Nov 26, 2019 | US Events, USCTA News
The 22nd USCTA Annual Dinner, Awards and Auction will take place Friday, December 13th, 2019 at the Racquet and Tennis Club, 370 Park Avenue. Please join us to welcome William T. Vogt to the Hall of Fame Class of 2019 and award the 2019 Plimpton Prize to Richard Travers who is traveling from Australia for the evening. The cocktails and silent auction will start promptly at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner, awards and live auction at 7:30 pm. Brook Hazelton will once again handle the live auction and we look forward to some fierce bidding. The link for the auction catalog… Read the Full Story >
Oct 29, 2019 | USCTA News
by Trevor Jones On October 15, after two and a half seasons of play, the Salve Regina University Court Tennis Club was finally recognized as an official student organization by the university. In 2018, I had transferred to SRU as a sophomore and was playing varsity tennis for them. I decided to give court tennis a shot, thinking it would be a one-time thing, as it would help me meet my bucket list goal of playing every racquet sport in the world at least once. Instantly, however, I was captivated and wanted to play more. Mike Gooding, head pro at… Read the Full Story >
Aug 12, 2019 | USCTA News
May 31, 2019 | International Events, USCTA News
A Note from the World Masters: The Heart of the Matter by George Bell This is the story of a single frightening shot in an unimportant match. The ball struck and felled our opponent such that he lay on the floor flopping — but it is also the story of a reverie triggered by that blow, which brought back to me, slowly, as if summoned from a forgotten place inside, the pleasures that court tennis has offered me. Why such things should occur amid adversity is unknowable. In the days after the match, as our small caravan of competitors in… Read the Full Story >
May 31, 2019 | USCTA News
President’s Report by James Zug Last month the USCTA gathered for its annual general meeting. The venue was Tuxedo Park, which was hosting the World Masters. The meeting was very robust, with representatives of the other three national governing bodies and many members of the USCTA. My president’s report: The state of the U.S. Court Tennis Association is strong. We have 1,089 members, the most we have ever had. This is remarkable. If you had said a quarter century ago that we’d have almost eleven hundred members in 2019, no one would have believed it. Many clubs’ membership rolls have… Read the Full Story >
May 30, 2019 | International Events, USCTA News
by Steve Hufford The Bostwick and Danby teams, three each, had the enviable assignment of practicing and competing for a week in Tuxedo Park. With matches overseen by the capable, yet somewhat immobile, Tim Chisholm; daily breakfasts and lunches provided courtside; and access to all the amenities of the Park, the players enjoyed amazing team dynamics, constant high-quality play, and the relaxing environs of the lake and grounds. Charles de Casteja, billeting lead, called on his deep bench of hosts to house just about all the players from Australia and England, along with some US players. The soggy weather during the… Read the Full Story >
May 1, 2019 | Tournament Results, USCTA News
by Trevor Jones, Founder, and Captain – Salve Regina University Court Tennis Team Recently, the Salve Regina University Court Tennis Team was privileged to have its first-ever match in team and university history. With many thanks to Mike Gooding, we were able to schedule a match with the members of the National Tennis Club at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. So, on the morning of, we feasted on breakfast together in the clubhouse and suited up in our whites to take the court for our first match in programme history. After many cold, early Wednesday morning and late Friday… Read the Full Story >
Feb 1, 2019 | USCTA News
By John Lumley A Bathurst Academy training camp was held on December 15 and 16 at Georgian Court University (GCU) and Philadelphia. The camp was led by John Lumley. The first day was held at GCU, where John met up with Peter Cipriano (New York), Alex Spence and Todd Meringoff (both Boston). After a quick warm-up, John led the players through a series of doubles drills. Mixing up the teams, John created different scenarios encouraging the players to move and stand in more aggressive positions. It was very helpful to see how court positioning can allow a team to be… Read the Full Story >
Jan 15, 2019 | USCTA News
Gerard (Ged) Eden 20/09/1976 – 08/01/2019 Age 42 Early Life Born in Tasmania to Elizabeth and the late Christopher Eden, he grew up with his older brother Andrew. Educated at Mt Carmel and St Peters Primary schools and St Virgils College, he graduated with an Arts degree from The University of Tasmania in 1997. He went on to study economics and commerce, but moved overseas before completing his second degree. Ged’s initiation into real tennis was in the early 90s, when he was introduced to the game by Hobart Real Tennis Club’s Mary McArthur. The Hobart Club rapidly became his second home… Read the Full Story >
Dec 31, 2018 | USCTA News
by James Zug In mid-December, the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twentieth-first annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional Whitney Cup weekend. More than two hundred and twenty people came to the celebration. The dinner, originally conceived in 1998 and chaired for many years by Charlie Johnstone and then Brian Owens, was chaired most ably by Ted Goneos. A new twist was that every guest received a heavy 1.75” commemorative flip coin, with the old USCTA logo on one side and the new one on the other. A splendid cocktail hour in the main… Read the Full Story >
