Rally, Roundup & Recycle Competition Winners Announced

Written by: Staff on 10th March 2011

Rally, Roundup & Recycle Competition Winners Announced |

The BNP Paribas Open, along with BNP Paribas and reBounces, announced the winners of “Rally, Roundup & Recycle,” a tennis ball recycling competition among tennis clubs, school tennis teams, community tennis programs and other tennis organizations in the Southern California area. The program collected a total of 105,557 used tennis balls from 20 participating organizations, surpassing its initial goal of 100,000.

The California Social Tennis Network donated the most used balls, followed by The Billie Jean King Tennis Center and the Palm Desert Tennis Club. Altogether, the top three contributors collected more than 37,000 tennis balls for the reBounces program, which seeks to “recycle, replay, and reuse” worn-down balls. Congratulations go to the following Clubs for their contributions: iTennis, Beverly Hills Tennis Center, Canyon Crest, Indian Ridge, Ironwood, La Quinta Resort & Club, Mission Hills, Monterey, Club at Morningside, NJTP, Palisades Tennis Club, Paseo Club, Plaza Racquet Club, Rancho La Quinta, Rancho Las Palmas, Santa Monica, Trilogy, USTA Player Development Incorporated, Victoria, and Woodhaven.

All three winners will be honored on Stadium Court alongside representatives from BNP Paribas, reBounces and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden prior to the night session on Monday, March 14.

The prize package for the first, second and third-place organizations includes access to a luxury suite at the tournament for a day and corresponding night session and VIP parking passes for 16, eight and four guests, respectively.

“BNP Paribas is thrilled with the success of this year’s ‘Rally, Roundup & Recycle’ competition,” said Michele Sicard, BNP Paribas Head of Corporate Communications – Americas. “Surpassing our goal of 100,000 balls is a great way to kick off what I’m sure will be another great BNP Paribas Open. We are committed to keeping the game of tennis ‘green’ and make sure that we do our part through this program and other initiatives.”

The BNP Paribas Open, BNP Paribas, reBounces and FedEx Ground will also once again collect used tennis balls on-site during the two weekends of the tournament (March 12-13 and March 19-20) by offering patrons that bring at least six used tennis balls a free can of tennis balls Over the first two years that this program was implemented at the tournament, close to 18,000 tennis balls were collected and recycled.

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