Premier Cup held at Four Bridges CC in Cincinnati, OH

They came to the Four Bridges Country Club in Cincinnati from all over: Chicago, Toledo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Boston and Cincinnati. Sponsored by Premier Platform Tennis, Wilson Sporting Goods and Michelob Ultra, David Dodge (Premier) and promoter Jason Gray invited the top 16 men’s players to compete for a $5,500 purse at the 2006 Premier Cup.

“The best tournament of the year!”

“The highest level of play in the game today”

“I’m here to take home the cash.”

These were a few of the quotes offered by the players. An overwhelmed and enthusiastic Cincinnati audience had similar comments not suitable for printing.

After a Saturday round-robin featuring two four-team brackets, the top two teams in each paired off against the top two in the opposing bracket on Sunday morning semi-final play. Sunday saw David Keevins and Chris Gambino play against Mike Cochrane and Scott Estes in one semi and Mike Marino and Bill Fiedler play against Mike Stulac and Bill Anderson in the other.

With Estes/Cochrane and Marino/Fiedler prevailing in their semi match-ups, the finals demonstrated incredible talent from the game’s top players. In the end, Marino and Fiedler succeeded to take home the trophy, the cash and most importantly, the bragging rights into what is sure to be a very competitive 2006-07 platform tennis season.

Source: Platform Tennis Magazine, Vol.