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MARTIN PARKES
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Welcome District 1
Members to Quarter 2, Hope you are doing well and were able to be a part of some of the USPTA SoCal events recently at Ojai on April 29th and the annual conference May 6th and 7th at the beautiful Peninsula Club!
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I know our leadership team recently returned from Orlando and (continued) a USPTA national event and training week, so excited to have them continue to positively influence the impact and growth of this SoCal coaches association into the new era of rackets sports and the coaching profession post Covid!
On a personal note, I will be less active in my voluntary D1 Presidential role with USPTA in the upcoming months, I will be welcoming a baby girl into my family, so if some of my District 1 coaching (continued)
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