Miami Regional Championship: Sunday Wrap
Saturday afternoon and Sunday there was still quite a bit of tennis to play in Miami Beach at the ITF Regional Championship. I’m relying on the scores from the website, […]
Category Archives: Category II USTA Tournaments
Miami Beach RC: Friday Vibes; Works Wins a Saturday Marathon
March 9, 2019 Friday in Miami Beach…is noisy! Bands tuning up, motorcycles racing, rush hour traffic, high season energy. I played Dagmar Sperneder from Austria in the de facto 60s […]
Miami Beach: North American Regional Tennis Tournament
March 7, 2019 Miami Beach…March…what a nice place to be while the North is freezing and the West is raining! Even though the weather has been variable this week, from […]
Works, McColskey and Fales Take Singles Titles in Fort Lauderdale
Shelly Works can run….and hit a tennis ball too, she played a smart match and handled the wind very well and beat me in the 55s final in Fort Lauderdale. […]
Castell/Delfausse Win 75 Doubles in Fort Lauderdale Friday
The final of the 75 doubles and the singles semis were held today at the Fort Lauderdale Cat II/ITF Grade 1. Carolann Castell/Lee Delfausse, seeded 2, upset top seeded Cathie […]
Fort Lauderdale Grandes Dames; ITF Grade 1; USTA Super Cat 2, Thursday
The second of a series of four “Grandes Dames” Women’s tournaments is going on now in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and finishes Sunday. This year, in addition to USTA members earning […]
Miami Beach to Host Regional ITF Seniors Tournament March 5-10
For more information on this tournament go to www.itfmia.com. This event is open to all USTA and ITF IPIN holders. Entry is via the USTA tennislink system (click here to […]
Les Grandes Dames Palm Beach Gardens Cat II/ITF Grade I Finished with a Blast of Air
Fort Lauderdale, FL I’ll start today’s blog by wishing my dad a happy 94th birthday. He’s a tennis player and when I called to wish him a happy birthday he […]
Kraujina, Klitch, Novack, Weber Win Singles Titles Saturday
Kristin Kraujina of Florida won the 30 singles on a sunny, breezy Saturday. Kraujina lives in a town called Sunny Isles Beach, which sounds awfully pleasant! She won the four […]
Palm Beach Gardens Friday, Sun & Smashes
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida It was another sunny 70s day in Palm Beach Gardens today, pretty much perfect for tennis. I played Kim Dean, whom I’d not played before. She’s […]
Les Grandes Dames Palm Beach Gardens: Super Cat II/ITF Grade 1
Happy New Year everyone…the first tournament of the year for me anyway is this week in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. (Venus has a place for sale if you are interested). […]
New Category 2 in Massachusetts: Clem Easton Tournament
The USTA has added a Category 2 tournament to the national schedule. It will be held June 21-24 at the Field Club of Longmeadow in East Longmeadow, MA. This tournament […]
Bermuda USTA Category II Tournament!
The Coral Beach and Tennis Club is hosting a USTA Cat II clay court tournament in Bermuda from April 11th-15th, 2018. The flyer can be found here:Â bda breeze tennis The […]
2018 National Schedule Now Posting on Carolynnichols.com
2018 Schedule with links has started posting on carolynnichols.com Click here to see schedule. This will be updated periodically. The date of the last update will appear on the site. […]
Team Bryan Category 2 Cancelled
From the USTA Caregory II Grid Dates: May 1-5 Tournament: Team Bryan Senior Open CANCELLED Location: Las Verage, NV Age Divisions: Men’s and Women’s 50-85 & Open Singles, Doubles, Mixed […]
McDonald, Nichols, Carter & Weber Win Singles at Joanne Russell Cup Sunday
Naples, Florida, 2/19/17 Kris McDonald won the 50s at the Russell Cup Category II today, but not before dropping the first set 60! She rebounded nicely though to win the […]
Finals Set for Sunday in 50/60/70 Singles; Wargo Wins 40 Singles; Joanne Russell Cup
Saturday was another gorgeous day in Naples, warm and humid but neither windy nor overly hot (temperature about 80). I played singles at 12:15 against Frances O’Sullivan. I played well […]
Joanne Russell Cup: Russell Makes Successful Tournament Debut on Friday
There was much to be happy about on Friday: lots of tennis, wonderful weather and a big and happy crowd for Joanne Russell’s first match in the tournament named for […]
Russell Grandes Dames, A Category II USTA Tournament
There is a new Category II tournament in Naples, for women age 40-80, even divisions for singles and odd and even for 50-80, plus 40 doubles. I am playing 60 […]
Manning, Nichols, McColskey & Anderson Win Singles Titles Sunday at Crawford Cup
Sunday was a beautiful day to play tennis, albeit a bit warm for Northerners, as temperatures flirted with 80 and the humidity increased. All the singles started at 9am. I […]
Crawford Cup Saturday: Injuries Plague 55s; Wendy McColskey Impresses in 65s Debut; All California 75s Final
There was a lot of great tennis, particularly in singles on another sunny, warm, gorgeous day in South Florida. With temperatures approaching 80, the play also heated up. Starting with […]
Les Grandes Dames: Crawford Cup, Fort Lauderdale, FL
This week there is a USTA Super Category II championship at the venerable Lauderdale Tennis Club in Fort Lauderdale. Named in honor of tournament director emeritus Patty Crawford, the tournament […]
Ronan, Works, Barker, Clay, & Weber Win Singles Titles on a Warm & Windy Sunday at BallenIsles
Canadians won two singles titles Sunday at the USTA Super Category II Tournament in Florida, at opposite ends of the age scale. Sophie Ronan won the five person round robin, […]
Into the Final at BallenIsles on a Warm and Windy Saturday
It was a warm and windy day in Palm Beach Gardens. I played Wendy McColskey from NC today, our third meeting in a year. It was a tough match with […]
Tennis & Fun at BallenIsles
Link to draws: http://m.tennislink.usta.com/TournamentHome/tournament.aspx?t=185079 First, the tennis: there were a few upsets but the top seeds advanced in the 50-80 singles without incident except in the women’s 70 division. Charleen […]
Busy Thursday at BallenIsles
Today was a beautiful, sunny, warm day at BallenIsles. A huge slate of matches meant play, which started at noon, continued under the lights and into the dinner hour. Upsets […]
BallenIsles Day 1: Hot Tennis in Sunny, Warm Florida
The first USTA Category II tournament of the year began today under sunny skies in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. After a short morning practice, I went over to BallenIsles Country […]
BallenIsles Grandes Dames Starts Today: Note Parking Alert!
BallenIsles, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida From Tournament Director Trish Faulkner: PARKING ALERT!! THIS YEAR YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARK AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX HOWEVER YOU MUST USE VALET PARKING […]
Westwood Super Cat II, Austin, TX
I hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day, thanks to all the men and women who have fought for our freedom and served the USA since the 1700s, including […]
Carter, Nichols Win Double Gold at Bocage; Smith/Weber Take 80s Doubles Crown
The match of the day wasn’t a main draw match, it was the quarterfinal loser’s consolation match between Leslie Murveit and Rita Giles in the 60s. Rita took the first […]