The 2021 NJTL Chapter of the Year was awarded to Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center at a special virtual ceremony on December 8, 2021. This year, nominees answered the question, "How did you and/or your organization manage the pandemic and consequential shutdown? How did you adapt?"
CRITERIA & ELIGIBILITY
The NJTL Chapter of the Year criteria include: quality of on-court program, quality of management structure, involvement with other community organizations such as Schools, Parks, YMCA, YWCA, Boys & Girls Clubs, PALs, Boy/Girl Scouts, etc., support of the local business community and demonstration of financial sustainability.
All NJTL chapters submitting applications for the NJTL Chapter of the Year Award must have:
*Been a NJTL chapter for a minimum of three consecutive years prior to applying
*A current NJTL registration status
*A current USTA organization membership
*Not won the National level award within the past five years (since 2012);
SELECTION PROCESS
The pool of nominations comes from NJTL Chapter leaders, USTA Volunteers, USTA Section staff and National staff. The nominator must submit a narrative to the Selection Committee outlining how the organization exemplifies the spirit of the award, including scope, depth, and impact of on-court and off-court programs: number of instructors, sites, number of youth participants, dosage of programming (# hours/week and # weeks/year). Whenever possible, documentation to help the committee demonstrate the organizations impact will be considered, including articles, brochures, letters of support or other informative documentation.
RECIPIENTS
2021
Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center
2020
No award
2019
Danbury Grassroots Academy
Legacy Youth Tennis & Education