* Lord Percival Cup Results
Boston wins 2011 Percival Cup!
* Bathurst Cup Results
The Bathurst Cup was played on March 12th to the 17th in New York. The Order of Finish was: 1. Australia 2. UK 3. USA 4. France More info to follow The teams are as follows: 1) France – Julien Bey, Peio Sarlangue, Florian Reinaud, Olivier Walter 2) UK – Peter Wright, Conor Medlow, Alistair Lumsdon, Nick Jones 3) AUS – Mike Happle, Kieren Booth, Julian Snow 4) US – Addison West, Preston Quick, Simon Aldrich, Lex Miron, Alexis Hombrecher The schedule of play is below. All matches (unless a rubber is dead) are best of 5 sets. We encourage… Read the Full Story >
* Women’s Invitational Results
The Women’s Invitational was held in Washington on the weekend of March 4th> Sara Lacombe defeated Amanda Avedissian 6/1,6/4. Lacombe & Avedissian def Anne Monahan & Christine Donovan 6/0,6/0.
* Army vs. Washington
I can’t believe it! Another saying that originated in Court Tennis. It all started in the old Prince’s Court in London. Farquar Popplethwaite was infamous for ‘bottling’ it on key points. So much so he was known as “carton” because he really did have no bottle! He typically missed his first serve, and regularly fumbled his second serve, missing that a lot too. One day, his biggest supporter, his mother, was explaining why he did this. “He’s simply very generous! Honestly, I think he does it on purpose. In fact he’s so generous he’ll double fault for you!!” Over time people… Read the Full Story >
* National League NY @ Phila – Updated!!
On Wednesday February 23rd the Racquet Club played host to Tuxedo in the National League. Some fifty spectators were on hand to witness some top quality tennis. In the first match, Rob Whitehouse played Tony Hollins in what proved to be the match of the evening. Hollins came out very sharp taking the first set 6/4 and streaked in the second set to a 3/1 lead. Hollins mixed up a nice cocktail of retrieving, cutting the ball for length and smashing the odd force very effectively in the first hour or so of play. Whitehouse facing a large deficit gradually… Read the Full Story >
* US Age Amateurs – Results
The US 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s were held in NY on February 24-27th. The draws are attached….full report to come!
* Thorndike wins US Jr Nationals -UPDATED
The 2011 Junior Nationals turned out to be an all Aiken field. Four players participated in an initial round robin format playing a ten game pro set against each-other in order to be seeded for the semis and finals in each of the age group categories. Unfortunately, one player, George Handy Jr., was delayed in returning from a college visit, so he missed the round robin, as a result he became the lowest seed in the 18 + Under and the 21 and Under divisions. Dana Kopald, Zach Harrington and Charles Bostwick all had close matches when they faced each… Read the Full Story >
* Tuxedo Gold Racquets Results
Congratulations to Patrick Winthrop on his win over Addsion West! Draws for the singles and the Cuspidor Doubles events are attached.
* NL Match New England vs NY
The national league match between New England and New York in NY, has been postponed from February 23 to March 23. Tuxedo will play Philadelphia in Philadelphia on Febrary 23, as originally scheduled.
* Pickin Wins 2011 Etchebaster UPDATED!
Tom Pickin hit the grille on match point to win the 2011 Etchebaster Tournament in Newport this past weekend. The men’s amateur singles event is open to players who: Have less than one year of experience, or Have more than one year, but less than 2 years and have a handicap of 25 and over, or Have a handicap of over 30, regardless of experience. The tournament attracted only entries from Boston and Newport. Sixteen players, evenly divided between the clubs, made up the draw. The fact that only Boston and Newport were represented set the stage for a bigger… Read the Full Story >
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