Oundle Tennis Club

2010 Teams and Matches

Treasurer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:59:47 +0000

The club usually plays in summmer in both the East Northants and the Hunts and Peterborough Leagues.

East Northants: Two Mens teams (Divisions 1 and 2), One Ladies team (Division 2)

H&P: Two Ladies teams (Division 1 and 2), One Mixed (Division 1) and One Mens (Division 3)

During the winter we run a men’s team in the Peterborough and District Winter League

Anyone interested in playing league tennis and/or helping to run the teams should let the club captain know immediately by emailing David Barton (matches@oundletennis.org) or the relevant captains.

Unfortunately this year we may be forced to drop two ladies teams and a mens team due to lack of interest.

Team Captains for 2009 were :

i. Aegon Mens – John Whight

ii. H&P Mens – Jason Atkinson

iii. Ladies A, H&P – Jo Martin

iv. Ladies B, H&P – Gee Farnsworth

v. Ladies East Northants – Gill Kingston

vi. Dave Barton EN Mens and HP Mixed

Team Captains for 2010 thus far are:

i. Aegon Mens – John Whight

ii. H&P Mens – Jason Atkinson

iii. Ladies East Northants – Gill Kingston

Open Day and Grand Opening

Treasurer — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:11:21 +0000

The new court lights on 4 & 5 will be officially opened on Sunday 28th March at 2pm. Weather Permitting!

There will also be a chance to:

Join the club – 10% Discount and no joining fee for those joining on the day

Meet the new coaching team and sign up for a range of new adult and junior programmes

Purchase items at the Tennis shop

Participate in some fun games on court, sample Cardio Tenis, try the speed gun

For new Junior players to Join the Road to Wimbledon competition

Refreshments available

More details to follow

Oundle Players Success for County Teams

Treasurer — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:44:46 +0000

Oundle players Peter Whight, James Henley, and Sophie Walker all represented Northamptonshire last week in the annual Under 18 County Cup Competitions.

In a Davis cup style of competition, the boys team beat Scotland (South), Wales (North), and Cumbria with a close 5-4 win over Scotland on the last day to clinch promotion.

The girls team held onto their promotion of last year by beating Wilthsire and Hereford & Worcestershire but couldn’t quite gain a further promotion after having lost 6-3 to Suffolk on the first day.

Spring News 2010

Treasurer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:52:37 +0000

As the start of the new season approaches we are delighted to tell you of the progress we have made in the club over the winter.

You have probably noticed that work is well under way to provide flood lighting for Courts 4 and 5 meaning we will have 5 lit courts to play on in the dark evenings. Keeping more of the people happy more of the time! Stage 2 of this project will follow soon. This will see the lights on court 3 much improved.

The snowy winter got the better of Jon Tregidgo [the old new head coach]. Sadly he resigned in the month that he took over and is now sitting in the sun in Australia.

We have not rested on our laurels, however, and we are delighted to announce that R2R are taking over and developing the coaching programme. Jack Hubbard will be leading coaching at Oundle club with Simon Nathan and we expect to see coaching and match playing opportunities for both adults and juniors flourish. Especially now we’ve got 5 floodlit courts!!

News will follow soon about contacting the Club Captain if you would like to play in the league teams. Volunteers to captain a team are always welcome please.

Club members Sophie Walker, Peter Whight, and James Henley all represented the county at the U18 county cup this month. The Girls team came second and held their division 5 place. The boys won division 6 and gained promotion.

Wishing you all a good time on the tennis courts this coming year.

Oundle Tennis Club Committee.

New Coaching Programme

Treasurer — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:42:26 +0000

Subject to contract Oundle has now appointed R2R Tennis to provide an enhance coaching programme for 2010.

This is expected to include from April

A new beginners and returners programme for adults
Cardio Tennis
A New Schools programme for juniors
Beginners classes for juniors
Continuation of the existing junior programme
An enhanced junior performance programme

Details to be released soon. Join Now.

AGM 24th November 2009

Treasurer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:32:09 +0000

The AGM was held at the clubhouse from 8pm.

Agenda

2008/9 Reports including Treasurer’s, Team Captain’s, Membership, and Coaching
Election of Committe and Officers (please note that the current chairman Alan Jones will be retiring due to injury).
2009/10 Budget
AOB

Summary Report Treasurer 2009

Summary Accounts Tennis Accounts Summary 2008-9 final

Detail Accounts Tennis Accounts 2008-9 final

Quentin MacDougall was elected chairman.

Jim Bailey Cup Results and Story

Treasurer — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:58:02 +0000

See the details on the main page

Oundle Players Win 2009 Junior County Championship

Treasurer — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:42:02 +0000

Club players achieved two fantastic results at the recent Northants County Championships.

Sophie Walker and Peter Whight won the annual Under 18 Mixed County title at the end of August joining forces to beat the favourites (and respective Singles champions Andy Guy and Cassie Dix) en route to the final where they saw off the challenge from James Williams and Harriet Leach.

Sophie also won the Under 18 Girls title, this time with Cassie Dix, beating Rachel Kings and Evie Harrison in the final.

Club Success at Hunstanton

Treasurer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:44:55 +0000

Last week many club members could be found at Sunny Hunny which for once lived up to its name – Glorious hot sunny weather almost all week.

Not only was it the best weather for many years – club & squad members also gained their best ever results taking titles in six events and reaching the final in two more plus a plethora of semi final appearances from juniors and seniors.

Why not join us next year!

Winners

Open Mixed Doubles: Jack Brooker & Sophie Walker

Under 18 Ladies Singles: Sophie Walker

Under 18 Doubles: Rachel Wildman & Kirsty Weston

Under 18 Mixed Doubles: Peter Whight & Rachel Wildman

Under 16 Ladies Singles: Evie Harrison

Under 16 Mens Doubles: Charlie Whight & Charlie Brooker

Under 12 Boys Doubles: George Frankel & Arthur Umbars

Under 10 Boys Singles: George Frankel

Parent & Child Round Robin: John Whight & Joe Sagoe

Finalists:

Under 16 Ladies Doubles: Izzy (Ella) Harvey & Alanna Fairley

Ladies Doubles (JV): Lorna Holden & Carol Wilson

Mens Doubles (Restricted B): John Whight & Chris Whight

Parent & Child Round Robin: Kate Whight & Craig Tandy

Hunstanton Results: http://www.hunstantonltt.co.uk/tennis09/results.htm

Jim Bailey remembered at Charity Ball

Treasurer — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:17:15 +0000

The Barnwell Charity Ball in aid of Motor Neurone Disease was held on 4th July in memory of Jim – coach, committee member, and friend.

Details at www.barnwellball.org