In 2010 the SMCTA Board of Directors, committed to growing local Junior Team Tennis participation, approved a significant increase to the Junior Tennis budget.  The nearly $5000 commitment, which does not include 100's of hours volunteered by roughly 13 coaches and parents, far surpasses that of any other SMCTA program this year.

Helping to fund this increase was a $2000 Community Development grant from USTA Maryland.

The results?  This year's JTT league consisted of 66 youth, a 100% increase in participation from 2009, and put the St. Mary's County JTT program at 6th largest in the state, out of 13 the counties with JTT programs.  In addition, St. Mary's is sending 2 teams to the Mid-Atlantic Sectional Championships, the State Champion U18 Intermediates, and State Finalists U10 Intermediates.