establishing Junior Teams Assistant the remainder of strong relationships with the people who [email protected] Chris Dummermuth 2012 to ensure a make up the local tennis delivery system, Mike Goldammer (952-358-3284) smooth transition. including facilities, organizations, profession- Executive Director [email protected] Then, in an effort to offer even more als and volunteers. This person will be based support to local tennis infrastructure in in either North or South Dakota. Cory Haugen (952-887-5001, ext. 0) Administrative Assistant Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin, “After much evaluation, the restructure [email protected] Tony Stingley, who currently serves as will place USTA Northern in a stronger Hayley Horning Shibley (701-306-8997) USTA Northern’s Director of Training and position to carry out our mission as we Tennis Service Representative – North Dakota Development, will be shifting roles and hit- align staff time, resources and talents [email protected] ting the road as our new Director of Diversity with core priorities and the needs of Brandon Jackson (952-358-3291) and Inclusion/ local communi- Director of Junior Teams [email protected] Tennis Service ties,” Christine Representative Nickels, Director Nancy Lundberg (952-358-3286) Director of Adult Competition for Minnesota and of Community [email protected] Northwestern Tennis, said. Lisa Mushett (952-358-3282) Wisconsin. Stingley For more infor- Director of Marketing and Communications has been employed mation about any [email protected] by USTA Northern of these changes, Christine Nickels (952-358-3290) for 15 years and please contact Director of Community Tennis [email protected] has served in a Nickels at nick- Kelley Okerman (952-358-3287) number of differ- els@northern. Adult Competition Specialist/Twin Cities Area ent capacities with usta.com or at Tony Stingley League Coordinator Hayley Horning Shibley the organization. (952) 358-3290. [email protected] James Poehler (952-358-3281) Controller [email protected] Oops… Sandy Smith (952-358-3288) Director of Membership & Sales Taylor Kopfer was mistakenly omit- [email protected] ted from the Fred Wells Tennis & Tony Stingley (952-358-3289) Director of Training and Development Education Center 14-and-Under Jr. [email protected] Team Tennis Section Championship Front Row: Chloe Hall, Anshul Bharath, Luke Moorhead, Carol Thies (952-358-3285) Taylor Jackson, Hayley Haakenstad. Back Row: Jordan Adult Competition Assistant photo cutline. We regret the error. Schenck, Loic Boyogueno, Mark Johnson, Taylor Kopfer, [email protected] Cason Hiers, Haley Lickfold (Coach Clay Sollenberger). 4 N RTHERN EXPOSURE MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2012 Executive Director’s Message Tennis & Life Camp for the Goldie Boys t’s hard to find a tennis player the remainder of the day, but that who resides in USTA Northern didn’t phase the staff or the campers. Iwho doesn’t know of the Tennis Everyone was having too much fun! and Life Camps (TLC). It has been Over the course of the next three a tennis-camp staple for 35 years. days, Caden and I had the time of Steve and Barb Wilkinson founded our lives. We hit hundreds of balls a the camp in 1977, on the campus of day - working on our groundstrokes, Gustavus Adolphus College in St. volleys, serves, service returns, over- Peter, Minn. In 2009, when Steve heads and lobs. We also got the retired, the Wilkinsons and five other opportunity to enjoy Neal’s morn- shareholders decided to gift TLC to ing reflections, learn strategy (both Gustavus. singles and doubles), mental training, Late in 2010, I had the fortune tennis rules, sportsmanship and the to meet Neal Hagberg, the newly ever-popular variety show. (Wow, appointed Director of Tennis and Life people are so talented!) Camps. We met and discussed vari- We also had the opportunity to ous ways in which USTA Northern participate in a family doubles tour- and TLC could partner in growing nament. Hopefully the first of many! the game. Over the next year and It was such a joy playing, competing a half, Neal and I continued to meet and enjoying the game with my old- on a regular basis. I had attended est son. Although Caden and I were TLC back in 1983 as a 13 year old, on different courts during the hitting reasonably new to tennis, but excited sessions, I found it healthy for both to learn and develop my game. It Caden and Mike Goldammer of us. It allowed me some time to had been a while! As the newly- work on my game, and it gave my appointed Executive Director of USTA Northern in 2004, I took son a chance to interact with kids his own age. It was a real joy the opportunity to meet with Steve for a few hours during one watching my son become best buddies with an 8-year-old boy of the TLC sessions to gain a better appreciation for what these from Iowa. His name was Jaden, and by day two, they were camps meant to the players of our Section.