WCICTA donates tennis ball machines to local schools

Thursday, February 20, 2020
Representatives from the Greencastle High School and South Putnam High School tennis programs accept the gift of two commercial-grade ball machines recently from the West Central Indiana Community Tennis Association, the Jack and Shirley Dalton Trust and the Putnam County Community Foundation.
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A local community tennis association is helping improve local tennis programs with a pair of generous recent donations.

West Central Indiana Community Tennis Association (WCICTA) gifted commercial-grade ball machines to the tennis programs at Greencastle High School and South Putnam High School.

The machines were made possible with combined funds from WCICTA, a donation from the Jack and Shirley Dalton Trust and a grant from the Putnam County Community Foundation.

The Greencastle machine will also be used in the summer and winter youth tennis programming for Putnam County students in grades K-5 and the middle school program.

WCICTA is a non-profit organization which exists to provide tennis opportunities to local youth.

On hand for the event were donors Jack Dalton and Carolyn Havlin of the Jack and Shirley Dalton Trust, Dean Gambill of The Putnam County Community Foundation and Isaac Case of WCICTA.

For his part, Case gave credit to Lynn Ramey, whom he called “the driving force” behind WCICTA’s accomplishments.

“Lynn is very modest with her achievements in regards to our program,” Case said. “Lynn was a recent recipient of the ‘Brad Holmes Award’ for individuals in Indiana who continually strive to promote tennis at the local level.”

Ramey was also instrumental in fundraising for new nets and benches at the GHS tennis courts last year.

Tennis coaches Annette Munoz of GHS and Johnnie Briones of SPHS, along with some of their players, were present to accept the machines.

Also in attendance were several volunteer adult and student coaches and youth players representing the Youth Team Tennis programs.

“As an organization which serves a low income area, we have the lowest rates of any Quick Start program in the United States,” Case said. “This is mainly due to all of the coaches and staff being volunteers.”

Following the presentation and photo, everyone had a good time hitting with the new machines.

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