Once again, the Greenfield Tennis Association sponsored the end-of-the-year "Fall Classic" tennis tournament on the weekends of September 25 and October 2. There were 12 teams participating in the tournament, 8 in Division A and 4 in Division B. In Division A Caleb Peelle and Mike Cardozo defeated Jared Berthiaume and Cam Wiley 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 in a match that lasted 3 hours,15 minutes. In Division B Rick Miner and Gary Gronokowski defeated Ken Hubbard and Rich Corey 6-4, 6-0.

 

L-R Champions Mike Cardozo & Caleb Peele

 

 

L-R Champions Mike Cardozo|Caleb Peele & Finalists Jared Berthiaume| Cam Wiley

 

The Tiebreak 10s competition was held Saturday, September 12 with Caleb Peele beating Mike Cardozo...

                       L-R Caleb Peele, Mike Cardozo    

  

 The GTA Doubles League Division A finals were played Friday evening (9/11) with the team of Sam Thomson and Jared Berthiaume defeating Lexi Silk and Charlie Huskra, 6-4, 6-1.

L-R Charlie Huskra, Lexi Silk, Sam Thomson, Jared Berthiaume
 

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2026 Beacon Clay Court Classic - August 27-31

Champion Ingo Helmich (L) and Finalist Petru Cojocaru
 

 2026 Greenfield Tennis Cup. Ready for action!

 

Men's Champion and Finalist...

                Finalist Charlie Huskra (L) and Champion Caleb Peelle

Woman's Champion and Finalist...

Finalist Lexi Silk (L) and Champion Alanna Grady
  

 

 The annual FALL CLASSIC TENNIS DOUBLES Tournament, co-sponsored by the Greenfield Tennis Association and the Greenfield Farmers Cooperative Exchange, was held during the weekend of Sept. 27 and 28. In the finals, Jared Berthiume and Ben Ellis defeated Alden Booth and Chris Ferriter 6-2, 6-1. In the consolation tournament, Lexi Silk and Charlie Hruska defeated Larry Klein and Scott Ball in 2 sets.

 The Greenfield Tennis Association Doubles League, Division A results are in with the top seeded team of Jared Berthiaume and Sam Thomson defeating Guy Ardrey and Chris Ferriter 6-3,6-2.

L-R Jared Berthiaume, Sam Thomson, Guy Ardrey, Chris Ferritier

In Division B, the Pickleball Dropouts defeated the Four Aces.

 

Pickleball Dropouts - Matt Bassett, Nate Smith, Colin Hamill, Christian McLaughlin

The Four Aces - Tricia Pancione, Carol Anderson, Ann Kochis, Ann Markes, Kelly Canniff

 

 

 

 On Saturday morning (8/2) at the Beacon Clay Courts, Lexi Silk won the 2025 GTA Women's Singles event, winning 19 of 20 games.  Suzanne Baxter took the runner-up prize with 13 games. 

 

L-R Jenna Silk, Runner-up Suzanne Baxter, Champion Lexi Silk, Tricia Pancione

 

A new champion was crowned at the BEACON CLAY COURT CLASSIC championships on a hot and humid Friday afternoon (7/25). Charlie Huskra beat Thomas Unkles 6-2, 6-1 in a very competitive match. Thanks to Tournament sponsor West County Cider and Greenfield Tennis Association

L-R Champion Charlie Huskra, Finalist Thomas Unkles 

 

Spectators enjoying the 2025 Beacon Clay Court Classic finals.

 

The Annual People's Pint doubles tournament was held this weekend (July 12 &13), sponsored by The People's Pint and the Greenfield Tennis Association and played at Highland and Beacon Street courts. There were 13 teams in the tourney and the winners were Brian Lamore and Brian Campbell over Jared Berthiume and Dave Reading, 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 to decide it with a ten point tiebreaker. In the consolation round, the winners were Terry Plotkin and JJ White over Matt Guiltinan and Peter Ghitman, 4-6, 7-6, and 10-8 in the final ten point tiebreaker.

As always, thank you to Greenfield's DPW for their good work to help maintain these beautiful courts in collaboration with volunteers from the Greenfield Tennis Association.

 

     L-R Brian Campbell, Dave Reading, Jared Berthiaume, Brian Lamore

 

 

  

    L-R Peter Ghitman, Matt Guiltinen, JJ White, Terry Plotkin

 

Men's Champion of the 2025 Greenfield Cup Thomas Unkles (on right) and Finalist Steve Stone

The Woman's Champion Alexis Silk (on left) and Finalist Francie Garanin
 

     Alexis Silk, Woman's Champion & Thomas Unkles, Men's Champion

 

 

On Saturday morning, October 26th, 15 volunteers pulled the lines, hammered the nails out, rolled up the lines and put the lines in containers for the Greenfield DPW to pick up. 

Thank you! Clark Maynard, Rick Miner, Mark M, Jared Berthiaume, Larry Klein, Mike Basssett, Francie Garanin, Tim Prevost, Brian Lamore, Fred Range, Jim Bassett, Gary Gronokowski, TJ Hanley, Terry Plotkin, and Steve Unkles.

 

 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.