December 17, 2017 Friends and Supporters, WPTA has been busy working on a long-waited project to historically recognize the accomplishments of the former Beatty Tennis Club of Columbus, Ohio, and the Accomplishments of African Americans in the sport of tennis in our community. We are thrilled to finally announce a partnership with the city’s Recreation
Cincinnati tennis legends Rachel Fair and Anthony Pack are shown in August 2016 when they were inducted into the Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame during the opening ceremonies of the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. Rachel Fair and Anthony Pack, the founders of the Inner City Tennis Project in
On Friday, I needed cushion from the madness. Finding evidence of our best selves was the agenda when I went to the corner of Taft and Reading Roads and watched kids learn to play tennis. The soft plonk-plonking of ball off racket sounded like a song of fine possibilities. Two adults sat with me, in canvas folding
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Motor City Tennis Club conducted summer tennis programs in several deserving communities under the Greater Detroit Tennis Alliance. They administered tennis programs with 4 partners in metropolitan Detroit: 1. University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) 2. Tabernacle Baptist Church 3. Tindal Recreation Center 4. Ford/UAW President, Burrell Shields helped to write the $25,000.00 Grant that was