2024 Fundraising Letter
Hello Prescott Tennis Players, Sponsor and Supporters,
This is our annual update on all things tennis and our request for your financial support. PATA’s mission is to promote and support tennis for everyone in the Prescott Quad City area and this year has seen some great gains and some great losses.
PATA’S main goal is to grow tennis in the community, by providing tournaments, leagues, tennis-themed events, youth school programs, activities designed to promote tennis and most importantly, expanding access to the game for everyone.
First, a huge thank you to everyone that contributed to the success of Prescott tennis this year including our sponsors:
We must sadly report that Dave Hibbs has retired. We held a well-attended bon voyage party at Triple Creek – PATA and the tennis community wish Dave all the best in his new journey. He will be missed!
As to the status of Yavapai College, we have nothing to report but silence. We have reached out to all of the Board members and only one took our call, promising to investigate….but crickets…so we could really use your support. We have purchased shade and storage for the High School and they have been very welcoming. Thankfully the High School was able to offer us a highly discounted rate compared to YC for the Mile High tournament, but the draconian actions of the College simply couldn’t support holding a match there, despite the fact that PATA and its members have heavily invested in the courts and the College is 100% community-funded with an endowment in excess of $50 Million dollars.
There are still some improvements that need to be made at the High School, including, more shade and seating along with improving wheelchair access. We are once again asking for your support and hoping you can dig a little deeper this year so we can pass on your deductible donations to expand facilities at the High School which has truly been welcoming and supportive of the tennis community in general. We have also applied for USTA Grants and are optimistic they will help as well. We will keep you posted, but really need the community to pitch in and make the High School an ideal destination, given all of their efforts to support us.
Regardless, 2024 has been a great year for tennis in the quad city area. Regular adult tournaments had 202 Total Players, 253 entrants, 34 draws, 217 Total Matches. The Memorial Day tournament had 81 players and 79 total matches were played. The Mile High Open had 83 players with 80 total matches. We also hosted the Yavapai County tournament and numerous social events.