Category: Adult

leagues, tournaments, clinics

PRC Aces Florida

Members of the PRC Aces went south to Florida to visit teammate Dodie Gallagher in Naples this week.  They are having fun, playing tennis and creating more memories for the friendship scrapbooks.  Nice teamwork, Aces.

Winners? PRC. 

Members of both PRC women’s teams played a 3.5 18 and over USTA match on Friday. Thanks to Captains Nancy and Sue. Reminder that the captain’s meeting for the spring and summer 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 USTA leagues will be held on Monday, January 30th at PRC at 7:00 pm. Contact Judy if you are…

TGIF

Thank Goodness It’s Friday for the men’s 2:30 Round Robin. The league is supervised by Pro Palash and is open to all men on a weekly basis  call the front desk to reserve a spot. Don’t forget men’s teams are being formed for the upcoming USTA league season. 

Welcome back Suzanne!

Suzanne Adams, a familiar and beloved friend to PRC and so many women, visited from Colorado today.  She rejoined her Thursday tennis buddies for a drill and then everyone went to lunch.  Thanks for the visit, Suzanne and we look forward to the next one.

Courting Friendships Through the Years

Mia Cahill and Kim Borek can attest that tennis is a sport for a lifetime!  Both players were at PRC today, remembering the fun times they shared as doubles partners on the Princeton High School tennis teams (about 25 years ago).  How much fun is that?!

Hitting Winners is Extra Sweet during Berger Open

The Berger Opens held at 9:00 and 10:30 am today were lots of fun.  “Berger” points were awarded for every winner hit by a doubles teams and everyone enjoyed sampling Berger cookies (the official cookie of Baltimore).  This is a wonderful exercise in evaluating if an offensive shot should be a winner (opponent’s racquet doesn’t…

Spring for USTA Tennis Leagues

Jersey Girls

With the warm temperatures today, it seems like a good time to think about spring tennis.  One of the most popular programs in the greater Mercer County area is USTA Adult League Tennis, which is organized as competitive team match play.  The league is for women and men age 18 and older of all abilities and…

Monday B Team Back at PRC for New Year

It was nice to see the Central Jersey Women’s Monday Team at PRC for their home match today.

Raising A Racquet!

Good job to the students who worked toward achieving the two goals of the New Year:  split stepping and the positive physical response of changing the racquet to the nonracquet hand immediately after the point.  Increasing the use of your nonracquet hand will minimize fatigue of your racquet hand and arm during the match.  Also,…

No Holiday on Court 2

The participants of the 9:00 and 10:30 Game Drills today elected to spend the NY Day Holiday working hard to improve their tennis strokes, burn off some calories and work on movement skills. The gyms were probably full as well, but it’s very likely that the smiles and laughter were more plentiful on court 2, under the direction…