Last year’s final had been slightly delayed but Adam Dolman and defending Champion Luke Danby took to the court on Saturday for what turned out to be one of the most entertaining finals we have had in recent years. Adam started the match very well striking the ball with real venom and he took the…
Author: Tom Durack
PHTC Ellis Rich Scratch Doubles
Last weekend saw some of the clubs strongest players competing in the Club level doubles. The top seeded pair of Angus Williams & Adam Dolman got through to the final untroubled and the second seeds Andrew Page & James Acheson-Gray had an extremely tight first set in their semi-final against Mark Drysdale & Steve Calder-Smith…
PHTC’s Louis Gordon wins Henry Johns Award
We are delighted to announce that Louis Gordon has been awarded the Henry Johns award which is given to the best young Professional under the age of 29. The decision was made by the T & RA Tennis Committee to award Louis for his achievements both on and off court, including obtaining a merit on his…
Philip Robinson Trophy Level Doubles
Last weekend we had 7 pairs fighting it out to win the Philip Robinson Trophy Doubles. On the Saturday we had three matches that all went to three sets and started with the defending champions Simon Armstrong and Andrew Falk being pushed all the way by a new pairing of Harry Chetwood and Jonathan Norman. In the…
Hennell Plate Handicap Doubles weekend
There was some fantastic tennis played throughout the weekend with pairs handicaps ranging from 33 to 65. We had 10 sets that went to a 5/5 deciding game and I think at least 5 of those went to 40 all game point! The play off group for the group runners up on the Sunday morning…
Appointments
I am pleased to announce that the Board has made the following appointments to come into immediate effect: Christopher Swan: Director and Hon Fixtures Secretary Carolyn Armstrong-Smith: Vice President Harvey Rawlings: Vice President (having stepped down from the Board) Philip Robinson Chairman 16th August 2016