It was a hot day for the final match of the 3.0 USTA 18 and over league as the PRC Diamond Divas competed against the PRC Jersey Girls. Everyone demonstrated great mental toughness while playing in temperatures that were 30 degrees higher than other matches.
The moto “every point counts” for Fed Cup was evident today as 10 points separated the fourth place team from the first place team. Usually, teams represent countries but we adopted the French Open theme today at 9:30 am. Congratulations to the Allons-y! – scores were 198, 199, 202 and 208! More exciting…
Congratulations to the Gigi’s who were victorious in the French Open Fed Cup at 11:00 am today. Merci to everyone who participated.
Umbrellas were raised in defense of the sun, rather than rain as teammates from the two PRC USTA 7.0 Women’s 55 and over teams squared off in their first match of the season. What exciting matches – two ending with 10 point match tiebreakers. With the points by position system, the teams ended in a…
Seldom is a tennis match just a tennis match. On Friday, one may have noticed two tennis matches being played, side by side, on the indoor courts. On court 4, Mia and her daughter, Maddie, had the opportunity to team together against Linda and Francine, who was celebrating her birthday. On court 3, Elaine, who celebrated…
The Friday morning match play was cancelled due to Thursday evening’s heavy rains and wet courts, Due to some sunshine and lots of effort by Maria and Den, the Memorial Fed Cup was held at 11:00 am. Congratulations to the Veterans: Rosemary, Min, Betty and Debbie who won the team competition. Thanks to everyone who participated…
There has been an effort at PRC to provide more drills and match opportunities for people who are interested in playing singles. Often, players either don’t know singles tactics or the court time isn’t available. Coach Judy is running several singles drills on Mondays and Fridays and matches with coaching are offered on Wednesdays and…
PRC hours will be held as usual on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – clinics will be held and courts are available to rent (indoor and outdoor). On Monday, Memorial Day, the club will be open from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. Coach Mansour will run a Game Drill from 9:00-10:30 am and a Doubles Round…
The Mercer Slammers, captained by Peter Wepplo and Robert Parker, practiced on the clay courts yesterday. The team just returned from the USTA National 7.0 Men’s Super Seniors 65 and over Championships. They had a great time and enjoyed the competition. We are hoping to start a USTA 65 and over women’s league for the…
The Berger Open got off to a great start as everyone was motivated to play aggressively and hit winners to earn Berger points. Because of the rain, the matches were held indoors and the points were quick. Suddenly, the chocolate on the cookie wasn’t the only thing dark on the courts! A power outage in…