Rex Maynard, President – USTA Southern Section

First and foremost....CONGRATULATIONS to you, your committee, your volunteers and the City of Birmingham on what you did in preparation for and operation of the USTA Southern League Championships.  I was most impressed with the facilities, the organization and the enthusiasm, as well as the cooperation between the section and local staffs. 

Holly Goddard, Southern Section - Director of Adult Tennis

The tournament was awesome and you and your team were fabulous!!! Thanks for all of your hard work.

Dodie Hanchett, Southern Sectional Chairperson of Sectional Championships

 My sentiments as well.....Birmingham had a vision to host a great event and met their challenges!  Your leadership is one I wish we could bottle.
Thanks.
PS....That is 500 "team" matches....individual matches were around 1500.

Dene Owen, Southern Section Adults Events Coordinator

 Thanks for a great job!!! I know I speak for all of our southern league family when I say, our players were very impressed with your southern hospitality at every level!! Beautiful tennis facilities, excellent volunteers, great player party and extremely well organized tournament!!!! Please send our sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone that helped  make this an amazing and very successful tournament!!                                    We had 1900 players, scheduled approx. 500 matches and invited 200 teams from nine states!!!                      Many thanks dene

Bonnie Vandegrift, Chairman - Southern Section Adult Leagues Committee

On behalf of the Southern Adult League Committee, I just want to congratulate you on a fantastic event. I am so glad that I was able to make it over to Birmingham for the second half of the week to see firsthand the results of what you, the City of Birmingham and all of your volunteers have accomplished in the past year. You should be very proud of not only the great job you all did in hosting this championship, but of the lasting impact that your facilities will have in the city for many years to come. 

We certainly appreciate all of your hard work, your leadership, and your commitment to the details to make the event so enjoyable for our players and staff and we look forward to working with you and your team again next year.

Elaine Francis, Executive Director - Alabama Tennis Association

Rudy, congratulations.  I have heard nothing but compliments on the Southern Sectionals.  Everyone was very impressed with the number and enthusiasm of the volunteers, the court conditions, the parties and the city of Birmingham.  I know it wasn't easy to pull it all together and now I guess you will get to do it all again next year.  Again, congratulations!!!

Eleanora Mauritson, President of the Alabama Tennis Association

On behalf of USTA Alabama I want to thank you, the James Lewis Tennis Scholarship Foundation, all your staff and volunteers, and the City of Birmingham, for the wonderful job you did hosting the Southern Sectional Adult League Championships. I just got back from the USTA Southern Board meeting in Nashville and I heard nothing but accolades about how well things were done and how much fun was had by all.