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.

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

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

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.

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.

Our 5th Annual Gennett-Sambursky men’s tennis pro-am will run Saturday, February 23 from 7-10pm. The pro-am field includes 12 pros and 12 amatuers, with a pro & amatuer playing against another pro & amatuer. Using a round robin format, four sets of tennis will be played, with a playoff to determine the winning team. Prizes will be given to the winning amatuers and $500 in prize money split among the pros!  pros Cost is $40 and includes hor’ duerves, 3 hours of pro-am tennis, tournament shirt and a guaranteed great time. Sign up is limited to the 1st 10 sign-ups. This is our winter tennis “festival” highlight, and one you should mark on your calendar. Spectators welcome

Special thanks to Parker Gennett of Foot Care Center & Dan Sambursky of Ophthalmic  Associates for being enthusiastic tournament sponsors.

To enter online, click here. You may pay online, call in a credit card to 607 722-3491 or mail a check. Payment must be secured by entry deadline or your application will not be accepted. Entry deadline for local juniors is Sunday, January 6.

As we have no JCTP that weekend, we hope our local juniors will enter. Start times will be posted Thursday, January 10. 

To check for start times, tournament information and ongoing results, this will take you to the  USTA/Eastern link,  which will take you to right to the tournament site. If you are familiar with the USTA junior tournament site, one can also enter online through their tennis link system. If you enter here, you must sign up by Friday, January 4.

We will update the tournament regularly during the event by posting draws and results. See you on the courts!

Alison Cosham Winchell and her 6.0 senior mixed doubles team traveled to Orlando, Florida, to compete in the USTA National Eastern Championships on November 16-18. From left: Alan Winchell, Bing Rauber, Genet Meers, Alison, Mini Daub, John Normile, and Leo O’ Connor. (Missing: Marilyn Stine.) The first opponent — the Caribbean (Puerto Rico) — was a super strong team who beat us and ended up winning the championship. We next played the Midwest, where Genet and Bing had a substantial win at 6-2, 6-1, but the other two couples had two tie-break losses. We lost our final match against Florida. In spite of this, everyone agreed it was a good experience, and a chance to spend a few days in the sun.

Binghamton Tennis Center

 16^th Annual  Holiday Sale!20% off

Men’s, Women’s & Junior’s

     Clothing, Shoes & Bags!

Sale Nov 19- Dec 31^st!         New BTC Embroidered Logo Fleece              SUPER Racquet Specials!      Mail Orders Move aside!