Fox Meadow Hosts Men’s and Women’s Nationals, and President’s Cup

This was the last Men’s and Women’s Nationals hosted by the club. The Men’s was chaired by Jo Rogers and the Women’s by Roger Lankenau. The game had grown and now hosting the Nationals required access to facilities beyond the club’s capabilities.

Source: Platform Tennis News, Winter 1994, and Nationals Program

Besides the cheering for the participants, plaudits were heaped on those individuals who never took a paddle in hand all weekend, but without whom there would have been no tournament. Jo and Sally Rogers, in particular, were stalwarts in bringing off the event, ably assisted by a topnotch committee that included Bob and Ann Brown, Roger and Marilyn Lankenau, Jim and Brenda Borho, Joan Marie O’Connor, and literally dozens of other high-effort contributors. From the ladies who so graciously served up the food and spirits, to people like Brook Kindred who could be observed slicing turkey one minute and umpiring a semi-finals the next, to individuals like Fox Meadow president John Miller, who wielded a mean broom in sweeping the courts of water and snow so play could go on. It’s a true measure of the game of platform and the APTA National Championships that so many individuals contributed so much volunteer effort to make sure it was an exceptional and memorable experience for everyone

Source: Platform Tennis News, Spring 2004

Letter from Dick, Jim,and Kathy Reilly to FMTC Board

The Board of Directors
Fox Meadow Tennis Club
P.O. Box 219
Scarsdale, NY 10583

To all the wonderful people at Fox Meadow:

After basking in Sunday’s beautiful sun, Jim, Kathy and I would like to extend our warm, sunburned, and most happy feelings of gratitude to you for doing such a wonderful job of hosting this year’s Nationals.

Many of you contributed much talent and effort in preparing the food, the draw, housing, court usage, awards, and on and on. A few most unselfish individuals contributed a huge amount of time to make this such a successful and desirable major event.

It was encouraging to see such a relatively large and especially enthusiastic crowd. The play was outstanding. And the women had the biggest crowd ever for an excellent match. Even the rounds of 32, 16 and quarters on Saturday were well attended, as they much deserved to be.

You performed many firsts which is so healthy and appropriate for Fox Meadow, the “grand-daddy” of platform tennis.

Thanks so much.

Dick, Jim, and Kathy Reilly
Brewster, New York

Source: Platform Tennis News, Spring 1994