George Peck went undefeated on his court for the third time this season. He improved to 10-3 (76.92%) for the year and is currently in fourth place overall. Yiran Liu stepped up in class and went 3-1 on his 5-player court with Evan Webeler, Rex Cabrera, Greg Carr and Scott Vaaler. Liu is now 12-3 (80.00%) and in third place. Tyler Fraser went 4-0 on his court, moving to 14-5 (73.68%) and sixth place. Players going undefeated on courts were: Doug Jones, Tyler Fraser, Cory Ingle, George Peck, Jamie Jamison, Mary Ucci, Wil Lofgren, Olivia Capannari, Scott Vaaler and Richard Canelas. Click for updated standings or full week #5 results.
Participation: The league welcomed four new players this week: Pete Sullivan, Perin Goodman, Anne Conway and Mike Conway. Participation was at the highest level so far this year with 18 courts and 80 sets played.
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Good luck to Platform Tennis League participant Rob Bakker as he plays in this weekend's APTA Grand Prix tournament in Fairfield, CT. The Patterson Club Open is the first Grand Prix event of the season. Grand Prix events are national ranking tournaments with elevated points (similar to tennis grand slams). Cincinnati's Midwesterns is also an APTA Grand Prix tourney. Bakker, who has been ranked as high as #4 nationally in the past couple of years (with Flip Goodspeed), is partnering with Chicago's Ben McKnight for the event. Live Scoring: Click APTA Live Scoring to see draws and scores as they happen. Live Streaming: Click APTA Live Streaming, then the Live Streaming button and "LIVE" buttons to watch the game's best players compete in the Patterson Club Open this Saturday & Sunday. Scott Kiker went 6-1 in two sessions, improving to 8-2 (80%) for the season. Kiker, last year's "Ironman," is now in sixth place in the overall standings. Players going undefeated on courts were: Will Lofgren, Scott McIntosh, Doug Jones, Scott Kiker, Bob Kooris, Eric Toth and Dave Necessary. The league welcomed first time participants Aleksas Juskys, Jenny Auda, Mark Snyder and Ted Plattenburg. Click for complete Week #4 results or the updated standings.
Participation: Play picked up this week with 18 courts, 68 sets played and 80 total session participants. Yiran Liu went 3-0 to improve his season record to 6-1 (85.71%) and is now in 6th place in the standings. Matt Allare went 4-0 on his 5-player court and is now 9-3 (75.00%) and in 7th. Wil Lofgren played two sessions and went 6-1, improving to 8-3 (72.73%) tied for 15th place at the moment. The league welcomed newcomers Marcie Cohen, Jonah Ebenhoeh, Jim Friedman and Steve Noe. Click standings or week #3 court results for more.
George Peck is now 6-0 for the season and has taken the early season lead in the standings. Peck went 3-0 on his court with Mark Gall, Todd Wise and Amy Wolber. Click for updated standings. Players going undefeated on courts this week were: Peck, Tyler Fraser, Kyle Wilkins and Peter Guggenheim. Click for complete week #2 court results.
The Platform Tennis League has welcomed fifteen first time participants in weeks 1 & 2: Tim Traut, Martha Capannari, Sam Chasnoff, Bill Moore, Jamie Jamison, Mark Gall, Pam Whitehead, Scott Green, Ed Hallahan, Brian Faig, Olivia Capannari, Peter Guggenheim, Adrian Isache, Mark Morse & Colin Warren.
Tuesday night a "Mini" A/B Tournament was held in preparation for the main event this Thursday. Matt Allare and Bill Boughton won their round robin group and then defeated Bob Kooris and Todd Wise 12-10 in a super tiebreaker for the overall championship. Results:
The 2016-17 Fall/Winter Session will again be played on Thursday nights. The first league night is September 15. It will consist of 26 weeks of play. This year, there will be a 15-week first session includes our annual A/B Tournament. Session 31 ends December 29. The second session will be eleven weeks and run from January 5 through March 16. Players must register & pay by August 15 to be guaranteed a spot. Session #1 details and sign up. Our third summer season will conclude with our A/B Tournament on Thursday night, July 28. The commitment is from 6:00 to 10:00 that evening. The event is open to players who did not participate in summer league play. Summer league regulars are free. All others pay $25. For more details click the appropriate button below:
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