Helen Drake Tournament receives Al Mills Memorial Adult Tournament of the Year Award from USTA Florida in its 30th year at TOPS’L Beach and Racquet Resort
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – Wyndham Vacation Rentals®, the world’s largest professionally managed vacation rental business and part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands, has announced that the Helen Drake Invitational tennis tournament that’s held each year at TOPS’L Beach and Racquet Resort was recently awarded the Al Mills Memorial Adult Tournament of the Year award by the United States Tennis Association-Florida Section (USTA Florida). As one of the largest USTA events in Florida each year, this sanctioned tournament attracts participation by hundreds of competitors from across the southeastern United States each April.
“We are delighted to celebrate this accomplishment and the recognition it brings to this annual event, which just celebrated its 30th year at TOPS’L,” said Ed Evans, senior operations manager at TOPS’L Beach and Racquet Resort, a professionally managed ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals property. “This year, the tournament accommodated a total of 294 participants, making it one of the largest in Florida. We look forward to sponsoring and hosting this fantastic tournament again next year on April 16, 2014, and for many more years to come.”
Joe D’Aleo, tournament director for the Helen Drake Invitational and director of tennis at TOPS’L, has run the tournament for more than a decade and leads the team of professionally certified tennis instructors on staff at TOPS’L. The Tennis Desk at the TOPS’L Club offers player-matching services, round robins, tennis clinics, and private and group lessons. Resort guests enjoy complimentary use of rubico clay courts, including 10 that are lighted for night play.
Situated on 52 acres near Destin, Fla. and bordered by both the Gulf of Mexico and a tranquil nature preserve, TOPS’L Beach and Racquet Resort is renowned as a top tennis destination year-round. While TOPS’L Beach and Racquet Resort has won numerous awards over the years for its facilities, the property was most recently named “Best Tennis Facility” by the readers of Emerald Coast Magazine.
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