TENNIS SECTION - THE 2024 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW TO A CLOSE

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The mixed doubles competition took place throughout November with 10 couples taking part this year.  We had mother and sons, husbands and wives, and friends coming together in 2 round robin groups which fed into a knockout stage during the last couple of weeks.  November wasn't kind to us with the weather and the players battled through sleet, rain and heavy winds at times to get us to finals day on Saturday 30th November.   

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The main draw final was a tightly contested match between Lizi Pepper and Mike Collins, and Helen Baker and Toby Dunn.  It took 2 tie-break sets to find a winner, the first of which was won 13-11 to help Lizi and Mike come out victorious. The plate event saw Yvonne Drennan and Rob Skingsley (losing finalists last year) defeat Liz Phillips and Ben Roberts.    

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The singles and doubles competitions were played in October again with round robin groups and the final placings leading to knockouts giving us our finalists on the 26th October. Thankfully the weather in October was kind to us and all matches were completed on time. Paul Mellor and Paul Owens took the Men’s doubles honours over Steve Garside and Stefano Girolami. The men’s plate trophy produced another good competitive match which saw Jason Crick and Graham Roberts take the win over Will Simpson and Matt Trappe.

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Stefano didn’t have time for too much relaxation as he was back on court to compete for the men’s singles trophy. After a month of tennis matches Stefano looked down the far end of the court to see Toby Dunn, one of our talented junior players. This final match of the afternoon proved highly entertaining for the spectators and Toby went on to win his first trophy in the senior competition..  

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