Last Minute Team Captures National Title
MARCH 26, 2011
GLEN COVE, NY
APTA Mixed 60+ Nationals
The last minute teaming of Diane Straus Tucker and Jim McCready (on left in picture) was no barrier to winning the gold medal in the APTA’s Mixed 60+ National Championship. This was Straus Tucker’s 20th national title and McCready’s first. Straus Tucker and McCready defeated Scott Estes and Muffin Slonaker (on right in photo) 6-4, 6-4. This was Diane’s third year in a row that she has won a senior mixed title. She won the Mixed 50+ Championship with Ken Persson in 2010 and in 2009 she won with Tim McAvoy. The final championship weekend of the year closed the books on a frustrating APTA championship season for Scott Estes who had three 2nd place finishes this year in APTA senior championships.
APTA Mixed 50+ Nationals
Diane Straus Tucker earns her third title of the year and her 21st over all. Straus Tucker and Rusty Wright (on left in photo) defeated Louise Cash and Tim Mangan (on right on photo) to take the 2011 APTA Mixed 50 + Championship.