Flight One: Pierce Gains Ground with 6-0 NightBrad Pierce made a big move in the standings by playing both time slots and winning all six of his sets. Pierce, a 2x city champion (Hertzel Cup), improved to 22-14 (61.11%) for the year. Eric Toth was also undefeated for the evening, 3-0. Click for complete flight one results. Flight Two: Gamblin Goes 3-0 to Climb Out of CellarLawrence Gamblin upped his season win total to nine with three wins on a court with Bret Bruder, Andy Heldman and Bart Fitzpatrick. With the wins, Gamblin improved his winning percentage to 30% and is no longer at the bottom of the standings. Click for complete flight two results.
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Flight One: Cabrera, Decurtins Move Up With Perfect NightsFour flight one players went 3-0 for the night. Rex Cabrera and Brett Decurtins made the biggest advances in the standings. Cabrera climbed above .500 for the season and is now 14-13 (51.85%), while Decurtins improved to 8-9 (47.06%) within the flight. Doug Jones 38-5 (88.37%) and Eric Toth 23-5 (82.14%) inched closer to the top with 3-0 nights as well. Week 15 pitted players close in the standings against each other. Click for the complete flight one results. Flight Two: Montgomery Wins 3 on Top Court, Getgey DebutsDave Montgomery went 3-0 on a court featuring several of the flight two leaders. Montgomery improved to 19-12 (61.29%) and is now in second place among players who have played multiple times. He made up ground on flight leader Kevin McClorey, now 12-5 (70.59%), who went 1-2 on the court. Mike Herrel and Mary Zimmerman also went 1-2 on the court. Jim Getgey went 3-1 in his Platform Tennis league debut. Getgey took over the top spot in the standings, but is unlikely to qualify for the title as he needs to play 12 times with just 10 more weeks to play. Scott Vaaler went 4-0 and was the only other flight two player to go undefeated. The PT League also welcomed guest Neil Sterba, a Cleveland paddle tennis player. Sterba went 2-2 on his court. Click for complete flight two results.
Flight One: Boughton 4-0, Randall 3-0, Standings TightenBill Boughton moved up to flight one with an impressive 4-0 night. His court included Rex Cabrera, Dale Dobnicker, Mike Lint and Anthony Palmenter. JR Randall was the only other undefeated flight one player. He went 3-0 on his court at Losantiville. The standings tightened as the top players all lost at least once. Rob Bakker maintained his standings lead despite dropping a set. Eric Toth and Scott Triplett both inched up in the standings. Each went 3-1 on a court with Brad Pierce, Doug Jones and Matt Allare. Click for full flight one results. Flight Two: Keating and Vaaler Make MovesBen Keating reached the .500 mark with an impressive 6-1 night. Keating is now 13-13 for the season. Scott Vaaler also dramatically improved his win percentage with a 5-1 night. Vaaler is now 18-31, 36.73%. Flight Two welcomed John Van Lokeren, a tennis pro at Queen City Racquet Club, to the league. He went 1-2 on a court with Doug Jones, Mary Zimmerman and Greg Carr. Click for full flight two results.
Going forward for the rest of the 2014-15 season, there will be two large flights instead of three. The results from Flight Three matches were incorporated into the new Flight Two standings.
Several Flight Two players qualified to move up to Flight One. This is reflected in the Flight Two standings - the players below the solid line are now full time Flight One players. This means they will predominately play Flight One matches. As before, there will still be commingling and the schedule will indicate in which flight the results will be recorded. Typically, if at least two players from the higher flight participate, the match is recorded in the higher flight. Click to view the new flights and standings. This is the way the flights will remain until the end of the season. Major awards will be given to the winner of each flight. To qualify for flight titles, players must play at least 13 total sessions within the flight by the end of the season. An exemption for players moving up to Flight One - these players only have to play a total of 7 sessions within Flight One. Keep in mind the 26th week is the A/B Tournament and will not count in the season standings. There will be no league matches the next two weeks due to holidays. We will resume league play on Thursday, January 8. This will be week number 14, thus there will be 13 weeks remaining.
Flight One: Todd Makes Move in Standings with 6-0 NightMichael Todd improved his record to 17-8 (68%) with a 6-0 night. He won all three on his 6:00 court with Dan Mott, Rex Cabrera and guest Bob Stratton (Atlanta). In his 8:00 session, he won a tiebreaker and a couple of 6-4 sets with Fabian Schmahl, Thorsten Knobloch and Gene Kennedy. Stratton, in town from Atlanta, made his league debut going 3-4 in two sessions. Pete Tarnowski also played for the first time this season. He was also 3-4 in two sessions. Doug Jones, 7-0, and Eric Toth, 3-0, were undefeated for the night. Click for full Flight One results. Flight Two: Rudell, Turner, Herrel All 3-0Barry Rudell, Chuck Turner and Mike Herrel each went undefeated for the evening. Marc Pretorius made his season debut going 2-1 on a court with Steve Rafalo, Kyle Wilkins and Scott Vaaler. Andy Taylor also made his PT League debut, going 1-2 on his court. Click for full Flight Two results.
Flight One: Roman Takes Lead, Bakker Streak Snapped at 22Jeff Roman remained unbeaten for the season (7-0). Playing for the second time this season, Roman won all three on a court with Brian Brockhoff, Pat Gilligan and Vince Prop. In other action, Rob Bakker's 22-set winning streak ended as he partnered with Evan Webeler against Doug Jones and Eric Toth. The 7-5 set was tight the whole way and lasted over an hour. Bakker went 3-0 on his later court and is now 15-1 (93.75%) for the season. He trails only Roman in the standings. Click for complete Flight One results. Flight Two: Boughton 3-0, Newmans DebutBill Boughton went 3-0 to improve his season record to 19-6 in Flight Two. He inched closer to flight leader John Fovel and now trails him by less than one percentage point. Larry and Zach Newman both made their Platform Tennis League debuts. Each went 2-1 on a court that included Jim Stutz and Kyle Wilkins. Click for complete Flight Two results. Flight Three: Bruder 3-0, Takes Lead in StandingsBret Bruder went 3-0 to move to the top of the Flight Three standings. Bruder is now 10-5 in Flight Three matches and took over the lead from flight regular Chuck Turner, who went 1-2 on the same court. Click for Flight Three results.
Flight One: Spencer Returns, Jones & Toth 3-0Returning from injury, Bob Spencer made his season debut. He was 2-1 on a court with Gene Kennedy, Anthony Palmenter and Bill Boughthon. Doug Jones and Eric Toth each went 3-0 and maintained their positions near the top of the standings. Click for full Flight One results. Flight Two: No Perfect Scores, Fovel Keeps LeadNobody went undefeated on any of the five Flight Two courts. John Fovel participated in two sessions and went 6-2 to maintain his lead at the top of the standings (30-9, 76.92%). Seven Flight Two players played two sessions, so there was some movement in the standings. Click for full Flight Two results. Flight Three: Turner Goes 3-0 and Takes Lead in StandingsChuck Turner was undefeated for the night and improved his season record to 14-7, 66.67%. That moved him into the Flight Three lead as he only trails higher level players who have played down a flight. Click for full Flight Three results.
Flight One: Bakker New Streak Leader, Michael Todd DebutsRob Bakker extended his league winning streak to 22, ending Doug Jones' 54-set streak (36 in flight one) in the process (Bakker/Shiels d. Jones/Todd 6-1). Bakker also took the lead in the standings, improving his season record to 10-0. Bakker is currently ranked 3rd nationally with partner Flip Goodspeed (APTA rankings). Cincinnati Paddle Tennis welcomed back Michael Todd from Connecticut as he made his Platform Tennis League debut. Todd, a two-time city champion, played both sessions and went 4-3 for the night. Click for full Flight One results. Flight Two: Fovel Maintains Lead, Spray Moves UpJohn Fovel went 2-1 on his court to maintain his spot at the top of the Flight Two standings (trails only a couple of Flight One players who filled in). Fovel is 24-7 on the season with a winning percentage of 77.42%. Steve Spray improved in the standings with a 3-1 night. He is now 8-3 in Flight Two matches with a winning percentage of 72.73%. Ben Keating also went 3-0 on a court for the first time. He played both sessions and was 4-2 for the evening. Click for full Flight Two results. Reminder: No PT League Next Week (Thanksgiving)The Platform Tennis League will take a one-week break for Thanksgiving. The next scheduled league night is Thursday, December 4. We will also be off on Christmas and New Years Day.
Flight One: Busy Night Interrupted by Light MalfunctionA busy night in flight one was interrupted by a blown fuse box at Glendale. Despite the malfunction three courts were able to complete play & one managed partial results. Doug Jones remained unbeaten for the season, going 2-0 on a court with Eric Toth, Scott Triplett and Evan Webeler. Dating back to last year, Jones has now won a total of 50 consecutive sets in the league (35 in flight one). The streak will be tested next week as flight leaders will square off against each other. Evan Webeler played two sessions and went 4-1 for the night. Scott Boster, Vince Prop, Brad Pierce, Dan Mott and Thorsten Knobloch also had winning records for the evening. Click for full flight one results. Flight Two: White 4-0, J. Heldman, Rafalo, Boughton, Jordan 3-1Luke White and Ben Hall each participated for the first time this season. White, usually a flight one player, went 4-0 on his court. Jim Heldman, Andrew Jordan, Steve Rafalo and Bill Boughton each went 3-1 on other courts. There were no flight three matches scheduled. Click for full flight two results. Next Week: Pairings by Place in StandingsNext week is week #10. Every fifth week, I try to group as many people as possible based off current positions in the standings. Please try to be as flexible as possible with your time slot requests, as this will aid my efforts.
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