By Jackie Roe, TW Social Director
On February 27th, close to 150 local tennis enthusiasts and people who have influenced tennis in the Mid-Atlantic region descended on the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. Wayne Bryan was in attendance to MC the live auction. He was great at capturing people’s attention and getting them to bid on all the items. Everyone was there to honor tennis players and others who have influenced tennis in the Mid-Atlantic region, including Stan Smith, Paul Goldstein, and Ken Brody.
Ken Brody is well known in the Mid-Atlantic region because he is the founder of the Tennis Center in College Park, Maryland (TCCP). Four of the U.S. boys that train at the TCCP are ranked in the top 20 in the world junior rankings, which is a wonderful accomplishment for a fairly new junior program. Mr. Brody spoke of his love for the sport, noting it didn't happen until 22 years ago. He said something along the lines of, when older people fall in love with tennis, they tend to become obsessed with it. That was something I could totally relate to because I didn’t fall in love with tennis until I was 20 years old and have been obsessed with it ever since!
That's all for now, TWibe. Again, I hope to see some of you on Twitter, and I'll be back in a few days with an IW report. Wish me luck!