by Dawson Lane
Vegas came to The Tuxedo Club for Hadden Tomes 2023!
A record 59 players participated in the handicapped doubles court tennis festivities throughout the weekend! The Racquets Committee at the Tuxedo Club should be applauded for supporting all the new players in Tuxedo, along with the solid junior program at Tuxedo represented by Hazel Christensen, Calliope Yannuzzi & Paul Nieuwerburgh. In addition to the strong contingent of Tuxedo players, Hadden Tomes 2023 had ten players from Lord’s, along with players from Boston, Philadelphia, Newport, Aiken, New York & Washington D.C.
As usual, the pictures provide the best description of the fantastic party and the excellent job the management staff at Tuxedo does for this event.
Play began at noon on Friday, finishing at 12:30 AM, started back up at 7 AM Saturday, running right up to the start of the festivities at 8 PM, and then started again Sunday at 7 AM with all the players looking to qualify for one of the 12 spots in the Finals beginning at 3:30 PM on Sunday. The 12th and final spot came down to a hat draw between two players that tied with 22 points earned over the weekend.
Tuxedo decided to play best of three, four-game sets for the three flight finals…. which proved to be a crowd and player favorite with packed dedan seats for all three flights.
Flight Results:
Flight III
Jeff Greenbaum & Maria Panico defeated Serena Mueller & Paul Nieuwerburgh in a Tuxedo battle!
Flight II
Hazel Christensen (TUX) & Simon Halpern (LORDS) defeated Peter Bender (BOSTON) & Graeme Marks (LORDS)
Flight I
Rich Mueller (TUX) & Gordon McMorris (TUX) defeated Dan Laukitis (TUX) & Peter Cattermull (LORDS)
A special THANK YOU to Jake Faulise & Adrian Kemp for all their hard work over the weekend, keeping the event running smoothly and putting up with Tuxedo Racquets Director Tim Chisholm.
