Bob then became the Local League Coordinator for the District sponsored leagues held during the summer. Bob first became involved with local USTA programs through Junior Team Tennis (JTT), initially putting together players for a few teams to enter in Northern Illinois’ Junior Team Tennis Leagues organized by District Junior Team Tennis Coordinator Kathy Emola in an effort to give his non-tournament players more opportunities to play organized tennis after the season was over. As a physics teacher for 24 years at Lockport Township High School, Bob has also been the admired and respected Head Coach for both the Boy’s and Girl’s Tennis teams for the last 15 years, and founder of the Lockport Area Community Tennis Association.īob’s focus has always been that of encouraging and promoting tennis programs for high school age players that are more at the “JV” level in terms of skill and experience, rather than the highly skilled “tournament players” that he may be fortunate to have on his high school teams from year to year. Bob Champlin is one of Northern Illinois District’s “unsung heroes” as a modest but passionate promoter of tennis primarily to high school players.
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