» An excel file with the results can be downloaded here. These files are password protected as per the organizations Data Privacy Policy. Please use the same password as for the Members' Area to open the file.

» A report from the Slovkia organizing committee can be viewed here.

Wrap-Up of 40th Anniversary Meeting of the World Medical Tennis Society, Summer, 2010, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

The Slovakian Medical Tennis Society hosted the 40th meeting of the WMTS in August, 2010. The meeting was held in the northern part of Slovakia, a beautiful area of the country, in the town of Banska Bystrica. Dr. Miroslav Ondrej, President of WMTS, and Dr. Juraj Sninsky, President of the Slovakian Medical Tennis Society, oversaw the planning and staging of the event.

40 years!!! When you think about it, it's an astounding fact!! Dr. Stanley McCampbell, a founding member of WMTS, is very proud of this. (I have been in contact with him regarding the latest meeting.) 40 years of bringing doctors and spouses together, to many countries of the world, to make lifelong international friends, to play tennis, to attend special events-such as when we saw Slovakian musicians and dancers in native costumes--and to enjoy scientific sessions. It's amazing, isn't it??!!

At the Awards Dinner, I asked for a show of hands of those who were at the first meeting in Monte Carlo 40 years ago. Nobody. There were 2 couples, the Oxeliuses and the Vaalamos, who were with us in Slovakia; they have been to well over 30 meetings. They have the record for attendance. Good for them.

Enthusiasm for WMTS remains high. Some years ago, we worried that countries were not stepping up to host a meeting. It is different now. In the next years we have Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, and the Netherlands who will host meetings. Though enthusiasm and attendance remain strong, we cannot "rest on our laurels." We must all make an effort to encourage young physicians to attend, so WMTS can go on and on and on.

Respectfully submitted,

Jim Manion, Executive Secretary

P.S. Are there any of you, out there in cyberspace, who would be interested in learning the TDM system for arranging the tournament schedules? Dr. Sorin Schaechter has been helping us, but he would, in turn, like some help too.

» An excel file with the results can be downloaded here. These files are password protected as per the organizations Data Privacy Policy. Please use the same password as for the Members' Area to open the file.

» A report from the Slovkia organizing committee can be viewed here.

Wrap-Up of 40th Anniversary Meeting of the World Medical Tennis Society, Summer, 2010, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

The Slovakian Medical Tennis Society hosted the 40th meeting of the WMTS in August, 2010. The meeting was held in the northern part of Slovakia, a beautiful area of the country, in the town of Banska Bystrica. Dr. Miroslav Ondrej, President of WMTS, and Dr. Juraj Sninsky, President of the Slovakian Medical Tennis Society, oversaw the planning and staging of the event.

40 years!!! When you think about it, it's an astounding fact!! Dr. Stanley McCampbell, a founding member of WMTS, is very proud of this. (I have been in contact with him regarding the latest meeting.) 40 years of bringing doctors and spouses together, to many countries of the world, to make lifelong international friends, to play tennis, to attend special events-such as when we saw Slovakian musicians and dancers in native costumes--and to enjoy scientific sessions. It's amazing, isn't it??!!

At the Awards Dinner, I asked for a show of hands of those who were at the first meeting in Monte Carlo 40 years ago. Nobody. There were 2 couples, the Oxeliuses and the Vaalamos, who were with us in Slovakia; they have been to well over 30 meetings. They have the record for attendance. Good for them.

Enthusiasm for WMTS remains high. Some years ago, we worried that countries were not stepping up to host a meeting. It is different now. In the next years we have Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, and the Netherlands who will host meetings. Though enthusiasm and attendance remain strong, we cannot "rest on our laurels." We must all make an effort to encourage young physicians to attend, so WMTS can go on and on and on.

Respectfully submitted,

Jim Manion, Executive Secretary

P.S. Are there any of you, out there in cyberspace, who would be interested in learning the TDM system for arranging the tournament schedules? Dr. Sorin Schaechter has been helping us, but he would, in turn, like some help too.

Excerpts from Dr. Stanley McCampbell's, "My Memoirs of The World Medical Tennis Society," written in 1991.

"To me it has been a great honor to know and enjoy the friendship of doctors from around the world. It has been the most exciting experience of my life. Doctors... can be assured that if they travel thousands of miles to meetings, they will be certain of a warm welcome, well-organized tournaments and scientific sessions, and a grand, good time. It is an opportunity, unequalled, as far as I know, of enjoying the friendship of interesting, fun loving, sportsman-like doctors who will be friends for life. I would certainly like to do it all over again."