My Tennis Page

My love of tennis was accelerated when I was in language school, located in Monterey, California.  I was in the Army and next to my apartment on base were 8 tennis courts, four of which had backboards. School was out at 3pm and dinner wasn’t until 6pm so tennis and the backboard became my favorite time to kill until dinner.  This is a picture of me in early 1968 on the tennis courts practicing my serve.

Tennis in Monterey

I am a member of USTA and have been to Sectional and National USTA Amateur Tennis tournaments.  Currently, I am a member of three USTA teams in Phoenix.  I hang out at the Phoenix Tennis Center (PTC) on 21st and Maryland Avenues in Phoenix.  On Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings there is a 'Drop In' group at the Phoenix Tennis Center.  I attend whenever possible. I have built a web site for the group so we can see individual photographs, names and numbers.  The men involved in Drop Ins are truly inspiring.  Most of them are over 70 years of age and many in their 80s.  They are energetic, content with their lives, humorous and loaded with interesting stories.  They are restaurant owners, doctors, real estate moguls, wealthy businessmen, airline pilot trainers, medical technicians and various professions.  After tennis we meet at a coffee shop and exchange stories and opinions on recent events.

During the spring and summer of 2014 I was a member of three league teams:  1. Men's 5 court; 2. Mixed 3.0  league; and a 7.0 mixed league.  The Men's 5 court one our group and advanced to the Sectionals.  Sectionals are like regions in the U.S.A. and our Sectional consists of New Mexico, El Paso, Tucson and Flagstaff.  We won our sectionals and have advanced to the Nationals in October. The Mixed 3.0 won our group and advanced to the Sectionals in October.  My men's 65+ (65 and older) won our sectionals and went to the Nationals in March.  We took 4th place out of 5,446 65+ men in the U.S.

In addition to playing tennis, I also design and maintain web sites.  The Drop In web site and the Phoenix Tennis Center web site I designed and currently maintain.

Mouse click the tennis ball to go to the Drop In web page.  Tennis Ball

I am also a member of Match Point, a club centered at the Phoenix Tennis Center.  Match point has monthly tournaments.

 Mouse click on the tennis ball to go to the Match Point web page.Tennis Ball

The Phoenix Tennis Center was without a web site so I volunteered to design and build it. 

Mouse click on the tennis ball to go to the Phoenix Tennis Center web page.Tennis Ball

 

There are other activities at the U.S.T.A. that I volunteer for and enjoy being a part of the organization.

Bob

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