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May 18, 2012 at 17:04 · Filed under Uncategorized
The Van Alen Cup (Club Doubles Championship) is being held this weekend at Prince’s Court. it will certainly be worth coming out to the court to watch!
Schedule below:
Saturday
Group A
2pm Michael Landrum & TBA VS Steve Chapman & Paul Tennant
2.40pm Alan Goulty & Ivan Blas VS Chapman/Tennant
3.20pm Landrum/TBA VS Goulty/Blas
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Sunday
Group 1
9am Rich Moroscak & Bill Barker VS WINNERS GROUP A
9.40am Steve Hufford & Phil Shannon VS WINNERS GROUP A
10.20am Hufford/Shannon VS Moroscak/Barker
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Group 2
11am Brad Allen & Danny McBride VS Ryan Carey & Vu Hoang
11.40am Carey/Hoang VS Motz/Motz
12.20pm Allen/McBride VS Motz/Motz
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1.30pm Final (Best of 3 pro sets)
March 19, 2012 at 18:35 · Filed under Tournament
Prince’s Court travelled to Philadelphia last weekend to compete in the inter-city tournament known as the Lord Percival Cup. Competing were two teams from Washington, two team from Philadelphia, Newport, New York, and Boston. Boston had won the previous two years and were favorites this year to three-peat. After 2 hard fought days of tennis, one of Washington’s teams and Boston were to square off to see who would take home the title. Read the rest of this entry »
March 14, 2012 at 18:51 · Filed under Report, Tournament
Prince’s Court sent three players to Philadelphia last weekend to compete in the national 40s and 50s (age) Championships.
We are pleased to report that all three players Rich Moroscak, Steve Hufford and Bill Barker won titles! Not bad for a bunch of old guys.
Read the full report on the USCTA website by clicking here.
March 1, 2012 at 22:03 · Filed under Uncategorized
We have a great turnout of 15 Juniors descending upon Prince’s Court this weekend for the U.S. Junior Nationals!
We hope to have live webstreaming of the matches. If it is working you should be able to watch below or click here.
The draw can be found by clicking here.
Streaming video by Ustream
January 30, 2012 at 01:53 · Filed under Uncategorized
The USCTA Level Championship for handicaps 30-39 (The Noll Cup) was held this past weekend at Prince’s Court. The field consisted of 13 entrants: 7 “locals” and 6 “exotics” representing New York, Newport, Philadelphia and Parts Unknown (Bender). While all of the matches were curiously won in straight sets, almost every match was close and played to a level well past their “on paper” handicaps. The Prince’s Court players seemed to enjoy a home court advantage as the four semifinalists were Washington players. The top 2 seeds, Vu Hoang and Sara Lacombe took a page from the earlier in the morning Australian Open marathon final between Djokovic and Nadal with superlative play causing the spectators to “ooo” and “ahh” regularly. The first set went to five games all and Hoang managed to close out the set with seemingly laser guided “wall huggers” to Lacombe’s backhand corner. The second set was just as contentious even if the score does not necessarily indicate it. A very well played match on both sides and the sportsmanship displayed matched the level of play. Hoang def. Lacombe 6/5 6/2.
The plate Round Robin final was played earlier in the morning between New York’s Vincent Andrews, Washington’s John Saxe and the global Ambassador Peter Bender. Saxe employed a steady strategy all weekend of going down big early and then rallying back to win. The Sunday plate final held true to form as Bender had him down early by 4 or 5 games only to see Saxe rally late to win the plate title.
Speaking of Ambassadors, our Ambassador, Temple Grassi made his triumphant return to Prince’s Court after having knee replacement surgery earlier in the month. He was quite pleased with the high level of the matches and reports that he was sufficiently entertained waving his cane with excitement on multiple occasions.
The later matches were webcasted and you can click here to watch the archived match videos.
The shot of the tournament was by Haven Pell who, on the hazard end, hit a boast off of the tambour that one-hopped into the dedans. A world champion-esque shot!
Thank you to the USCTA and our Pros for holding such a wonderful event.
November 25, 2011 at 11:41 · Filed under Tournament
The top U.S. based professionals will battle it out at Prince’s Court for the National Open title December 2-4th.
Come see how the game is meant to be played! Matches start at 8am Friday and run throughout the weekend.
Call the Pro Shop for details at 703-556-8801.
Click here to see the draw.
September 26, 2011 at 11:08 · Filed under Report
Twelve members competed on Sunday for the ladies doubles club championship, The Princess Cup. With honorary entrant Beth Curren supporting the players from the dedans, the ladies displayed the blend of competition and comraderie which makes our club unique. The handicaps of the entrants ranged from 33 to 101!
In the final, Sara Lacombe & Leslie Willard defeated Cecilia Forbes & Genie Gordon in a barnburner 8/7. Congratulations to all of our ladies!! Well done.
September 13, 2011 at 11:02 · Filed under Uncategorized
The court is back up and running after the floor was patched and a new coat of paint was applied. Big thank you to Ivan, Phil and President Hughey for making this happen! Who says you can’t Zamboni a court tennis court??
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