Mixed-doubles results The teams that advanced to Sectional Championships are: â–º6.0 Hempstead Lake Indoor (captained by Darlene Sotomayor) â–º7.0 Eastern Athletic Melville (captained by Jamie Stickney) â–º8.0 Eastern Athletic Blue Point (captained by Kara Parker) â–º9.0 Sportime Lynbrook (captained by Chris Colesanti) Although none of the Long Island teams advanced to Nationals, a great time…
Play will began for the USTA Adult leagues the week of May 13. We have a record number of 292 teams this summer playing in the 18 & Over, 40 & Over, and 55 & Over Divisions. For the 18 & Over and the 40 & Over League, playoffs will be held the week of…
The Mixed-Doubles League continues match play with League playoffs beginning in May. The winning Long Island teams will advance to the Section Championship in Schenectady, N.Y. the weekend of May 31-June 2. Teams are registering for the men’s and women’s 18 & Over, 40 & Over, 55 & Over and 65 & Over Leagues. All…
Westhampton Beach Tennis will be again offering partial and full scholarships to both adults and juniors at its tennis academy. These scholarships are for beginning tennis players who have made contributions to their community. The scholarships are in the names of two of owner Peter Kaplan’s roommates at Cornell University. Jay Gallagher was an All-Big…
First and foremost, I hope everyone is recovering from Superstorm Sandy. I know we had many players affected by the storm and my heart goes out to all of you. I am hoping that you are all starting to get some normalcy back in your lives! Tri-Level League The men’s playoffs are complete, with the…
Over the holiday season, Rockville Racquet Club held their 2012 Men’s Holiday Tournament. There was both singles and doubles competition for two levels of play, A+B. Tournament Director Kevin Gray did a great job making sure everything ran smoothly and that everyone had a great time. It was a wonderful two weeks of tennis…
Long Beach Tennis Center, who was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, is very close to being back in business. One bubble is up and within the next two weeks, LBTC will be fully open for business. Four hard courts will be in operation right from the start, and when all the new renovations are complete,…
Ian Shapiro’s Syosset Sportime team won the Long Island Region for Men’s 3.5, 4.0. & 4.5 Tri-Level this weekend 2-1 over the Klee/Nassau Indoor team. The team went undefeated for the season, winning the LI championship for the second time in three years. They will now be headed to Schenectady Jan. 19-20 for the Eastern…
Congratulations to the women from Kings Park Sportime who took first place in the 2nd Annual USTA Long Island/United Way of Long Island Club & Corporate Challenge Fundraiser. The participants, who enjoyed an afternoon of tennis drills and matches, raised money for rehabilitative and recreational tennis programs for returning military veterans and their families. The…
Congratulations to the Women’s 3.0 Senior Team from Point Set, captained by Marilyn Shimon, and the Women’s 3.5 Senior Team from Carefree Racquet, captained by Bonnie Kolenberg, for winning at Sectionals and advancing to the Nationals! A job well done! Also advancing to Nationals is the Super Senior 9.0 Men’s Team from Jericho-Westbury, captained by…