BaseLine Tennis is proud to announce the following additions to our Board of Directors this past year: Claire Frankel- NYC ,Morgan Stanley, Database Designer; Martin Danoff-NYC, Attorney; David Ippolito-NYC, composer, famed guitar player,

better known as - The Guitar Man of Central Park; Paul Walker- Lakeland, Florida- professional wheelchair tennis player, Head coach USTA Women’s wheelchair tennis team.

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0ur last event was at the US Open where thanks to Board member Jay Snyder tours were arranged for people who contributed $50 or more to Baseline.

Bob Waldman identified more than 100 guests who went on the tours, making the tour one of BaseLine’s most successful activities.

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In August, before the US Open we held a New York Exhibition at Temple Israel in NYC. BaseLine players Sarah Casteel and Paul Walker played tennis and David Ippolito provided the entertainment. We have already confirmed this event for August, 2012.

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We are very busy working on our next event, an exhibition at 4:30 PM on Sat. Feb 11 at the TradeWinds Resort, a five star beachfront resort in St. Petersburg, Florida.

This has been a great event in the past.If you are in the St. Petersburg area, I hope you can attend.The special room rate for this event is $99 dollars per night.

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We will be honoring Captain Robert Fine of the Admiral Farragut Academy which hosted this exhibition for many years. We received a thank you from Chris Herman, the young wheelchairplayer who received a Baseline scholarship to tennis camp.

He loved camp, made a lot of good friends and now plays in tournaments. We will see him at the St. Petersburg event,where he is planning to take on Paul Walker and showing him what he learned.