Rockingham County Tennis Publicity Archive: Our Stories
Published articles and orignal essays about tennis in Rockingham County
2014
May 22, 2014 News & Record Exploring the Game of Tennis by Steve Lawson
May 25, 2014 News & Rceord Kids can learn tennis in summer clinics by Ann Fish
June 18 , 2014 Rockinghamnow.com The Messenger Starting the Summer Right by Steve Lawson
September - November 2014 Healthy Carolinians Newsletter Volume 4 Issue #3
October 26, 2014 News & Record This tennis teacher became the student by Ann Fish
2015
Come Visit Our Town Rockingham County, North Carolina by Andrew Brooks pages 60-61
March - May 2015 Healthy Carolinians Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 2
June 21, 2015 News & Record French Open Visit a Memorable Time by Ann Fish
July 20, 2015 RockinghamUpdate.com Serving up Love of Tennis in a Healthy Place
July 2015 Healthy Places NC Rockingham County Update
August 26, 2015 Winston-Salem Journal Learning the Game
October 11, 2015 News & Record Let's Play Tennis! by Georgianna Penn
October 11, 2015 News & Record Play Ball :Tennis Takes off at Local Elementaries by Georgiaan Penn
November/December 2015 Tennis Pro Member News page 22
2016
April 2016 Shelby Rhyne presentation "Get in the Game" for Madison Mayodan Rotary Club
May 2016 Jackie Cantrell submitted this essay about her tennis experiences to the RC Senior Games Literary Arts competition.
May 2016 Mary Luking presented this paper about youth tennis as her Senior Capstone Experience at Rockingham County High School . Mary was a RC Tennis high school intern in summer 2015 and organized and led the SOS Kids Tennis Club for Reidsville Middle School in April 2016 as the "product" for her senior project.
June 2016 USTA NC Tennis Yearbook photos on pages 10 and 11
September 2016 Building Community Partnerships presented by Shelby Rhyne, RC Tennis Executive Director and Laura Weygandt, Executive Director of Western Wake Tennis Assocaition at USTA Regional Community Tennis Workshop in Greensboro NC
October 2016 USTA NC Announces 2016 Annual Tennis Awards
October 15 News and Record Rockingham People, online and Rockingham County Sunday edition Tennis Group honors effort to improve sport
October 19 Rockinghamnow.com, The Messenger, Eden News, Reidsville Review sports section RC Recognized for excellence
November 11 USTA Southern Announces 2016 Annual Tennis Awards
2017
January 3 Celebrate NC with Mike More on Rockingham Radio 1490 WLOE 1420 WMYN at 20 minutes.
February 10 Achievements News & Record Greensboro
2018
May 14 Information Hour RCTA Update with Mike Moore on Rocingham County Radio https://www.spreaker.com/user/mikemooremedia/bb20-monday-info-hour-text-00-0-00-0-m-1_16
"Tennis Talk" in Eden's Own Journal
"Tennis Talk" is a column by Executive Director Shelby Rhyne published in the Eden's OwnJournal. Eden's Own Journal (EOJ) is a free locally owned private publication which is printed monthly. EOJ strives to supply informative news content and events of interest, as well as jokes, puzzles, classifieds, sports and local people in the news.
2015
- January It Has Never Been Easier for You and Your Family to Find Yourself In The Game
- February Play Tennis Inside, Really?
- March What IS a Community Tennis Association (CTA)?
- April The Miracle Year – The 1995 NC AAA State Championship Tennis Team from Dalton L. McMichael HS
- May RC Youth Services Students of Success (SOS) Play Tennis
- June Yes, YOU Can Teach Your Child to Play Tennis
- July What do a Tennis Ball and the Eiffel Tower have in common?
- August Tom Parhem, Madison native, writes The Little Green Book of Tennis
- September Fall Season of RCTA Junior Team Tennis Begins September 13
- October There are NEW Tennis Courts in town at Williamsburg Elementary School in Reidsville
- November Happy Birthday RC Tennis!
- December Forty New Tennis Courts in Rockingham County!
2016
- February 2015 was a Very Good Year for Youth Tennis in Rockingham County
- March Rockingham County Schools have tennis “game”
- April THREE Rockingham County Tennis Teams!
- June TWO Summer Youth Tennis Camps in Rockingham County!
- July Join RC Tennis for Family Play Days in August
- August Rockingham Community College offers USTA Tennis Apprentice – weekend beginner adult tennis program
- October RC Tennis is on the road to Fall Festivals
- November USTA Honors RCC and Rhyne
- December Tennis, Anyone? page 29
2017
- January Make Time for Tennis page 29 and ad
- Feburary Free Rally the Family Tennis Play Day page 28, ad page 29
- March RCC Recognized by USTA NC page 28, photos on page 10 and 22
- April After School Kids Tennis Clubs begin in April
- June Try Tennis comes to Rockingham County; Adults learn to rally and play in new statewide program for adult beginners
- July Reidsville Parks & Rec offer Summer Nights Youth Tennis Clinics
- August Volunteers make Tennis Rock!
- October Tennis Association recieves US Open Series Grant at Winston-Salem Open
2018
- January Indoor Tennis Clinics scheduled and ad, page 20-21
- February Tennis for Exercie, Winter Program flyer page 36
- March page Spring Program flyer page 24-25
- April Junior Team Tennis and JTT flyer page 30
- May Tennis Talk by Wayne Knight RCS Boys County Tennis Tournament page 36
RC Tennis Association Press Releases
2014
2015
- May Coach Youth Tennis Workshop with Butch Staples
- July USTA Level 6 Youth Tennis Tournament
- September Nickelodeon World Wide Day of Play
- December Forty-two New Playground Courts in Rockingham County
2016
- April Junior Team Tennis
- July Summer Family Play Days
- August Tennis Apprentice at RCC
- October RCC name USTA NC Tennis Facility of the Year
- October USTA NC recognizes Shelby Rhyne with Karen and Buster Brown Educational Merit Award
- December Tennis, Anyone? highlights upcoming MS/HS free indoor clinics
- December RC Tennis receives $7500 USTA Foundation grant to expand summer NJTL locations
2017
2018
- January Shelby Rhyne appointed to USTA NC Board of Directors
- May RCTA recieves USTA Foundation Grant to expand NJTL program locations
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