Prince’s Court welcomed players from Boston (Connors & Stockton), New York (Ziatyk), and from parts unknown (Bender) to the USCTA Level Championships for players with a handicap of 40-49, The Burke Cup. It became quite clear from the first match of the tournament that William Connors (affectionately dubbed “The Boston Strong Boy” by Temple) routed a travel-weary Mike Ziatyk and sent notice to the rest of the field that he was on a mission and would not be denied. The question was, who would have the game to stop him? Through many highly competitive matches over the course of the weekend, a challenger emerged, a Prince’s Court dark horse by the name of Greg Lysko. Read the rest of this entry »
A.B. Martin (left) hitting “the first ball” at the reopening of the Newport Court in 1979. Also pictured are (LtoR): Clarry Pell, Richard Stockton and Lord Aberdare.
By James Zug
Alastair Bradley Martin, one of the greatest amateur court tennis players of the twentieth century and a leader in both court tennis and lawn tennis, died on 12 January 2010. He was ninety-four.
Blond-haired, shy and energetic, A.B. Martin (he preferred A.B. to Alastair) was raised on the North Shore of Long Island. He first learned court tennis in the late 1930s from the legendary Punch Fairs, the English pro and former world champion. Fairs taught Martin the game at the Clarence Mackay court in Roslyn. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Hufford fought off three match points and a spirited effort by “underdog-on-paper” Jim Zug last weekend to win the Price Cup 6/4 3/6 6/5. Perhaps we can appeal to Mr. Zug’s loquacious side and get him to submit an eyewitness account?!?
Thank you very much for the Price Family for hosting this wonderful tournament!
The Price family are kindly hosting the honorable Price Cup this weekend at Prince’s Court. The Price Cup is a Prince’s Court members only tournament for players handicap 20-40. This is a level tournament and is a good test for these players to see how they stack up against their peers in the club. Come check it out! The field has been set and the schedule is as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Temple Grassi, “the Amabassador”, presided over an on-court ceremony last week in which new Prince’s Court member Hakan Lonaeus was crowned the Court Tennis Champion of Sweden. However upon hearing that this event occured, Radley Head Professional (and father of our beloved Ivan), Chris Ronaldson, has placed an objection via the Real Tennis Online Open Forum, stating that he believes he has a Swedish member there that could handily dispatch Hakan. The challenge has been issued, the trash talking has begun…click here to follow the developments.
Washington battled New England for a second straight year in the Whitney Cup Final on Sunday. Haven Pell and Robin Martin got the team off to a promising start with a dramatic 6-5 third set victory over the talented N.E. team of Jonathan Pardee and Alex Walsh. However, N.E.’s Herlihy and Horine countered with a rollercoaster 6/1 2/6 6/1 win over Carey/K. Motz to level the contest at one match all. Read the rest of this entry »
The H.D.S. Boenning Award for Sportsmanship was given to Rich Moroscak at the USCTA Annual Dinner in New York this past weekend. It was the first time a Washington player has won the award. Well done , Rich!
