President’s Cup: Region V captures both Men’s and Women’s

March 10th was the day and Chicago was the place that kicked off the year’s most exciting week for platform tennis… the 2011 APTA National Championships. The Glenview Club, located in Chicago’s northern suburbs, was well-prepared to be the host site for the week-long paddle festivities.

Under Nationals Chairmanship of Shannon Vinson, Matt Garavaglia and John Noble, qualifying members for the 2011 President’s Cup began play on Thursday morning. For the first time, all seven regions fielded both Men’s and Women’s teams.

Defending champions, Men’s Region V (Illinois, Michigan and the Midwest) and Women’s Region I (Eastern New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) were looking to repeat last year’s performances.

Region V Men repeated their 2010 performance in capturing the President’s Cup and Region V Women won their Cup in front of their hometown crowd.