As an African American he distinguished himself as an amateur tennis player while competing in Latin America. In 1942 he joined the New York City Police Department, and in spite of suffering a serious motorcycle accident continued his competitive tennis and became one of the first black men to gained access into the 1958 U.S. National Tennis Championships in Forest Hills. There he made it to the third round at the age of 38 losing to top ten player, Barry McKay..

Jerry went on to have a distinguished career as a tennis teacher, gathering an enormous following. Admired for his teaching skills, he was equally loved for his kindness, wisdom, and generous spirit. Jerry was a wonderful teacher, philosopher, and mentor who lived every moment of his life with love.

The Jerry Alleyne Memorial Fund has been set up to create opportunities for children to grow and develop through the game of tennis. The primary focus will be to arrange for children to come into contact with caring adults who might serve as mentors as well as tennis teachers, much the way Jerry served as a mentor for so many of his students. This, we believe is as close as we can come to creating a living legacy for someone who touched so many of our hearts.

The Jerry Alleyne Memorial Foundation (JAMF) was incorporated in May 1999 as a non-profit (501C3) organization to continue Jerry’s legacy of teaching and mentoring. He was a dedicated teacher and widely admired role model who believed that the lessons of discipline, hard work, respect, honesty and confidence learned on the tennis court have applications throughout life.
 
The mission of the Foundation is to support the growth and development of young people through a combined program of tennis and mentoring.

The Jerry Alleyne Memorial Foundation has been running the tennis services at t he Westchester Plaza Tennis Academy since 2010. We provide tennis lessons for the community as well as programs for juniors.

In a partnership with the Mount Vernon YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club, we provide a fun and informative experience with tennis for the city’s youth.

Check our summer schedule and application below to have your children join in on the fun…

2012 Registration Form Session 2

The Jerry Alleyne Memorial Foundation is proud to announce the victorious season the JAMF kids had this past year. The Boy’s and Girl’s 14′s and 18′s have captured the Sectional Championships for 2011.

See the details and pictures on the Sectional Champs page.