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Hi Tennis Fans,

      What an exciting time to be alive.  You have the good and the bad, but the good will always win out.  I get excited when I see so many young tennis players advancing in their skills and getting to play tennis in college.  Many have played in the Kenny Huffman Tennis Classic.  I receive notes from some of them thanking me for support.  It was especially good to see Jaxson Napier and Equan Branhan get to play college tennis.  They are both great examples for other players.  Their character, sportsmanship, and tennis skills won them a scholarship from the KHTC.  Other players like Emily Conn, who also won a scholarship, has just graduated from college.  Congratulations to all of them.

       Our ATS season is about to start.  The KHTC is a member of the Appalachian Tennis Series.  We have 12 tournaments this year.  Grayson starts us off on June 5-8. Then Knott Co. Central - Compton Cup is next June 20-22.  Third is the All-American Doubles at Pikeville, July 3-6  Next, we have the Pikeville Panther Open, July 11-13.  Fifth is our tournament, The Kenny Huffman Tennis Classic July 25-27.  After the KHTC there are 7 more.  The schedule is posted on the kenhuffclas.org and the atstennis.net websites.

       The Huffman Tournament is always exciting.  With all the juniors and the adults that always come, we get  to make more memories.  We have a great tennis family.  Our committee consists of only 8 members.  With a tournament of our size, between 65 to 80 players, we could use more committee members.  We are very grateful for all the volunteers that show up to help.  Thank you so much.  It takes a lot of people to put the banners up and set up the tables & chairs.
 

       You can already start to register for the KHTC.  We have an online form and a paper form on the kenhuffclas.org website.  The entry deadline is July 22 by 5:00 PM.  Get signed up by July to make sure you can get in the division you want to play in.

       We are starting a KHTC Hall of Fame going back to 1973.  We will be voting on the candidates this week.  I can inform you in the next newsletter.  They will be recognized July 25 at our opening ceremony.

       I will leave you with a few inspirational quotes.  "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."  "I'd rather have the attitude of a champion than the trophy of a loser" - by Kim Chjstens.

Until next month -

Sue Huffman Stanley
Founder of Kenny Huffman Tennis Classic
KHTC Secretary
KHTC Board Member
Author of “A Tennis Love Story”

      

      

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