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• Apply as Coaches of USA Men's and Women's Teams to 2007 World Deaf Basketball Championships
• National Tennis Tryouts for 2007 Dresse and Maere Cups
• Upcoming Events

Apply as Coaches of USA Men's and Women's Teams to 2007 World Deaf Basketball Championships

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National Tennis Tryouts for 2007 Dresse and Maere Cups

The Tennis Committee of the USA Deaf Sports Federation is hosting the Deaf Tennis Tryouts on July 14-16, 2006 at Farmington Farms Tennis and Athletic Club in Farmington, CT.

Based on the Singles competition at the Tryouts, top four finishers in each gender event will be nominated for final consideration of the Player selection to represent USA for the 2007 Dresse (men) Cup the Maere (women) Cup. The Cups will be held in Munich, Germany on July 21-28, 2007.

Participants must be American citizens and shall have a hearing loss of 55 decibels (dB) or greater in the better ear over an average of 500/1000/2000 Hertz to be eligible for the Tryouts and the Deaf Tennis Cups. Participants can be either orally oriented or sign language users.

For information on tryouts, contact Howard L. Gorrell, 261 North Franklin Street, Apt. 514, Hanover PA, 17331 or email him at

Check on these Web sites - www.usdeafsports.org and www.deaflympics.com - for more information.