amenities
For the benefit of Members and their guests, six ocean-front har-tru courts allow tennis with both a view and an ocean breeze: both are rare luxuries on the Jersey Shore.
A pro shop is there for a grip change, can of balls, restringing and required necessary tennis white apparel.
Programming
Adult doubles clinics are fun, social and educational. Cardio Clinics help you get & stay in “tennis shape”. A children’s program has been curated for the betterment of any Junior player.
There are various tournament formats: singles, doubles, member-guest, etc. We also have travel teams that compete along the Jersey Shore vs various other beach club teams.
Because the staff get to know all of the players and there ability they can act as a concierge to arrange a game for you.
Assistant Pros are complementary as hitting partners or to fill in for a game – an OBC exclusive!
Staff
OBC has enjoyed Tim Shay as its Tennis Director for over a decade. Tim has over 40 years of tennis teaching experience as a teaching pro and tennis director at various tennis clubs in Montauk and the Hamptons. In Fall, Winter & Spring Tim Shay is a the head pro at Little Silver Tennis Club where he coaches many OBC Members.
Tim’s career accomplishments include:
- #2 Singles/Doubles Division 1 at St. Francis College
- BS in Physical Education
- USTA High Performance Certified
- USPTA Certified Pro 1 (1987)
- USPTR Certified Pro (1985)
- Member of Head Advisory Staff
- Head Coach for USTA Womens’ 3.0 National Champions (1999)
- USTA National Head Coach B/G 12’s Zonal Team (Penn State)
- USTA National Coach for Girls 14’s Nationals (Georgia)
- Author of “Successful Doubles Tennis” in Pro Magazine (1999)
- USRSA Certified Stringer