The 2012/13 Annual Report is on its way! The” story of the year” was Chicago and is featured in the report in an article by James Zug. Thank you to all of the individuals who sent in photos, club reports and draws. Thank you to our advertisers. And finally, thank you to PDQ printing for the design and printing. Enjoy!
The Under 12 and Under 15 —singles and double—were played in Newport. Eight juniors from Washington and Newport competed in the weekend event which featured non-stop tennis from start to finish. Erik Barker, age 12, dropped only one game on his way to winning both the Under 12 and under 15 singles titles. Ben Dickinson, age 10, took a game off Barker in the Under 12 final. Barker won the Under 12 Doubles with Ben Dickinson over Tess Browne and Will Harkins. Barker and Browne defeated Ben and Pete Dickinson for the Under 15 Doubles title. The format for the… Read the Full Story >
October 2nd, 2013 New at New England in Newport, RI The first match up was Barney Tanfield (NY) against Tony Hollins (NE). Barney has been one of the most on form players in the National League for the last year, but Tony has also been improving and getting better results. The match started with Tony coming out very fast. Solid returning and few errors saw him take an early 2/0 lead. Barney fought back to 2/2 before Tony surged ahead again 4/2. Tony seemed to be in full control of the match, keeping Barney on the defensive on… Read the Full Story >
Chicago vs. New York at Philadelphia On Monday 30th Chicago took on New York in a National League match at Philadelphia. John Lumley playing #1for Chicago took on James Stout world #1 at Racquets. With James getting some unbelievable shots back and being solid from everywhere on the court took the first set 6/3. John tried to mix up the pace but it didn’t make much difference and being down the receiving end a lot of the time lost the second set as well 6/2. New York take the first string rubber 6/3 6/2. Will Hopton then took on Barney… Read the Full Story >
At the Sept 13, 2013 board meeting of the USCTPF, the following officers were elected to one year terms. Board Chairman – William F. McLaughlin, Jr. Vice Chair – Jim Zug President – P.J. Yeatman Treasurer – Jane C. Lippincott Secretary – Charles C. de Casteja As permitted by the by laws, the following were appointed to the Executive Committee Charles C. de Casteja , Jane C. Lippincott, William F. McLaughlin, Jonathan H. Pardee, PJ Yeatman and Jim Zug Additionally, Charles de Casteja was appointed head of the Nominating Committee. The Foundation wishes to thank Haven Pell for his… Read the Full Story >
The 1812 was a huge success. For those who don’t know, the 1812 is a 50+ years of age handicap doubles, US vs UK that was played for the fourth time in 6 years. The Americans took the fight to British soil and beat the bloody British at Lords in handicap doubles 13 matches to 7. We now lead the series 3 to 1. Next battle will be in Chicago in 2015!! The surrender included the traditional singing by the American soldiers of Johnny Horton’s great (and only) hit, The Battle of New Orleans – "we fired our guns and… Read the Full Story >
For our fifth anniversary, it was a small but rabid group of players. Nine of us played our favorite game in the “Casino” at Georgian Court. As I have expounded in the past, this building is just not to be believed. Besides court tennis, it has a former racquets court (finally being used as a student lounge and not as a random storage area), an indoor polo ring, bowling alleys, a pool, and squash courts. My favorite part of the court is the bucket built into last gallery for Gould’s famous railroad serves (ironic, as his grandfather was a railroad… Read the Full Story >
The second National League match of the 2013/14 season featured a contest between Camden Riviere and Tony Hollins of New England vs. John Lumley and Will Hopton of Chicago. The match took place on the Saturday of the Jimmy Knott tournament and the combination of National League with a USCTA tournament was a success. New England won the 2012/13 National League title with Camden winning all his matches at the #1 spot. With Steve Virgona out with an injury and a handicap differential of over 17 points, spectators anticipated that Camden’s streak would continue. You have to play the… Read the Full Story >
An amateur singles contest, the Jimmy Knott is traditionally the first tournament of the year and kicks off the USCTA fixture list. The tournament was formerly known as the Boston A Invitational. It was renamed after Jimmy Knott passed away the year after he won it. Due to Boston’s roof situation, the tournament has been hosted by the National Tennis Club for the last three years. Ten players competed in this year’s Jimmy Knott in Newport from September 27th-29th. The first rounds went largely as expected. In the semifinals, Englishman Mark Mathias defeated Boston’s Jeremy Wintersteen 6/4, 6/1. Mark is… Read the Full Story >
