Hartford, CT Mother Nature finally gave New England a weekend of good paddle weather !! The Hartford Golf Club hosted the Connecticut State Platform Tennis Championships last weekend in what proved to be a battle between Region 2 teams vying for their spot on the President’s Cup team. read full story

One of the highlights of the tourney featured New England’s “King of Paddle” – Rich Hornidge coming out of retirement to play with Rich Morrell. The semi-final matches produced 2 familiar teams to play for “all the marbles”. Bill Anderson and Ross Smith outplayed Chuck Poe and Ken Walker 6-3, 6-1 in the first semi-final match. In the other semi, Jim Greenho and Will Kelly lost to Greg Bennett and Rob Pierce 6-3, 6-2. Anderson/Smith dominated play by not losing a set the entire tournament. They beat Bennett/Pierce 6-2, 6-2 in the final.

Many thanks to Gil Keegan, who worked very hard in putting together a great tourney with favors, prizes and a very good lunch.