“Rally 4 Charity™” Tennis Challenge - Offers $1 Million Prize: Community Fundraising Event for Charity

Milford, CT (May 15, 2009) -- In a contest of skill, spirit, and dedication, on August 15, 2009, Milford Indoor Tennis will be hosting the 3rd annual “Rally 4 Charity™” event (Rally4Charity.org). This year, however, it’s going to be a challenge. The Rossetti Brothers have secured $1M (One Million US Dollars) for any team who breaks the Guinness World Records™ longest tennis rally on August 15 this year, currently held by the Rossetti Brothers, identical twins. They set the world record last year at 25,944 strokes, which took 14 hours and 31 minutes. The Guinness Book of World Records™ officially recognizes the longest tennis rally by the number of strokes despite the duration of time.

Five tennis clubs in southern Connecticut will be the official venues for the try-outs to qualify for the record attempt on August 15. These clubs are Milford Indoor Tennis, Trumbull Racquet Club, Kings Highway Tennis, Shippan Racquet Club and Oak Hills Tennis in Norwalk. Participants can qualify for the grand prize by rallying for one hour and tallying up the most amount of consecutive strokes in that time without a miss. A $30 fee for booking one-hour of open court time indoors is required. The minimum suggested donation is $100.00 for each one-hour rally attempt. The Rally 4 Charity event is a personal and community fundraiser. The 4 charities the Rossetti Brothers support are: ALS Association, Save the Children, Rally for the Cure (Susan G. Komen for the Cure) and the Tim & Tom Gullikson Family Support Fund at the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.

“We are excited to be supporting such noble causes in a global event that promotes tennis and charity,” stated Jeff Gocke, Owner of the Indoor Tennis Clubs, the parent company of the five participating tennis clubs and host sponsor of the event.

To enter, or for more information, you can call 203-996-4417 or email info@Rally4Charity.org.

Player’s rally totals will be tracked online at www.Rally4Charity.org. The top team will qualify to try to vie for $1 million on August 15. Held at Milford Indoor Tennis, the official rally for the record will begin at 9:00 AM, one ball, one time, no misses. The ball cannot go into the net, go out of bounds or bounce twice. Official Guinness Book of World Records™ and International Tennis Federation (ITF)/USTA rules do apply. Officially trained volunteer counters will be supplied by the participating tennis clubs. If you would like to volunteer to be an official counter please email the Rally Counter Coordinator, Tom Ettorre, at whomas@yahoo.com. Players, juniors and adults alike, who would like to pledge per stroke donations or fixed donations. The Rossetti Brothers averaged 1,800 strokes per hour during their world record rally held last August 9-10.

The Rossetti Brothers will be supporting in every step of the way as there will be other events throughout the year leading up to the world record rally, including a tennis exhibition at Milford Indoor Tennis on Saturday, July 25th featuring up and coming local talent such as Will Boe-Wiegaard, former Division 3 national champion and last year’s Pilot Pen Amateur Open champion, playing against Justin Natale, ranked as high as 586 in the world, former Brown standout, from Flushing, NY, was 2006’s Pilot Pen Amateur Open champion, as well as Fairfield’s own Jackie Visinski, currently the #1 nationally ranked USTA women’s open division player, as well as other area pros. In addition, July 4-5th there will be a family weekend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame where the Rossetti Brothers will conduct rallies, inspirational goal setting presentations, show their 9-minute world record commemorative movie and run tennis clinics. There is anticipated to be over one thousand kids and families taking part in this festive event. The world record tennis balls that have been accepted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame will be highlighted on display during family weekend.

About Rally 4 Charity™:
The birth of rallying for charity happened in August of 2006, where Angelo and Ettore Rossetti where inspired and moved to do something for a recently deceased friend and tennis mentor using their tennis ability. They came up with setting a world record for charity. The publicity would raise awareness and donations for ALS and brain cancer, as well as the sport of tennis. Today, Rally 4 Charity is a personal and community fundraiser. The 4 charities the Rossetti Brothers support are: ALS Association, Save the Children, Rally for the Cure (Susan G. Komen for the Cure) and the Tim & Tom Gullikson Family Support Fund at the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. Every August they run a Rally 4 Charity event, which takes place on August 15th at Milford Indoor Tennis this year. The Rossetti Brothers plan on continuing to create awareness and raise revenue for these worthy charities every year. They will expand this event nationally and globally in the years to come.

If you would like to sponsor a rally contestant, volunteer or help in any way with this charity event please email info@Rally4Charity.org. The Rossetti Brothers are still aiming for their $25,944 goal, having raised approximately $10,000 thus far. You can support their charitable efforts by donating online at www.Rally4Charity.org and clicking on the charity logo of your choice.
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Media Contacts:
Angelo A. Rossetti
203-996-4417
news@Rally4Charity.org
Tracy McEvoy
PR Assistant-CT Tennis
203-656-3315 (h)
203-219-7850 (c)
tracy@mcevoy.org

Hi-resolution photos from past world record rally, link to commemorative movie and Rossetti Brothers for live inspirational keynote rallies are available upon request.

For more information please visit www.Rally4Charity.org

Rally 4 Charity
c/o Rossetti Brothers Tennis Foundation
3000 Whitney Avenue, #132
Hamden, CT 06518-2353
USA

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