The GTA Doubles League Finals were played Wednesday September 25th at the Highland Clay courts. Two excellent matches.

A Division

The Bratts, (Peter Ghitman, Jared Berthiaume, Robert Cotter, Bruce Schwartz, Sam Thomson, Ted Diamond) defeated Charlie's Angels, (Jackie Bagwell, Charlie Huskra, Sally Gladstone)  7-5, 6-3.

                               L-R Jared Berthiaume, Sam Thomson
 

B Division

The Racqueteers, (Craig Cohen, Rich Corey, Ken Hubbard, JJ White, Jim Welch)  defeated Wacky Wally World (Doug Andrew, Josh Michal, Steve Perry) 7-6(7-5), 7-5.

 

         L-R Rich Corey, JJ White, Jim Welch, Craig Cohen, Ken Hubbard
 

The Peoples Pint Doubles Championships results are in...Here's the official tournament results from Tournament Director Alden Booth.

The People's Pint annual doubles tournament took place this weekend, (September14-15). Fifteen Teams entered with players from all around Franklin County and beyond. Thanks to the GTA and Greenfield's DPW, the clay courts at Highland and Beacon were in excellent condition. In the finals Dave Reading and Jared Berthiaume defeated Alden Booth and Chris Ferriter, 6-2, 6-4 with the consolation round winners being the father-son duo of Chris and Gabe Seaver defeating Alexis Silk and David Hernandez, 6-3, 6-1.

The GTA will hold its final doubles tourney, the Fall Classic, the weekend of September 28 & 29. To register, contact Harry Bovio at Hbovio@yahoo.com.

 Lempel wins Ace Division Tennis League Title

The Greenfield Adult Rec tennis league wrapped up its 2024 season with Brian Lempel going 5-0 to win the Ace Division.

Palmer King beat Yanis Chobani to win the Topspin Division, while Juan Madrid won the Volley Division.

The league was structured with two halves of the season, with divisions being redrawn midway through the season according to the player's performance in the first half.

The season also ended with a doubles tournament with eight players participating. Tim Prevost & Bob Sekula prevailed over Paul Agrillo and Genni Garanin, 10-4 to win the championship.

L-R Tim Prevost, Martha Werman, Paul Agrillo, Genni Garanin, Larry Klein, Bob Sekula, (missing Jim Bassett, Andrew Varnon)
 

 

2024 Beacon Clay Court Classic Champion Steve Pedigree and Runner-up Lexi Silk. 

 

Spectators enjoying the final match of the 2024 Beacon Clay Court Classic.

 2024 GREENFIELD TENNIS CUP was contested July July 20. Here are the results

MEN'S CHAMPION: David Reading 2nd: Steve Pedigree 3rd: Brian Campbell

WOMEN'S CHAMPION: Alexis Silk 2nd: Susan Plante 3rd: Olivia Wolbach

 

                                                 The players
 

            Men's Champion - Dave Reading & Woman's Champion Lexi Silk

 A small group met at Beacon this morning (5/4/2024) to put up wind screens Mac (Brian MacEwan) got from Amherst College.  Special thanks to Mac for the winter storage, transportation, and help installing and Jared Berthiaume for spearheading the effort.  Thanks to Sehoon Ahn, Brian Lamore, Brian Lempel, Steve Pedigree, and Steve Stone for the installation help.