32 February 21 • 2019
jn

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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