News
AGM 2009
The AGM will be held this year on Thursday 5th Match at 7.30pm at Esporta. Nominations are invited for the posts of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.
News September 2008
Tournament
The Tournament was once again held at Stamford Tennis Club, on Sunday the 14th September. As so often in recent years we were blessed with lovely sunshine and scarcely a breath of wind. Only 8 pairs entered but these were drawn from 6 different clubs. As usual a handicap system operated to give players from lower divisions a chance. Group 1 was won by Mark Pallister and Shay Ginat of Stamford A and B with Adrian Wilson and Alan Jones of Deeping C taking the runners-up slot. In Group 2 Geoff and Christian Miles of Oundle, who play in the winter league, won all their matches to finish ahead of Liam Fitzpatrick and Mark Thomas of Stamford B. In the first semi-final Pallister and Ginat easily beat their clubmates Thomas and Fitzpatrick despite having to start each game a point down thanks to the handicap system. The second semi-final was a much tighter affair. Wilson and Jones have competed for many years but had not reached this stage for at least 10, and had never reached the final, despite this they went into a 3-0 lead. Miles and Miles rallied somewhat and the next 4 games were traded evenly. At 5-3 Wilson and Jones had match point but some determined play by the Mileses saw them through this and further crises in the next game to take the match to a tie-break, which they ran away with 7-1. In the final the Mileses chose to forego the point-a-game advantage they could have claimed but despite this produced a wonderful display to take a 5-0 lead. Pallister and Ginat then rallied to take the next two games but the Oundle pair kept their nerve to win 6-2. So new names are again added to the list of winners, no-one has retained the title in the recent history of the competition. An enjoyable day was had by all (we think) and thanks to Stamford Club for their hospitality.
League News
Congratulations to the divisional winners of this years summer league - Esporta A, Stamford B, JB Squad and Spalding B. The Winter league is due to start shortly, last minute entries (as of 16th september) still excepted - please contact Alan Jones.
News September 2007
Tournament
The tournament was held at Stamford Tennis Club on Sunday 9th September. Once again the weather smiled on us and 12 pairs entered, drawn from 8 different clubs. A handicap system operated, based on league status. Two groups of 6 were formed and the top two in each went through to the semi-finals. In the first semi Clive Moody and Ben Monti of DeepingA beat Deeping C pair Bob Oxford and Mick Soppitt 6-1 but the other semi was much closer with Alan Jordan and Andrew Harvey (Esporta/Eastways A) coming from behind to beat Rod Gill and Martin Desborough (Perkins/Thorokleen A – winter) by 6-4. The final was a keenly fought affair but Moody and Monti produced some of their best tennis to come out on top 6-2. Our thanks again to Stamford for hosting the event.
AGM 2007
The AGM will be held this year on Thursday 8th Match at 7.30pm at the usual venue, the Peterborough Sports and Leisure Centre on Lincoln Road. Nominations are invited for the posts of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.
News September 2006
Tournament
The tournament was held at Stamford TC on Sunday 17th September in the most lovely Autumn sunshine. Thirteen pairs entered, representing 6 different clubs, the biggest contingent being from Castor & Ailsworth, with 5 pairs. The pairs were divided into 3 groups which were won by Harris and Mason of Spalding, Nicholas and Nicholas of NENS and Timson and Moody of Deeping. The best runners-up were Ingram and Ingham of Castor, from the second group. In the semi-finals the Nicholases beat Harris + Mason 6-2 and Timson+Moody beat Ingram+Ingham 6-1 In the final the division 1 handicap again proved no bar to Timson + Moody , who triumphed 6-1. Our thanks to Stamford for again hosting a successful event.
Summer League
The last match of note in the summer league was the one which decided the title. Eastways A came to Deeping A knowing that even a 5-4 defeat would give them the title. Deeping`s chances were dealt a further blow when Ben Monti was taken ill just before the match, however Edward Whitfield proved a capable deputy. The turning point came in the second round of matches when Alan Jordan and James Homan won a tie-break against Timson and Moody to give Eastways the fourth rubber they required. The match eventually finished 5-4 to Eastways, which meant that Stamford A stayed ahead of Deeping in second place by one point.
Winter League
The winter league starts on October 15th, with 19 teams divided into 3 divisions. Let`s hope that the weather stays fine!
Report W/E 02/07/06
Eastways A continued their winning ways at the top of Division 1 with a 6-3 win over their B team. Second place Deeping A surprisingly lost 6-3 at Spalding A for whom Adam Craig and Emma Tomlinson won all three rubbers.
In Division 2 Thorokleen A stay top after beating Budget Insurance 5-4 despite the efforts of Walker and Hernaman who won all three for the visitors. Perkins go second after a 6-3 win away to Stamford D. Hill and Freeman were 100% for the visitors.
In Division 3 Deeping D won a re-arranged match 7-2 against Blueflames (Formerly British Gas, then Transco, it`s hard to keep up but the name gives you a clue) and followed this up with a 5-4 success against Railway A. This latter win owed much to a two rubber haul by young players Matt Medler and Matt Fowler who were promoted from last years E-team in Division 4. This enabled Deeping D to once again rise above their C team who were thrashed 8-1 at Eastways C for whom the pairings of Watkins & Harvey and Ayton & Curren were seldom troubled. Despite fielding a depleted team Castor A were able to cement their place at the top with a 6-3 win over Railway A, Liz Berryman and Richard Ingram won all three for the leaders. Clive Evans and Lee Cameron won all three for Whittlesey A against Spalding B to maintain second place.
In Division 4 a strong March A team were too good for Deeping E at the top of the table. Rob Henshaw and Nick Mann took maximum points for the leaders. Castor B`s revival continues with a 9-0 win over Railway B and their team of Lister, Sansom, Arden, Ingle, Glavina and Ingram were able to join their A team for a joint post-match celebration, both beating Railway teams. Whittlesey B`s good form also continued as they beat Eastways D, the Cornell/Booth and Leonard/Rose partnerships both enjoying success for the former wooden-spoonists.
Hopefully the good weather will continue and with Wimbledon in full swing there`s plenty of interest in the league at the moment.
June 2006
Olympic Tennis Roadshow
Alan Jordan is organising a series of tennis events, featuring previously world ranked players. The first event takes place in Peterborough 17th to 18th June. For further details visit www.olympictennisroadshow.com.
April 2006
Winter League
With nearly all results in Deeping A are winter league champions and Stamford B look like pipping their own A team to the runners-ip slot.March unfortunately had to drop out so their results have been cancelled.JB squad have won Division 2 with Castor A as runners up.
Eastways A edged out NENS to the Division 3 title.
AGM
The AGM was held at Peterborough Sports & Leisure Centre on the 9th of March and was well attended. The minutes will be added to this web site shortly.Summer League
The Summer league fixtures have been published and matches start after Easter. Best wishes to all teams and let's hope for fine weather.Tournament
The tournament will again be held at Stamford TC, on Sunday 17th September. More details nearer the time.
December 2005
The summer league was again won by Eastways A, for the 12th time in a row. Stamford A were runners up.Eastways B are champions of division two, with JB runners-up.
In division 3, Nens B are champions, with Stamford D runners-up - just ahead of Spalding D (1 point seperated the two).
In division 4 Eastways C are chapions, with Deeping E as runners-up.
The tournament was played on the 18th September at Stamford, With Clive Moody and John Timpson (Deeping) beating CLee Cameron and Clive Evans (Whittlesey) in the final.
October 2004
The summer legue was again won by Eastways A, for the 11th time in a row. Spalding B were runners up, their highest ever finish.Stamford B are champions of division two, unfortunately their outstanding re-arranged match against Railway A could not be played due to lack of court time and un-availability of players, so railway remain in second place.
These problems also affected division 3, where two late concessions by teams in re-arranged matches allowed MArch A to equal Eastways C's points total, so the championship was tied.
Division 4 was almost entirely played out and spalding B were the winners, with Deeping D just edging out March B for 2nd place.
The tournament was played on the 19th September at Eastways (Hereward Community College) as normal we had fine weather and 21 pairs drawn from 10 different clubs took part. The handicap system allowed several; pairs from lower divisions to do well and in the final Simon Bentley and Nick Ford of March A narrowly beat Jonathan Curran and Scott Titman of Eastways C. We just had time to hand over the trophies as the caretaker arrived to lock up the courts!
The winter league is just about to start. The entry is up again. This year we have 21 teams divided into three divisions.
