Friday, January 28, 2011

Eberly/Berka will the 6th Peachtree Invitational - Best Yet












Drew Eberly & Peter Berka of Chicago, 2nd seeds won the 6th Peacthree Invitational Platform Tennis Tournament by beating 1st seeds Brian Uihlein of Chicago and Mike Cochrane of New York in straight sets. This year's event was by far the best yet in what is a growing tournament with an increasing national following. This year's NRT with a record 40 teams had 26 players from outside Atlanta and 10 other states. The event included a Wildcard Feed-in tournament the weekend before, a professional clinc for the PC women & local teaching pros, a Friday night wine party at Pour in Brookhaven, a semi-finals party at Cherokee Town Club, a beautiful Saturday night party at the Goldenberg's beautiful new home in Buckhead, a complimentary party raffle including a house for a week on the coast of Maine, and 3 kegs of beer. Tournament Chair Peter Lauer remarked of the event during his his toast at the party "we've come such a long way in 6 years thanks to the enthusiasm and help of so many people - we hope by decade's end to host the Nationals here in Atlanta for which we only need about 23 more courts!" The 7th Annual is scheduled for Jan 21/22, 2012 - all are welcome!