At the time of this article submission, the mixed-doubles season was coming to an end. The 6.0 and 9.0 Divisions finished up recently with the Hempstead Lake team, captained by Darlene Sotomayor and Adam Moramarco, advancing to the Section Championship in Albany the weekend of May 30-June 1. The 9.0 Division winning team to represent…
The Mixed-Doubles League is now underway with playoffs beginning soon. To get the up-to-date League standings, go to www.litennisscores.com. The Long Island winning team from the 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0 Divisions will advance to the Section Championship in Schenectady, N.Y. the weekend of May 30. The League for the upcoming men and women’s season…
The Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) held its annual awards event during the 2014 PTR International Tennis Symposium on Hilton Head Island, S.C., where Old Westbury, N.Y.’s Elizabeth Kobak was named PTR Female Player of the Year. A relative newcomer to PTR, Kobak’s mother suggested she join PTR and get certified. She is a Professional in…
The Mixed-Doubles season is underway, having begun in October. Playoffs are as follows: ►6.0 Level: 1st vs. 2nd playing the weekend of March 28 ►7.0 Level: 1st vs. 2nd playing the weekend of April 11 ►8.0 Level: 1st vs. 2nd playing the weekend of April 11 ►9.0 Level: 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd…
The men’s Tri-Level League had six teams which played a round-robin format the weekend of Oct. 4, with the women’s five teams also playing a round-robin format the weekend of Oct. 11. With all the court time needed for the event, I called the owners of the “closed” Rockville Racquet asking if we could rent…
Over 300 open-level players from across the country competed for National Team Championships in four divisions this fall at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas. The draws were comprised of talented teams from around the nation. Up for grabs were the Men's Open National Team Championship, the Women's National Open Team Championship, the Men's…
The Sportime Smashbox ’13 ladies from Lynbrook Sportime will represent USTA Eastern this weekend in the 40 & Over 3.5 Adult League Nationals at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, Calif. The team is comprised of Coach Tina Buschi, Lori Basch, Shirley Brady, Stephanie Fein, Susan Fung, Keri Gardner, Eva Lesniak, Anna Leung,…
South Shore recently defeated Piquet Lane, 4-1, to win the 2013 North Shore Men’s Tuesday Night Tennis League at Piquet Lane Country Club. The South Shore team, captained by Mitch Kessler, finished in fourth place during the regular season, but made it’s way to the finals by defeating The Magic in the quarterfinals and Engineers…
Good luck to all of our Long Island winning teams at the Sectional Championship in Albany! At the time this article was due, the 55 & Over Division was playing the last week of their season. Final results will appear in the next edition. Final standings 18 & Over League (Women) ►2.5 Division Blue Point (captained…
Winning nationals–that’s challenging to do for anyone. At 25 years old, practicing and competing in fewer tournaments than in one’s junior tennis prime, let alone on tennis’ naturally quirky surface it is that much more of a daunting task. Recently, I was able to accomplish that feat and am very proud of it. Although I…