2026 Annual Meeting
The annual meeting was held at Deanna Brougher's house on Tuesday October 13, 2026. The meeting was called to order at 5:41PM.
SATA members present: Deanna and Bill Brougher; Dave Engle; Ruth Addis; MaryAnn LaHaise; Greg Clements; Molly van Beysterveldt; Alan Watson; Mark Beckdahl; Kathi Malina; Meredith Jones; Betty Wilson; Saul Alverez; Todd Carmosino; Joyce & Steve Hayden; Dan & Cheryl Walter; Pete & Peggy Noonan; Hal & Beth Goodrich; Mike & Linda Knox; Kay Shell; and Janet Foster. Dinner/drinks provided.
Finance/Membership Report
Alan Watson presented highlights:
Income: Membership and Donations to date $3,035.00; Ohio Valley annual grant received $3,500.00; Yellow Springs income $1,070.52, totaling $7,605.52 income.
Expenses: Supporting youth and adult tennis in Clark, Campaign, and Greene counties totaled $10,760.03.
Current Balances: Checking $885.78; Money Market Acct. $24,138.27; Certificate of Deposit $240.22; Charles Schwab $9,790.33; Total Assets $34,814.38
We are moving money from PNC to Schwab over time to improve our investment returns. Expenses were $3154.51 greater than income.
SATA dues and donations remained stable. Increasing the income next year will become a focus.
Alan suggested tracking the number of participants we reach year over year to determine the impact our funding is having on the community so that this information could be shared and used as a marketing tool for membership/donation growth.
Communication Report
Todd Carmosino encouraged everyone to frequently visit the website: www.sataohtennis.org to see great pictures of all the SATA activities and events. The website provides a centralized accessible source of information about our organization, programs, activities and opportunities for involvement.
Todd has also updated our Facebook page and encourages folks to visit the site and add pictures, etc.
Todd and Jill donated on-line expenses of $587.40 to set up our domain, website, QR code, etc. We are so appreciative of this donation and all of Todd’s efforts. Please visit the website often! Next year, we are insisting that Todd submit reimbursement receipts for these for necessary expenses.
We have memorial postings on this site and have received donations in honor of John Dickinson, Joyce Warren and Tony Chiricosta. Molly sends the surviving family member notice of all donations. Please note that we recently lost a young volunteer, Andrew Wineberg, age 40, to a massive heart attack. Andrew is greatly missed.
President & Vice President
Deanna Brougher & Greg Clements provided a recap of tennis events at Ridgewood, Yellow Springs and through the Clark County Park District (CCPD). Steve Hayden, owner of Beavercreek Clay Courts, provided an update on youth/adult play at his club.
2026 Programs / Events Disburments
May 6: SATA and CCPD hosted a free youth tennis clinic at the Snyder Park courts. Ten (10) SATA volunteers introduced thirty-three (33) youth age 6-15 to the sport as well as provided pizza, waters and cookies. SATA cost: $95.00
May 3 - 31: Eight (8) Adults participated in the Start/Restart program at Snyder Park.
May 17: The Beavercreek Clay Court Tennis Club (BCCTC) hosted a free USTA Red Ball challenge with forty-seven (47) kids age 4-16 in attendance. Steve and Joyce Hayden treated all participants to pizza and refreshments. SATA cost: 0
May 21: SATA hosted our first adult May tennis social at Indian Valley Tennis Club (IVTC). Twenty (20) adults from Springfield and Yellow Springs enjoyed pizza, cookies, refreshments, tennis and socializing with folks that love this sport. A 50/50 raffle was held and Dr. Rohit Nezhad, the winner, donated his prize money back to IVTC for a total of $270.00. SATA cost for food and beverages was $210.00
June 8: Ohio Valley employee, Tara Hayes, provided PE Teacher Training at Ridgewood school with eight (8) teachers and two (2) SATA volunteers participating. PE teachers were able to earn Continuing Education for their participation and learned how to teach tennis in a gymnasium. They also received lesson plans to incorporate tennis in their curriculum. All participants received a $25.00 Chick fil A gift card. Ridgewood donated the space free of charge. Total SATA cost: $250.00
June 1 - July 23: Six (6) weeks of Swing, Hit, Ace and tennis instruction provided by Josh Mabry and assistants Tome and Katie at Snyder Park. Twenty-four (24) players participated in the Swing, Hit, Ace program and sixty-four (64) kids participated in the lessons. SATA paid $20.00 of the $40.00 hourly rate for Josh and $10.00 of the $20.00 hourly rate for Tome and Katie for a total SATA contribution of $2,995.00
June 29: Free Youth Tennis Clinic at Global Impact Stem Academy had twenty-five (25) participants.
June 15 - 19 and June 22 - 26: Ridgewood Swing, Hit, Ace and PreK tennis instruction. SATA covered all instruction costs and Ridgewood netted $1770.00 for their Summer Enrichment fundraiser. Twenty-one (21) students in k-8 participated in the 3 Swing, Hit, Ace programs and six (6) Pre-K students took beginner tennis lessons. SATA used this opportunity to train three (3) assistants in running USTA programming and planning engaging classes that the children seemed to really enjoy. Greg Clements was the lead instructor, and the three assistants were Kellen Kronour, Aiden Yeager, and Saul Alvarez.
June 15 - 25: Yellow Springs Swing, Hit, Ace and tennis instruction provided by Greg Clements and assts Saul Alvarez and Aiden Yeager at Yellow Springs Antioch Wellness Center. The Swing, Hit, Ace program had fifteen (15) students. The second week of lessons had thirteen (13) students. All participants in Swing, Hit, Ace programs received a racquet and a tennis ball so they could practice against a wall. Total SATA costs for these two sites for the two weeks: Instructor pay-4567.50; 3 Asst gift cards to Chick fil A-$120.00; Antioch rental fee (fundraiser for their court upkeep)-$560.00; popsicles, prizes and marketing material-$148.18 for a total of $5395.68.
July 27: Junior Team Tennis (JTT) at Springfield High School. We had twenty-six (26) students registered and twenty-one (21) students showed up from seven (7) different high schools and participated in 4 rounds of play. Players played singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Every student played in at least 3 pro set matches. Players were treated to donuts; pizza. breadsticks and drinks throughout the day. All participants received a $15 Chick-Fil-A gift card. Students met new friends from different high schools and already asked about next year’s event! Springfield High opened their courts up for this event and we want to thank Emily Kahoun, coach, for her assistance in organizing this event. Schools that had 3 or more players received a free case of balls from SATA to start off their season. Four (4) schools received cases: Clark-Shawnee, Kenton Ridge, Northwestern and Springfield High School. Total cost for the program was $696.80.
$500.00 was donated to Indian Valley Tennis Club to support court maintenance and increase adult play in our community tennis area. Mark Beckdahl encouraged SATA members to consider joining IVTC. They do offer social memberships for those that can no longer play. Mark is compiling list of dual SATA and IVTC members and will get that list to us so we can send IVTC a check for $20 per dual member. This support via dual membership will continue in 2027.
$617.55 was spent on racquets, tennis balls, marketing materials, accounting and miscellaneous fees.
New Business
Motion by P. Noonan to increase dues: $25 individual/$45 family; second M. Bechdahl. Motion passed unanimously.
Deanna Brougher proposed donating $500 to Beavercreek Clay Court Tennis Club (BCCTC) to assist with physical facility needs and replacement of needed equipment. Second by M. LaHaise. Vote passage was unanimous.
Deanna Brougher proposed donating $500 to Indian Valley Tennis Club (IVTC) to assist with physical facility needs and replacement of needed equipment. Second by L. Knox. Vote passage was unanimous.
Slate of Officers proposed: President-Deanna Brougher; V Pres-Greg Clements; Treasurer-Alan Watson; Secretary-Molly vanBeysterveldt; Communications – Todd Carmosino. M. Beckdahl made the motion to accept slate and B. Goodrich seconded. Motioned passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 7:46 PM
