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

Club News

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

Tournaments

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

American Tournament results 2024

Tournaments

Our American Tournaments continue to be popular. Maybe it is the mix and match format where pairings are decided at random each round, or maybe it is the lovely teas, or maybe just an opportunity to play some competitive tennis in a more relaxed social setting. This year, we only held three of them as the one scheduled for the early May public holiday was a total wash-out.

Here are the results

Mens

 1st2nd3rd
April 1stCliff ChurchChris ColeJames Carlisle
Mark Hill
Mike Thornley Paul Tippins
May 27thJames Carlisle
Jonty Maston		Ed Long
Mark Hill		Paul Tippins
August 26thChris ColeMike ThornleyGeoff Day
Pete Archer

Ladies

 1st2nd3rd
April 1stSam RushKim FieldGill Stoney
May 27thSam RushFran JonesPat Cutting
August 26thDiane DoyleCath PearsonWendy Day

Our August tournament runs on slightly different rules and players are competing for the Albany Trophy.

Well done to Diane Doyle, playing an American for the first time, and Chris Cole as winners.

ADLTA results : Summer 2024

League

You may remember the summer of 2024 – it rained and then it rained again. Alison Jameson, our fixtures secretary, had a huge job fitting in all the re-arrangements, with the season extending well into August. Thank you Alison!

It had been decided at the ADLTA AGM to run the Summer league in the same format as the Winter league, namely having teams of 4 playing the best of 3 sets in each match rather than teams of 6 playing just one set.

We only had the one division winner this season : Mixed B in Division 1. We did though also have second places for Mens A , Ladies A and Mixed A all in their respective Premier divisions.

The club has some excellent Juniors and they were given the opportunity to play in the Mens B team. Year 12 student, Jacob Diskin, was third placed in the players standings. Well done Jacob.

Click here for all the results

Handicap Finals 2024

Photo Galleries, Tournaments

Our Finals for the handicap tournament was, as always, full of great tennis. It was particularly good to see some new names for the winners’ trophies : Rob Bozier, Guillaume Kaczmar, Verna DuFon and Jill Wilbraham. Indeed Verna and Jill had entered the event for the first time. Well done to them and all the other finalists. A special mention too for Tom Van Klaveren who repeated his win last year in the Mixed Doubles.

 
Winner
Runner-up

Mens Singles
Rob BozierAndy McElliogott

Ladies Singles
Sam RushJill Wilbraham

Mens Doubles
Graham Friel and Guillaume KaczmarMark Hill and Mike Santtu Asp

Ladies Doubles
Verna DuFon and Jill WilbrahamFran Jones and Alison Jameson

Mixed Doubles
Tom Van Klaveren and Alison JamesonMike Thornley and Sam Rush

Quiz night : May 2024

Club News, Photo Galleries, Social Events

Vicky put on one her great quizzes for us. These events are always sell-outs!

Here is some feedback which sums up our quiz night

“Thank you Vicky and Katherine so much for last night . It was a great success as ever . The questions were really good and lots of fun . The fish and chips were excellent and really hot which was really good . It all seemed very seamless . 
Thank you to Bob and Richard for serving the wine . All brilliant as usual .”

Play your way to Wimbledon

Club News, Juniors

Oliver was the winner of our Boys Singles Play Your Way to Wimbledon tournament and will go through to the next round which is organised by the LTA.

We will keep you updated on his progress.


The winners of the Smith’s Cup are also able to go through to the next round should they wish and/or be available.


Family Tournament : April 2024

Juniors, Tournaments

The Family Tournament was well attended yesterday afternoon with 12 families partaking. As the name suggests, a pair enters with one U18 player and an adult family member.

Matt Tarling ran the event and said a good time was had by all with lots of positive feedback.

For the second year in a row, Reuben and Mark were winners with Chris and Robert in second place, Dave and Harry third and Matt and Seb 4th.

Congratulations to all the finalists, especially Reuben and Mark for defending their title and thank you to all who attended. And a big thank you to Matt for running the event!

Smiths Cup events : April 2024

Tournaments

There were 5 pairs in the Men’s Smith’s Cup, including three father and son teams. The event was blessed with good weather, sunny and mild for a change, and some good tennis and fun points. The winners were Robert Bozier and Stuart Aberdeen on 23 points, with Chris Ezra and Santtu Asp on 21.
The Ladies’ Smith’s Cup was also well-supported. The winners were Jaime Sims and Sue White winning 28 points. Runners up were Sam Rush and Gill Stoney on 26 points.