The 2012 Mixed-Doubles season is nearly over and the Spring/Summer season is getting under way in Manhattan. The Manhattan Mixed-Doubles Playoff were held Saturday, March 3 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y., as the weather was nice and the players were able to go out on to the balcony while waiting…
In May 2011 at the age of 38, Debbie Persaud was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage IIIB breast cancer. She is a regulatory affairs manager (contractor) who works for Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson Company in Somerville, N.J. This article will share Debbie’s story on how the sport of tennis has helped her through…
The 2012 Winter Metro Corporate Tennis League came to an end in April. Many thanks to all 20 teams who took part in the 2012 Winter Season. In the Advanced Division finals, the team from the New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL) was victorious over Ernst & Young. NYJTL enjoyed a very successful run in…
The Winter Metro Corporate Tennis League season will feature 49 teams this year. This season, two new companies/teams, Opera Solutions and Blue Wolf Holdings, have joined in on the action. The following is a divisional breakdown: â–ºAdvanced Division: Seven teams â–ºAdvanced Intermediate Division: 17 teams â–ºIntermediate Division: 24 teams â–ºBeginner’s Clinic Program: One team The…
Experience the highly anticipated CityParks Corporate Tennis League with your co-workers, as it returns for another season to provide tennis to underprivileged youth beginning in April. The eight-week season begins Friday, April 26 and features weekly co-ed team tennis matches that are scheduled after work hours. Previous participants include co-ed teams from HBO, Deloitte, Marsh &…
Do you want to work on your singles game without impacting your USTA rating? Does your schedule make it difficult to play on a USTA League team? If so, the USTA Flex League may be for you. Flex Leagues allow you to play when it’s convenient for you. You decide the match day, time and…
I absolutely LOVE playing tennis! My mom was a club tennis champion in Baltimore in the 1930s, and she actually played tennis on the last day of her life at the age of 83. I learned the game at the age of 10 at a summer camp, and I’ve been playing socially ever since. According…
You’ve probably heard by now … the news is out. It’s all over the city’s public courts, from Central Park to Riverside Park, to my home courts in East River Park, or, as we call it, the East Village Country Club. I’m not a 5.0 on the National Tennis Rating Program’s (NTRP) scale anymore. If…
Tennis, over the last few years, has become more enjoyable for me since I stopped competing in tournaments and started playing in USTA league matches. Through tennis, I’ve met some amazing people with whom I’ve bonded and have become very good friends with. In 2011, I had a great deal of people approach me about…
2011 Fall Season winners crowned The 2011 Fall Metro Corporate Tennis League came to an end in December. In the Advanced Division, the New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL) team got past PwC in the first round of the playoffs to advance to the league finals where they defeated Credit Agricole to win the 2011…