Feb 10, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
By A Supporter Of The Ladies’ Game The 2019 Anne Boleyn was graciously hosted by the Racquet Club of Philadelphia over the weekend February 9/10. Eleven ladies did battle over the two days and thanks to John Lumley’s creativity with the draw they all were able to spend lots of time on court. Saturday’s matches were played in a round robin format with all the competitors dueling in first to six games contests. Rachel Heslop and Linda Rice secured themselves top seeding for Sunday’s knockout stage by winning all their matches. However, Mr. Lumley’s format meant that all the players… Read the Full Story >
Feb 8, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
2019 Greevy Cup @ The Tuxedo Club The 2019 Greevy Cup (for handicaps 20-29) was dominated by entrants from the home club of Tuxedo, with 7 of the 10 entrants from Tuxedo. The (4) semi-finalists were all expected based upon their handicaps, and represented (4) different clubs. Prince’s Court & Radley – Benedict Yorston Boston Tennis & Racquet Club – Ben Hudson The Tuxedo Club – Nick Sonne New York Racquet & Tennis Club – Matt Mackin The first semi-final pitted Yorston and Hudson, and the fans were treated to a nip and tuck first set with Yorston getting over… Read the Full Story >
Feb 7, 2019 | National League
Barney Tanfield (NY) vs. Josh Dodgson (TUX) 6-4, 6-4 James Stout (NY) vs. Camden Riviere (TUX) 1-6, 5-6 Barney Tanfield & James Stout (NY) vs Josh Dodgson & Camden Riviere (TUX) 7-8 MATCH SUMMARY by Orlando Mallinson On Wednesday, February 6thThe Racquet and Tennis Club hosted a National League match against the Tuxedo team. All players went into the match looking to open their accounts and put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the end-of-season final. In the pre-match build-up, a group of twenty R&TC members and guests took to the court to compete in the USCTA target… Read the Full Story >
Feb 7, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Arthur Horowitz The 2019 Hickey Cup, 60s level tournament, was hosted by the Georgian Court University over February 1stweekend. The tournament drew a field of 16 players from Philadelphia, Washington, DC, New York, Tuxedo, Newport, and Georgian Court University. The Philadelphia players dominated the tournament play, but it was also the impressive debut of a number of Georgian Court athletes and athletic coaches. Kyle Reap from the Racquet Club of Philadelphia won the tournament by defeating Dave Christensen from Tuxedo in an outstanding 6-3, 5-6, 6-3 match. Both Kyle and Dave played with skill and determination. Dave often dominated the… Read the Full Story >
Feb 4, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Nick Howell Newport hosted the Burke Cup this year. We had twelve entries with six from Newport and the other six coming from DC & Boston. The Burke Cup kicked off with a great match between two of our members — Sewall Hodges & James Chamberlain. James is college student and the grandson of former NTC president, John Murphy. He has been playing the last few months and it’s hard to keep him off the court. Despite James being eight points weaker on handicap, he really made Sewall work hard to grind out a win 6-4 6-5. Four more… Read the Full Story >
Feb 1, 2019 | USCTA News
By John Lumley A Bathurst Academy training camp was held on December 15 and 16 at Georgian Court University (GCU) and Philadelphia. The camp was led by John Lumley. The first day was held at GCU, where John met up with Peter Cipriano (New York), Alex Spence and Todd Meringoff (both Boston). After a quick warm-up, John led the players through a series of doubles drills. Mixing up the teams, John created different scenarios encouraging the players to move and stand in more aggressive positions. It was very helpful to see how court positioning can allow a team to be… Read the Full Story >
Jan 21, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
From a keen observer…. The Etchebaster trophy was keenly contested at the Racquet Club of Chicago from January 18th-20th 2019. Although it was very cold with lots of snow falling over the weekend, we had 5 players coming in from New York and Washington. There was also a strong field of Chicago players and some notable performances go to Ben Olson and Jonathan Lewis who both had good runs to the semi-final. Chapin Lee, who was on the wrong end of a three-set thriller in the main event, went on to win the back-draw final against Trout Kinney 8-6. The… Read the Full Story >
Jan 15, 2019 | USCTA News
Gerard (Ged) Eden 20/09/1976 – 08/01/2019 Age 42 Early Life Born in Tasmania to Elizabeth and the late Christopher Eden, he grew up with his older brother Andrew. Educated at Mt Carmel and St Peters Primary schools and St Virgils College, he graduated with an Arts degree from The University of Tasmania in 1997. He went on to study economics and commerce, but moved overseas before completing his second degree. Ged’s initiation into real tennis was in the early 90s, when he was introduced to the game by Hobart Real Tennis Club’s Mary McArthur. The Hobart Club rapidly became his second home… Read the Full Story >
Dec 31, 2018 | USCTA News
by James Zug In mid-December, the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twentieth-first annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional Whitney Cup weekend. More than two hundred and twenty people came to the celebration. The dinner, originally conceived in 1998 and chaired for many years by Charlie Johnstone and then Brian Owens, was chaired most ably by Ted Goneos. A new twist was that every guest received a heavy 1.75” commemorative flip coin, with the old USCTA logo on one side and the new one on the other. A splendid cocktail hour in the main… Read the Full Story >
Dec 1, 2018 | Tournament Results, US Events
Aiken hosted the Calhoun Witham Doubles in November. Twelve teams competed in two divisions. The results … A Division Jason Rabun & Vaughan Massie defeated Adam Haselkorn & Ken Forton 6-4, 6-2 B Division Matt Dupee & Tom Sargent def Chip Marvin & Cissie Sullivan 5-6, 6-4, 6-3
