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2011 Womens 55 Intersectional Team photo
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Six Northern California women are invited to travel to Boca Raton, Florida on November 11 to compete in a four day USTA team competition in the 55’s age group. The women will play both singles and doubles and will compete against 11 teams from other USTA sections on har-tru clay surface. The players are selected based on their experience, ranking and results in USTA national tournaments. The team includes singles players Leslie Airola-Murveit (Portola Valley) Kathy Barnes (San Jose),Bonnie Tetrick (Millville) and Gail Murayama (Half Moon Bay), together with doubles specialists Debbie Croft (San Mateo) and Marcia Hamburg (Santa Rosa). Last year’s silver medal Nor Cal team included Murveit, Barnes, Tetrick and Hamburg. USTA gold ball winners Leslie Airola-Murveit, Kathy Barnes and Debbie Croft hope to lead the team to the championship this year.