CITY PARKS FOUNDATION TO HOLD TRYOUTS ON MAY 21st FOR SCHOLARSHIP TENNIS ACADEMY

City Parks Foundation’s LACOSTE Junior Tennis Academy tryouts will be held on Saturday, May 21st with check-in from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm and play beginning at 3:00 pm at the USTA/ Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens. Fifty players between the ages of eight to 17 will be selected for scholarships for the Academy, a free, six-week tournament-training program held from July – August.

Since the Academy’s inception in 1986, hundreds of local juniors have earned college scholarships or USTA rankings, including several who have played in the US Open.

For an application to sign up for City Parks Foundation’s LACOSTE Junior Tennis Academy tryouts on May 21st visit http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/sports/junior-tennis-academy/. For more information on the program, please call 718-760-6999 or email sports@cityparksfoundation.org.

City Parks Foundation is the only independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer programs in public parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. At City Parks Foundation, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community development, and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs and community building initiatives -- located in more than 300 parks, recreation centers, and public schools across the city -- reach 425,000 people each year. Our ethos is simple: we believe thriving parks reflect thriving communities. For more details, please visit www.CityParksFoundation.org.