* Boston – “Raise the Roof” Party
Roof Raised by Matt Mitchell Click here to read! For photos from Friday & Sunday by Melissa Quintal, click here. Looking for the finals draws? Click here!
* Chicago Invitational Results
The Chicago Invitational Doubles was held on October 17-20. Open Division 1st Place: Steve Virgona & Greg Van Schaack 2nd Place: Rich Smith & Jeremy Wintersteen A Division Jamie DeYoung & Anders Cohen def, Adam Inselbuch & Rowan Carroll 8/5 B Division Charlie Buaron & Leo Mazzone def. John Murphy & Ben Ringrose 8/6 C Division Joe Tomaino & Arthur Drane def. John Broussard & Jay Leonard 8/7 For complete results, click here.
* 2012/13 Annual Report
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!
* Under 12s & Under 15s
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 >
* National League – New York vs. New England
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 >
*National League: Chicago vs. NY
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 >
* Chase The First – October 2013
* USCTPF Annual Meeting
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 >
* 1812 Cup
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 >
* Lakewood Invitational
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 >
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