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The Racquet & Tennis Club
New York
Silver Racquets, Kendrick Cup and Walsh Cup results
The seas were now parted
The Moon was now hung
'nother rackets weekend
underway
Prince praises now
being sung
Kendrick Cup
players all on a high
The
lads now getting “preserved”
That apparently for weekend activities
NO TEA WOULD BE SERVED !
The City Of New York welcomed two
heroes last weekend as the NY Yankees
prepared for their ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes
and, at the same time, the world-wide rackets
community convened at the NYR&T to honor the man affectionately known as The
Prince of NARA, E Denis Walsh (“EDW”). Rackets leaders and luminaries from
far and wide each contributed their congratulations and well wishes to EDW
during a well-scripted stag dinner that was so capably emceed by
uber-rackets impresario, Guy Devereux.
Denis was
feted on this evening for his several decades of dedicated enthusiasm not
only to NARA but also for his rackets leadership and
overall support to the game of rackets. NARA,
at its annual meeting of the Board in May, overwhelmingly approved and
authorized the establishment of the Walsh Cup; an annual singles and doubles
competition for the over 60s set.
Speakers who roasted Denis included Tom
Elliot (Philadelphia), Davis Anderson (Chicago), Kevin Broderick (Detroit),
sons McCabe and Lucas, Mervyn Dunnington-Jefferson (London), Willie Surtees
( NYR&T), Edward Ulmann (NYR&T) , Keene Addington (Chicago), Phillip Mengel
(Tuxedo), Devens Hamlin (Boston), Ron Kaulbach (Montreal) and Jimmy Burke
(Boston). In total, 98 racketeers assembled in the Racquet & Tennis'
beautiful dining room.
Certainly of note was the outstanding
number of travelers, young and
not-so-young. Montreal led the way, in many estimates, with
Air-Chamandy’s bringing close to twenty from
the Great White North.
Making the trek from the UK (in addition
to Sir Mervyn) were former World Champion John Prenn, Mjolnirs Mark Agate
and Mark Farmiloe, Mancunian Brendan Hegarty, and Dean Pennick.
As for the competitive aspect of the
weekend, the re-invigorated Kendrick Cup sported
24 entrants and Will Thompson (NYR&T)
outlasted Montrealer Pete Dawes, 16-13 in the third game. In the semifinals,
Thompson beat Lucas Walsh (Boston) in three
games and Dawes beat Noah Wimmer (NYR&T), also in 3 games. According to NYR&T
professional James Stout, the Kendrick Cup was the tournament of the weekend
as the semi-finals and finals all went the distance at three games. The New
York Racquet & Tennis runs its streak of Kendrick Cup winners to two in a
row with Thompson’s win.
Silver Racquets doubles held to
seeding as Jon Larken and Kendrick de Koning coasted
to Silver victory without being threatened. The finalist team of Mjolnirs,
Mark Agate and Mark Farmiloe,
suffering terrible jet lag, didn't quite have what it would take
against the local Larken and de Koning.
In the newly formed Walsh Cup
(singles and doubles), Greg Van Schaak, down a game,
came back to defeat former World Singles
Champion Willie Surtees 15-5, 16-18, and 15-7 to take this inaugural
singles competition for the over 60s set. In
the Walsh Cup doubles, Surtees and Edward
Ulmann prevailed in three 15-7, 13-18 and
15-8 over Van Schaak and Elihu Inselbuch.
One keen observer noted how the
combination of the Kendrick Cup with the Walsh Cup added a certain nuance to
the weekend. NARA News certainly agrees.
Next up on the NARA schedule
are the Pro Singles and Pro-Am Doubles with the Price Cup (over 50s) on the
weekend of Dec 4-6 in Boston. Please be sure to consider attending and in
January, Philadelphia hosts the US Amateur on the weekend of 14-17th.
Should be cracking good fun!

Submitted by: Jeffrey L Durkes
10Nov2009
(Brackets coming soon...)
World Rackets Doubles 2nd Leg results
from Queens Club, London
Foster
and Hue Williams win World Doubles title on points
---Up 2-0
and only needing a third game, allow Smith/Hubbard a 3-2 lead
---Packed Queen's Club gallery sees magnificent play
Challengers
Harry Foster (former World Singles Champion) and Mark Hue Williams
staved off a late stage and heroic rally by Neil Smith (former World
Champion) and Mark Hubbard (Radley professional) to win the World
Rackets Doubles Championship last Saturday, 25 April at The Queen's Club
in London's Kensington area. A packed Queen's Club gallery was treated
to a magnificent end of match performance by the professionals.
Having won
the first two games handily, 15-10 and 15-10, Foster/HW lost game three
18-13. Game four also went to the professionals 15-7 and today's tilt
was tied at 2 all. Smith and Hubbard sprinted out to a 10-0 lead in game
four but really needed to hold their opponents to a near shutout to have
much hope.
Hope springs
eternal, as they say, and Smith and Hubbard won game five in overtime
17-14 (Hue Williams buried a potential Championship point into the tin
at 14-13) and now needed to not only win game six but win it by a score
of 15-6 or better. Once Foster and Hue Williams scored their 7th
point it would be over and that they did at 7-4. Had Smith and Hubbard
won game six the two leg match would have been tied 6 games all but per
tie-break rules the next decider is total points for both legs.
The marker and referee for the match were Andrew Lyons and Peter Brake.
In an after
match interview with NARA, Neil Smith lamented, “ yeah, we needed to
close them out easily after being up 10-0 in that game four in order for
us to have a decent go at it. My partner played a great match but our
deficit was too much after game two.”
Some weekend statistics
100 Gallery
attendance
42 Stag
Attendance
4 hammer
Serves
2 Double
Faults
1 missed
Championship point
0 number of
points by Champions in two OT's
0 Tea
Besides the
spectacular weather in London all weekend, the stag was equally as
grand. Staged at the venerable Turf Club in the St. James's District
overlooking the Mall, 42 black tied gents immersed themselves into a
wonderful evening of fine wine, beef and an overall great evening. North
Americans in attendance were E Denis Walsh, Fast Eddie Matthews and Jeff
Durkes. Of note, of the 42 there, 18 of them were Mjolnirs. Of course,
we were treated so kindly by our British host(s) to a familiar trip into
Mayfair for the apres stag.
On Saturday
evening 45 people met after the match in Knightsbridge at Frankie's, an
excellent restaurant. Four former World Singles Champions were in
attendance including John Prenn, James Male, Howard Angus and Harry
Foster.
The match was
also beamed world-wide thanks to the largess of Richard Spender and the
Montreal Racket Club.
Submitted by: Jeffrey L Durkes 27APR09
World
Rackets Doubles 1st Leg results from New York City
Challengers Harry Foster and Mark Hue-Williams
take a 4 games to 2 lead over defending champions Neil Smith
and Mark Hubbard going into Queen's next week. Game
scores were 12-15, 12, 17-14, 11-15, 6 and 8. Total points are 85-70. In
order for the champions to retain their crown they must win 4 games to
1, or, 4 games to 2 with a point total differential greater than 15.
Travelers in attendance included, but not limited to, Nemec, Chamandy,
Addington*, Walsh*,Walsh The Younger, Landreth, Laws, Yager*, Gross*,
Cashman, Surtees, The Fork, Pritchard, Tanfield, Hue-Williams (UK),
Prenn (UK).
Next week's showdown starts at 10 am Central, 11 am Eastern and results
and analysis will be posted directly upon completion, here. Please check
back.
*denotes NARA Board Member
Submitted by: Jeff Durkes 20April2009
SILVER RACQUET WEEKEND
OCTOBER 30 TH-
NOVEMBER 2ND,
2008
S ILVER
RACQUET RACQUETS
PAIRED DOUBLES
S ILVER
RACQUET INVITATIONAL
COURT TENNIS
SINGLES
S ILVER
RACQUET INVITATIONAL
SQUASH DOUBLES
N EW
YORK OPEN
HANDICAP COURT
TENNIS SINGLES
I N
CONJUNCTION
WITH
WORLD RACQUETS CHAMPIONSHIP: FIRST LEG
J AMES
STOUT, CHALLENGER
VS. HARRY
FOSTER, WORLD
CHAMPION
S OCIAL
EVENTS
T HURSDAY
OCTOBER
30TH:
WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
STAG
DINNER
(BLACK
TIE)
7:00 PM
F RIDAY
OCTOBER
31ST:
COCKTAILS
(PELL
ROOM)
6:00 PM
S ATURDAY
NOVEMBER
1ST:
WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
LUNCHEON
(DINING
ROOM)
1:00 PM
W ORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCH:
2:00 PM
S ILVER
RACQUET
DINNER
DANCE
(BLACK
TIE):
7:00 PM
C OSTS
B ENEFACTORS:
$900 ONE
TOURNAMENT
ENTRY
FEE,
STAG
DINNER,
DINNER
DANCE
WITH GUEST, FRIDAY
NIGHT
COCKTAILS,
LUNCHES ON
FRI,
SAT,
& SUN,
FRONT
ROW
SEAT
FOR WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
(AS
AVAILABLE), PROGRAM
RECOGNITION
S PONSORS:
$475 ONE
TOURNAMENT
ENTRY
FEE,
STAG
DINNER,
DINNER
DANCE
(ONE),
FRIDAY
NIGHT
COCKTAILS,
LUNCHES ON
FRI,
SAT,
& SUN,
ROWS
2-5
FOR THE
WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
(BEST
AVAILABLE), PROGRAM
RECOGNITION
A LA
CARTE:
O NE
DRAW
ENTRY:
$85, SECOND
DRAW:
$65, STAG DINNER:
$125, DINNER
DANCE:
$125, DESERT
& DANCING
ONLY: $50, SATURDAY
LUNCH:
$30, SEATS FOR
MATCH
(AS
AVAIL.) ROW
1: $400, ROWS
2-3: $250, ROWS
4-5: $125, ROW
6: $75, STANDING:
$50
RSVP by emailing completed entry form to: silverracquet08@gmail.com by
October 24th. World Championship seating on a first come basis. Contact Mike
Gooding, Ben Gould or Andrew Fowler (212) 753-9727 with questions.
Silver Racquet Weekend
November 1st – 4th
2007
Force de Mjolnir !
The 2007-2008 North American fixtures
list commenced last weekend (Nov 1 - 4th) at the New York
Racquet & Tennis Club with the US Amateur Singles and
Doubles competition, along with the Silver Rackets Doubles.
The organizers ran a well run event that started with a huge
veal chop and a wonderful wine selection for 30 at the Stag
dinner.
The Stag Dinner was perhaps the quickest in history (53
minutes) due to the Club party being held on the second
floor and there was no shortage of beautiful "crumpet"
upstairs. Needless to say, the stag broke down quickly and
it was now game on! Peter Pell, by all accounts, has quite a
Rolodex of names of the fairer sex. The Saturday evening
Ball was also a resounding success and ended up in the Grill
with people dancing the night away.
For the Silver Rackets final, World Champion Harry
Foster and Robin Geffen won in a walkover. In the US Amateur
Singles, Mark Farmiloe (Queen's Club and Mjolnir) forced a
5th game after being down 2-0 and beat Thorold Barker (NYR&T).
In a match that took every bit of 2 and a half hours,
Thorold suffered from a series of painful cramping sessions
throughout the match .
On the US Amateur Doubles front, Guy Devereux and
partner Barker cruised to a 3-0 win over Foster and Geffen.
Reported By:
Jeffrey L Durkes on 11/5/2007
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WE(A)STERN OPEN
NEW YORK 2007
The We(a)stern Open is over and the 1st leg of the World Championship is
completed.
Neil Smith and Mark Hubbard defeated Mark Hue-Williams and Harry Foster 4
games to 0 on Saturday April 20th before a packed gallery.
In the We(a)stern Open Singles final, Tennis and Racquet Club pro, James
Stout, completed dominated and easily beat James Coyne, 3-0.
A different story evolved in the Doubles Final, though. Top seeded Rupert
Owen-Browne and Tonbridge racquets' coach, Dave Makey, needed 5 games to claim
the title, outlasting Guy Devereux and Bostonian Todd Meringoff.
James Stout won the Pro Singles and freshman MRC Pro, Ryan Tulley, won his
second consecutive Pro-Am doubles crown, as he and partner, Montreal fellow,
Nick James handled the Tonbridgian pair of Owen-Browne and Makey.

Once again, Mark Agate had his roving band of Mjolnirs on hand to play, both
on and off the court. Mark does not get enough recognition for the work he does
to encourage players to make the trip to North America. He deserves huge thank
you from us all. Cheers to you, Aggers and to your Mjolnirs as well
About sixty gentlemen attended the Thursday
night stag despite threatening weather. Many talked about the game, how this
weekend would be a great chance for many to witness world class rackets at its
best and just reiterated how great the game is and how anyone at any time can be
on court with the best. Our game is unique and we should strive to keep it that
way.
I guess the biggest upset of the tournament
would have to be Nick James' surprising win over top seed, Guy Devereux. Earlier
in the season, Devereux easily handled James in the final of the Tuxedo Gold
Racquets. But this was Nick's turn. Bravo!!! Bravo to Michael Goodell and the
rest of the Detroit Racquet Club for starting the Fellow program way back when.
These lads, in their gap year, get a lot of time on the courts and get to see
the rackets' world from another perspective. This season one would have to say
that young Mr. James benefited enormously from the program as he won or was a
finalist in almost all the draws he entered. Way to go, DRC!!!
Saturday night, 150 or so partyers were
dancing, wining and dining at the wonderful dinner/dance. Kudos to Peter Pell
and his committees for the great organization and to Robert Gressler and his
staff for the excellent work throughout the weekend. Of course, tournaments
cannot be successful without the tireless efforts of the pros. Many thanks to
Mike Gooding, James Stout and Andy Fowler for their fantastic work over the weekend.
Silver Racquet Weekend
November 2 – 5, 2006
The Silver Racquet weekend was a great
success. We had 28 guys in the
draw. 34 at the stag dinner on Thursday night, and 150 on Saturday night
for the dinner dance. The draw was wide open with many evenly matched
teams. An early upset was the experienced team of Dick Tanfield and
Elihu Inselbuch defeating athletic youngsters Nick Shumaker and Alexis
Hombrecher.
Semis:
deSvastich/ Surtees def. Devereux/ Geffen 2-1
Bristowe/ de Koning def. Pell/ Stevenson 2-0
Final:
Bristowe/ de Koning def. deSvastich/ Surtees 2-0
Last year's event below

Keene Addington (RCC), Edward Ulmann R&T Club) , Jeff Durkes (RCC), Karel
Nemec (MRC), Ed Matthews, Tom Shumaker (DRC) and Jake Matthews on the 2nd
floor patio of the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York
The New York racquets weekend is
over. What a great weekend it was too!!! It started off with the usual
Gentlemen’s Dinner. This year about 30 sat at the long table set up in the main
dining room.
Each club in North America was
represented and there were a few visitors ( Prenn, Smith-Bingham, Geffen) from
the UK as well. Karel Nemec, former president of the Montreal Racket Club,
introduced the small contingent from north of the border. Rob Wood did the same
for the Chicago club. Of course, Boston was represented by none other than the
Prince of NARA, E. Denis Walsh, who introduced his players but also had some
very kind words to say about Tom Shumaker of the Detroit Racquet Club. Tom has
had a bit of a set back with his cancer and is recuperating at home. Denis asked
that we all send our prayers his way for a speedy recovery. Tom’s sons, Tom Jr.
and Nick were at the dinner and Tom thanked Denis and said a little about the DRC and his dad. Tom works and lives in New York and Nick is presently living in
Panama.
John Prenn, Chairman of Rackets
at the Tennis and Rackets Association, talked about the upcoming sale of Queen’s
Club. The highest bidder will soon take over the club and the players and
members have a bid in that has been submitted by Alexander Anton. We should know
in a few weeks what the status is.
Lou “The Fork” Habina was there
representing his home club, the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. The Jock Soutar
weekend will take place in Philly on the weekend of November 17th to
the 20th, with some great times lined up.
The meal was superb and the
wines and ports excellent, so I have been told. The weather was perfect (in the
low 70s) so it was out to the 2nd floor patio just off the dining
room for cigars and stories. After a while, the guests made their way home or
onward into the New York City night.
Friday play got into high gear.
All the first round matches were played in all the draws. All of the matches
went smoothly and the results were as expected. All the top seeds advanced and
there were no real surprises in the other matches either. Friday the players,
wives and friends went their own ways and dined out on the town. It is good to
get away from the club now and then.
Saturday’s play started with perhaps
the best match of the tournament when Thorold Barker and Tom Shumaker took on
the local pair of Peter Pell and Greg Van Schaack in a 1st round
Silver Racquet match. The games were close and in the end it was Barker and
Shumaker who advanced to the next round. Saturday’s play gave us the most
exciting and grueling match of the whole tournament. Top seed, Guy Smith-Bingham
played 4th seed Guy Devereux, who had just got off the tennis court
after losing a close match to Barney Tanfield. Smith-Bingham took a two to one
lead in games and was ahead in the 4th 7-1 at one point. It sure
looked like we were going to see an all Old Etonian final, as number 2 seed
Jonathan Larken had earlier disposed of former World Champion, John Prenn. But
things got interesting as Devereux got untracked and began to serve to perfect
length and won game four, setting up a fifth and deciding game. Devereux came
out smoking and in the end managed to win and set the stage for the final
against his friend and fellow New Yorker. What a match it was!!! Next up was the
doubles semi-final and Devereux was teamed with Larken and preparing to meet the
Boston pair of Todd Meringoff and Nelson Russell. Instead of a rest between
matches, Devereux opted to carry on. This proved to be a mistake as, after
leading 1-0 in games, his body totally cramped. He was in agony, screaming in
pain. The top-seeded pair had to default as the ambulance came and took Guy to
the hospital where he received an IV treatment to stabilize his body. It worked
because he was ready the next morning to play in the singles final.
Saturday about 175 members and
guests attended the Grand Ball. A wonderful meal was served and many thoroughly
enjoyed the fine music as the dance floor was filled throughout the evening with
the happy guests dancing to the music of the
Bill Harrington Orchestra. The
meal was superb and the whole evening was just perfect. Peter Pell deserves
much credit for the work he did in insuring the evening was a great success.
Before the Sunday singles’
final, there was one more Silver Racquet doubles’ semi final. Young Teddy
Molson, an Old Etonian, attending Princeton, was partnered with Elihu Inselbuch.
and were matched against the two Bostonians, Russell and Meringoff. The winner
of this match was to play Guy Smith-Bingham and Robin Geffen in the Silver
Racquet final. The Beantowners came out on top and were to play in two finals
after the fine Sunday brunch.
Many were surprised to see Guy
Devereux ready to play on Sunday after his unfortunate collapse on Saturday. But
he was there and ready to take on his pal and fellow New Yorker, Jonathan Larken.
The first game was all Larken as he won 15-4. There were some great rallies in
the match and Devereux did have a great lead (14-7) in game two, but faltered
and allowed Larken to tie and win the tie-breaker (17-14). The 3rd
game was much like the first as Larken easily won 15-6.
The Silver Racquets final was a rather
quick match as Smith-Bingham and Geffen disposed of their opponents 15-5 and
15-7. The victory was there 2nd in the last 3 years as they won in
November 2003.
The only match left now was the
U.S. Amateur Doubles. Willie Bristowe and Thorold Barker had made it to the
final by defeating Ted Molson and Paul Beattie in the ¼ final and then Karel
Nemec and Mike McLernon in the semis. As mentioned previously, the Boston duo of
Todd Meringoff and Nelson Russell made it to the final when Devereux was forced
out due to injury. This match was the one of the best matches of the weekend.
True, we didn’t have world class players on the court, but for the gallery, it
was truly a great match to witness. The New Yorkers played steady and won the
first game 15-10.The second game started out with the local lads jumping all
over the inexperienced North Americans and at one point held a 12-1 lead. It
looked like this match would be over in 3 games. But hold on!!! Meringoff came
in and served to 11-12. In the end, Boston took the game 17-14. Game three was
back and forth with some great serving and the New York pair won 15-10. Once
again Meringoff’s serving made the 4th game
close and eventually he and Russell were able to win 15-12 and set up a 5th
and deciding game for the title. This time the transplanted Brits were able to
shut down Meringoff and his serve and won the game and the U.S. Amateur Doubles
title with a convincing, 15-6, 5th game win.
After all was done, Jonathan
Larken holds both the U.S. and Canadian Amateur crowns, while Thorold Barker has
the same honor with the Doubles titles, as he was partnered last January with
Guy Barker in Montreal.
That was the end of the
fantastic weekend. Head professional, Mike Gooding made sure all was running
smoothly in all the draws. Bob Gressler and his fine staff at the Racquet and Tennis
Club did a fine job, as usual, and everyone had, I think, a most wonderful time.

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