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Plimpton Prize
by James Zug photo by Tim Edwards In September 2022 the USCTA was proud to award Kathryn Ronaldson McNicoll the 2022 George Plimpton Prize. The ceremony was held at Prested Hall during the Fourth International Conference on the History of Tennis. Frederica Adam, on...
YANKS TO ENGLAND FOR 100TH BATHURST CUP
by Jeremy Wintersteen The 100th anniversary of the Bathurst Cup will take place in England at Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord’s) from October 8-15. An international amateur team competition between France, Australia, England, and the United States, the Bathurst Cup was...
Mike Gooding
MEMORIAL SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS ARE POSTED AT THE END OF THE STORY Mike Gooding January 1, 1965 - September 28, 2022 Michael H.J. Gooding died on Tuesday. He was fifty-seven years old. Mike Gooding was a beloved leader in court tennis for the past forty years. He grew...
Samuel P. Howe III
Samuel P. Howe, III (1938- 2022) Sam Howe died on September 15, 2022 at the age of eighty-four. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he was a leader on and off the tennis court. He won the U.S. Open doubles in 1972 (with Ed Noll) and 1974 (with Gene Scott). With his brother...
Riviere Wins World Championship
by James Zug Third Day 6-3, 3-6, 5-6, 6-2 FINAL Riviere 5-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, 5-6, 6-3, 3-6, 5-6, 6-2 It was an even colder, damper Thursday afternoon at Prested for Day Three, upper fifties and raining. Everyone, though, was happy to gather again,...
World Championship – Day Two
by James Zug Day Two 2-6, 2-6, 3-6, 6-5 Day Two was quite different than Day One at Prested Hall. There were new faces onsite. Owner Mike Carter, who dreamed up Prested twenty-eight years ago, returned from Spain. Former world champion Penny Lumley appeared. A second...
World Championship – Day One
by James Zug First day 6-5, 1-6, 6-4, 2-6 It was an extraordinary first day to the 2022 World Championship. Or rather the twice-postponed 2020 World Championship. We waited exactly 1,597 days from the astonishing third and final day of the 2018 Challenge Round at...
Philpott Wins U12 British Singles
Elliott Philpott traveled to Queen's Club for the British Juniors and came home as the Under 12 Champion! The lone American entry, Elliott, plays out of Prince's Court in Washington. The seven participants were divided into two round-robin groups. After some tight...
Pell Cup 2022 Recap
by Jacob Faulise The Pell Cup is an annual court tennis tournament held at the National Tennis Club located on the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The Pell Cup is named in honor of C.C. Pell Jr.’s contributions to the game of court tennis, which...
US World Masters Teams Place Third
by Steve Hufford The pandemic-delayed World Masters amateur court tennis championships were held in France in May and the US fielded teams for all age brackets contested (Over 50s, Over 60s, Over 70s). In addition, Jules Zacher represented the US in the Over 80s...
TEAM USA SCORES DOWN UNDER
by Ivan Ronladson At the end of June, the USA national junior team (Freddie Bristowe, Pete Dickinson, Erik Barker, Chase Motz, and coach Ivan Ronaldson) left for Australia to play in four major events. The first was the Australian U26 Open, held at Hobart in Tasmania....
George H. Bostwick, Jr.
LINK TO GEORGE H. BOSTWICK OBITUARY AND MEMORIAL SERVICE DETAILS George H. Bostwick, Jr. August 22, 1934 - July 7, 2022 by James Zug George H. Bostwick, Jr., former world champion, died on 7 July 2022 at the age of eighty-seven. Pete Bostwick was one of the...
Good Luck TEAM USA!
In July, Australia is hosting the Van Alen, Clothier, and Limb Cups. These are international team events open to players under the age of 26. The USA will compete against Great Britain in the Van Alen and against Australia for the Clothier Cup. The Limb Cup is G.B....
2022 International Tennis Day
On June 20, 2022 the court tennis community celebrated International Tennis Day, from Ballarat to Newport, the tennis courts were busy with singles and double matches. Players proudly posed for the now traditional photo holding the ITD banner. Also, in celebration...
U.S. Mixed Doubles & Anne Boleyn
The 2022 US Mixed Doubles and Anne Boleyn tournaments were held jointly on June 17-19th at the Tuxedo Club. The mixed doubles had a draw of 11 teams and Anne Boleyn saw 6 participants. The tournaments included players from across the country representing Tuxedo,...
Junior Handicap in Philadelphia
by Rob Whitehouse The Junior Singles handicap took place on May 14th & 15th, and it was a terrific event! We had ten players who were all very new to Court Tennis play. The weekend was a learning experience with a few clinics sprinkled in and a round-robin format...
Brickley’s Win 2022 Parent/Child
by Ivan Ronaldson The USCTA parent/child doubles went ahead at the beautiful Lakewood court in New Jersey on May 21st despite a couple of teams dropping out at the last minute due to illness. This year's format was a level round-robin and a handicap round-robin. Dick...
Boston Hosts 2022 U.S. Ladies Open
by Neil Smith The 2022 Women’s U.S. Open got off to an excellent start on Friday and barely took a breath until the last ball was struck Sunday afternoon. Fifteen players competed in the singles and eight pairs in the Doubles. All but one U.S. Club was represented -...
2022 US 26s
by Peter Dickinson May 29th – 30th, the Racquet Club was proud to host the National Under 26, Singles and Doubles, Championships. With the Van Alen and Clothier Cups approaching fast, players from Philadelphia and Washington came eager to spar in tight head-to-head...
2022 U.S. Amateur **UPDATED**
From an Interested Observer: The Racquet Club of Chicago welcomed over 20 competitors from Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Aiken, Washington, New York, and Manchester. In the Singles draw, after rather convincing straight-sets victories by the top-seeded competitors in...