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Hello Pittsburgh (and beyond?) Tennis Fans!

Welcome to the PITC Blog - it's about time, right?  What you'll find here is updates on happenings and events at the Pittsburgh Indoor Tennis Club (www.pittsburghindoortennis.com), as well as my own 'tennis junkie' contemplations, deliberations & cogitations - because hey, tennis is my preoccupation.

Dave Weinstein, one of 2 Dave's working at PITC

For those new to the Pittsburgh Tennis scene - a quick view of what we do:  PITC is an indoor tennis facility with 4 doubles courts and one singles court (no alleys).  There are NO membership fees, you just call to book a court or show up for one of our many clinics or events.  There are mens & womens locker rooms with showers, and a secure parking lot on site.  We are located just off Penn Circle South on Stevenson Place in the East Liberty/Shadyside area.  After tennis there are plenty of great places to grab some grub after your exercise (BRGR, Plum, Dinette, Mad Mex, Casbah, Kelly's Bar, Paris 66) ...

PITC indoor facility

PITC kicked off the 2012 winter season with an excellent turnout for this years Winter Tennis League! There are 20+ groups playing doubles at all levels 7 days a week. PITC/Leagues&Teams.
In addition, our home page lists 10 clinics a week (all levels) - most are taught by our Head Pro Dave Bender, as well as some added weekend clinics taught by Dr. Bucky Philips.  (CLINIC SCHEDULE)  How about joining a USTA team now for mixed doubles (join USTA? membership.usta.com/) - and Stay tuned for other upcoming USTA team events in January and next spring.

Head Pro David Bender

We often host tennis Socials on Friday or Saturday nights, which can include Round Robin Singles or King of the Court Doubles Challenges (sometimes we get Pizza from local hotspot Pizza Sola, yum!)  Not enough?  Private lessons are available from David Bender, as well as specialized group instruction.  Or get your tennis fix with a 'Hit Lesson' from Lynn Giroux or Me, Dave Weinstein.   Check our website for info on lessons and upcoming events* pittsburghindoortennis.com/NEWS&EVENTS :)

How about instruction for KIDS? Rashid Hassan provides challenging after school clinics several weekdays, and on the weekends Dave Bender schedules 5 Junior programs for kids ages 5 - 13.

High school players will definitely enjoy David's focused high school clinic on Sunday from 4-6 pm.

Juniors can also take advantage of  hitting Saturdays with Tom Mercer, he always pushes them hard during his 3-hour program.  Lessons can also be arranged with Craig Perry or Aldene LaCaria.

Tennis Instructor - Tom Mercer

We also have discounted court time available on weekdays, and space for your intramural teams, corporate events, kids parties, birthday celebrations, you name it - just give us a call 412.450.1080!

Meantime, our TV is always on the Tennis Channel - have you been watching the Paris Masters tournament?  Can you believe it's the 1st time since 2008 that none of the top 4 men (Djokovic, Federer, Murray, Nadal) are in the quarterfinals??  But Polish #1 Jerzy Janowicz (#69) has made a name for himself this week, beating such top players as Kohlschreiber (#19), Cilic (#15), Murray (#3), Tipsarevic (#(9) and Simon (#18) to reach the final against the only top seed left, David Ferrer (#5) - Go JERZY!  Check out the Mens Tour info for all the updates here: atpworldtour.com/Finals and prepare to be dazzled at next week's season ending ATP World Tour finals in London, where the top 8 (- Nadal, + Tipsarevic) battle it out!

Jerzy Janowicz celebrates Victory over #3 Andy Murray

Before I wrap up our 1st Blog entry, I have to mention that NONE of this would be possible without the tireless work by our Owner/Manager Lynn Giroux - this is her 8th year of providing fantastic winter tennis action for ALL of Pittsburgh's Tennis Junkies - THANK YOU, LYNN!

You can also stay in tune with PITC through our FaceBook page: facebook.com/PittsburghIndoorTennis-Club  .

We have not yet begun to Tweet, but it will be coming soon!

If this blog has you junked up for tennis and ready to take it out with some hard hitting, don't forget to Check our website for info on upcoming events OR give us a call 412.450-1080 - as I like to say, the Club is an excellent place to "Crush Some Balls"!

                                                                                                           ~ Dave Weinstein 11/5/12, 9pm