USTA Senior Section Championships

More than 600 tennis players on over 100 teams are expected to participate in the 2008 USTA League Tennis Pacific Northwest Senior and Super Senior Section Championships that will be held June 26-July 1 in Sunriver, Oregon.

This year's tournament will feature the best senior tennis teams from throughout Oregon and Washington. The teams, which represent various tennis clubs and facilities, have finished at the top of their local leagues and are playing for a chance to win a United States Tennis Association Pacific Northwest (USTA/PNW) Section title. Winning teams will also advance to compete in the USTA League Tennis National Championships held in October 2008 for the Senior division and in April 2009 for the Super Senior division.

The Senior Section Championships will be held June 26-29 and features men’s and women’s teams of players who must be age 50 or over who are grouped into four different ability levels. Competition will be held on the Woodlands and Fort Rock Park tennis courts and consists of the best of three doubles matches with the outcome decided by the team that wins at least two of those matches.

In addition to the Senior event, the USTA/PNW Super Senior Section Championships will be held June 29-July 1 in Sunriver. Super Senior players must be age 60 or over and follow the same competitive format as the Senior division.

"These teams play for fun, fitness and competition," said Sheila Banks, USTA/PNW Adult/Senior Recreational Programs Director. "Our Pacific Northwest senior players truly demonstrate that tennis is the sport for a lifetime. They have earned their way here and have a chance to play for a spot in the national championships."

Established in 1980, USTA League Tennis has grown from 13,000 participants in its first year to over 585,000 players across the nation today, making it the world’s largest recreational tennis league. Chrysler is in its third year as presenting sponsor and official vehicle of the USTA League Tennis program. Sunriver Vacations, comprised of Mountain Resort Properties, Village Properties, Sunray Vacation Rentals and Discover Sunriver Vacation Rentals, is the lodging sponsor of the USTA/PNW Senior/Super Senior Section Championships. Players looking for lodging can call 800-874-7644 to be directed to a Sunriver Vacations Partner.

Team check-in for the event as well as the captains meetings and player parties will be held at Mavericks at Sunriver.

Established in 1904, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Pacific Northwest Section is one of 17 sections of the USTA. The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States and is a not-for-profit organization with over 730,000 members. It invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grassroots to the professional levels. For more information on the USTA Pacific Northwest, log on to www.pnw.usta.com.

Established in 2000, Sunriver Vacations is Sunriver’s premier vacation rental resource with the combined inventory of nearly 500 homes from four of Sunriver’s long-time property managers. Sunriver Vacations is the owner of Mavericks at Sunriver and provides its guests exclusive access to this recreation and aquatic center.

For more information: Contact Blair Thompson, USTA/PNW Community Marketing Manager, toll-free at 1-877-791-1308 or (503) 520-1877, ext. 19 or email: thompson@pnw.usta.com

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