Tag: tennis

Irvine slices a silver medal in Turkey tennis tournament

Hank Irvine has recently returned home from the International Tennis Federation’s World Masters Team Tennis Championship with a silver medal. He plays as a member of the Zimbabwe team, which came...

Friends of Tennis Committee report next volleys

BY CAM WATTS, NANCY LECKERLING, JON LECKERLING AND MARK HORAN Since the last reporting in the February 2, 2024 Boca Beacon, the Friends of Tennis Committee, led by Cam Watts, Nancy and Jon...

Love-ly net gain for tennis boosters in pickleball debate

After several weeks of meetings and planning, Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane, on behalf of the county, met with several island tennis advocates, agreeing to keep the two tennis courts on...

Those are some really expensive tennis courts:

July 8, 2022
Marcy Shortuse
News

County talks about upcoming project on Wheeler, drops the numbers and … WOW! Pickles are usually small things. Pickleball is more or less a diminutive version of tennis, too. But when Lee...

Lee County announces timeline for dog park, says tennis court status still up in the air

Lee County Communications Director Betsy Clayton confirmed this week that the Wheeler Road dog park construction is set to begin in June and will take five months to complete. The park will...

Tennis and Gasparilla Island: They’ve been synonymous for more than a century

May 17, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY T MICHELE WALKER – Boca Grande is famous for tarpon fishing, golf carting and spectacular views of the Gulf of Mexico, but it also boasts more tennis clubs and pros per capita than any...