Apr 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
On the 1st weekend in March 15, juniors descended on Washington DC for the 2012 National Championships. Surprisingly, the Under 12’s had the most entries. Harry Simonds, Blanche Devine, and Arthur Browne started their Court Tennis tournament careers in fine fashion and despite not making it to the finals had all clearly improved their handicaps by at least 5 points over the course of the weekend. In the U12 girl’s final the 2010 champion, Kornelia Mostrous dominated the service end for long enough to secure a 10/5 win over Blanche Devine. Despite some excellent retrieving, powerhouse Chase Motz eventually succumbed… Read the Full Story >
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jonathon Power, former world number one squash player, visited Prince’s Court at the end of March 2012 to try his hand at court tennis. A Canadian, Power lives in Toronto now and runs a squash academy. The second former world number one squash player to pick up the game this winter (John White, the Aussie squash coach at Drexel, has also been playing tennis, at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia), Power, now thirty-seven, was renowned for having the softest, quickest hands in the game and the wittiest remarks to referees. He retired in March 2006 after winning every major pro… Read the Full Story >
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Below is a link to an interesting article on court tennis in Philadelphia… http://hiddencityphila.org/2012/04/court-tennis-anyone/
Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tennis: History & Mysteries An International Conference on the History of Real Tennis Tuesday 24 & Thursday 26 April 2012 10am – 1pm The Centenary Committee Room,The Queen’s Club Palliser Road W14 9EQ An International Conference on the History of Real Tennis held on the occasion of the 2012 Men’s World Championship at The Queen’s Club. Speakers: Thierry Bernard-Tambour, France David Best, UK Cees de Bondt, Holland Heiner Gillmeister, Germany Roman Krznaric, UK Paul Mirat, France John Shneerson, UK Richard Travers, Australia Charles Wade, UK & Papers prepared by: Allan Willingham, Australia James Zug, USA CONFERENCE: 10am – 1pm… Read the Full Story >
Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Aiken Tennis Club hosted the Northrop Knox Memorial Tournament April 10-15. After spirited group play earlier in the week, the Quarterfinals began Saturday afternoon. The two-time defending champions and Pool B runners-up Ben Cook and Rakesh Jasani defeated Dan Villiers and Greg Van Schaack in straight sets. Lex Miron and Jeremy Wintersteen, winners of Pool A, prevailed over Pool C runners-up George Handy and Andrew Gould. In the 6:00 PM cocktail match, Pool B winners Morgan Purvis and Gary Swantner took down the mother and son team of Ginny Goodyear and Seth Kopald 6-2, 6-3. In the last quarterfinal… Read the Full Story >
Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing… 2012 Cherry Blossom Recap By Ryan Carey The 2012 Cherry Blossom Doubles Tournament was held over Easter weekend at Prince’s Court. We welcomed out-of-town entrants from Boston, Philadelphia, Newport, New York, and Aiken and as far away as Hyde (UK). There are 12 tones in the musical scale. As it was the ‘12 Cherry Blossom, we gave this year’s tournament a “music” theme. We transformed the court into having 12 tones that players could hit with the ball during play. For example, we placed a giant yard bell into… Read the Full Story >
Apr 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Steven Virgona, the senior professional at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, will be challenging Rob Fahey at Queens Club in London on 24, 26 and 28 April in a best of thirteen set match for the world championship of tennis. 1. How did things go at Seacourt against Bryn Sayers in early March? You won pretty comfortably, 7 sets to 2: 6/4 6/2 6/4 6/5 6/4 5/6 6/3 3/6 6/4 [For more on the Final Eliminator, see The Final Eliminator My preparation and game planning for the match went a long way to building a 4 sets to love lead… Read the Full Story >
Mar 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
The US Amateur was played in New York during the weekend of March 2-4. Singles – Semifinals: Patrick Winthrop def. Ben Cook 6/2, 6/3 Jeremy Wintersteen def. Lex Miron 6/4, 6/4 Final: Winthrop def. Wintersteen 6/5, 6/2, 6/5 Doubles – Semifinals: Cook/Winthrop def. McBride/Wintersteen 6/4, 6/5 Miron/Pell def. Moroscak/Barker 6/0, 6/0 Final: Miron/Pell def. Cook/Winthrop 0/6, 6/5, 6/5, 6/3 The Racquet & Tennis Club in New York hosted the 2012 US Amateur Championship March 2-4 in conjunction with the Racquets U.S. Open. Results of the singles competition were as follows: Pat Winthrop had to get past Danny McBride on his… Read the Full Story >
Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Lord Percival Cup, the higher handicapper’s version of the Whitney Cup, took to the court in Philadelphia over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Seven teams came to duke it out to try to end the reign of the mighty Boston Tennis & Racquet Club. Washington put together two teams to up their chances of taking home the title facing off against two teams from Philadelphia and strong teams from Boston, Newport and New York. Play started on Friday afternoon with all teams knowing they had a chance to win. With some great players in the draw and accusations of… Read the Full Story >
Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Court Tennis version of March Madness happened last weekend in Philadelphia as 21 veteran players competed to win national championships in the 40 and 50 singles and doubles tournaments. The age level tournaments were a war of attrition as veteran players tried to survive injuries, fierce competition and social events to bring home a title or two. Your brackets were busted if you picked the favorite to win any of these four tournaments, as all of the number 1 seeds were defeated. The tournaments got underway on Friday with no surprising results. The closest match of the day was… Read the Full Story >
