Platform Tennis Championships Arrive, Spectators Invited

The National Mixed Doubles Championship of the American Platform Tennis Association will take place Feb. 26–27 at the  in Morris Township. Close to 200 athletes are expected. 

Matches are open to the public and local spectators are welcome to attend. Proceeds from the tournament, sponsored in part by Verizon, go to the Emergency Department Expansion Campaign at Morristown Memorial Hospital.  

On Saturday, Feb. 26, play will take place at a number of local venues, listed here. Semi-finals and finals will take place on Sunday, Feb. 27 at Spring Brook Country Club . The final is scheduled for 1 p.m..

According to Springbrook Country Club:

Platform Tennis, or “Paddle”, is an outdoor racquet sport played in the winter months; it combines elements of tennis with racquetball and squash. The court is smaller than a tennis court and is surrounded by tightly strung, heavily gauged wire fencing (also known as screens) that lets the players keep the ball in play after the ball hits off the court and then the screens. As the name suggests, platform tennis is usually played on a raised platform, allowing for heaters underneath the deck that can melt off the winter elements of snow and ice. Platform tennis is primarily a doubles sport, with two players on each side of the 34” high net.