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Hawaii Pacific Tennis Foundation Official Linesperson's Training Qualifies Twenty Local Enthusiasts for WTA
On the weekend of July 7 and 8, the Hawaii Pacific Tennis Foundation conducted a Professional Linesperson Training at Schofield Tennis Center in Wahiawa. Over 24 people attended, with 20 qualifying to work as linespersons at the upcoming $140,000 WTA event at the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island in September.
With District and Foundation direct contact with key national volunteers and
staff, the USTA national office sent trainer John Wong from the mainland
to conduct the training. Wong was amazed at the numbers which our local
efforts produced, especially given sparse results produced in the past by
other Hawaii tennis groups. Wong had hoped to qualify between 6 and 9
linespersons for the WTA tournament. However, by the end of the session,
he could not choose among a top crew of 18! According to Wong, we produced
not only quantity but quality!
Up until this training, only 2 people in Hawaii were qualified as linespersons for professional events. With these results, Hawaii is much better positioned to support professional tennis with the coming of the Waiola Tennis Complex next year.
By qualifying, nine of the 20 will receive airfare and housing on the Big Island while they work the WTA qualifying tournament on September 8 and 9. Additionally, five of those nine will continue to work the main draw with pay.
Those completing the intensive training session are:
- John Abulon
- John Bennett
- Alvin Cabatingan
- Ean Chang
- Eric Choe
- Sonny Crawford
- Denise Fukuda
Emy Holcomb- Myrah Kim
- Carey Morita
- Gary Nacapuy
- Marlene Pacarro
- Benny Quiseng
- Chris Sadayasu
- Alex Smith
- Megan Soriano
- Sheryl Uyematsu
- Michael Voiles
- Lloyda Yamada
- Frank Yi
