Aluminum decks at two courts
 
								
							
Platform Tennis Purists Disdain Fashion
New York Times Nov 26 1972. The article mentions the Bowen court
Source: The APTA Paddle Newsletter – Annual Meeting, November 1970, personal communication from Richard J. Reilly.
					New York Times Nov 26 1972. The article mentions the Bowen court
Source: The APTA Paddle Newsletter – Annual Meeting, November 1970, personal communication from Richard J. Reilly.
Kim Kimberly and Tad Bowen installed the new aluminum decks pioneered by Richard Reilly of R. J. Reilly, Inc. that were the first installations of what has become the modern standard. They were built in the Wilton & New Canaan, CT area.
 
				 
				 
			
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