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An Evening of Free Tennis Fun For All

July 21 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.

Pinkerton Academy Courts

Rain Date:  July 22

This is an initiative on the part of the United States Professional Tennis Association (uspta.com) to bring tennis to everyone. Tennis Across America Events are organized by local USPTA teaching professionals and offer free lessons to local citizens.

AmberWave and The Dana Ball "Love" Tennis Tournament, in conjunction with the Nutfield Tennis Association and the Derry Recreation Department are proud to offer tennis to new players of all ages!

Come join us on Wed. evening, July 23rd to get introduced or reintroduced to tennis with the following activities "for the health of it!

1.  Cardio Tennis

2.  QuickStart Tennis

3.  Fast Serve Contest

4.  Stroke Technique

        Forehand

        Backhand   

        Serve

        Volley

5.   Basic Singles Strategy

6.   Basic Doubles Strategy

Go to "gallery of Dana's stars" in the page banner above to view photos of last year's event.

Instructors Needed for Festival Night 2009

If you are a qualified tennis instructor and would like to assist in this years Tennis Festival Night, contact John at pelk@comcast.net. Dana's Festival Night runs on a Tennis Across America format.

Dana's Tennis Festival Night

A HUGE Success!

Community Members Gather for Dana Ball Tennis Festival Night

Derry, N.H. – Yesterday, over 80 people gathered at Pinkerton Academy for the first annual Dana'sTennis Festival Night, organized by John Pelkey (USPTA). AmberWave Systems, a leader in the research, development and licensing of advanced technologies for semiconductor manufacturing, sponsored the event.

Four other local tennis professionals, Courtney Gilman (USPTA), Gary Roberts (USPTA), Bob Rauseo (Simmons College Head Coach), and Dee Gaug (PTR), donated their time to teach two hours of lessons to players of all ages. The Festival Night fell in the middle of the 17th annual Dana Ball "Love" Tennis Tournament, which started on July 18 and ended on July 29. All of the night’s activities, including a Cardio Tennis session, were free. The festival was the first of several planned activities to activate a USTA Community Tennis Association. 

Other volunteers included members of the Algonquin Tennis Center's NH State Champion Men's 4.0 Team (David Rauseo, Todd Cuthbert, John Bernard, Rick Paquin, Chris McCallum, Peter Brooke, and Andrew Pelkey), as well as local high school standouts from Pinkerton (Laurel Salladay, Sean Kelly and Matt Romano) and from Londonderry (Kelly Murphy and Ali McKinney).