Binghamton League Tennis

January 5, 2007

Volume 1, Number 1

In This Issue

·    New League – Tri-Level – starting soon

·    Mixed Doubles Leagues begin January 12, 2007

·    Match Etiquette

·    Masters Mixed Doubles to begin in April

League Info Online at TennisLink

6.o Mixed Doubles

7.0 Mixed Doubles

8.0 Mixed Doubles

Other Useful Links

Eastern USTA

USTA Eastern is comprised of the State of New York, northern New Jersey and Greenwich, Connecticut. Find the latest news including tournament dates and player information.

Western Region

Western includes Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and us. Find out what’s happening in Western here.

Binghamton Tennis Center

The place where all indoor USTA matches are played.  Check out their site for other tennis activities in Binghamton.

Contact Us

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Tri-Level Leagues are forming: 

Women’s 3.0~3.5~4.0

Men’s 3.0~3.5~4.0

The Eastern Section is promoting a new kind of competitive league tennis.  There are three different NTRP levels on one team.  Three doubles teams compete in a match, one at each of the NTRP levels.  For example, in Binghamton we are forming men’s and women’s 3.0~3.5~4.0 teams.  Each team match will have a 3.0 doubles, 3.5 doubles and 4.0 doubles match.  Like always a player may play up, but not down.  Ideally a team would have three players at each level.

Since this is a trial league, there are grants available to hold down the fees.  Advancement beyond the local level will depend on what other areas start similar leagues.  There was an announcement at the Eastern Coordinators’ Workshop that there would be national competition for local champions at the Pacific Life tournament at Indian Wells Tennis Garden March 5-18, 2007.  Details have been provided that the only leagues invited to the Pacific Life Open will be 3.5~4.0~4.5 levels.  Other leagues will not have any advancement opportunity this year.

·         Typically, home team brings refreshments and visiting team brings balls.

·         Home team uses the red score cards and the visiting team uses the black ones.

·         Both captains print out a score card and enter their team’s line-up on it.

·         Scorecards are exchanged 10 minutes before the start of the match.  The home team captain determines how the matches go on to the courts by writing the court numbers on the scorecard.

·         On court warm-up is strictly limited to 10 minutes including serves.

Masters Mixed Doubles will start in April

So far we have two 6.0 teams back from 2006 headed by Dick Pastore and John Eidenier and Alison Cosham and Alan Winchell.  At the 7.0 level Don Krebbeks and Jerry West are back as captains.  Players need to be at least 50 during 2007 to be considered masters.  The late start is to allow the retirees that go south for the winter to get back to Binghamton and play in our leagues.  We welcome more teams in this fun league.  Captains, get in touch with us.  Sectional Championships will be held in Binghamton July 13-15, 2006.