US Parent Child

The US Parent Child was held in Philadelphia – December 19-21, 2008. Pat & Beth Winthrop defeated Gordon & Howard McMorris 6/2,6/5 in the final.

Etchebaster Results

The 2009 Etchebaster Cup was hosted by The Tuxedo Club January 23-25. The draw of 19 included representatives from Boston T&R (Ken Forton, Bill Conners, and Warren Knapp), Philadelphia (Gary Swantner, Zach Sacks, and Jon Crowell), Washington (Ivan Blas), Aiken (Bill Blalock), and Tuxedo (Bob Buettner, Doug Ewing, Walter Deane, Rob Silvay, Richard Gilder, Joe Ehrlich, John Whitney, Jason Magna, Jacques Bromberg, Greg Gross, and Dan Laukitis). Friday crowds witnessed a number of quality preliminary matches and were treated to a lovely Friday evening at Joya and Bob Buettner’s home.. Even those knocked out of the draw stayed on hand Saturday and Sunday to enjoy Tuxedo’s… Read the Full Story >

Tennis on the BBC News

Check out the link below! It is a shrt story on Real Tennis done by BBC and featuring Ladies World Champion, Charlotte Cornwallis and Nick Wood. THis is a timely feature, as the US will be hosting the 2009 Ladies World Championship in Newport, beginning on May 4th! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7821615.stm Note: there is a short ad at the begininng of the segment. Related Links http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7821615.stm

Change Continues – Whitney Cup 2008

. Two huge “firsts” occurred this past weekend: a Whitney Cup final without New York, Philadelphia or Greentree playing and a win for New England. On a thrilling, roller-coaster ride of a Sunday, New England snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and outlasted a gallant group from Washington, 3 matches to 2. Seniors set the tone for the day.  New England’s Jonathan Pardee & Alex Walsh, who played brilliant tennis in decisively winning the clinching match against Greentree on Saturday (at my expense), looked to be solid favorites versus Robin Martin & Wes Price.  But, as often happens in… Read the Full Story >