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SCJTL and the USTA!
The
Suffolk County Junior Tennis League
is a proud member of the USTA.
SCJTL is a registered member of
these USTA programs:
USTA
Member Organization
USTA
JuniorTeam Tennis
USTA National Junior Tennis League
Constitution:"...to promote the development of tennis as a
means of healthful recreation and physical fitness; to establish and
maintain rules of play and high standards of amateurism and
sportsmanship; to foster national and international amateur tennis
tournaments and competitions; to encourage, sanction and conduct
tennis tournaments and competitions under the best of conditions;
and to encourage, through tennis, the development of health,
character and responsible citizenship."
The
USTA is the national
governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States and is a
not-for-profit organization with more than 675,000 members. It owns
and operates the US Open and selects the teams for the Davis Cup,
Fed Cup and the Olympics and Paralympic Games. It owns and operates
the US Open, the largest annually attended sporting event in the
world and, in 2004, launched the US Open Series which links 10
summer tournaments to the US Open. It invests 100% of its
proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the
grassroots to the professional levels.
The USTA, which encompasses all 50 states, Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Guam, is composed
of 17 geographical sections. Most sections are further divided into
districts. Every section maintains its own staff to administer
USTA programs, establishes its own tournament schedule and issues its own
rankings.
National coordination and administration of the
USTA’s efforts is effected by the full-time staff at the national
headquarters in White Plains, N.Y., the USTA National Tennis Center
in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, N.Y., and the USA Tennis High
Performance headquarters in Key Biscayne, Fla.
To learn more visit the
USTA website:
www.usta.com.
The
USTA/Eastern Section is one of 17 geographic
sections of the United States
Tennis Association - the governing body of tennis in the United States. The Eastern Section boasts over
42,000 members throughout all of New York, Northern New Jersey and
Greenwich, Connecticut.
A not-for-profit community service
organization, the Eastern Section's mission is to promote and
develop the growth of tennis. The section also establishes and
maintains rules of fair play, high standards of sportsmanship and
represents in its jurisdiction, the programs and policies of the
USTA.
To learn more visit the
USTA/Eastern Section
website: www.eastern.usta.com.
Join
the world of tennis.
Join the
USTA!
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