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le initiatives tournament, Spencer Lowitt & Jeff Davis won an entertaining final. Risha Maholtra & Sabrina Walker finished in second place. Sabrina’s father, Kenneth, a long-time tennis coach with the Special Olympics, loves what the program does. “It’s a great program that’s been held here at Bethpage State Park for the past 15-plus years,” said Walker. “It’s held every week from the third week of Sep-
tember to the end of May, with players taking part in drills and practices to prepare themselves for competition.” One of the volunteers, Gabi Sklar, said she will absolutely return to the program once again. “I think from the beginning there has been so much progress. Meeting once a week has helped them all improve, and we’re all building relationships,” said Sklar. “It’s a great program and I’ll ab-
solutely be back for more events.” The event was made possible because of the help of the volunteers: Josh Antell, Adam Canarick, Ian Capell, Miles Capell, Aditya Dave, Spencer Lowitt, Risha Maholtra and Gabi Sklar from Syosset High School; Kaitlyn Byrnes from Plainedge High School; Alex Fried from Plainview JFK High School; and Alexis Huber, Gabby Raziel and Julia Raziel from Half Hollow Hills East High School.
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