In just over a month, we look forward to seeing you at our annual Spring Volunteer Workday.

Since we operate as a not-for-profit, the club depends on your 2 hours of volunteer work (or more!) each season to offset expenses. Volunteer work has been a cornerstone of the club since its inception, not only to manage costs, but also because of the benefit it brings of growing and strengthening connections within the STC community. This year more than ever, with the cost of labor already so high, your contribution is valued tremendously. From myself as club manager to the Board of Directors, we hope (dare we say, expect) that you consider your volunteer commitment as part of your membership. For those of you who have consistently volunteered, a heartfelt thank you.

You can volunteer during our Spring Clean-Up or Fall Close-Up Workdays or through other ways (serve on a committee, pitch-in during social events, or help with tournaments, etc.) If you cannot attend the scheduled workdays, contact us with your volunteer preferences. We will do what we can to provide alternative volunteer opportunities for you. Available now? There are some tasks that cannot wait for the upcoming volunteer workday, so please get in touch.

Weather permitting we will hold the Spring Volunteer Workday starting at 10am on Saturday, May 18th. The rain date, if needed, will be Sunday, May 19th. For more info and what to expect, see the event description on our website. No RSVP needed.

All volunteers will be rewarded with a sweet treat, a beverage, and a volunteer credit which can be redeemed for a free guest visit or ball machine use.

Reach out if you have any questions!

- Elle

Club Manager

We are delighted to welcome our new Junior Program Coordinator, Michele Whitmore. Read below to get to know our latest hire as she introduces herself to our membership:

Hello to the Stowe Tennis Club Community:

I am absolutely delighted to join this community as the Junior Tennis Program Coordinator for Summer 2024. I have had the pleasure of playing on the STC courts a few times with my good friend Charlie and to now have the opportunity to spend more time here, coordinating the junior tennis program, supporting our program’s coaches, and promoting this amazing sport to our program participants, makes me smile and anxious for summer to arrive.

A little about me. For 29 years, I was a higher education administrator at the Johnson campus (Johnson State College, Northern Vermont University, and now Vermont State University). For 12 of those years, I was Head Coach of the women’s tennis team and also during that timeframe, coached four seasons of the men’s team. Coaching was not part of my plan. I never coached tennis or played competitive tennis growing up; I just loved to play recreationally and watched A LOT of tennis on tv (still do…); however, the team needed a coach and I agreed to help out the tennis program for one season…and that was all it took. Coaching was such a positive and impactful experience for me and that experience gave me an even greater love and appreciation for the sport. I played competitively through the USTA for several years in the 4.0 division, mainly playing the 1 or 2 spot in singles and the 2 or 3 spot in doubles.

With the help of the coaching staff, my goal is to create an engaging and fun tennis program for all of our participants with solid on-court instruction; opportunities to improve strategy and tactics; to appreciate the importance of good sportsmanship and to hopefully further increase the love of and respect for the game of tennis.

I am grateful to have this opportunity, to spend more time on the courts, supporting a sport I love, and getting to know the STC community.

Tennis high-five,

- Michele

Dear Members, 

Membership Renewal is right around the corner. Catch up on the latest club news in our President's Letter. 

Congratulations to the Stowe High School Girl's and Boy's team members on their outstanding tennis season! The SHS girls took the Vermont State Division 1 Championship for the third time in a row.  The boys advanced to a spot in the Finals, narrowly missing the title in a deciding match against Burlington with final team score 3 - 4, and coached by Club members Pete and Joanna Graves. 

In the Vermont State Individual Tennis Tournament, dynamic duo Gabby Doehla and Kate Tilgner continued their reign as the state’s best girls doubles team, winning the Championship over Champlain Valley.  Charlotte Stevens earned the Finalist spot in singles competition putting up a good fight against the eventual champion, Aroa SanJuan Mas from BFA-St. Albans, who defeated #1 seed, Julia Biedermann, in a quarter finals match tie-break.  

Please join us in congratulating Stowe Tennis Club junior members and staff and the following Stowe Raiders players.  Girls:  Julia Biedermann, Charlotte Stevens, Gabby Doehla, Kate Tilgner and Lucy Andrus.  Boys: Max Biedermann, Bo Graves, Parker and TJ Guffey, Leo Jercinovic, JP Marhefka and Ben Nissenbaum.  Additional Stowe players rounding out the Raiders squad include: Jessie Brown, Harper Freund, Lula Paumgarten and Woody Reicheldt.

Well done, Go Raiders!