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January 16, 2007
Claire Invited to Prestigious Excellence Tournament in Houston!
Claire was recognized by her coaches by setting a great example of putting herself in a position to take advantage of opportunity. To paraphrase Claire’s Head Coach:
...at 5pm on Friday evening Claire got a call from the Houston Excellence tournament (top 12 get a spot in the main draw, another 16 players get into the qualifying draw for the remaining 4 main draw spots). This is an extremely high level and important superchamp tournament. Claire immediately organized for the trip down to Houston Friday evening. She did not get on the court (indoors-2-2 no-ad scoring) until late in the day on Saturday. She lost 6-7, 5-7 to the #3 seed, but played with courage and showed herself that she can definitely compete at that level. She went out of her way to take advantage of that competitive opportunity. This will give her confidence in her abilities and positive energy knowing she did everything he could to take advantage of that opportunity.
Two of the character traits that champions show are commitment and determination. Claire’s Head Coach is very proud of Claire and rest of the ATA players who prepared well last week and who gave themselves the opportunity to compete this weekend.
Posted by Jim at January 16, 2007 1:51 PM
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