By Kathy Miller
Well, it has been an interesting 2020 to say the least! I hope everyone, along with their families, is doing well and we can all put this behind us soon. As you all know, we had to suspend the USTA Mixed Doubles, and Women’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 TriLevel seasons. Since the Tri-Level only had a match or two left and we had four teams in a very close tie, we were able to play the playoffs recently: The winner was the Glen Head Racquet Club team captained by Gigi Banks and Dawn Schosberg. Congratulations ladies! In the 18 & Over Mixed Doubles League, teams had played a full firstround and we decided that we would end the season and declare the first-place teams from the first round of play. Below are the winners: l 6.0 – SPORTIME Lynbrook captained by Jamie Devine
l 7.0 Nassau – SPORTIME Lynbrook captained by Donna Healy l 7.0 Suffolk – Eastern Athletic Melville captained by Paul Schnabel and Jenn Jaeger l 8.0 Nassau – Point Set captained by Paul Schnabel & Jenn Jaeger l 8.0 Suffolk – Eastern Athletivc Melville captained by Mitchell Low & Gabe Moreira l 9.0 – Deer Park Tennis captained by Roz Chua-McAlonie Congratulations to all teams! The 40 & Over Mixed Doubles League did not have all teams play the firstround of their season, and the majority of the captains opted to simply end the season at that point. All of the Regional, Sectional and National Championships have been canceled for the 2020 season. I was able
to put together a small league which will play on just the local level. We have the 18 & Over League at the 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 levels for both men and women. The 55 & Over League has the 8.0 and 9.0 divisions for the men and the 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 divisions for the women. The league is just getting started and the feedback regarding the steps clubs have taken to make all players feel safe is remarkable. Thank you to all clubs for doing all can to accomplish this! Next up will be the 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 TriLevel League for men and women along with the 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 Tri-Level League. I am looking to get that started as early in September as possible. We will also get the 18 & Over Mixed Doubles league started the beginning of November and the 40 & Over Mixed Doubles starting the beginning of January 2021. I will be in touch with all of last year’s captains around midAugust. If you are interested in starting a new team, please e-mail me at miller@eastern.usta.com. Again, it’s been a very surreal and challenging time in all our lives. I have missed the hustle and bustle of the full season of USTA players this summer and hope we will have some normalcy soon. I wish everyone good health and hope to see everyone back on the courts! Kathy Miller is manager of Carefree Racquet Club and is also the adult league coordinator for USTA/Long Island. She may be reached by e-mail at KathyM65@aol.com.
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Long Island Tennis Magazine • July/August 2020 • LITennisMag.com
