Oliver Sajous, our 2007 winner

Our 26th Annual BTC Clay Court will be held June 6-8. Events include Mens Open singles, Mens B singles, Womens singles, Mens Doubles & Mixed doubles. All entrants receive a t-shirt, and pizza is served on Saturday courtesy of Dominoes. Consolation matches for 1st round losers.

The Mens singles and doubles winner will receive a wildcard into the qualier of the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, a $50,000 USTA event, to be held August 2 & 3 at Recreation Park. The BTC Clay Court is our marquee tournament of the year. Everyone who plays enjoys themselves.  Come enjoy your clay courts and new sprinkler system.

To enter online click here. Entry blanks are also available at the desk. If you are a club member and enter online, you do not have to use Pay Pal for payment. You may send us a check or pay the desk next time you stop by. Entry deadline is Tuesday, June 3.

  Click here to access the USTA tournament link for draws and start times. Call 722-3491 if you have any questions. Members are encouraged to play! This is always a fun event.

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The Binghamton Tennis Center would like to announce their “Tennis Fit for Life Campaign”. This campaign is geared towards attracting new players to the game as well as giving former players a reason to get back on the court. Emphasis will be on fitness, fun & family through tennis. Our Fit for Life Campaign will also focus on giving existing players more tennis/fitness options through Cardio Tennis and summer camps. 

To kick off the campaign, BTC will offer three (3) FREE beginner clinics on the following dates:

 ·        Saturday May 3, 10 & 17      12-1pm

 These clinics are open to kids and adults and will cover the basics of tennis. For those wishing to continue, our Tennis F.I.T. for Life Campaign will get you playing in no time. Our introductory low priced group lessons start June 3.  We will use the USTA’s innovative Quickstart tennis program which has revolutionized how to learn the game of tennis. Featuring “spinner” and pressureless tennis balls, modified court length and emphasis on fitness and fun, Quickstart tennis programs get participants learning how to play almost immediately! 

Group lessons begin June 3

4 weeks 1 ½ hours per session          $50 Class Offerings:

Tuesday & Thursday 6-7:30 pm  7:30-9pm   To sign up for beginner clinics or group lessons, please call 722-3491 or e-mail BTC@tennisctr.com

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Dan & Malvenia Sambursky. Their child, Issac Alexander was delivered on Tuesday!Way to schedule around the pro am finalists: Jeff Conklin & Jordy Asher winners: Karl Kuehn & Kris Shumway.   

Our 5th Annual Gennett/Sambursly Mens Pro-Am took place Saturday, February 23 and once again was a great success. Amatuers did an admirable job tried to not show up their pros too bad. Our pros came up with their usual array of touch shots, deft volleys and between the leg winners.

In the end, Kris Shumway & Karl Keuhn prevailed in the finals over Jordy Asher & Jeff Conklin 10-8 in a super tiebreak. The tennis was a lot of fun, and spectators and players alike all had a good time. Karl Kuehn broke Parker Gennett’s 4 year amateur winning streak, thus avoiding sending Paker up to the pro ranks by virture of our newly drafted 5 year in a row rule. It might have helped that due to a plane delay, Parker could not participate this year!

We would like to thank or sponsors Dan Sambursky & Parker Gennett. We all appreciate their generosity.

                      Pros

Jed Murray     Kevin vanDersommen    Shawn James

Kris Shumway   Billy Mendler     Jordan Smith

Michael Starke  Collin Crawford  Clark Crawford

Jordy Asher  Lucas Coene   Rick Heichemer 

                           Amatuers

Karl Keuhn   Jeff Conklin   Tim Saunders

Bill Mirch   Bob Batdorf  Dan Sambursky  

Mike Muskok Sr  Mike Musok Jr  Mike Clark

Pat Clas  Shri Santosh  Stu Post

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Binghamton Tennis Center  hosted a USTA Recreational Coaches Workshop Saturday, March 8 from 10:30 am-5 pm. 24 people signed up from around upstate NY, and 20 braved the weather and wer rewarded for their efforts. The workshop covered modern basic & advanced teaching techniques, coaching, use of spinner and pressureless tennis balls, and quick start tennis, the latest in beginner teaching concepts. We  also covered some  some great drills. 

The clinic was run by Jack & Judith Curry, master clinicians and everyone in attendance was impressed and gained much from the clinic. We plan to run host this workshop yearly, and hope to get more elementary and middle school gym teachers,  who may wish to run tennis programs as a part of their curriculum. Many thanks to all of you who attended. Was a great time.

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Dave & Colleen Hanzes  

Our 2nd Annual CVS/Leonard & Cummings Womens Pro Am will take place Saturday, May 10. The Pro-am will include 12 amatuers and 12 pros competing in a round robin format. The pros will compete for $500 in prize money while our amatuers will compete for prizes and bragging rights.

Cost is $40/player and includes hor’duerves, tennis and prizes. Sign-up is limited to the 10 female amatuers on  a first come first serve basis. We would like to thank our sponsors, Dave & Colleen Hanzes of CVS pharmacy and Patricia Cummings of Leonard & Cummings Law firm  

Last years CVS/Molly Fitzgerald Pro-Am was the first womens pro am we had run in years, and was a great success. We really look forward to this years event. Sign up will begin next month.

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