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Date September 16, 2009
Name Melinda Skinner-Myatt
Email melindamyatt@yahoo.com
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City Bowling Green
State Ky
Country USA
Comments I was working at a local hospital for 3 months and did not know anyone in Paducah. I was a former tennis player and found the Rowton Indoor Tennis Center and thought that I would pick the sport back up after 8 years. The Rowton's welcomed me in like I was family! They helped me find the correct racquet, new shoes, and tennis lessons. They got me back on the court! I have never felt more welcomed or encouraged at a tennis facility! The facility is one of the best in the state if not the best. Now I am playing at least twice per week. Thank you Rowton's for rekindling my love for tennis!




Date September 10, 2009
Name Sue Haff
Email needlesandthread_2000@yahoo.com
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City Jackson
State Missouri
Country USA
Comments There are not enough words to express the gratitude my family and I feel toward Nathan, Coach Paul and all the staff at Rowton Tennis Center. About four years ago, my daughter picked up a tennis racket for the first time at the age of 14. She instantly loved the sport and set a goal for herself-to play college tennis. We searched for a coach to begin her lessons and that is when we found Rowton Tennis Center. We began the four hour round trip to receive lessons. We have been so pleased with the instruction our daughter received while we were there. Well, thanks to Nathan our daughter's dream became a reality and just yesterday, she won her first college singles tennis match! She could not have done that without the help of Nathan and everyone at Rowton Tennis Center. Thank you all so much! You are the best! And we miss you all!!




Date August 25, 2009
Name Roy & Sherry McKamey
Email roymckamey@att.net
Home Page
City Paducah
State KY
Country USA
Comments We ,the McKamey family, have gone to the Rowton's website to give our personal endorsement for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of tennis. Rowton's Indoor Tennis Center is the place to be or go. Our daughter, Allison Michelle McKamey has been ranked #1 in the 10s for most of the past three years. She has won the Joe Creason State Closed for the past two years in both singles and (with great partners )also the doubles. As a result, she has qualified for the Southern Closed the past two years. This year Michelle was fortunate enough to play well and to finish fifth in the Southern Closed Tournament with only one loss to the #1 seed from Georgia 6-4, 6-4. Michelle played in her first tournament at 8 years old and has won numerous tournaments since then. She started playing at the age of 5. Michelle has had great coaching and a big part of that has come from lessons and clinics at Rowton's. First, Coach Paul Rowton is a great motivator. He is an encyclopedia of tennis and athletic skills knowledge, and




Date August 12, 2009
Name George M
Email fourgeorge66@yahoo.com
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Comments Your website is great! Glad to see Coach Paul doing so well! :)




Date July 29, 2009
Name Sheila Cruse Johnston
Email sjcruse@comcast.net
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City Paducah
State Ky.
Country United States
Comments Words can't express how my family feels about the "Rowton Tennis Center" family. I play and so does my granddaughter, Madeline. The staff is friendly, helpful, and work diligently to schedule that next lesson or match around our busy schedule. Paul and Nathan are like fathers-they encourage Madeline's tennis while supporting her emotional and physical well being. Nathan is her coach, mentor, and silent partner. His coaching skills have taken Madeline from a novice player to one that competes successfully on the state level. When Nathan can come to a match he encourges and points our her strengths (win or lose). He is her worst critic during lessons, but always positive and supportive. Madeline will text Nathan afer every USTA match with the results, but ofen he already knows the score and reaches her first with his words of wisdom.------You are only as good as your second serve (or your coach)!




Date June 30, 2009
Name Heather Pierce
Email heather30pierce@yahoo.com
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City Paducah
State KY
Country USA
Comments My daughter Hadley and I were having a talk one night in which I told her she had to do something active and she said, "If I have to do something active you should have to do something active." OUCH! At this point we decided we would both take tennis lessons. She started a clinic and I gathered a group of friends together to start my active activity. I have never done any kind of sport and yet Paul has been very patient with me constantly reminding me with much kindness to "use the strings". I just love being there even if I have had a bad day I can go there and hit balls and feel 10 times better. As for my 6-year old Hadley, she is learning so much. We tried a different clinic in town and she quickly told me that she wanted to go back to Paul. My youngest daughter is 19 months and can't wait to get on the court. She stands at the door and cries during Hadley's lessons. Paul gave her a small racquet and some tennis balls one day and she got them out the other night and she muttered in what sounds she can get out now,




Date June 29, 2009
Name Frank Hewitt
Email fhewitt@westlake.com
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Comments Give me that tennis bag and new pair of sneakers!!!! Love your work, keep it up.




Date June 29, 2009
Name Lori Signorno
Email chaton671@yahoo.com
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City Paducah
State KY
Country USA
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Date June 25, 2009
Name Dan Dapp
Email pddapp55@yahoo.com
Home Page
City paducah
State ky
Country
Comments Hello Nathan. Hope things are going well. Looking forward to indoor tennis again this fall!




Date June 25, 2009
Name Terri Lundberg
Email terri.lundberg@gmail.com
Home Page
City Paducah
State KY
Country United States
Comments Coach Paul Rocks!!! (and so do the rest of you but just to a slightly smaller degree)




Date June 23, 2009
Name Lori Scimeca
Email loriscimeca@hotmail.com
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City Carbondale
State IL
Country
Comments All your staff is wonderful and you do a great job with the kids. I drove an hour every week to take my daughter for lessons. She loved them plus you are so positive and reinforcing that it really helped to build her self esteem. Paul even came in on a Sunday to give her a lesson prior to a tournament. Your facility is definetly worth the drive!




Date June 23, 2009
Name Donna Reeder
Email rgreeder44@aim.com
Home Page 6220 Keaton Lane
City Paducah
State KY
Country USA
Comments Ray and I have "played" at tennis since being married. Seven years ago, we started playing again and taking our then seven year old, Chad, with us. Of course, we would let him play with us awhile, then we would ask him to "sit out" while mom and dad played. He showed such a great interest in the sport that we decided to sign him up for the Rowton tennis clinics. Chad has since taken many clinics and private lessons at Rowtons. Now when the family plays together, mom and dad are the ones "sitting out" because he's too good!! Tennis has taught our son teamwork and has given him new found self esteem. He has learned you have to work at something to achieve your goals. He has developed a maturity that comes from skills learned on the tennis court. I have even taken clinics at Rowton's to better my playing ability which gave me the confidence to join area tennis leagues. Doing this, in turn, has given me many new friends and a love for tennis!




Date June 23, 2009
Name Raymond Giannini
Email rg9a@hotmail.com
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Comments Excellent facility and very special owners/staff, only wish it was closer to our county. The instruction and court time have been a real key to the success of our program over the last few years. The individual attention given during group sessions at Rowtons is a real plus. Whether working with beginner players or advanced players the Rowtons are true professionals. Mr. Paul is a rare individual and I am so very proud to see that his vision become a reality. More people should take advantage of this great indoor facility and the great sport of tennis. Keep up the good work Rowtons.




Date June 23, 2009
Name Karen Kineman
Email kkineman@brtc.net
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City kevil
State ky
Country USA
Comments They are always willing to go out of their way. one day should of closed at 6 pm and they stayed open for ME and our group! No questions asked. Also, during the ice storm, they allowed me to take a shower even though I didn't play tennis that day. They give lots of love and attention to each and every person that walks in the door.




Date June 23, 2009
Name Jay Pitman
Email pitmanjay@hotmail.com
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City Paducah
State Ky
Country Nepal
Comments Hi! Nathan and Coach.




Date June 22, 2009
Name Jayson McKeown
Email jayson.mckeown@druryhotels.com
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City West Paducah
State KY
Country USA
Comments I am very excited about the Indoor Tennis Center for a number of reasons. It has brought out a light in Jana. She is almost 11 and has never been involved in any type of sport. Her rationale is that if she did, it would interfere with the time she is allowed to spend in Kentucky. (She lives in Alabama but longs to be in Ky.) She began to speak about learning to play tennis more than a year ago but I didn't push her. She really began to show some major interest in the spring of this year and asked if she could take lessons. She was ecstatic when I said yes. Once she got on the court she was hooked! She fell in love with the staff as well as the game. You are all SO VERY good with children and have inspired Jana to believe in her ability to learn to play tennis. She talks about tennis continually. She even wants to get the "Tennis Channel" now. She can't get enough! Much of that can be attributed to her desires, but much more is to be attributed to the way she feels about tennis when she walks into the door of your esta




Date June 22, 2009
Name Jayson McKeown
Email jayson.mckeown@druryhotels.com
Home Page
City West Paducah
State Ky
Country USA
Comments You have an EXCEPTIONAL facility and the best staff in the world! Jana is in total concurrence!




Date June 20, 2009
Name Gloria Neal
Email ghtennis@bellsouth.net
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City Benton
State KY
Country Marshall
Comments I was thrilled went I first learned that Paducah was getting an indoor tennis center. I have been a native of Paducah for almost 40 years and now live in Benton but still go to Rowton's because that is home for me. It is where I get fellowship, and exercise and can even combine work with play. Because it is open year round I don't have to go through the winter weight gain and try to get in shape at the last minute for the spring season. It enables me to keep a certain level of stamina and conditoning that I would not acheive otherwise. Lord knows I hate to just exercise and at my age conditioning and strenghting is becoming increasing more important. The facilites are great with the showers there I can play then clean up and face the world. Tennis has been a blessing to me. It was my life saver in 1998 when my first husband died. If it had not been for the many friends I have made through this sport that kept me out there playing during my time of grief, I am not sure I would made it. My friends have no idea what they have mean




Date June 18, 2009
Name Joellyn Boggess
Email jkboggess@comcast.net
Home Page
City Paducah
State KY
Country McCracken
Comments I really like and appreciate that I can take my young child (age 6) upstairs and work on the little kids court. This is a great way to get kids into tennis before they are ready for formal lessons.




Date June 17, 2009
Name Trish Hines
Email phines01@comcast.net
Home Page
City Paducah
State KY
Country USA
Comments We are having so much fun at Rowton's! Our Tuesday morning foursome is the best. Venus and Serena have nothing on us! Trish




Date June 17, 2009
Name stuart alexander
Email stuart_alexander@kyfbins.com
Home Page
City murray
State ky
Country calloway
Comments Your tennis facility exhibits a welcoming feel and promotes a healthy lifestyle for all levels of players. Thanks for sharing your passion for tennis in this region. "Play More Tennis".




Date June 14, 2009
Name Kent Bradshaw
Email kentbradshaw@att.net
Home Page
City Covington
State TN
Country USA
Comments Hello, I visited your center a couple of years back taking the PTR Certification course with Nathan. Just stopping by to see how you folks were doing. Hope all is well. Keep up the good work. Your center still ranks as one of my personal favorites. Kent Bradshaw




Date June 8, 2009
Name Lisa Lauck
Email lisalauck2002@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Paducah
State KY
Country USA
Comments Western KY needed a facility like this a long time ago. My first experience with tennis was during a summer camp held at PCC when I was in grade school and wish I had a place like this available to me as a youth.




Date June 1, 2009
Name Meredeth Lortie
Email meredethlortie@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Paducah
State KY
Country 42001
Comments If there's one thing I could change about my childhood tennis career then it would be having the chance to be a member of this tennis center a lot longer than I got the chance. I didn't become a member until I was 14 and the next 4 years were my favorite years of playing tennis. I learned more than I had ever learned before and I had fun doing it. I made a lot of friends and memories by being a member of this tennis center. Now, 6 years later and a senior in college, I come back home and the tennis center is one of the first places I come as soon as I get in Paducah. I just walk in and all the memories come back. I miss it so much and I would love to do it all over again. Though, when I do get the chance to play here, I definitely get the "I'm at home" feeling because this was my second home for a few years. It's a great place for people to play tennis. I miss you guys!




Date May 23, 2009
Name Nathan Rowton
Email nathan@rowtontennis.com
Home Page
City Paducah
State KY
Country 42001
Comments Thank you to all who sign our guest book and do business with us. All we do is tennis. We support all aspects of the game including many schools and different efforts in community. Play Tennis!! Your life sport.




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