News & Results
Noll Cup goes to Vleck
by John Lumley We had a fantastic turnout for the 2019 Noll Cup with twenty entrants ready to fight it out for the 30-39 level championship. The first round matches were pretty straight forward with the first battle of the day going to Morgan Purvis taking it...
National League – Chicago vs. New England @ Chicago
On Thursday, February 7th, the Racquet Club of Chicago hosted the New England team in the debut of the 2019 USCTA Court Tennis National League. A partisan crowd of 75 members was keen to cheer on Chicago to victory over an in-form New England team. The first match...
Melissa Purcell Captures 2019 Anne Boleyn
By A Supporter Of The Ladies’ Game The 2019 Anne Boleyn was graciously hosted by the Racquet Club of Philadelphia over the weekend February 9/10. Eleven ladies did battle over the two days and thanks to John Lumley’s creativity with the draw they all were able to...
2019 Greevy Cup Goes to Yorston
2019 Greevy Cup @ The Tuxedo Club The 2019 Greevy Cup (for handicaps 20-29) was dominated by entrants from the home club of Tuxedo, with 7 of the 10 entrants from Tuxedo. The (4) semi-finalists were all expected based upon their handicaps, and represented (4)...
National League – NY vs. Tuxedo
Barney Tanfield (NY) vs. Josh Dodgson (TUX) 6-4, 6-4 James Stout (NY) vs. Camden Riviere (TUX) 1-6, 5-6 Barney Tanfield & James Stout (NY) vs Josh Dodgson & Camden Riviere (TUX) 7-8 MATCH SUMMARY by Orlando Mallinson On Wednesday, February 6thThe Racquet and...
Reap wins 2019 Hickey Cup
by Arthur Horowitz The 2019 Hickey Cup, 60s level tournament, was hosted by the Georgian Court University over February 1stweekend. The tournament drew a field of 16 players from Philadelphia, Washington, DC, New York, Tuxedo, Newport, and Georgian Court University....
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...
Bathurst Academy Training Camp Weekend Update
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...
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...
Gerard (Ged) Eden
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...
2018 USCTA ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER, AUCTION & HALL OF FAME
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...
New York wins 2018 Whitney Cup
2018 Payne Whitney Memorial Intercity Doubles by R&T The Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the 85th Payne Whitney Memorial Intercity Doubles December 7-9, 2018. The Whitney Cup remains one of the most beloved events of the Court Tennis season, bringing...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
Drake wins US 50s Singles and Doubles
Max Drake cleans up at the 50s. See the completed draws within.
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
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...
2018 Jimmy Knott
by Tony Hollins The Jimmy Knott Memorial Singles is the season opening event for the mid-to-upper level players. This is a great opportunity to shake off the rust and get three guaranteed competitive matches. The T&R got a well rounded draw of 14 players which...