32 February 21 • 2019
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Love Tennis? It’s Been
Added to Greenberg
Invitational
O
ne of the area’
s most iconic
and popular annual fundrais-
ers has a new name.
It’
s now the Hank Greenberg
Memorial Golf and Tennis Invitational.
The 29th annual edition will be
Monday, June 3, at Franklin Hills
Country Club in Farmington Hills.
Tennis has been added to the day’
s
activities. Actually, re-added. It’
s been
gone for more than 10 years.
“We want to grow the invitational,
attract a wider audience and make it
affordable for everyone. That’
s why we
brought tennis back,
” said Sari Cicurel,
executive director of the Michigan
Jewish Sports Foundation, which pres-
ents the invitational.
“Tennis is back for good; we’
re not
adding it as a pilot program,
” Cicurel
said. “We think it will do well this year
and even better in the future. Tennis is
in the invitational’
s name again, and it
won’
t play second fiddle to golf.
”
Cicurel said she thinks tennis will
be a viable option for those who can’
t
miss a full day of work to participate
in the invitational. The tennis portion
will be in the afternoon, just before the
dinner and its award presentations and
sports panel.
The golf portion of the invitational
normally sells out. Cicurel is confident
tennis will become just as popular.
“I’
m not sure why tennis was
dropped, but I’
m glad it’
s back and so
is the foundation board,
” Cicurel said.
The foundation made another big
announcement last week, naming the
winners of the invitational’
s awards.
Jack Morris, former Detroit Tigers
pitcher, 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame
inductee and now TV analyst for
Tigers games on FOX Sports Detroit,
will receive the Hank Greenberg
Memorial Lifetime Achievement
Award.
The Dick Schapp Memorial Award
for Media Excellence will be presented
to George Blaha, radio and television
play-by-play man for the Detroit
Pistons since the 1976-77 NBA season
and longtime play-by-play radio man
for Michigan State University football.
Philanthropist and humanitarian
Danialle Karmanos will be present-
ed the Barry Bremen Memorial
Inspiration Award. Among her creden-
tials is the founding of the Karmanos
Center for Natural Childbirth at
William Beaumont Hospital in Royal
Oak, a center that offers natural home
birth in a medical setting.
The foundation also announced last
week that ticket sales for its annual
raffle for two tickets to the Masters golf
tournament in Augusta, Ga., are on
sale. Raffle tickets are $100 each and
only 200 will be sold.
The drawing for tickets to the 2020
Masters (either Saturday, April 11, or
Sunday, April 12) plus amenities will
be held during the invitational dinner.
The winner doesn’
t have to be present
to win.
To reserve a spot to play golf or
tennis at the invitational, attend the
dinner, become a sponsor or purchase
a raffle ticket, contact Cicurel at (248)
592-9323 or scicurel@
michiganjewishsports.org, or go to
michiganjewishsports.org.
The invitational is a fundraiser for
the Karmanos Cancer Institute at
Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer
Treatment Center in Farmington Hills.
FJA CATCHES A BREAK
The Frankel Jewish Academy boys
basketball team didn’
t play in the
Catholic League C-D Division tourna-
ment because tournament games were
scheduled for Shabbat, but the Jaguars
will participate in the Michigan High
School Association state tournament.
FJA (11-7) is in the Division 4 dis-
trict at Bloomfield Hills Roeper. The
district schedule was redrawn after
Detroit Westside Christian dropped
out, and FJA will open against Roeper
(11-7) at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25.
FJA was supposed to open against
defending Class D state champion
Southfield Christian.
Instead, the winner of the FJA-
Roeper game will face either
Southfield Christian (14-6) or Novi
Christian Academy (11-6) at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, for the district
championship. ■
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