Monthly Archives: September 2024

Our tennis balls help fund-raising for Aldershot Lido and Ukraine

A neighbour of the Club whose house in Ewshot Lane backs on to the triangle of spare land adjacent to court one got in touch a few months ago to ask for some old tennis balls for an event at Aldershot Lido. We were happy to supply her with some, the dogs being less fussy about the quality of tennis balls than our players.

Here is the thank you note from one of the organisers :

“Just wanted to email to say a HUGE Thank You for the tennis balls for our Lido event!   It was a great weekend with sold out sessions (all that money went to the Lido) … but we did also manage to raise just shy of £1100 on our event stands and preloved merchandise stall – which all helps continue sending aid to Ukraine.

The tennis balls went down a treat and SOOO many people bought them, for a small donation, for their dogs to play and we had great fun shooting them into the pool for dogs to jump and fetch.  It was a really good weekend and we even made the evening news!”

Finals results : 2024

We had two very different days of weather for our Finals weekend. Saturday was decidedly autumnal : quite chilly and blustery. Sunday felt more like one of the warmest days of the summer. The one thing which was the same was the high standard of the tennis!

Saturday’s highlight was the Men’s Final won by David Jones with a stunningly impressive performance. Almost as good was the U18 Boys Final where the hitting was nearly as powerful as David’s with many long fiercely-contested rallies.

Sunday’s highlight was without doubt the U10 Boys final played with junior green balls. The only other concessions to their age were having the net slightly lowered and allowing a sit-down after each game rather than just at the change of ends, very necessary on this hot day. There were plenty of long rallies with deep controlled shots from both players. They got a very warm and well-deserved round of applause from all the veteran finalists when they finished.

Here are the full list of winners and runners-up

EVENTWINNERRUNNER-UP
U10 BoysAustin Jarrett-KerrIsaac Blake
U10 GirlsIndia GillettSaskia Ellison
U12 BoysCalder McFeeJoshua Reid
U14 BoysGeorge DunhillLuke Glennon
U14 GirlsIsla GillettMelissa Cox
U16 BoysOliver CasseltonAleksander Mach
U18 BoysOliver CasseltonMichael Palmer
EVENTWINNERRUNNER-UP
Mens SinglesDavid JonesPeter Grant
Mens Vets SinglesPeter GrantStuart Lamb
Mens DoublesAlistair Jones and David JonesBen Martin and Harry Bywaters
Mens Vets DoublesDavid Pharo and Peter GrantDavid Alston and Mike Thornley
EVENTWINNERRUNNER-UP
Ladies SinglesSam RushChloe Tarling
Ladies DoublesDebbie Ryder and Jane VincentJane Baldwin and Sam Rush
Ladies Vets DoublesDebbie Ryder and Jane VincentElaine Leitch and Sam Williamson
EVENTWINNERRUNNER-UP
Mixed DoublesPeter Grant and Jane VincentMark Elliott and Gill Stoney
Mixed Vets Doubles (Over 50s)Peter Grant and Jane VincentStuart Lamb and Debbie Ryder
Super Vets Doubles (Over 60s)Cliff Church and Sue WhiteDavid Alston and Ailsa Fraser
Platinum Trophy (Over 70s)Roger Barnacle and Val TalbotDerek Carder and Sue White