PPL Welcomes our New Sponsor - Horizon River Technologies

We'd like to welcome Horizon River Technologies (HRT) as new sponsor of the Peachtree Paddle and toast Steve Koura for supporting our mission to grow this great sport in Atlanta.  

Please thank HRT with your business!

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The Villages Hosts a Great Fun Tourney & 3 Atlantans Compete

Joe Perdue, Ben Selman & Peter Lauer roadtripped to The Villages north of Orlando for their 1st Regional Tournament - the Joe Russo Shootout.  Run by Bob Wiltman, formerly a star player in Pittsburgh, and now Village resident, the event is in honor of long time player from NJ, Joe Russo, who got the Villages started into paddle 4 years ago by convincing management to build 6 courts.  Today the number is 12, and 6 more are under construction for a total of 18 by spring!

Joe & Ben paired together, and took second place in a 3 set shoot out against the winners, Bob Wiltman and Mark Kebe, long time player, Pgh native, Cinci resident court builder with Total Platform & sponsor of PPL.  Great fun event, which included 9 holes of golf at the Pelican Executive Course in The Villages.  For those who've not ever experienced the place, highly recommend the trip - it's amazing!

Special thanks to Jim Kargen, for playing four delightful matches, 2 of which went 3 sets, with the lefty gimp (Peter Lauer)!

East Cobb Court's Up - 10th in Atlanta

Congratulations to Bob Stratton & Mark Morneau for successfully pulling off the newest platform tennis court project in greater Atlanta, this at the East Cobb Swim & Tennis Club.  Look for PPL matches (named ECP - East Cobb Paddle) to be scheduled there shortly & a whole new paddle geography along the journey of growing this great sport in Atlanta.  All are welcome to come try it.

Atlanta Players Show Well at the MidWesterns in Cinci

Hometown Atlanta favorites Brian Bortnick, Bob Stratton & Graham McNerney traveled to Cincinnati for the Midwesterns Platform Tennis Tournament.

Brian & Bob teamed together and finished ahead of 24 teams among a field of 74 in the open and they finished 18th in the 90+ total age division tournament.  They made it to the consolation finals in both events.  Bob tallied some additional stats:  from Thursday to Sunday they played 14 matches, 30 sets, 270 games, 9 points avg per game = 2430 points of paddle!

Graham, ranked 56th in the nation, teamed with Matt Rogers (62nd) from Pittsburgh and finished 17th in the men's open bracket.  

They made their flights with 5 minutes to spare - time enough to capture this photo.

Weather Conditions in Cinci:
   Thursday -4 F wind chill -28 F
   Friday – 0 wind chill -20 F
   Sat – balmy 15 F
   Sunday 25 F

A great time was had by all!

Despite the rain, paddle plays on

Here are a few shots from Cherokee Town Club this morning