Junior Nationals

The event was held at the New Canaan Field Club with major sponsorship from Viking Athletics, Green Mountain Platform Tennis Company, and the New Jersey Women’s Paddle League, and drew 80 players in four divisions.

For the first time, a 10-under division was added and boys and girls were allowed to enter as teammates, instead of holding separate events for each.

There were many familiar sounding names in the tournament prompting Robin Rich Fulton, the events chair to comment:

“It seems like the next generation of players is going to include a lot of legacies from our times, with names like Slonaker, Marold, Stefanik, Adams, Tucker, Cash, Jones … the list goes on and on. The dads and moms who have made their mark on the game and passed on those forehand genes to their kids should be especially proud that they’re jumping in to carry the torch.”

Source: Platform Tennis News, Winter 1997