Doubles Signup and Start time
Doubles sign up will be allowed till Noon on Saturday. Play will start Saturday afternoon.
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Club Kids for a Cause
The money raised from this tournament will go to three local Des Moines charities. Children’s Cancer Connection and Pinky Swear Foundation support children and their families who are battling childhood cancer. Above and Beyond Cancer continues to offer support to cancer survivors. Club Kids for a Cause was founded by Krisha Keeran and Sid Kalala last year with the intention of allowing anyone to create a fundraiser for the people and things they care about.
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Steven Danna's Story
This tournament is in honor of Steven Danna who is going to be a junior at Waukee High School this year. In addition to playing on Waukee’s varsity tennis team, Steven is an avid snowboarder and mountain biker.This tennis season was a little different. Sometime in April, Steven’s right knee started bothering him. In May it was still achy and now there was some swelling. His doctor and physical therapist thought it looked like tendinitis and bursitis and treated it as such. During one visit to the physical therapist, he suggested seeing a sports medicine doctor as Steven was not getting any relief. After ultrasounds and x-rays the sports medicine doctor diagnosed Steven with a malignant bone tumor on the top of his right tibia. An MRI later that day, confirmed it was an osteosarcoma. During all of this, Steven continued to win some of his toughest matches of the season and played in Districts and Team State.In June, Steven underwent surgery at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital for the tumor biopsy and to have a chest port implanted. The chest port will allow him to receive chemotherapy at Blank Children’s Hospital. He will undergo chemotherapy for 10 weeks and then have surgery to remove the tumor, rebuild the tibia and have a complete knee replacement. He’ll have several more months of chemotherapy after the surgery.Steven’s prognosis is excellent. He has the support of his family, friends, and an incredible community of tennis players and families.
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No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, August 20, 2019 11:59:00 PM Central Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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