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Sports Illustrated faces in the Crowd - Nicki Ross & Corey Delaney

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED & SI.com
MARCH 15, 2010 ISSUE

APTA Junior National 18 & Under Girls Champions Corey Delaney and Nicki Ross are listed in this month's Faces in the Crowd column in Sports Illustrated. Corey and Nicki defeated Margaret Souther and Rachel Whitney in their 2010 APTA Junior Nationals final held in New Canaan, CT on January 30. The final was a repeat of 2009, when they also won the 18 & Under Girls title. The team won the 14 & Under title in 2008 and the 12 & Under title in 2006. Having amassed 4 national titles so far, it's no wonder they have been picked up by SI. Story at SI.com

Ocean Pines Welcomes Impromptu Exhibition

DELMARVANOW.COM
OCTOBER 13, 2009

Chip Morrow, Tim McAvoy and friends went to Rehoboth Beach this year on vacation, where Morrow reached out to the folks at Ocean Pines and arranged an exhibition/playing event with his group of 14 and a local group of approximately 60 players.

According to McAvoy, "The weather was perfect and all four courts (ground level asphalt/concrete) were busy as we played a 20 minute exhibition and then had two of our team rotate on each court with two folks from Ocean Pines. The enthusiasm was incredible and we played from 5:00-7:00...and as Betty said in the article, the time flew by. The folks from Ocean Pines were so appreciative, it was just fantastic."

The local press, DelmarvaNow.com picked up the story. (Article no longer available.)

Tourney scores an ace

WELLAND TRIBUNE
MARCH 31, 2009

The Tribune covers the first Premier Cup Canada tournament and the Fonthill Platform Tennis Club. (Article no longer available.) 

Tennis in the Snow

DAILY HERALD ON-LINE
MARCH 2, 2009
CHICAGO SUBURBS, IL

Jonathan Malm of Glenview, IL narrates a video about the sport of platform tennis and the Winnetka Platform Tennis Club, at the Winnetka, IL Park District courts. The beautifully edited video features, close-ups, slow motion and a good description of the sport. Video

Paddle Shack

BETSY NOXON, NORTH SHORE MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY, 2009

Sunset Ridge Country Club (Northfield, IL) member Betsy Noxon writes about her introduction to platform tennis in the February 2009 issue of North Shore Magazine. She had the fortune to get her start on the court with Sunset Ridge's pro Peter Berka - PPTA professional and accomplished top tier men's player.

"When the sun is down and the snow has frosted the ground, you'll see elegantly fit men and women from their 20s into their 60s in shorts, sweats, Under Armour, fleece half-zip pullovers, vests, and maybe hats, peeling off layers of sportswear as they work up a sweat chasing a lime-green ball around with a paddle under the lights of a paddle-tennis court — and then warming up and chatting over beer, sodas and pizzas in the paddle hut." Full Article

Resident Elected to Hall of Fame

THE GARDEN CITY NEWS ONLINE
JANUARY 30, 2009

The Garden City News Online covers the induction of Sharon Hummers and Winnie Hatch into the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame.

"A tennis player friend, Carol Konnor, who had a court erected at her home in Garden City, introduced Sharon Hummers to platform tennis in the late 1970's. She became addicted to the sport after watching an exhibition at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills." Full Article

Tennis Spawns Variations on a Theme

NY TIMES, DECEMBER 27, 2008

Ann Sheedy describes the sport of platform tennis to New York Times reporter Christopher Clarey. Full Article

TV Jersey Posts a Platform Tennis Video Article

OCOBER 16, 2008

Take a look at the platform tennis video from the Star-Ledger, posted on their TVJersey Channel on YouTube. More

Platform tennis players think inside the box

DAVID WALDSTEIN, THE STAR-LEDGER
NEW JERSEY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008 

"For most of the racket-wielding world, the first fallen leaf of autumn is a signal to pack away the sunscreen and retreat to the halogen-lit refuge of indoor courts."

"But for a growing stratum of a cultish group of athletes who, each fall, happily exchange strings for foam core paddles, the annual dip in temperature is a time to rejoice and make the yearly migration over to the aluminum courts and chicken-wire walls of platform tennis."

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Paddle tennis: Gen X loves it — are you up for a game?

RACHEL M. COLLINS
SEACOASTONLINE.COM
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

"Greg Campbell has been playing paddle tennis since he was 16 years old."

"The 50-year-old York, Maine, resident is such an avid enthusiast, in fact, that over the years he has routinely driven more than an hour away to a club in Massachusetts to play in a paddle tennis league."

"It is no surprise then that he and his family were one of the first to step up this past winter when a group in York pulled together the financing to build a paddle tennis court in a rural part of town."

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Youth will not be served here

MAYA KREMEN, THE RECORD
HACKENSACK, NJ
NOVEMBER 24, 2007

"The air was full of chill on Friday, but it was also full of love. "

"This being a tennis game, the air was also full of whizzing balls, "ahhhs!" "beautifulllls!" and the occasional (insert sound of frustrated player throwing racket to the ground here). "

"Seven duos from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and beyond braved the cold (and four platform tennis tournaments. The game had only one requirement: Partners' ages had to add up to more than 125. "

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