The Platform Tennis League (Cincinnati) opened it's 2015-16 Fall/Winter season with play at four facilities. Five players were undefeated for the evening - Rob Bakker, Thaddeus Reed, George Musekamp, Brent Sitarski and Mike Schray. Click for court results, week #1 team results or the current standings.

#5 seeds Fabian Schmahl and Pete Tarnowski won four matches to take the Platform Tennis League's "Reverse Draw" tournament. The 14-team event pitted the top seeds against each other in the early rounds, with the 1 & 2, 3 & 4, etc. playing each other in the first round. The duo survived a tough top half of the draw that featured all eight of the top seeds. John Mirlisena and Paul Gossiger came through the bottom half to face Schmahl & Tarnowski in the final.

For full tourney results click the file below:

The teams for the Fall/Winter League will be drafted tonight. The teams will be posted tomorrow.

Current Players (145):
Matt Allare, Rob Bakker, Kathy Barton, Kyle Bates, Pete Bernhard, Andrew Beto, Bill Boughton, Chris Bowman, Scott Bristow, Brian Brockhoff, Bret Bruder, Martin Bruemmer, Carlos Canelas, Richard Canelas, Liz Carnesi, Greg Carr, Robin Carr, Porter Castleberry, Mike Caudill, Sarah Chasnoff, Chang Cho, Jim Ciesick, Brett Connelly, DeWitt Cook, Jason Cooper, Karen Crowley, Steve Crowley, Brett Decurtins, Scott Degerberg, Seth Dimling,  Jay Dollries, Jack Dowling, Tom Eisenzimmer, Ryan English, Bart Fitzpatrick, Ryan Floth, Anne Flottman, Tom Flottman, John Fovel, Lawrence Gamblin, Karen Games, David Geppert, Robert Gerwin, Jim Getgey, Sally Giannella, Pat Gilligan, Tracy Glassmeyer, Robert Glenn, Glynn Goertzen, Paul Gossiger, Hansen Jasen, Richard Hartke, Andy Heldman, Jim Heldman, Ken Heldman, Mike Herrel, Patrick Herrel, Patty Horne, Ron Johnston, Doug Jones, Andrew Jordan, Richard Joseph, Ron Joseph, Michelle Keating, Gene Kennedy, Scott Kiker, Bob Kooris, Adam Kwiecinski, Rick Lauer, Mike Lint, Lee Lonergan, Greg Love, Amy Lutz, John McElhenny, Matt McIntire, Scott McIntosh, Chris McKearin, Lisa McLaughlin, Chris McRae, Jeanne Miller, Brian Mitchell, Dave Montgomery, Dan Mott, Pat Mueller, George Musecamp, Patty Nash, Larry Newman, Tom Nurre Jr., Chris O'Brien, Guy O'Gara, Sue O'Gara, Anthony Palmenter, Ken Palmer, Dave Peck, Brad Pierce, Mark Pohlman, Heather Prop, Keith Rabenold, Steve Rafalo, JR Randall, Thaddeus Reed, Ken Rieser, Pete Robinson, Jeff Roman, Craig Rowitz, Barry Rudell, Gina Saba, Peter Saba, Kaki Scheer, Fabian Schmahl, Betsy Schmidt, Kathy Schneider, Mike Schray, Tyler Schroeder, Brian Schuermann, L.V. Semona, Anne Shanahan, Patrick Shiels, Ralph Shine, Brent Sitarski, Sue Streit, Jim Stutz, Andy Taylor, Cindy Taylor, Michael Todd, Eric Toth, Scott Triplett, Grant Troja, Douglas Ucci, Mary Ucci, Courtney Ulrich, Scott Vaaler, Diego Vallota, Ron Visscher, Steve Watts, Evan Webeler, David Wellinghoff, Pam Whitehead, Kyle Wilkins, Ralph Winterhalter, Todd Wise, Amy Wolber, Jeff Wolf, Kelly Wolterman, Lee Workum

8 courts were played on the final night of the regular season. Players were paired according to their positions in the standings. The upper level court with Doug Jones, Pete Tarnowski, Andrew Jordan, Ryan English and Ben Hall determined the regular season champion. Going into the match, both Jones and Tarnowski could finish first simply by winning the court. Jordan could finish first if he won the court and Jones finished third or lower. Jones won the court with 24 games, Tarnowski finished second with 17 and Jordan finished third with 16.

John Fovel finished the season strong, winning two upper level courts and moving up to third place in the final standings. Scott McIntosh won his upper level court outright, while Scott Degerberg and Jim Ciesick split first on the other upper level court. Adam Kwiecinski won two lower level courts and Brad Davis also was a court victor. Click for full week #7 results or the final standings.

Summer Session #2 Final Standings - Top Five

1. Doug Jones ... 132.0 points ... 22.00 average
2. Pete Tarnowski ... 123.0 ... 20.50
3. John Fovel ... 54.0 ... 18.00
4. Andrew Jordan ... 50.0 ... 16.67
5. Patrick Herrel ... 90.0 ... 15.00

The Platform Tennis League just got approval to use the courts at Maketewah CC on Thursday nights. With the addition, we can safely add about 20 more players. We will hold at least 8 more spots for additional Maketewah members who would like to sign up + we will reopen general sign ups as well. 

Our team draft is Thursday, September 10 with league play starting the following Thursday. If you would like to play and be part of the "virtual" team system, you must sign up by 5:00pm on September 9.

A special thanks to Maketewah members Steve Rafalo and Bret Bruder for endorsing the league and helping us gain acceptance.

TIME SLOT NOTE: With the added centrally located  courts, we will revert back to the original 2 time slots at Cincinnati Country Club. So all start time options will again be 6:00 and 8:00.