North Country Tennis Association

The NCTA was established by a group of tennis players who has been working since July 2013 to promote tennis in the greater Watertown area.  In August 2013, the group identified two goals:  the long-term goal has been to build a two-court indoor facility in Watertown to be used primarily for youth instructional tennis, but additionally for community recreational tennis, and, the short-term goal was to operate a one-court recreational indoor tennis facility with the purpose of maintaining active tennis play and assessing community interest in tennis.

The NCTA was initially established with a board of directors as a 501c7 entity and successfully became a 501c3 in the fall of 2017.  At present the board continues to explore building a two-court indoor tennis facility developing a successful capital campaign, pursuing possible local partnerships, especially with the Watertown YMCA; and adding tennis instruction at an indoor facility.

The board had actively operated a one-court indoor tennis facility which was closed as of November 28th 2017.  another opportunity for the NCTA arose with a program called pop tennis.  This innovative program was introduced by the partnership of the NCTA and the YMCA to keep existing tennis players active and to bring non tennis players from the community into the game of tennis.  The program takes place in the gymnasium of the Watertown Fairgrounds YMCA.

The YMCA is planning to build an Aquatic Community Center in downtown Watertown that will have two pools, two indoor tennis courts and a track.  This was one of NCTA's goals was to have two indoor tennis courts.  Ground breaking will begin July 2021 and completion in 2023.  NCTA plans to keep running programs through the summer months and maybe a few indoor as well to keep growing tennis in our community.

The NCTA runs the following programs:

1.  Adult Tennis Social is a partnership with the YMCA & USTA to grow tennis and bring tennis players together for a fun, social and competitive experience.  This will be held in May for the National Tennis Month.

2. City of Watertown Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament - 3rd Annual Doubles Tournament held in July at the Watertown High School tennis courts.  There is just a $20 registration fee with USTA.

3. City of Watertown Summer Tennis Tournament - Revived in 2013, this tournament is sponsored by the City of Watertown Parks and Recreation and the NCTA.  The tournament is held at the Watertown High School tennis courts.  It was originally held the last weekend in September, but will now be the second weekend in August.  There is just a $20 registration fee with USTA