Tennis Anyone?

Seymour Recreation Department offers spring tennis opportunities

Three spring tennis opportunities for area valley residents, sponsored by the Seymour Rec Department:

SENIOR WORKSHOPS
The Seymour Recreation Department will be sponsoring Senior Workshops in outdoor tennis this spring. This program is for seniors and/or older adults aged 55 and over who are interested in playing tennis and looking for a way to participate in an organized activity. For those seniors who have been away from tennis for a period of time, this workshop would give you a great opportunity to get back on the court, meet new people and have a great time.
This class would be on Saturdays 8:00 AM-9:00 AM starting May 2nd and would conclude on June 20th Or Tuesdays  11:00 AM -12:00 PM starting May 5th and would conclude June 23rd.  Cost is $75.00 for all eight classes or $10.00 for drop in each Saturday or Tuesday session. Workshop to be held at the French Park Tennis Courts.  Instructor is Glen Englander. Please contact Missy Orosz, Part-time Recreation Program Manager at 203-888-0406 to register.

TENNIS LESSONS

The Seymour Recreation Department will also be offering Spring tennis lessons on Tuesdays or Saturdays for various age groups and abilities. The Tuesday programs will be held May 5th through

 June 23rd and the Saturday program will be offered May 2nd through June 20th  as follows: 

Tuesdays

9:00 AM-10:00 AM Adult Beginners ($95.00)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM  Adult Advance ($95.00) 

3:00 PM-4:00 PM Advanced Beginners Grades 6-8 ($95.00)

4:00 PM-4:45 PM Pee Wee Kindergarten & 1st grade ($85.00)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM Beginner 2nd & 3rd grade ($95.00)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM Beginner 4th & 5th grade ($95.00)

Saturdays

9:00 AM-9:45 AM Pee Wee Kindergarten & 1st grade ($85.00)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM Beginners 2nd & 3rd grade ($95.00)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM Advance Beginners 4th, 5th & 6th grade ($95.00)

All classes will be held at the French Park Tennis Courts. Instructor is Glen Englander. Please contact Missy Orosz, Part-time Recreation Program Manager at 203-888-0406 to register. 

"ALL IN THE FAMILY" TENNIS PROGRAM

The Seymour Recreation Department will be sponsoring “All in the Family” Tennis Program on Saturdays starting May 2, 2015 and concluding June 20, 2015. This program will be a set of clinics for an adult and a child to go together led by tennis professional Glen Englander.  This new and exciting program is designed to allow both the adult and child to share in a lesson together at the same time. During the class activities appropriate drills will focus on hand-eye coordination, proper movement on the court and basic fundamentals of tennis. The purpose of the joint effort is to allow parents and their child a chance to develop a closer bond between each other and have a great time together learning a life time sport.  

This is for ages 6 through 14 with an adult over the age of 18 and will meet from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM at the French Park Tennis Courts and will be cost $120.00 per adult/child duo. To register, please contact Missy Orosz, Part-time Recreation Program Manager at 203-888-0406.

PHOTO: Seymour Recreation Department sponsored adult tennis clinic

Left to right: Art Carptenuto, Dawn Hunter, Tara Petrino, Nerissa Cassanova,
instructor Missy Orosz and kneeling Dennis Hunter 

This fall, the Seymour Recreation Department sponsored an adult tennis clinic for six weeks, which taught and improved tennis technique to area Valley residents.

The Seymour Recreation Department is looking to run this clinic again in the spring. To get on the interest list, call 203-888-0406.

Seymour tennis team attends sports symposium

                   Teammates get together at New Haven Open. / Contributed photo

Several members of the Seymour High School Varsity Tennis Team were chosen to attend the Girls' High School Sports in Connecticut Symposium on Title IX, Celebrating 40 Years of Inspiration at the New Haven Open at Yale presented by Aetna.
Team members who participated were from left, Mallory Briggs, Gabby Zawadzki, moderator Cindy Bronson, EPSN Sports Center Anchor, Katherine Acquavella, Cierra Green, and Monica Mordowanec.
The girls were also treated to an afternoon of tennis play in addition to a panel discussion with several high-powered women in sports. / Contributed photo


This information is taken from a release from Missy Orosz of Seymour. 

Seymour girls win tennis tournament

 

Danielle Sahni, left, and Shannon Landock from Seymour High School hold bracket board showing the other doubles teams they defeated Saturday to be crowned champions at the Naugatuck Valley League Girls Doubles Tournament at Woodland High School in Beacon Falls. / Contributed photo

With the win, the team also made the All-NVL Team and won gold medals, Coach Missy Orosz said in a release.
They finished the regular season at 14-3 and combined over the past three seasons they are 47-4.

 In post season play this year they are 5-0. Recently they competed in the NVL Girls Tennis Doubles tournament. Due to rain delays and proms from other league member schools, the tournament turned into a day-long event that started at 7:30 a.m. and didn't finish until 7:20 p.m. when the girls captured an unbelievable day of tennis playing.

On their quest to the title they defeated Livia Snehu/Betthany Galluci from Wolcott by a score of 8-4; their teammates and practice partners Cierra Green/Pallavi Kasturi from Seymour by a score of 8-5; Sema Hasango/Marineva Maghari from Kennedy 8-3 and a come from behind set to break two service points and win three games in a row to defeat Liz Martin/Hope Gavigan from Woodland by a score of 9-7.

"What a great and long day of tennis for our program, fans and of course the girls. It was so hot and they had 30 minute breaks in between sets and needed to stay focused while waiting for other courts to open as the NVL singles tournament was also going on at the same time," Orosz said.

"Shannon's alley returns were right on target and Danielle had some incredible nets shots and really gutted it out with her serves when we were down by two points and the game was on the line with Woodland up 6-7 to tie it up at 7-7. It showed that they never gave up and wanted this for their senior year. They won three games in a row to win this. I am so proud of them."
 For such a great season and hard work, Danielle and Shannon along with Cierra Green and her partner Pallavi Kasturi at number two doubles will be competing Saturday at Yale for the state opens on Saturday.


The above information was contributed by Orosz, Seymour High School Varsity Swim Coach and Varsity Tennis Coach, Wildcat Swim Club Developmental Swim Coach, Daisy Girl Scout leader, part-time Associate Recreation Director, Town of Seymour, part-time gym teacher, St. Joseph School, Shelton, St. Catherine Academy Special Olympics Swim Coach.