American Platform Tennis Association Championship Comes To Darien

DARIEN, Conn. – The country’s best platform tennis players will visit the area as part of the 81st American Platform Tennis Association National Championships, taking place March 4-6 at a variety of sites in Fairfield and Westchester counties.

Max Le Pivert, of Stamford, and Juan Arraya, of Old Greenwich, top-ranked platform tennis players, will compete in the 81st APTA National Championships March 4-6 in Fairfield County.
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Jim Barg

02/28/2016 7:30 p.m.

While the host club for the event is the Country Club of Darien, matches also will be played in Greenwich, New Canaan, Rowayton, Wilton, Weston, Fairfield, Stamford, Easton, Ridgefield and Rye.

In total, 33 sites and facilities will be in use during the three-day doubles tournament, as 500 men and women from across the country are expected to compete.

There will be plenty of local talent on display, like defending national champion and Rowayton native Jared Palmer, last year's finalist Mark Parsons of Norwalk, two-time national champion Viktoria Stoklasova, formerly of Wilton, and masters national champions Cynthia Dardis of Stamford and Amy Shay of Wilton.

The event is free to attend, and the association will donate the net profits to the Connecticut Alliance for Tennis + Education.

“We’re expecting over 1,000 on-site spectators during the weekend who will be treated to outstanding competition from the best in the sport,” said tournament organizing committee chairman Mark Fischl in a statement.

Fischl also said live Internet broadcasts will be available.

More information is available at www.facebook.com/81aptanationals or at twitter.com/aptanationals.

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