APTA Annual Meeting highlights significant progress

Minutes from the APTA’s 1972 Annual Meeting noted recent articles in American Home, Town & Country, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Minutes from the APTA’s 1972 Annual Meeting noted recent articles in American Home, Town & Country, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
APTA Minutes Annual Meeting Oct 30 1972
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APTA Minutes Annual Meeting Oct 30 1972

The Princeton Club in New York City played host to the 1972 Annual Meeting, with 132 people in attendance.

President Peter Thistle reported on the escalating growth of the sport; the increasing tournament activity; the establishment of the Equipment Committee to ensure uniform playing conditions for the game, and the success of the new initiative to include individual membership in the APTA.

Dues and selling plans and specifications for courts provided most of the total income of $14,274.74 and contributed to a healthy profit of $7,722.37. The net worth of the APTA now stood at $19,267.27

Secretary Robert A. Brown provided a detailed account of the activities of the Secretary’s Office – answering requests for literature and information on the game, providing plans and specifications for courts (at a price of $30), and a summary of how these requests had grown over the past three years from 60 to 191.

He commented on the “unprecedented number of articles on the game” and how the number of tournaments kept growing (29 in 1971).

Brown also reported: “in a discussion with Barr Rubber Company, the only manufacturer of balls, we were advised that this year’s production and sales of balls will be 35% over last year.” This was following a 100% increase over the previous year.

Source: “Minutes of the Annual Meeting,” The APTA Paddle Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 1