Dear Fellow USIC Members,
I trust that everyone is healthy and thriving both on and off the tennis court. We have a full calendar of upcoming events this year and are hoping you will consider playing in at least one.
2025 has started off with a bang with two amazing “Friendlies” in Australia and India. The Australian IC hosted our USIC team and guests in late January at Kooyong Club, the spiritual home of the Australian Open. The USIC team was lucky enough to attend the Australian Open two times, visit the Moonlit Sanctuary with koalas and kangaroos, and hit the Brighton Beach “bathing boxes.”
The Indian IC was our host in early February at the beautiful and historic Gymkhana Club in New Delhi with 25 grass courts serviced by ballboys as well as “cottages” where most of us stayed. The USIC was also invited to the opening night ceremonies for the Davis Cup tie between Togo and India during the same weekend. After our tennis, most of us went to Dharamshala, the home of the Dalai Lama, in the north of India near the Himalayan Mountains. We enjoyed shopping, hiking, and devouring delicious Indian cuisine.
Our new USIC website allows us to provide extensive information for members including players’ ages and participation, more specific descriptions of upcoming events, and a dues paying platform so that our administrative team doesn’t have to spend so much time logging members’ dues. I hope you will visit our newly designed and dynamic website ASAP and sign up with your credit card for automatic dues payments.
The USIC is financially secure and will continue to support our events around the world. I urge you to become a USIC Ambassador by playing in an event or initiating a USIC Day where members play among themselves and with prospective USIC members or challenge a local college team. College players are the future of the USIC.
Finally, our philanthropic activities continue to grow with our Tennis Rwanda Children’s Foundation (TRCF) now impacting nearly 2000 children with tennis equipment and instruction. TRCF has become the model project for all IC nations.
Thank you for your support, and please feel free to suggest additional ways our organization can continue to grow and prosper.
With great appreciation,
Robb Bunnen
USIC President