Northridge Festival Tennis Tournament ‘A Big Hit’

The Northridge community pulled together this year for the Northridge Community Hawaiian Festival, formerly Salute to Recreation. The annual community event, featured live music, dancing, carnival rides, great food, and fireworks, as well as

the 15^th Annual Youth Tennis Tournament. This year’s tournament was hosted at the Northridge Recreation Center through a collaborative effort among the Southern California Tennis Association, Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and the Northridge East Neighborhood Council.

Teaching pros, directors and Northridge elementary school principals were present to help coordinate both the Junior Novice Round-Robin event in the morning and the QuickStart Tennis tournament before the evening’s fireworks.

Special thanks to:

Andy Buras, Northidge RAP

Leonard Johnson, Encino RAP

Chuck Johnson, Lanark RAP

Will Jackson, Reseda RAP

Jason Liss, Tarzana RAP

Mary Sum, Granada Hills RAP

James Jutila, CSUN

Thaddeus Molnar, Porter Ranch YMCA

Nicole Casper, Porter Ranch YMCA

Steve Cline, San Fernando Valley Supervisor, LA RAP

Kelly Lord and the entire Northridge East Neighborhood Council

Andasol Elementary Principal, Charlene Curry

Darby Elementary Principal, Virginia Ghoniem

Dearborn Elementary Principal, Debra Hirsch

Diane Brooks, who coordinated the tennis tournament, was pleased with its outcome. “Talk about working together for the greater good,” she said. “I could not have pulled this off without the help of these groups and individuals within the community. See you all next year!”