New England
Fit To Hit Challenge
Fit to Hit is USTA New England's junior fitness challenge. Whether you're playing at home or on a tennis court, we are uniting the New England tennis community together through our monthlong section-wide fitness event.
This challenge is open to any and all tennis coaches and players in New England and is FREE!
The Challenge is led by Colin McCullough, the Fitness Director at the Adirondack Club.
Teams compete in head-to-head weekly fitness challenges (round-robin style), and winners will be awarded prizes!
2021 Standings
USTA 2021 Fit To Hit Challenge
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| Master Score Card | ||||||
| Team Name | Week 1 Points | Week 2 Points | Week 3 Points | Week 4 Points | Total | Rank |
| INSPIRE | 93.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 94 | 1 |
| Aces Of Quarantine | 27.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27 | 2 |
| Ellington Thunderstix | 15.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17 | 3 |
| Aces of Quarantine -2. | 11.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13 | 4 |
| 2Fit2Furious | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5 | 5 |
| Down the Line and CrossFit | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4 | 6 |
| Mitchell Dobek | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 |
| Matt Murphy | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 |
| Hardball Tennis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 |
| GRSC Gym Class Heros | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 |
| Clayton Vaughters | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 |
With questions, contact Mary Cain at cain@newengland.usta.com
2020 Fit to Hit results:
| Group A | ||||||
| Team | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Total Points |
| Yellow Jackets | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 129 |
| Team Purple | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 123 |
| Bloomfield Bobcats | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 121 |
| Kingsbury Club Red | 21 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 112 |
| Inspire Jerry | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 110 |
| New England Fuzz | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 109 |
| Inspire Max | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 100 |
| Longfellow Legends | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 96 |
| Group B | ||||||
| Team | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Total Points |
| Island Aces | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 137 |
| Quarantine Aces | 27 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 132 |
| NETA | 26 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 128 |
| Bay Road Ballers | 24 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 123 |
| Kingsbury Club Black | 25 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 119 |
| Weymouth Warriors | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 108 |
| New HYTEs Team Extreme | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 107 |
| Kingsbury Club Blue | 14 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 96 |
| Stay @ Home Smashers | 11 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 50 |
| The Busingtons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Total Points |
| QuaranFIT | 26 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 94 |
| Aspetuck Avengers | 25 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 84 |
| Flying Tacos | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| Ace Bandages | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| FAME | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| Berkshire Beasts | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| Elite Atmosphere | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jolly Ranchers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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