BMTA Member Appreciation and Awards Banquet

BMTA’s Mission The purpose of the association shall be to promote tennis, and to work with all individuals, organizations, and businesses interested in promoting tennis within the Bismarck-Mandan area.

Thank You’s Gabe Schell – Secretary for past 2 years Brenda Lunder – 2010 League Manager BTC and Brad Dorsher Unisys Bob Cordova Our Many Volunteers

Annual Meeting Sponsors

BMTA Board Members Kevin Allan - President Paul Christen – Vice-President, Website Coordinator, Youth Committee Rob Horner – Treasurer Gabe Schell – Secretary Brenda Lunder – League Manager Brad Dorsher – Tournament Chair, Youth Committee Erik Hanson Jessica Johnson Tonie Garcia

2010 New Expenditures Tyler Thomson Clinic - $ Major Tournament Socials - $ League Socials – $ BMTA Brochures and Business Cards - $ Prairie Rose State Games Donation - $ Tennis Festival of the North Grants - $ USTA Rules Clinic - $ Junior Competition Training - $704.00

Special Events Tyler Thomson Clinic Major Tournament Socials Major Tournament Bracket Challenges Junior Competition Training PTR Certification Workshop Officials’ Rules Clinic Brent Frueh Clinic

Tyler Thomson Clinic Juniors only Over 20 youth participating! Thanks to Brad Dorsher(BTC) and BPR

Major Tournament Socials Australian Open – Tennis at CRFC, food at Space Aliens French Open – Match play at Tom O’Leary, food at Reza’s Wimbledon – Drills at Tom O’Leary, food at Reza’s U.S. Open – Did not hold

Bracket Challenge Winners French Open – Tonie Garcia and Lori Hinz Wimbledon – Tonie Garcia and Paula Schaeffer U.S. Open – Gabe Schell and Laurie Metzger

Junior Competition Training Pat Colbert 18 Local Youth Participated Latest and Greatest in USTA National High Performance Coaching!! $44 grants given to 16 participants to cover half of the fee($704 total) Big “Thanks” to Brad Dorsher and BTC for setting this up

PTR Certification Workshop Steve Keller 6-8 participants

Officials’ Rules Clinic Tim Kurtt 18 participants Todd Metzger officiated Boys West Region and State

BTC Tennis Clinics Featuring Brad Dorsher and Brent Frueh 24 Adults and 18 Juniors Participated! Special Thank You to Sponsors: -Reza’s Pitch for donating 1 free burger to every adult participant! -Terry Burke of Farmer’s Insurance for providing beverages for both Junior and Adult clinics!

2010 Tournament Recaps Jackie Dockter Memorial Tennis Tournament Bis-Man Cup Prairie Rose State Games Bismarck Open

Jackie Dockter Memorial Tennis Tournament 154 Entrants(103 Adults, 51 Juniors) 32% BMTA Membership Participation $ – = $

Prairie Rose State Games 84 Entrants(39 Adults, 45 Juniors) 16% BMTA Member Participation Tennis sponsored by BMTA($500)

Bismarck Open 108 Entrants(53 Adults, 55 Juniors) 15% BMTA Member Participation $ – = $ $600 in prize money BTC donated tennis balls

Bis-Man Cup 16 participants(9 Bismarck, 7 Mandan) Games won format Mandan won 96-74

Membership Committee 118 members Bismarck – 92 members Mandan – 23 members Lincoln, Beulah, Menoken – 1 each

Summer Leagues 5 Leagues 92 participants Socials during the first and last weeks

Website Updates/Additions New Content Management System More user friendly Tournaments Community Contacts Teaching Professionals Racquet Stringing Community Sponsors???

Youth Committee Youth Expenditures Tyler Thomson Clinic - $ Youth Grants for Progressive Doubles and Tournaments - $ Junior Competition Training - $704.00

Junior Team Tennis 33 participants(25 BTC, 8 Mandan) 4 Teams(3 BTC, 1 Mandan) Competed at Area Championships Mandan-2 nd, Spirit Award Winners, and Section Qualifiers Bismarck-3 rd Mandan tied for 3 rd in Silver Flight at Section Championships in Minneapolis Kelly Long(Mandan) won Female Sportsmanship Award

High School Girls Tennis Recap

Bismarck Century Sarah Janes – West Region Singles Champion, 4 Hailey Whitman(4 th Region Tonya Bauer/Courtney Brackin(8 th Region 8-9, 2 Region, 23 girls

Bismarck High Alek Haugen/Erin Haugen – 2 Region, 3 Tyne Oberlander – 2 Region, 6 Erik Hanson – West Region and State Coach of the Year 13-3, West Region Champions, 2

Bismarck St. Mary’s Caitlin Bakke – 3 rd in Region,5 Alicia Beck – 6 th in Region Bryce Kadrmas – 8 th in Region Mary Roller/Taryn Bohan – 3 rd in Region, 4 3 Region, 5

Mandan Jacey Porter/Cayla Cordova – 4 Region, 5 Kelly Long(7 th Region 4-4, 33 girls

High School Boys Tennis Recap

Bismarck Century Loren Anderson-West Region Singles Champion, 5 Brady Spooner/Zach Holmen-West Region Doubles Champions and State Runner-Up Tom Fraase(3 rd -singles), Joe Janes/Sam Mastel(3 rd -doubles), Nathan Lo(5 th Region 14-1, West Region Champions, 3 rd 22 boys

Bismarck High Jared Spooner/Jaden Wirrenga(5 th Region 0-10, 13 boys

Mandan Jake Kist(4 th Region Nathan Berger/Erik Porter(4 th Region Alex Conlon(8 th Region Paul Christen – West Region Coach of the Year 7-6, 3 Region, 18 boys