SES Pro-Am Fundraising Tennis Tournament Returns to Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa on September 17th

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. - Sept. 8, 2016 - PRLog -- The 11^th Annual Sean Eduardo Sanchez (SES) fundraising Pro-Am will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2016, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, located at 5921 Valencia Circle, Rancho Santa Fe, California. Tennis-playing Amateurs who will pay a donation entry fee in three separate divisions (men's doubles, men's open doubles and women's doubles), will be partnered with local tennis professionals to compete for the championship.

Proceeds from the two-day event will benefit the children enrolled in the SES Tennis Center located in Tecate, Mexico, (a California-based 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization), which provides access to free tennis lessons, tennis equipment and cross border tournament transportation while also supporting the efforts of the Empty Cradle, a San Diego non-profit organization that helps parents cope with the loss of an infant before, during or after birth. Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa has underwritten and hosted the event at the resort for the past eleven years.

Primary sponsors of the two-day Pro-Am as of this printing include:  Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa; The Elaine Lepinski Family Foundation; Gerald Parsky; EMS Marketing Consulting, Inc., Patrick Dugan and Family; Esther Belinsky; Chris McCollum; Donald Shepard; Cali Comfort BBQ; Coffee Ambassador; Claire's on Cedros Bakery and Cafe; Schubach Aviation; Double Bond Winery; Abbey Party Rents; Wilson Sporting Goods, and Volkert Investments.

There are currently 100 children enrolled in free tennis lessons at the SES Tennis Center, which has grown since inception in 2004 to include four regulation-size tennis courts. Through tennis instruction at the SES Tennis Center, 13-year-old Eugenio Gonzales (who has been receiving instruction from the tennis facility since the age of seven) finished second place with his partner, Rodrigo Guzman in the boys' doubles Under 14 in the Mexican National Junior Tennis Tournament (of the Mexican Tennis Federation) held in Jalisco, Mexico this year. Eugenio also won a bronze medal in mixed doubles Under 14 in the Mexican National Olympics held in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2016. Visit http://www.sestenniscenter.org for further details on the tennis center.

A highlight of the two-day event is a Sponsor Party on the evening of Friday, September 16, 2016, that will be hosted by Esther Belinsky at her private residence in Rancho Santa Fe. The Sponsor Party includes a buffet dinner, wine tasting, coffee bar and entertainment by musician Ean Corbett. Reservations may be purchased for $105 per person to attend the Sponsor Party on September 16, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  The tennis tournament the following day at Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa on September 17, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., includes a barbeque and trophy presentation for a price of $85 per person (children under 10 are welcomed at $40 per child for this family-friendly event). A combined price of $185.00 per adult is available to attend both events.

The Founder of the non-profit organization, Eduardo Sanchez (who is organizing the fundraising event in coordination with Co-Founder, Eva Stimson), accomplished a life-long dream to construct public tennis courts for use by all the citizens of Tecate, regardless of their ability to pay. He and his wife Amelia Sanchez officially dedicated the project on June 4, 2004, in honor of their deceased infant son, Sean Eduardo. For further information regarding the non-profit SES Tennis Center, or to purchase reservations to attend the events, please call (858) 864-8536 or email emsmci@aol.com. Details on the additional beneficiary, Empty Cradle, may be located at www.emptycradle.org.