Open this post to find the link for the first Binghamton USTA Newsletter.  If you have an email in your USTA registration and you are registered for a team in 2007, you should be receiving future newsletters by email, but I will continue to post them here also.  Just click on the following link:  http://www.tennisctr.com/ds/Binghamton%20USTA%20NewsletterVol1_files/Number%201.htm

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Binghamton’s Super Senior Women’s 6.0 team traveled to New Jersey over the September 8-10 weekend to compete in the USTA/Eastern Sectional Championships at Van Saun Park in Paramus. They are, from left: Alison Cosham, Arline Kutz, Genet Meers, Betty Carruthers (captain), Marilyn Stine, and Mini Daub. The team beat Westchester, but lost to New Jersey and Long Island. The team lead the field in fewest games lost, losing only 80 games in their three matches. The winning team, Long Island, lost 83 games total.

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Binghamton has teams at the 6.0 and 7.0 level representing District 13 at the Western Regional Championships to be held in Rochester Saturday, June 3. There they will compete against District 14 (Rochester) and District 15 (Buffalo).

The Hanzes 6.0 Mixed Doubles team advanced directly to Regionals since Syracuse was unable to send a team to districts. They will face off against a team from Buffalo for the right to advance to Sectionals.

Bill Mirch is talking his 7.0 Mixed Doubles team to Rochester to compete against teams from Buffalo and Rochester after beating the DeWitt team from Syracuse. It was a very sweet 2-1 win since it was the same team Mirch narrowly lost to last year 1-2.

Go Binghamton! We are cheering for you to do your best!

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In Syracuse on Saturday competititon was fierce.

The McNamara/Salmon team started the day with a 3-2 win for Binghamton 3.0 women. Go BCATS! Next Sunday they will compete against teams from Rochester and Buffalo in Buffalo at the Western Regional Championships.

The 3.0 men also won their match in Syracuse. The O’Connor team had to default #3 doubles, but won the match in an exciting 3rd set super tie-break featuring Bing Rauber and Walt Davis. Leo O’Connor will also be taking his team to Buffalo next Sunday, but they will only have one match against Buffalo because Rochester has no team to send.

The 3.5 Senior Women’s team representing Binghamton was the Rauber team. They are veterans at competing in District Championships and showed it with a clean sweep, winning all three of their matches. They too will play in Buffalo next week with matches against Buffalo and Rochester.

Three Binghamton area teams came extremely close to advancing. The Wright(Owego) team representing the 3.5 men, the Fischer/Powers team representing the 3.5 women and the Garbade/Bramante team repesenting the 4.0 women all were tied 2-2 with one match out. All of the deciding matches went to 3rd set tie-breaks, but none ended with Binghamton’s teams the winners–must have been home court advantage for the Syracuse teams.

The 3.0 senior women were represented by the Stine team. They had good matches but not their best results day. To be fair, they competed when the sun was the hottest. Next year, ladies.

The deVente team representing the 4.0 men were the only team facing two matches on Saturday. They played a team from Syracuse and a team from Ithaca. They played well, but didn’t come out the winner in either match.
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Teams are forming for 2005 USA League Tennis. We will start the leagues mid-May. We hope to have the following leagues:
3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 Adult Men
3.5 Senior Men
6.0 and 7.0 (Combo Leagues) Super Senior Men
2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 Adult Women
3.0 and 3.5 Senior Women
6.0 and 7.0 (Combo Leagues) Super Senior Women

Call Reeta 722-3491 if you are looking for a team, or want to be a captain for a team. There are openings for both.

In particular we haven’t heard from the 2.5 women. It is a great startup league, where you can gain experience and confidence. Matches consist of 1 singles, and 2 doubles matches so the size of teams can be smaller.

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