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Casa de Campo’s tennis community turned out in force on Saturday the 18th of February to compete in the Hogar del Niño tennis tournament which began bright and early at 8:30am at the La Terraza Tennis Club.
Originally scheduled to take place at the La Romana Country Club tennis courts, the tournament had to be moved up to the La Terraza Tennis Club – due to the overwhelming popularity of the activity, which saw the participation of many more Casa de Campo villa owners than was anticipated.
The group of enthusiastic and philanthropic tennis players battled it out in a men’s and women’s division playing in a doubles round robin format, until the overall winners (based on the number of games they had won) fought over the champion title in a thrilling finals.
The men’s finalists prepare for battle at the La Terraza Tennis Club
Despite a healthy desire to win, the atmosphere among the players was friendly and fun, and spectators had a great time watching some jolly good tennis in the morning sunshine. For many Casa de Campo villa owners the tennis tournament was a warm-up to other activities, such as the zumba, golf and dance-party they attended later in the day!
Hogar del Niño Tennis Tournament 2012 – Results
Women’s division: There was an unusual tie between three Casa de Campo ladies who competed in the Hogar del Niño’s Tennis Tournament
• Magdalena García • Ivonna Sosa • María Mastrolilli Men’s division: First place: Jon Ander De Iribar, José Echevalier Second place: Danilo Grandos García, Alberto Jiménez
The following photos were taking during the Hogar del Niño tennis tournament held at the La Terraza Tennis Club in Casa de Campo:
The Hogar del NiñoThe Hogar del Niño is a children’s daycare and educational center for over 1500 children, located in La Romana town, just outside of Casa de Campo. Children from as young as just a few weeks old up to 18 years old are cared for and educated daily, from as early as 5:30am and staying as late as 7pm. The organization also provides special schooling to over 75 hearing impaired and blind children, as well as a vocational school where over 235 students receive classes in different areas like: sewing; industrial preparation, installation and electrical maintenance; plumbing and management of computer office programs.
Contact the Hogar del Niño on: Tel: (809) 523-8901 or (809) 556-3181 Email: info@pbo.org.do Website: www.hogardelnino.com