UPDATE – White v Kemp match has just started, Louis’ match versus Claire Fahey will be next on court. Louis’ match will be starting shortly and is being streamed live at https://youtu.be/Slsclk_hjMw.
Category: Tournament
A great weekend of Junior Tennis with two new winners!
Last weekend we had 12 young players at the club battling to win the George Cooke Racquet Under 21 Handicap Singles and the Page Cup Under 24 level singles Saturday 2nd April – George Cooke Racquet – We had two groups playing in this handicap event and there was some fine tennis on show by all…
Field Trophy Semi-Final
This weekend the Petworth team travelled to Newcastle to take on Jesmond Dene in the semi-final of the Field Trophy. A two-hour practice session took place on Saturday afternoon before the match got underway at 10am on Sunday morning. In the first match our No. 1 singles player, Adam Dolman, played Charlie Harries-Jones. Adam was…
The Secretary’s Cup Handicap Doubles 2016
Last weekend we had some fantastic handicap tennis played at the club. The Secretary’s Cup is great as it is a random draw for partners which means that members are likely to partner someone they might not have met before. In the group stages we had 7 sets that went down to the last game…
Watch the 2016 Australian Open
Royal Melbourne Tennis Club are currently hosting the Australian Open and are doing a great job of broadcasting the matches on YouTube. The quality of the video is good and they are using 5 cameras placed around the court to provide a variety of viewing angles. Although the live matches aren’t at very convenient times…
Bevan-Thomas Two Generations Family Tournament 27th and 28th December 2015
This year’s tournament was the 25th and 12 pairs entered, including three generations of the Bevan-Thomases, and last year’s winners Charles and Columbus O’Donnell. Groups 1 and 2 played on the Sunday with winners, runners-up and one lucky third place to go through to the quarter finals. Tim and Gus James prevailed in Group 1,…