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2012 News
AGM
The Club's AGM is on Friday April 20th at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse. Please come to support your Committee, and to hear about the past year and what is proposed for this year. Also at the meeting, the draw is made to see which lucky member has been allocated a Wimbledon ticket.
League News
The finals of the winter knock out tournament were held at Littletons Tennis Club on Friday 13th April, with our pair of Brian Lomas and Chris Adams being beaten by Chipping Campden pair, Jaimie Lindner and Josh Thomson, in the Plate final.
Runners Up Brian and Chris on right
Summer Tennis Starts
Tuesday April 3 marks the restart of Club Nights. So it is every Tueday and Thursday, starting at 6.30pm on Tuesdays and 6.30pm on Thursdays. All members are welcome. Please come and have an enjoyable evening of tennis in beautiful surroundings.
Opening Tournament - Sunday May 6th, Starting at 12.00 noon
This is open to all members of all standards. Put your name down on the notice in the Clubhouse
2011 News
Ladies Tournament
Another beautiful afternoon, during autumn, for the ladies of the club to demostrate their doubles skills. They showed much fortitude because it was really hot. The tournament was won by Jackie Hands and Moira Seedhouse, with Sue Bull and Angie Driscoll as runners up. Chairman Terry kept the score.
Ladies Tournament participants Winners Moira and Jackie back row, runners up Angie and Sue front row
2011 Main Tournament
Our main tournament took place on a lovely sunny afternoon and was enjoyed by all. Thanks to all those who brought along such delicious things to eat.
The tournament was won by Catherine Arkell and Chris Adams. The runners up were Leena Palmgren and Joe Sach.
Winners: Catherine & Chris Runners Up: Leena & Joe
The prizes were presented by Terry (centre in both pictures)
Coffee Morning
Our trusty band of helpers have been in action at the Redesdale Hall. They have raised a total of £387 over two Tuesdays. Well done to those involved, including the cake makers.
May 15 Club Tournament for the Cecil Haslam Trophy
This highly enjoyable tournament was in memory of our former chairman, Cecil Haslam. On Sunday afternoon, 16 players gathered to participate. They were split into 2 groups of 4 pairs. The winners of each group played each other in the final.
It was run as a handicap system, which we found a little confusing to start with, but resulted in some close matches in the end. Each match was the best of 11 games. If you won a game, you started the next game 15 love down. If you won that, you then started the next game 30 love down. Win the next and you were 40 love down. That was the limit. Most matches ended up as 6/5.
The winners were Cathy Fisher and Mike Rees, with runners up being Mandy Kendall and Andrew Haslam. The trophies were kindly presented by Joan Haslam.
Cathy, Joan and Mike Cathy, Joan, Mike and Terry (our chariman)
Exciting News - Your Chance to Buy a Moreton in Marsh Tennis Club Logo Sweatshirt
Please find attached an order form for the above (with embroidered Moreton in Marsh Tennis Club logo). If you are interested, complete the order form and send it to Terry along with your cheque.
Club of the Year Award For Moreton-in-Marsh Tennis Club
Moreton-in-Marsh Tennis Club have been voted the South Warwickshire and District Summer League “Club of the Year”. The announcement by the “Prudden League” Secretary Corin Bishop was received with delight by Chairman Terry Parkes and the rest of the club officials.
The award, known as the “King Cup” was a tribute to the people who run the teams and was decided by several factors. First all clubs who had teams fined, or failed to field teams, or fielded only one pair for a match during the season and also those who had received warnings for late score sheets and/or made errors when submitting scorecards were eliminated. This left six clubs who deserve a mention in despatches: Aston Cantlow; Evesham; Harbury; Ilmington; Moreton-in-Marsh and Pershore. An essential ingredient for this award is that they must enter a team into the league’s junior competition. This left only Evesham and Moreton in the running. It was a close run thing, but in view of the achievement of managing two unblemished men’s teams and the jobs done by Chris Adams for the A Team and Dennis Fisher for the B Team, plus their overall leader in the background Terry Parkes and James Hilltout’s efforts in his first season with the juniors, they pipped Evesham for the trophy. Moreton-in-Marsh Tennis Club become the seventh winners of the “King Cup” and now carry the title of the “Best club in 2010”.
Shown from left to right are: Chris Adams; Jess Loewe; David Hancock; James Hilltout; Mick Simpson; Dennis Fisher and Simon Nutter. (Terry Parkes absent on holiday)
Fund Raising
The total cost of the resurfacing project is £26,000. Because our current funds do not match that cost, we need to organise fund raising activities. So if any of you out there can help please come forward (contact Terry Parkes on 01386 700301).
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