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Junior
Tournament
August 16, 2014
Our Junior Tournament took place on Saturday, 8/16/14,
at the George Ward Tennis Center. Below are pictures of
some of the adults that helped with the tournament...
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 Arthur
Ashe Essay Contest-Daryl
August 4, 2014
Daryl Perkins won the 2014 Arthur Ashe Contest for having
the best essay in the State of Alabama. He and one of his
parents will attend the Winston-Salem Pro Tournament that
will take place from Saturday, August 16th...
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Tennis
Festival
August 2, 2014
A tennis festival was held at the George Ward Tennis Center
on Saturday, 8/2/14, by Learning Excellence Though Tennis
(LETT). Kevin Theos was the overall coordinator. The kids
played several fun games...
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 Youth
Games
July 12, 2014
The Birmingham Youth Games was played at George Ward on
Saturday, 7/12/14. We would like to thank Scotty Colson
and Tyrone Williams, City of Birmingham, for allowing the
Youth Games to continue for another year...
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 Coach
Rachel's Departure
July 8, 2014
Coach Rachel Daniell taught our high performance juniors
at George Ward this past summer. She will be entering her
last year at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB)
and wants to enter medical school after she graduates...
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 Gardeners
May 27, 2014
Gardeners from the City of Birmingham came to maintain
our garden in front of the ProShop during the month of May.
We really appreciated them coming as well as their excellent
work!!...
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Pressure
Washers
May 27, 2014
Workers from the City of Birmingham came to pressure wash
our courts during the month of May. The management staff
at George Ward would like to thank Mr. Debardlabon and his
team for their excellent work!!...
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 Tennis
Outfits
March 29, 2014
Sandy Berglund collected tennis outfits from a group of
ladies that wanted to donate these outfits to juniors as
well as adults at the George Ward Tennis Center. This event
was held on Saturday, 3/29/14, from 10am to noon...
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PTR
Class
March 22, 2014
Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) class was held at George
Ward on Saturday from 9am to about 4pm. This class was being
done to bring on new instructors or for instructors to gain
more knowledge...
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 UAB
Clinic
February 22, 2014
The UAB Ladies Tennis Team put on two clinic on Saturdday,
2/22/14, at the George Ward Tennis Center. The head coach
of the UAB Ladies team is Coach Mark Tjia and his assistant
coach is Coach Antonia Nugent...
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 Pro
Tournament Clinic
February 13, 2014
Five of our juniors participated in a clinic at the Pro
Tournament at the BJCC on Thursday, 2/13/14, at 6pm. Juniors
participating were Abeni, Chinonye, Jahnah, Kennedy and
Yasmin. Coach Lewis was also one of the four coaches participating...
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 Play
Day Grand Prix
August 3, 2013
The rallyball finals was held on Saturday, 8/3/13, at
12:30pm. The George Ward Tigers played the George Ward Flaming
Phonix and the Tigers won 138 to 134. Please click here
to see more pictures. Thanks to all the volunteers that
made this event a success!!...
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Disability
Program
June 15, 2013
On Saturday, 6/15/13, the City of Birmingham (Senator
Coleman, Director of ADA Compliance, and Mrs. Cade) sponsored
a Disability Program for kids and invited the parents to
participate at the George Ward Tennis Center. Special thanks
to Coach Corky Clark, Mrs. Renita Harrigan, Alyxandria Harrigan,
Eugene Jeong...
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 Play
Day
June 1, 2013
Our 60 foot 11 and under Play Day competition was held
at the George Ward Tennis Center on Saturday, 6/1/13. We
had 12 juniors to sign-in. We would like to thank Coach
Kevin Theos for coordinating the matches and Coach Vila
Fisher, Coach Daryl Perkins and Coach Rudy Lewis for monitoring
the matches...
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 UAB
Men & Women
February 17, 2013
University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) are playing the
majority of their college tennis matches at the George Ward
Tennis Center. Pictured on the left are some of the UAB
Men and pictured on the right are some of the UAB Ladies...
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 Beverly's
College Win
February 15, 2013
Beverly Vappie played her first college tennis match with
Spelman College on Friday, 2/15/13, and won her match against
Oglethorpe. Beverly was in our junior program at George
Ward. Congratulations Beverly on your victory!...
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 Enrichment
Mr Perkins
November 10 , 2012
Mr. Alfred Perkins, a partner at a law firm, presented
to our juniors what it takes to become a lawyer. We would
like to thank Mr. Perkins for the very good presentation
and valuable information he gave to our juniors. Pictured
below from left to right is Mrs. Renita Harrigan, Alyxandria
Harrigan, Mr. Alfred Perkins...
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 Nickelodeon
Play Day
September 15, 2012
Our Nickelodeon Play Day was on Saturday, 9/15/12, from
9am to noon at George Ward Tennis Center. We would like
to thank the coaches and volunteers for making this event
a success! In the picture on the left are the juniors that
made the most points in our events...
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 Lets
Move
August 25, 2012
The YMCA had a Lets Move (Michelle Obama) program on Saturday,
8/25/12. We participated in this program and Amber Jones,
Victoria Linson, Daryl Perkins and Coach Lewis volunteered
to help teach tennis to the kids and adults that participated.
Please click here to see more pictures...
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 Birmingham
Youth Games
July 27, 2012
Pictured below are our Jazz Fun Night Competition winners
from our Friday, 6/1, competition. Pictured on the left
is Angela Sanders who was the winner of the beginner level
bracket with Coach Ken Robinson. Pictured on the right is
Angela Rembert (winner of the intermediate level bracket)
being congratulated by George Rembert (second place winner)...
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 Jazz
Night Winners
June 1, 2012
Pictured below are our Jazz Fun Night Competition winners
from our Friday, 6/1, competition. Pictured on the left
is Angela Sanders who was the winner of the beginner level
bracket with Coach Ken Robinson. Pictured on the right is
Angela Rembert (winner of the intermediate level bracket)
being congratulated by George Rembert (second place winner)...
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 City
Council Award Winners
May 29, 2012
At the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, 5/29/12, our George
Ward Juniors, George Ward Lady Warriors, James Lewis Ladies
and James Lewis Men were all honored for their accomplishments.
Below is a picture taken with Mayor William Bell...
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 Mr.
Jarvis Patton Visit
July 14, 2011
Mr. Jarvis Patton, Chief of Operations for the City of
Birmingham came to visit the George Ward Tennis Center on
Thursday, 7/14/11. Mr. Patton met several of our Junior
Players and has challenged some of them to a match...
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 Wheelchair
Exhibition
June 11, 2011
Our wheelchair exhibition took place on Saturday, 6/11/11,
at 10am at the George Ward Tennis Center. Pictured below
from left to right are Mike Neville, Dan Lackman, Rudy Roussel
with Senator Linda Coleman. Melvin Miller...
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 Wheelchair
Tennis
May 12, 2011
We will be having an wheel chair exhibition match at George
Ward on Saturday, 6/11/11, at 10am. We want as many wheelchair
people to come out on 6/11/11 and sign-up for wheelchair
tennis lessons...
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 Fun
Day
April 2, 2011
Fun Day at George Ward Tennis Center was on Saturday,
4/2/11. We had 18 participants to come and either be exposed
to tennis for the first time or improve their skills. This
event was from 10am to noon...
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