Albany Added to Region II

It had been unclear for several years where the lines were drawn in upstate New York between the current Region IV that encompassed the Rochester area, and Region I, which appeared to end someplace north of New York City.

At it’s May 17th meeting, the Board of Directors resolved the problem by deeding the unknown area to Region II. From testimony presented by Region II president Dan McCormick, it was determined that players in this area, particularly those in and about Albany (NY), were more comfortable traveling east to Vermont and Massachusetts for tournaments than coming downstate or heading west. Thus, a line was drawn north of Dutchess, Ulster and Sullivan counties and east of Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Chenango and Broome counties to define the southern and western boundaries of Region II in New York State.

This left areas such as Syracuse in Region IV, but placed Utica and Binghamton, as well as Albany, in Region II.

Source: Platform Tennis News, Fall 1991