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The Knox social events were well attended as usual,<br />
beginning with the opening night cocktails and oysters at<br />
the club. The next night, a splendid warm spring evening<br />
in Aiken, entertainment chair Mike Sullivan, and his committee<br />
of Francois Verglas, Steve Groat, and Dan Villiers,<br />
organized a wonderful alfresco dinner in the club’s garden.<br />
A special thank you to our pro, Gabe Kinzler, for his<br />
superlative efforts in marking all of our tournaments, organizing<br />
matches and giving plenty of lessons throughout the year.<br />
Gabe’s fantastic, amiable attitude has helped continue to make<br />
the Aiken Tennis Club a joyful place to play <strong>court</strong> <strong>tennis</strong>.<br />
In addition, thanks to all our members who assisted<br />
with running an event, either social or <strong>tennis</strong>, or who hosted<br />
an out of town guest. These gestures define our club,<br />
and do not go unnoticed or unappreciated.<br />
Boston (1904)<br />
Tennis & Racquet Club<br />
By Jeremy Wintersteen<br />
The 2008/2009 season was a good one for the T&R <strong>tennis</strong><br />
program. Play and <strong>court</strong> hours were up, Camden Riviere<br />
came on board, a number of T&R players won USCTA<br />
and international tournaments, and the inaugural Winter<br />
League was a success.<br />
The T&R players below were tournament winners<br />
during the 2008-2009 season. Congratulations to them all<br />
and many thanks to Jimmy Burke and Camden Riviere for<br />
helping them get there!<br />
New York Open Handicap – Jeremy Wintersteen<br />
Jimmy Dunn – Don Hannan, Alex Spence, Jeremy Wintersteen<br />
French Open (Doubles) – Camden Riviere<br />
Whitney Cup – George Bell, Shawn Herlihy, Rob McLane,<br />
Matt Porter, Jeremy Wintersteen<br />
Etchebaster – Warren Knapp<br />
European Open – Camden Riviere<br />
Noll Cup – Jeff Horine<br />
Burke Cup – Bill Connors<br />
Wharton Cup – Brad Ursprung<br />
US Open (Singles and Doubles) – Camden Riviere<br />
Cherry Blossom – Ken Forton<br />
Northrup Knox – Jeremy Wintersteen<br />
A number of relatively new players have made great<br />
strides with their game as four different T&R players won<br />
three national level championships and the Etchebaster. Additionally,<br />
an increasing number of T&R players traveled<br />
2008-2009 Annual Report<br />
for USCTA tournaments this season.<br />
Camden Riviere joined the pro shop in the fall and<br />
the T&R is thrilled to have him at 939 Boylston Street.<br />
Camden is an excellent player and teacher, and has been<br />
a great addition to the T&R. Camden won the French<br />
Open Doubles (with Nick Wood over Rob Fahey and Steve<br />
Virgona), European Open (over Rob Fahey), and the U.S.<br />
Open Singles (over Steve Virgona) and Doubles (with Nick<br />
Wood over Rob Fahey and Steve Virgona). We look forward<br />
to watching<br />
Camden as he<br />
makes a run at<br />
the World Championship<br />
in 2010.<br />
The T&R<br />
was pleased to<br />
host the U.S.<br />
Ladies Open in US Ladies’ Open. T&R photo<br />
November. Players<br />
from Boston, Washington, Newport, Aiken, England,<br />
and Australia competed in the singles and doubles championships.<br />
World Champion Charlotte Cornwallis took both<br />
titles defeating Freddy Adam in the singles and (with Karen<br />
Hird) Aldona Greenwood and Amy Hayball in the doubles.<br />
Freddy had a solid singles semifinal win over Karen Hird<br />
and Aldona and Amy had an exciting come-from-behind<br />
win over Freddy and Ana Radeljevic in the doubles semifinal.<br />
Congratulations to Charlotte and Karen and many<br />
thanks to the members of the Ladies Open Committee<br />
who helped make the tournament a success.<br />
The T&R hosted the National Tennis Club in December<br />
in the annual Boston-Newport grudge match for the<br />
Patriot Cup. The National Tennis Club won in an upset<br />
and retained the Patriot Cup for another year. The T&R<br />
and the National Tennis Club later teamed up in December<br />
and won the Whitney Cup. This was the first time for<br />
an all-New England win in the Whitney Cup. It was one of<br />
the closest Whitney Cups ever and congratulations to T&R<br />
and NTC players. Thanks go to our pros – Jimmy and<br />
Camden, and Rich Smith and Tony Hollins from Newport,<br />
for all their help. The T&R’s holiday exhibition match featured<br />
a great match between Jimmy and Camden vs. Tim Chisholm<br />
and Matt Porter. The T&R pros went down in flames.<br />
In February, the T&R hosted the Burke and Wharton<br />
Cup level championships. A good number of T&R players<br />
competed in these tournaments and the T&R’s Bill Connors<br />
and Brad Ursprung were victorious. Congratulations<br />
to Bill and Brad and to T&R iron-man Lucas Walsh who<br />
was a double finalist. The US 50’s Championships were<br />
slated for Boston but were unfortunately postponed until<br />
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