David is not playing due to injury

This is the draft fixture list from the T&RA.

FIELD TROPHY FINAL

at Moreton Morrell

10 March 2013



CAMBRIDGE v JESMOND DENE

Cambridge                                                      Jesmond Dene

2nd Doubles:

Jules Camp and Ed Kay                                 Ed Lyle and Rory Musgrave

6/1, 6/0

1st Singles:

Alex Evans                                                      Charlie Harries-Jones

                                                                        6/5, 0/6, 6/5

2nd Singles:

Ed Pearson                                                     Richard MacAlister

6/0, 6/2

3rd Singles:

Jimmy Campbell                                             Michael Raven

 

1st Doubles:

Duncan Colquhoun and Andrew Petrie         John Duns and Alan Douglas

6/4, 6/5

Cambridge 3/2

Moreton hosted Manchester today in a club match.

Results below

M Trees beat B Howe 6/4 6/5
M Fattorini beat D Stevens  6/2  6/4
A Hamilton beat R Barlow 4/6  6/5  6/4
D Aldwinckle lost I Crawford 6/4 0/6 4/6
T Messer lost R Dyson 3/6 6/4 4/6

MMTCC won 3/2

I will add that Andrew Hamilton lost the first set 6/4 & then went 5 love down in the second set & with the ‘fat lady warming up’  he staged a great fight back proving that you should never give up!
Tom Granville

Congratulations to Steve Watson on winning the Parsons Cup & also to Tom Lewis for winning the Owen George club championship.  Reports of both tournaments below
Regards
Tom

                                       OWEN GEORGE CUP  2013

R. WILLS  V  A. REYNOLDS                6/3 2/6 5/6

P. KELLY  V  J. MILLER                6/2 3/6 5/6

M. HENMAN V   J. MILLER                     6/3 6/1

 T. BOMFORD V  A. REYNOLDS                   6/5 6/1

Semi-finals:
T. LEWIS   V  M. HENMAN                         5/6 6/3 6/3

P. SHAW- HAMILTON  V  T. BOMFORD        6/1 2/6 2/6

Final:   LEWIS beat BOMFORD  6/5 6/5

This year’s tournament would have had RolandOwen- George purring with delight, not only because of the excellent standard of tennis but also because the average age of the contestants was much lower than in the past!

The first round matches produced close results with Miller and Reynolds’s experience outdoing the Cotswold boys. Mike Henman murdered the ‘undertaker’serve, asking severe questions of the strength of the netting in the dedans and despite being 3/5 own in the first set, Tom Bomford went up the gears against Alex Reynolds.

Sadly, after 13 victories in the competition, it looks as though 61 year old Philip Shaw-Hamilton’s reign as club champion may be terminal but he gave a tremendous account of himself against Bomford whose superior fitness and ‘youth’ proved too much in a hard fought three set match. In the other semi, Henman successfully pressurized Lewis in the first set and at the start of the second with some fine tennis but Tom fought his way out of trouble to win fairly comfortably in the end.

The final was a fine spectacle with both players displaying athleticism and speed about court. Bomford went 5/2 up in the first set, but once again Lewis hauled himself back into the match and took the set 6/5. The second set was a ding dong affair- Lewis went 2 up, Bomford retrieving the situation to 2/2, Lewis going 4/2 up, Bomford scrapping back to 4/4 and then going 5/4 up. At this point Lewis’s superior serve, particularly the railroad, saw him past the winning post- just. The winner was presented his prize by the magnanimous former champion Philip who professed delight at seeing a new generation coming to the fore!

 

 

PARSONS CUP:

 

D. Aldwinckle v D. Phillips 5/3

D. Haslehurst v J. Richardson    5/0

T.Stokes v C. Pittaway  5/1

A. Hamilton v M. Etherington-Smith  5/4

A. Jeffrey v D. Aldwinckle  5/2

P. Jackson v J. Richardson          5/4

G. Arthur v T. Stokes 5/1

S. Watson v A. Hamilton 5/3

Semis:

Jeffrey v Richardson             5/3

Arthur v Watson                5/1

Final:    Watson v Richardson  6/1

Professor Steve Watson was worthy winner of the Parsons Cup- playing with cerebral good sense throughout and helped by effective serving. He was too consistent for the Chairman who left a comeback too late and proved too strong for Grant Arthur. Andrew Jeffrey looked a potential finalist with a comfortable win against David Aldwinckle but found James Richardson’s hard hitting a handful in the semis. Unfortunately, unlike some of his race horses (allegedly) James failed to come out of the stalls with positive intent and struggled against the Professor’s serves and good length shots to the corners, who cruised to a well-deserved 6/1 victory.

A most enjoyable weekend with thanks to Tom and Mark for marking, general organization and production of excellent tennis balls as per usual. The Chairman did put in a plea that Owen-George candidates set aside the 3/ 4 days next year without too many conflicts…hockey, National League, etc. etc.!

FIELD TROPHY: last year we were drawn away at Prested- a 3 hour journey and lost- we were drawn against them again this year but won 3/2 and the reward? A trip to Jesmond Dene! At least if we win, the final is at ...MMTCC!

2nd Doubles: Andrew Hamilton  and John Miller  v M Carter and Tim Collins 6/3, 6/5

1st singles: Philip Shaw-Hamilton v Peter Holmes 5/6, 1/6

2nd singles: Tom Lewis v Sarah Vigrass 6/4, 6/0

3rd singles: Tom Bomford v Toby Bawden 3/6, 6/2, 6/3

1st doubles: Llod Pettiford and Simon Hobson v Steve Taylor and Tom Shrager 1/6, 1/6

World Series MMTCC v Leamington:

Hamilton beat Stanton 6/3

Miller beat French 6/1

RSM lost to Fattorini 3/6

Hamilton and Miller lost to Stanton and French 1 /6

Hamilton and RSM lost to Fats and Stanton 5/6

Miller and RSM lost to French and Fattorini 4/6

Desperate doubles!

Lady Hamilton Trophy: congratulations to Hattie Shearman who defeated Philippa Twohig-Howell in a close 6/5 final.

Also well played Felicity Sargent & Hattie Hamilton for reaching the semi finals.

 

Christmas Triples: as ever was well supported and good fun so thanks to Tom for organising (and winning with David Phillips & David Aldwinckle!) and to George for a delicious turkey curry to warm us on a very cold evening!

Juniors:  A successful coaching evening was held, attended by 17 juniors on Monday 10 December and run by Ben Matthews and Tom

Willoughby de Broke Under 21 tournament to be held on weekend of 22/ 23 December with plenty of participants...An evening for the juniors’ parents will be held on Friday 1 February 2013

Holiday Play: Please make every effort to book courts over the holiday period to off set the effect of closure for electrical works to the lights

New Members: Tom will be arranging one session a month for 3/4 members to bring along someone who they think might be interested in playing and joining... So if you have someone in mind let Tom know.

Hoping you all have a peaceful and happy Christmas and New Year

Andrew