President’s Cup: Region IV wins Men’s and Region I wins Women’s

2002 Men’s and Women’s Rankings

Flip Goodspeed and Scott Mansager captured the #1 spot in the Men's and Sue Aery and Gerri Viant were #1 in the Womens.

APTA approves term limits for Directors

APTA by-laws required that Directors be elected for a term of one year with no restriction on the number of terms served. At the Annual Meeting in May 2002 the Board amended the by-laws limiting the amount of time a person could serve to two three-year terms. In addition the revised by-laws stipulated that a past Director could not be re-elected until two years after the end of his/her last term.

Senior National Men’s 50+, 60+, & 70+

The events were held at Fox Meadow Tennis club in Scarsdale, NY. [click image at left to enlarge] Men's Senior 50+: Hodges-Irvine defeated Baird-Hayes 6-4,6-1 Men's Senior 60+: Graham-Opdycke defeated Holmes-Anderson 6-1, 7-6 Men's Senior 70+: Bascome-Leroy defeated Nelson-Piccoli 6-3, 6-3.

Senior National Women’s 40+, 50+, & 60+

Women's Senior 40+: Fulton-Prendergast defeated Aery-Viant 6-3, 6-3 Women's Senior 50+: Cash-Tucker defeated Hatch-Hummers 6-1, 6-1 Women's Senior 60+:Hatch-Hummers defeated Goldberg-Huber 6-4, 7-6

Mixed National Open & Senior Tournaments

Mixed Nationals: Milbank-Delaney defeated Hogan-Cosimano 7-5, 7-5 National Husband/Wife: Zink-Zink defeated Mangan-Mangan 6-4, 7-5 Senior Mixed 60+ Nationals: Buchmayr-Hatch defeated Goldman-Carpenter 6-1, 6-0 Mixed Masters 50+ Nationals: Bassett-Tucker defeated O'Donnell-O'Donnell 6-2, 6-0 National Senior Husband/Wife: O'Donnell-O'Donnell defeated Sturgis-Sturgis 6-2, 6-2

Player Profile: Patty Hogan

She says that she's 5' tall wearing new shoes on a good day. Stating that "size doesn't always matter," Patty Hogan is a six-time National Champion who has proven year after year that mental prowess is more important in platform tennis than physical size. Born 42 years ago in New Providence, New Jersey, Patty's early platform tennis mentors included Hank Irvine and Wendy Chase. Today, Patty is the mentor for hundreds of adults and juniors across the country. The achievements I'm most proud of are the 17 Junior National Champions I have taught to play our sport," Patty said. She added, "I am also extremely thankful to the Beacon Hill Club for giving me the freedom and flexibility I need to do my job to the best of my ability." Over the years, Patty has had record-breaking seasons with many of the best women to play the game. "My best season was the winter of 98'-99' when I played wi[...]

R. J. Reilly Jr, Inc. and Green Mountain Merge

Big news in the platform tennis court industry. R.J. Reilly Jr., Inc. and Green Mountain Platform Tennis have merged to form Reilly Green Mountain Platform Tennis. PTM carried the details: The merger brings together the industry's most experienced platform tennis court providers. R. J. Reilly Jr., Inc. was started over 40 years ago by Dick Reilly. His daughter Kathy and son Jim joined him full-time in 1985. R.J. Reilly invented the aluminum platform tennis court, which has become the standard court of the industry. They have built over 3,000 courts throughout the U.S. and the world and have long been devoted to contributing to the growth and development of the sport through innovations, educational materials and resources, as well as financial and material contributions. Chris Casiraghi, owner of Green Mountain Platform Tennis and now the president of Reilly Green Mountain Platform[...]

LIPTA donates $24,000 to charities after hosting 2002 Nationals

As the result of a very successful fund raising effort in connection with its conducting of the National Championships of platform tennis for men and women last March, the Long Island Platform Tennis Association was able to distribute $24,000 to three local charities. The beneficiaries were the Family and Children's Association, the Interfaith Nutrition Network, and Rotacare. Each received an $8,000 share of the contribution. "A large portion of the contributions came from the individual members of LIPTA who participate in the sport during the fall and winter seasons," indicated General Chairman Charles Vasoll. Several corporate sponsors enlisted by Director of Finance, Duane Hayden, also helped make the event a financial success. Leading that list was the AON Corporation. Other corporate sponsors deserving of mention were The Island Financial Group, First American Title Insurance [...]

Paddlepro.com. Paddle’s hotest new site

Westchester native Bob Considine teamed up with famed Chicago web designer Geoffrey Johnson (Lands End, JCrew) in late 2001 to create what was to become the hottest platform tennis web site of 2002 - paddlepro.com. Considine originally intended for the web site to simply be a value-added service to the men and women he taught paddle to; however, the Westchester Platform Tennis Association saw the in-progress site and requested to have their league/tournament information included. The Sound Shore Invitational soon after became the first tournament to register 100% of player entries through the web via credit card. Shortly after the WPTL signed on, members began requests for an online paddle store to purchase items such as balls, paddles, trophies, and team logo-printed clothing. "We will continue to expand the website as long as it is positively adopted by the paddle community and p[...]