Any player interested in playing National USTA tournaments or on a USA Senior International Team should read these. Meeting One: Aug 31, 2013 Meeting Two: Sept. 1, 2013
Click here to see more recent blog posts. 2013 Blogs Blog from Mulloy, Hart and Queens Cups in Villach. Tegernsee: German Open Seniors Blog Bad Breisig Blog Nike Senior Blog […]
The Nike Women’s Senior took place July 11-14 in Portland Oregon. This is a Super Category II USTA tournament with 500 ranking points going to the winner. Here are links […]
I knew I was back in an American tournament when the final was scheduled for 8am! Fortunately, it was the warmest day of the week, hitting 90 and it was […]
Portland isn’t the first place you think of to get a suntan…but this week it was a perfect week for outdoor activities, including the Nike Senior. It’s been sunny and […]
This week I am posting from Portland, Oregon. I am staying with my cousins Don & Janet Beer and playing the Nike Senior Women’s tournament at the West Hills Racquet […]
Link to tournament results and draws. Austin, Monday May 27 Memorial Day was finally a day with no rain in Austin, I played my 50 and 55 doubles finals back […]
The Pacific Coast Senior and Family Tournament, a USTA Cat. II senior tournament, is offering the 2012 1st place winning Women’s Intersectional team members of each age group free entry […]
The Super Cat II National held at the Lauderdale Tennis Club in Fort Lauderdale concluded today. Current or former world champions or Gold Slam champions competed in nearly every age […]
The Bocage Racquet Club, Ed Gaskell, Tournament Director, has withdrawn the Bocage tournament from the ITF calendar. This tournament will not carry ITF ranking points. It will continue to be […]
Sunday was as sunny and beautiful as Saturday was dreary and drizzly. There were lots of good matches too. The matches began at 10am…just moments after the epic Djokovic/Wawrinka marathon […]
I have played the Nike Cat 2 many times over the years. My cousins, Don and Janet Beer live in Tigard so I have the fun of visiting them. I […]
Category I, II & Family Events: 2012 Cat I and Cat II Schedule for Web.pdf Men’s Cat I & Cat II Events: 2012 Schedule Men for Web.pdf Women’s Cat 1 […]
There were some great matches and some great tennis played on the final day of the Babolat Super Cat II. And the TD, Ed Trost, finally got to watch some […]
BallenIsles Cat II/ITF Grade 3: Trish Riddell won the 30 singles and doubles (with Mary Dailey); Renata Marcinkowska won the 40 singles; Mary Dailey/Joanne Russell won the 40 doubles; Diane […]
Women’s 30 Singles back to top RR Michelle Heine d. Kimberly Quach 2-6; 6-0; 6-3 RR Michelle Heine d. Amy Greenwood 6-2; 6-2 RR Kimberly Quach d. Amy Greenwood 2-6; 7-5; 6-4 […]
I’m back in Sunny California. It rained on and off all day at Westwood, but most of the matches were completed. I left in a driving rainstorm and drove slowly […]
Hello again from Austin. It rained some yesterday but my opponent and I dried the court and finished our match about an hour late. We even played our doubles in […]
Regular gas is $2.99….a relative bargain, especially after $3.60 plus in San Diego last week…that’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s rainy here and expected to stay […]
There were a lot of upsets at the Spring Grandes Dames, but in the end the top seeds prevailed in every event except the 70 doubles…and the top seeds there […]
Suella Steel won the 65 singles and doubles at the Checket Cup for the second straight time. She beat unseeded Heidi Attelfellner in the singles final and combined with Sheila […]
Boots Van Nostrand won the 70 singles at BallenIsles over Burnett Herrick. Other winners were Trish Riddell, 30 singles; Mariana Hollman, 40 singles, Diane Fishburne, 50 singles, Brenda Carter, 60 […]
Another hot day in So Florida and some hot tennis too. Â Mary Ginnard literally was knocked out of the 55s today. She was playing the quarters against Peggy Machoian […]
This tournament had a smaller than usual numer of entrants due to the late date of the tournament, near Thanksgiving. However, there were some terrific matches and top players in […]
Marin Seniors: A Category II National  The Marin Seniors was held in June in Mill Valley California. The weather was perfect for this well attended tournament. The tournament directors, […]
Heathrow, Sunday: Â 40 Singles: Hollman won a 3 hour plus match over Rita Gladstone, wore her down and won the final set 6-0. It was extremely windy and cool, […]
To see all draws, click here. Â The Checket Cup began on February 1st. Thus far, there have been few upsets. Â Karen Ann Broe upset Frances O’Sullivan in the […]
The BallenIsles Category II ended Sunday January 22nd. The top seeds prevailed in the 40-80 divisions (the 30s was a round robin) in singles. Â Â Renata Marcinkowska overcame ankle […]
I just finished playing in the Nike Senior tournament in Portland, Oregon. Dana Barnes ran the tournament. She told me the number of entrants had increased from about 90 2 […]