Peabody wins 2019 Burke Cup

Peabody wins 2019 Burke Cup

by Nick Howell Newport hosted the Burke Cup this year. We had twelve entries with six from Newport and the other six coming from DC & Boston. The Burke Cup kicked off with a great match between two of our members — Sewall Hodges & James Chamberlain. James is college student and the grandson of former NTC president, John Murphy. He has been playing the last few months and it’s hard to keep him off the court.  Despite James being eight points weaker on handicap, he really made Sewall work hard to grind out a win 6-4 6-5. Four more… Read the Full Story >

Vrabel wins 2019 Etchebaster

Vrabel wins 2019 Etchebaster

From a keen observer…. The Etchebaster trophy was keenly contested at the Racquet Club of Chicago from January 18th-20th 2019. Although it was very cold with lots of snow falling over the weekend, we had 5 players coming in from New York and Washington. There was also a strong field of Chicago players and some notable performances go to Ben Olson and Jonathan Lewis who both had good runs to the semi-final. Chapin Lee, who was on the wrong end of a three-set thriller in the main event, went on to win the back-draw final against Trout Kinney 8-6. The… Read the Full Story >

Calhoun Witham

Calhoun Witham

Aiken hosted the Calhoun Witham Doubles in November. Twelve teams competed in two divisions. The results … A Division Jason Rabun & Vaughan Massie defeated Adam Haselkorn & Ken Forton 6-4, 6-2 B Division Matt Dupee & Tom Sargent def Chip Marvin & Cissie Sullivan 5-6, 6-4, 6-3

Crowell & Hopton Win U.S. Amateur Doubles

Crowell & Hopton Win U.S. Amateur Doubles

2018 USCTA Amateur Doubles @ The Tuxedo Club November 30– Dec 2, 2018 By Dawson Lane A small but very talented group of doubles teams competed @ The Tuxedo Club for the 18’-19’ USCTA Amateur Doubles Championships. With only 7 teams in the draw; top seeds Will Hopton & Jon Crowell moved through to the semifinals without having to play a match. Quarterfinals Local favorites but decided underdogs Dan Laukitis & Nick Shumaker started the tournament off playing the #2 seeds Peter Cipriano & Tom McGinnis.  Some spirited play from the Laukitis & Shumaker team made for a very fun… Read the Full Story >

Jimmy Dunn 2018

Jimmy Dunn 2018

by James Asher The 2018 Jimmy Dunn Doubles had a record number of participants with over 174 players vying for time on the court tennis, rackets and squash courts. With 44 teams entered for the tennis, we had to change from having a D and E event for tennis to D1, D2 and E draws. Matches were played each day from 7AM to midnight – sixteen hours of tennis per day – a record! Combined with the Jock Soutar and squash draws there were 246 matches played over the weekend. Such was the hype for this year’s event that we… Read the Full Story >

Silver Racquet Weekend — A Success!!

Silver Racquet Weekend — A Success!!

2018 Silver Racquet Tennis Draws Report  Silver Racquet Invitational This year’s Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis Singles featured a strong qualification draw which attracted entrants from clubs across the country, as well as from England and France. The first qualification spot was secured by Jeremy Wintersteen who beat up-and-coming Brits, Freddie Dixon and Mike Bailey en route. Brook Hazelton took the other spot in the main draw, beating Shep Skiff then Matt Mackin in two tightly contested matches. The Invitational Tennis main draw featured the majority of the top-ranked amateurs in the country, with last year’s finalists Jon Crowell and Tom… Read the Full Story >

2018 Hadden Tomes

2018 Hadden Tomes

The annual Tuxedo Club Hadden Tomes was once again wildly successful due to the hard work of Kim Kilgore & Laura Tillsley. The 2018 Hadden Tomes had a James Bond theme…with a special ‘Thank You’ to RC for the logo!

Intercity Match: Washington vs. Philadelphia @ GCU

Intercity Match: Washington vs. Philadelphia @ GCU

by James Asher On Saturday September 29th , Philadelphia and Washington travelled to Georgian Court to play their Annual Intercity match. Both clubs had a fantastic turnout for the event with eighteen players showing from the clubs together. With matches starting at 11am a few Philadelphia players showed up at 10am to do a mini clinic with me to get used to the court. From 11am until 6pm the court was in full force with all matches pretty competitive. Philadelphia started the day strongly winning the first two matches 8-7 and 8-3 respectively. Washington came fighting back with Emile Toscano… Read the Full Story >