Simsmore Tennis is excited to provide a year round offering of tennis instruction, with lots of positive energy and a variety of programs! We believe in a strong foundation of basics to provide you with the ability to play a full court game in both singles and doubles.
We will offer junior tennis clinics after school from 6/7 – 6/25. Private instruction for individuals and groups are also available. Please call with any questions about your child’s tennis goals.
Also starting in June, adults have the option of weekly clinics, team practices, private instruction and match play. If you have questions regarding level, please contact us.
Whether you are new to tennis, or have played here for decades, welcome home, and remember…It’s Your Summer Time Now!
Please check out the attached flyer for additional details and the registration form.
Summer Flyer 2010
For the third year in a row Simsmore juniors have qualified for the State Championship!!!
The 18and 14 teams had a fantastic year! Congratulations to all players that participated! A big thank you to the parents for getting the players to all of the matches!
Our approach for the state tournament was to give as many players as possible the opportunity to experience the tournament.
The 14s played on Saturday March 21. They were the number 1 seed thanks to their undefeated season! Unfortunately we had to default a line because only two girls were available to play. The rules for the state stated that each team had to have a minumum of three boys and three girls.
The Simsmore 2.5 ladies knew they were going to face some stiff competition from Canton, since they had lost earlier in the season to them back at home in Simsbury. Now, they had to face them again at their facility and comfort zone, with their coach watching and clapping for them.
Simsmore D2 had a new paring with Sophia joining Heidi. They used their size advantage to force the action at the net, and Canton kept getting stuck at the baseline. Before even 30 minutes had passed, they were up 4-0. Canton made one surge at the end of the first set by breaking Heidi’s serve once, but Simsmore broke right back and kept up the pressure with very consistent strokes by Heidi and some powerful forehands by Sophia to close the set 6-2. After that, the confidence and momentum was all on Simsmore’s side, and they made quick work of the 2nd set. Sophia’s family arrived just in time to see them close it out 6-0 and finish their match first.
Nice solid victory today against FF. They had a lot of trouble fielding a team, only 3 lines contested, but good for us to win two of them. Jason lost 10-7 in a 3rd set tiebreaker at S1. But Aram and Mike K won in straight sets at D1 and Len and Mark won in straight sets at D2. Special thanks to JonS, Lowell, and Jeff for also being available today. As it turns out I was available also, but no credit is awarded because it was after the fact!
So now we are champs, heading to districts! A well earned visit. Thanks Jeff for the good lineups.
Between now and then we have two more matches, both against Pinewoods. Last weekend in March and the first weekend in April. They’ve been competitive with the other three teams this season. We’re stronger than them, but we still have to prove it on the court.
Our 14 and under Juniors continued their winning ways with a 72-13 win against Enfield. Competing for Simsmore was Alex Brunstad, Ashton Kille, Andrew Bell, Cole Miranda, Brady Cowling, Pam Fetzer, Ellen McNeill and Daniel Mittelman. Particularly noteworthy is the on court conduct of our juniors when they are clearly the superior players. Not a trace of arrogance was to be found, but a level of sportsmanship that all of us at the club can be most proud of. Learning to win graciously is every bit as important as learning to lose graciously. I am most impressed with our 14 and under team.
-Reported by Jim Whiting
Congratulations to our two winning lines from yesterday’s match!
Lisa @ S2 & Karen & Jennifer @ D3!
I’m sorry I had to leave before Lisa was off the court, but it sounds as though she gave it all she had & in her words “crawled off the court” after a third set tie-breaker! Although I’m sure she’d agree the win is usually worth the pain!
We were all there to congratulate Karen & Jen on their success, quite handily as well! It appears they work great together & are quite a duo!
Laura @ S1 had an amazing match against another 3.5 player, winning the second set without giving her opponent a game! It came down to a third set tie-breaker which her opponent squeaked out the final points! Challenging to play in between a “two” Bar Mitzvah day!
Liz & I @ D1 had a tough match with some good points which were not reflective of our scores! We’d love a rematch, but they’ll be playing 3.5!
DiAnne & Michele @ D2 had a great match with very close scores @ 4-6 4-6! They’re nicely matched as teammates & played as Claudia has taught “the front person driving the bus”! A few issues occured on their court that heated up the afternoon & appear were “lessons learned” for all of us in terms of court rules! I’ll do some research, since most are not addressed in the short version of our rules and get firm answers on the following…
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