Westchester, NY Brook Kindred has lost his fight with cancer. For more than 40 years, Brook served the APTA and the sport of platform tennis. He was an APTA Board Member, was instrumental in the formation and administration of the APTA Umpires Committee, helped develop the concept of the current Hall of Fame, and was a driving force behind the creation of a Platform Tennis Museum. While he did not live long enough to see this become a bricks and mortar reality, his efforts, knowledge and guidance have been invaluable.   continued...

In the next few weeks, Brook would have been inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Sound Shore Seniors tournament. Sue Aery and Gerri Viant will be inducted at the Women's 40+/60+ National Championships on January 18th and Howard Sipe will be inducted during the 2006 Marsh APTA Nationals in Chicago. These events and many others from now until the end of the season will require the services of qualified umpires. Brook will be missed at all of them.

Services for Brook will be held at St. James on Jan. 21st at 3.30pm followed by a reception at Fox Meadow In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum Foundation PO Box 413, Scarsdale, NY 10583