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USCTA<br />
Burke Cup. Gary Multer, Jimmy Burke, Bill Connors and Lucas Walsh.<br />
photo by Jeremy Wintersteen<br />
Page 30<br />
the fall due to a<br />
leaky roof.<br />
A visiting<br />
<strong>tennis</strong> tour from<br />
Newcastle University<br />
in England<br />
came by the Club<br />
over the winter<br />
and had good<br />
matches amongst<br />
T&R members.<br />
One of the highlights of the year was the T&R’s inaugural<br />
Winter League. Four teams of 8-10 players competed in<br />
weekly doubles matches. Gary Multer’s Better than Second<br />
team played solid <strong>tennis</strong> throughout and was victorious in<br />
the end, taking the Champions Cup. Thanks to Camden<br />
for organizing and marking the matches and to the Winter<br />
League Captains (Ken Forton, Gary Multer, Lucas Walsh,<br />
and Jen Winthrop) for their efforts throughout the season.<br />
The T&R National League Team of Jimmy, Camden,<br />
and Josh Bainton played well throughout the season.<br />
Jimmy and Camden had a great home win over Philadelphia<br />
in Boston to help get into the final. Camden and<br />
Josh split the singles in the final in New York, but the Evil<br />
Empire was too strong in the doubles and prevailed for the<br />
National League title. The T&R hosted Charlotte Cornwallis<br />
again in the spring for an exhibition match against<br />
Camden. In a World Champion vs. World #2, Billie Jean<br />
King vs. Bobby Riggs match, Camden prevailed in an exciting<br />
match enjoyed by a good number of T&R members<br />
and guests. In other news, the T&R was sad to see T&R<br />
member Tim Chisholm leave the Hub as he and his family<br />
moved to Wisconsin. It was great having Tim play and<br />
practice at the Club and many enjoyed his clinics and<br />
watching him compete.<br />
At season’s end, approximately 133 T&R players had<br />
an RTO handicap. Many thanks to Head Professional<br />
Jimmy Burke and Assistant Professional Camden Riviere<br />
for all their efforts, camaraderie, and great instruction. Although<br />
getting <strong>court</strong> time was more difficult, it was (and<br />
is) a good problem to have! Additional thanks to Club<br />
Manager Tom Dobbins and Finance Manager & Masseuse<br />
Janice Pearson for all their help. Thanks also to the<br />
members of the T&R’s Tennis Committee: Dick Brickley,<br />
Jimmy Burke, Arthur Drane, Shawn Herlihy Mike McElroy,<br />
Gary Multer, and Camden Riviere and all the T&R<br />
members who volunteered their time, resources, and efforts<br />
towards <strong>tennis</strong> at the T&R. Dick, Arthur, Mike, and Jeremy<br />
served on the USCTA Board with Dick as Secretary, Mike<br />
as at-large, and Jeremy and Arthur as Club Representatives.<br />
T&R Club Champions<br />
Singles – Matt Porter<br />
Doubles – George Bell & Jeremy Wintersteen<br />
B – Preston Quick<br />
C – Bill Connors<br />
D – Ken Forton<br />
Handicap – Tim Friend<br />
Most Improved Player – Alex Spence<br />
Winter League – Better than 2nd: Sue Butler,<br />
Bill Connors, Helen Grassi, Jeff Horine, Jonathan<br />
Kondracki, Gary Multer (captain), Nancy Multer,<br />
Suzy Schwartz, Phil Stockton<br />
Philadelphia (1907)<br />
The Racquet Club<br />
By Andrew W. Purcell<br />
There was a generous amount of play at The Racquet club<br />
of Philadelphia during the 2008-2009 season. In addition<br />
to several USCTA events, the club continues to host an<br />
extremely active internal schedule that caters to the active<br />
personalities of our membership that love our sacred game.<br />
The athletic membership has continued to experience<br />
pleasant growth that includes active and eager participation<br />
on the <strong>court</strong> <strong>tennis</strong> <strong>court</strong>.<br />
Opening things off was the tremendously successful<br />
Jimmy Dunn. The event was at capacity and had six divisions<br />
consisting of seventy players. “A” champions - PJ<br />
Yeatman and Jeremy Wintersteen — demonstrated some of<br />
the excellent play, in addition to “C” champions Jack Graham<br />
and John Noel and “Open” champions Rob Whitehouse<br />
and Barney Tanfield. The Jimmy Dunn dinner dance<br />
coincided with the USCTA annual meeting and the Racquet<br />
Club was fortunate enough to also host the USCTA<br />
annual dinner and auction. Both events were very popular,<br />
and thanks are owed to a fantastic staff and entertainment<br />
committee. Philadelphia remains a destination of choice in<br />
late November.<br />
The rich history of junior play and hospitality in<br />
Philadelphia makes it a great location for the Parent Child,<br />
which Philadelphia has been lucky to host dozens of times<br />
in the last several decades. This year’s event was held<br />
in mid December under a blanket of snow and ice that<br />
draped the East Coast. Unfortunately, the weather contributed<br />
to some last minute snafus but nevertheless we fielded<br />
a nice contingent of teams. Congratulations to the all the
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