Hinsdale Paddle Palooza
2020-01-18 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Come join us for Hinsdale Paddle Palooza, this Saturday, January 18 from 7:00 pm to closing. Please bring you spouse and/or significant other and join us for a casual night of paddle, appetizers, drinks, and dessert. Play or don’t play, drink or don’t drink, but come hang out and get to know your local paddle “community.” Feel free to come stag if you can’t convince your partner to come, but we’d love to meet your better halves or a friend too…absolutely no prior experience necessary. We’ll have paddles for those new to the game.
BYO beer, wine and/or spirits (hot chocolate and baileys will be provided. Cost is $10/player (includes balls and appetizers).
Please RSVP Kevin Lannert ASAP so we can plan accordingly.

USO Paddle Day
2020-02-01 18:00 - 22:00 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
The 14th Annual USO Paddle Day will be held at Hinsdale Paddle’s Katherine Legge Memorial Park (KLM) facility. All funds raised will directly benefit USO of Illinois. Come out and meet USO staff and military personnel for a fun evening of paddle and camaraderie. Food and drinks will be available.
A minimum of $25 donation per player for each 1/2 hour of court time is suggested. For those not playing, we ask for a minimum $50 donation per person. Guest are welcome. There will also be a raffle drawing — $20 for 1 raffle and $100 for six. E-mail Pat Rodgers at patrick.rodgers@ml.com to reserve your court time, then make your donation online or bring a check.
For more information, visit USO Paddle Day

Illinois Married Mixed Paddle Tournament
2020-03-14 | IL
The event will be held Saturday, March 14 at various Chicago area clubs in the northern suburbs. Sunset Ridge CC is the host club. Cost is $200 per team. Entry deadline is Monday, March 9. Limit 32 teams in each of the four draws. All participants are invited to join the festivities at Sunset Ridge after finishing their last match and watch the main draw championships. Dinner and drinks will be served at SRCC’s paddle hut during the championships and later into the evening. In order to qualify to play in the Illinois Married Mixed, teams must be married before, during, and after the tournament. For more information, click on the link below.

Hinsdale Mixed Doubles Paddle Tournament
2020-04-18 | IL
Mark your calendar for this year’s Mixed Doubles Paddle Tournament to be held Saturday, April 18, 2020. Registration information will be available shortly.

2020 Hinsdale Open Paddle Tournament - Open C Draw
2020-10-03 - 2020-10-04 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
The Hinsdale Open, which was canceled back in Spring due to the coronavirus outbreak, is back on! Those who were scheduled to play have been contacted. Open C Draw is scheduled for Saturday, October 3 & 4. The final draw along with rules/safety protocols will be out shortly. There should be at least 24 teams.
Taco grill and beer will be served at both KLM and SCC for all participants. Expect to play 3 or possibly 4 matches on Saturday and if you are fortunate enough to win ’em all you get the right
Registration is now closed for the 2020 Men’s and Women’s Hinsdale Open Paddle Tournament. Registration includes a minimum of 3 matches, lunch, dinner party including one guest each, and a favor. Cost is $180 per team.

2020 Hinsdale Open Paddle Tournament - Open B Draw
2020-10-17 - 2020-10-18 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
The Hinsdale Open, which was canceled back in Spring due to the coronavirus outbreak, is back on! Those who were scheduled to play have been contacted. Open B Draw is scheduled for Saturday, October 17 & 18. The final draw along with rules/safety protocols will be out shortly.
Taco grill and beer will be served at both KLM and SCC for all participants. Expect to play 3 or possibly 4 matches on Saturday and if you are fortunate enough to win ’em all you get the right

Chicago Men’s Series Tournament
2021-01-23 08:00 - 2021-01-24 17:00 | Glenview Prairie Paddle Club, 2800 W. Lake Ave., Golf, IL, 60026
This tournament has been postponed!

Hinsdale Women’s National Ranking Tournament & Grand Prix Series
2021-02-05 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Registration is now open for the Hinsdale Women’s NRT Challenge and Grand Prix Series. Cost is $150 per team.

Hinsdale Men’s National Ranking Tournament & Grand Prix Series
2021-02-06 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
This tournament has been canceled.

Winter Warrior Classic Women's National Ranking Tournament - Grand Prix Series
2021-03-06 | Lake Forest Club, 554 N Westmoreland Rd,, Lake Forest, IL, 60045, United States

Winter Warrior Classic Men's National Ranking Tournament - Grand Prix Series
2021-03-06 | Hawthorn Woods Country Club, 1 Tournament Drive North, Hawthorn Woods, IL, 60047

2021 Women's Hinsdale Open Paddle Tournament
2021-03-19 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
The Women’s 2021 Hinsdale Open Paddle Tournament will take place Friday, March 19 from 8:30 a.m to 1 p.m. There will be a Women’s A, B and C Draw. The cost is $80/team. Entry is due by March 8th (earlier is suggested to secure your spot). Registration must be done online. Receipt of your on-line payment confirms your spot. For more information visit http://www.hinsdalepaddle.com/the-hinsdale-open-2021/.
Registration includes a minimum of 3 matches, lunch, and a tourney favor.

Illinois State Women’s Tournament
2021-03-19 - 2021-03-20 | Vally Lo
Please contact the tournament director for details.

Illinois State Men’s Tournament
2021-03-20 - 2021-03-21 | Vally Lo

Hinsdale Southwest Suburban Mixed Doubles Tango
2021-05-01 16:00 - 22:00 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Hinsdale and the SW suburbs’ top mixed teams will compete for annual bragging rights in the mixed platform tennis tournament Saturday, May 1, 2021 from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. The tournament will feature two draws. The A Draw will include teams with a combined series of 5 or more and will play at KLM. The B Draw will feature intermediate players with a combined series of 15 or more and will play out of Salt Creek.
Each draw will be limited to 16 teams. All participants must play out of one of these SW suburban clubs: HPD, Salt Creek, Hinsdale G.C., Ruth Lake CC, Butterfield CC, Chicago Highlands CC, and Edgewood Valley CC. Each team will play a minimum of 2 matches. Teams that make it to the finals of the main and back draws will play 4 matches.
The cost is $80/team. Dinner, drinks, balls, and prizes will be provided. All entries must be received by Tuesday, April 27.
IMPORTANT: If you don’t have a partner, or are completely annoyed with your spouse’s court positioning and overabundance of forehands, but remain interested in playing, please email Kevin Lannert (see below) with your series info and we’ll make an effort to get you a partner.

Chicago Charities Men's and Women's Grand Prix/APTA Tour Event
2021-11-05 08:00 - 2021-11-07 17:00 | IL
The men’s open tournament will take place on Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November 7. Women’s open is on Friday and Saturday. Men’s 90+ will take place Friday and Men’s 110+ will be held on Saturday.
All players must be current APTA members or pay $30 fee.
Cost:
Men’s and Women’s Open: $280 per team
Men’s 90+: $200 per team (multi tournament discount of $40 if also playing in the Men’s Open)
Men’s 110+: $200 per team
Host clubs are Glen View Club and Exmoor Country Club.

Springfield Open Men's
2021-11-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Springfield Park District, Springfield, IL

Hinsdale Paddle Hut Re-Opening Celebration!
2021-12-03 14:30 - 16:30 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Hinsdale Paddle will hold a ribbon cutting event to officially re-open the newly renovated paddle hut and – most importantly – publicly dedicate the facility to our great friend and paddle ambassador to our area for the past 30+ years, Bill O’Brien. The facility will be renamed as The Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center.
The dedication will be followed by an open house with food/beverages provided.

Hinsdale Junior Open
2021-12-22 08:30 - 15:00 | Ruth Lake Country Club, 6200 S. Madison St., Hinsdale, IL, United States
Ruth Lake would like to invite all Junior Paddle Players in the area to participate in the Hinsdale Junior Open, Wednesday, December 22. The tournament results will earn the kids national rankings which is really cool for them, but they don’t have to be experienced paddle players to play. It will just be a fun morning of donuts and paddle.
Co-Ed Doubles

10 and under – 8:30 am to 10:30 am
12 and under – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
14 and under – 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Cost is $80 per team and includes favors, prizes, donuts, and match balls.
Please contact Mike Franco (copied here) at michael.dominic.franco@gmail.com for more information or to register.

Cabin Fever Classic Men's National Ranking Tournament
2021-12-29 08:00 - 17:00 | Exmoor Country Club, 700 Vine Avenue, Highland Park, IL, United States
All players must be current APTA members or pay a $30 Limited Membership Fee, good for one tournament.
Cost is $100/team. Entry deadline is December 26. Draw size is 16 teams.

Illinois Men's State and Series Tournaments
2022-01-22 - 2022-01-23 | Glenview Prairie Paddle Club, 2800 W. Lake Ave., Golf, IL, 60026
For the first time, the Illinois Men’s State tournament will be combined with the League Series tournaments. The State tournament is open to all mens teams in Illinois and the Series Tournaments are designed just for league players in series 4 and below – because the other participants will be closer to your current playing level than any other tournament you could enter. We do this by restricting the entrants to just the guys playing in the Chicago CPTC League so that their playing level is clearly transparent.
The tournaments are scheduled for January 22-23. There will be 5 Individual Tournaments all going on at the same time (1-States and 4 – Series):

Open Men’s State tournament for any players in the state of Illinois
One tournament for players rostered between Series 4-8
A separate tournament for players rostered between Series 9-15
A tournament for players rostered between Series 16-24
A tournament for players rostered at Series 25 and higher

Players are limited to 1 tournament and are not allowed to play “Down”. However, players may play “UP” by entering a higher tournament if they wish.
The tournament will take place at one or more of the 20 different clubs on the North Shore. Glenview Prairie Paddle Club is this year’s host and will provide lunch to all the players.
To sign-up for the tournament visit http://www.platformtennis.org/tournaments/Tournaments_By_Month/CPTC-Series.htm.

Hinsdale Junior Open Presidents Day Event
2022-02-21 | Ruth Lake Country Club, 6200 S. Madison St., Hinsdale, IL, United States
The Hinsdale Junior Open will take place on President’s Day, Monday, February 21. Cost per team is $80. Entry deadline is February 15. The event is open to all APTA junior members.
The age brackets are:

10 & under boys and girls
12 & under boys and girls
15 & under boys and girls.

Junior’s age on October 1, 2021 determines age group place.
You may sign up as a boy/boy, girl/girl, or boy/girl team.
To register visit http://www.platformtennis.org/Juniors/Hinsdale_Junior_Open.htm.

2022 Men's and Women's Hinsdale Open Paddle Tournament
2022-03-18 - 2022-03-19 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
The Men’s and Women’s 2022 Hinsdale Open Paddle Tournament will take place March 18 and 19. The women’s draws (A,B & C) will take place on Friday, March 18 while the men’s draws (A, B, C & D) will be held on Saturday, March 19. Registration includes a minimum of 3 matches, lunch, and a tourney favor.
The cost is $140/team. Entry is due by March 7th (earlier is suggested to secure your spot). Registration must be done online. Receipt of your on-line payment confirms your spot. For more information visit http://www.hinsdalepaddle.com/hinsdale-open-2022/.
Men’s Tournament Contact:
Kevin Lannert – K_Lannert@yahoo.com
Women’s Tournament Contact:
Jane Veldman – Jane.veldman@gmail.com
Mary Doten – Mhdoten@gmail.com

Illinois Married Mixed
2022-04-16 | Sunset Ridge Country Club, 2100 Sunset Ridge Rd., Northfield, IL, 60093, United States
All levels are welcome and encouraged to participate. There will be multiple flights to accommodate all levels of play.
All teams guaranteed at least 3 matches (assuming a full draw). Prizes will be awarded to main draw champions & runners-up, and back-draw champions of each flight.
Sunset Ridge Country Club is the host club.
Cost is $220/team. Entry deadline is April 10 2022.

2022 Hinsdale Southwest Suburban Beauty & The Beast Mixed Doubles Challenge
2022-04-23 16:00 - 22:00 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Hinsdale and the SW suburbs’ top mixed teams will compete for annual bragging rights in the mixed doubles platform tennis tournament Saturday, April 23rd, from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m.
The tournament features two draws. A Draw is for advanced players with a combined series of 5 or more. B Draw is for intermediate players with a combined series of 15 or more.
This is a fun annual get-together and is one of the rare events that brings our Men’s and Women’s paddle community together to share our mutual love for the game. Dinner/Drinks/Balls/Prizes will be provided.
Each draw will be limited to 16 teams. All participants must play out of one of these SW suburban clubs: HPC, Salt Creek, Hinsdale GC., Ruth Lake CC, Butterfield CC, Chicago Highlands CC, LaGrange CC, and Edgewood Valley CC. Each team will play a minimum of 2 matches. Teams that make it to the finals of the main and back draws will play 4 matches.
Please note: Final draw assignments will be made based on your playing level relative to the rest of the entrants. Some of you might be moved up or down a bracket from where you registered. The idea is to have teams in each bracket as closely matched as possible to make it more fun for everyone.
Cost is $50 per paddle/$100 per team.
All entries must be received by Sunday, April 17th, 2022. To register go to https://hinsdaleplatfor.securepayments.cardpointe.com/pay?total=100.
Questions?
Contact Kelly Kelly at 6kellys@comcast.net.

Exhibition Paddle Match
2022-08-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Bill O’Brien Platform Tennis Center, 5901 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
An exhibition match featuring two top US players, Mikk Irdoja and Vuk Teofanovic, and two top local players (TBD) will be held at KLM this Friday, August 19 at 7:45 pm. Pizza and beer will be provided and is open to all men’s league participants. Hope to see you all there.

Cabin Fever Classic Men's NRT
2022-12-28 | Sunset Ridge Country Club, 2100 Sunset Ridge Rd., Northfield, IL, 60093, United States
Looking to get out and play some competative paddle after all the holiday cheer? Check out the Cabin Fever Men’s NRT Classic being held Wednesday, December 28. Entries are due by December 26 and all players must be APTA members. The cost is $100/team and includes three guaranteed matched (weather permitting), beer, drinks, and balls.

Indian Hill Junior Open
2023-01-15 | Indian Hill Club, 1 Indian Hill Road, Winnetka, IL, United States
All players must be Junior APTA members, and membership must be purchased before entry.

Illinois Men's State and Series Tournaments
2023-01-21 - 2023-01-22 | IL
For the first time the Illinois Men’s State tournament is being combined with the League Series tournaments. The State tournament is open to all mens teams in Illinois and the Series Tournaments are designed just for league players in series 4 and below – because the other participants will be closer to your current playing level than any other tournament you could enter. We do this by restricting the entrants to just the guys playing in the Chicago CPTC League so that their playing level is clearly transparent.

USO Paddle Day
2023-02-04 08:00 - 22:00 | IL
The 17th annual USO Paddle Day will be held Saturday, February 4 at Westmoreland and Sunset Ridge. The event was created to support the courageous men and women of our military by providing financial assistance to USO Illinois. USO Illinois provides vital services in support of our troops, including Naval Station Great Lakes to our north. Please click below for a brief USO video with historical footage.
Reserve Court Time – we ask for a minimum donation of $100 per player for each hour of court time ($150 for 1.5 hours). Courts are open all day until 10:00 pm. Please contact Tom Maentz at tmaentz55@gmail.com to book your court time. The Westmoreland Paddle House will be open for food and beverage.
Make a Donation – online donations can be made at our USO Paddle Day webpage: https://one.bidpal.net/paddle2023/welcome
USO Illinois is a 501c(3) non-profit organization. A tax letter will be sent for your records.
Buy Raffle Tickets – our popular raffle is back with a wonderful assortment of valued items, including a framed authenticated Jonathan Toews Jersey, Blackhawks tickets (4 seats, March 6th), Cubs tickets (4 seats, date TBD), several wine and spirits packages, and more! Winners will be drawn at the conclusion of the event. Need not be present to win. To purchase raffle tickets and view raffle prizes, please go to the USO Paddle Day webpage:
https://one.bidpal.net/paddle2023/welcome
