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Round-up for week ending Sunday July 22
Andrei Clark of Boston Tennis Club will represent
Lincolnshire at the national finals of the Road to Wimbledon 2007
competition. The finals of this National 14 and under competition are held on
the grass courts of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, from August
20-25. The Road to Wimbledon event continues to grow every year since it
began in 2002. The idea is for clubs, tennis centres and schools to support
their juniors and organise a Road to Wimbledon tournament to give
opportunities for keen juniors to progress to the county finals and then
onwards to the national finals. The event comprises three stages and is open
to boys and girls of all standards.
Earlier in the year Andrei Clark, Stanley Roffe, Ashleigh Frankish and Kathie
Dawson became the winners and the runners-up in Boston Tennis Club’s
tournament held for the Road to Wimbledon event. They qualified for the
subsequent stage held at the Eastgate Club, where all four won through to the
county finals. These were held at Boston on Saturday. Andrei won his semi-
final against David Sunter, of Gainsborough, without the loss of a game.
Stanley Roffe played Domonic Banks, from Lincoln, in the other semi and took
him to a third set tie-breaker that he lost 4-10. The final was between Andrei
and Domonic. Andrei, playing extremely well, pulled off a very good win 6-1,
6-3 against the more highly rated player to book himself a place at
Wimbledon. Stanley also played well to finish third in the County Tournament
when he beat David Sunter in the third/fourth play-off. Ashleigh Frankish
breezed through her semi-final but lost out to Lincoln’s Danielle Smith in
the final and finished in overall second position. Kathie Dawson played well
in her semi-final but lost to Danielle, but went on to finish third in the
competition after winning her third-fourth play-off match.
In the Boston and District Mixed League, Boston Mixed II lost 6-3 to
Spalding. The team comprised Phil Cosgriff, Jenny Grant, James Puttrell, Sue
Beesley, Chris Beale and Annette Jakeman. The Boston III team of Mike
Sweeney, Jane Hindmarch, Chris Sweeney, Helen Motson, Louis Warren and Tricia
Sweeney had a 7-2 win against Woodhall Spa.
In the Lincolnshire League there were narrow losses for two of the ladies’
teams. The seconds of Jenny McGarel, Sue Beesley, Rachel Atkinson, Faye
Button, Catherine Ellis and Mary Smura lost 5-4 to Grantham Tennis Club
ladies in a close match. The ladies fourth team also lost out 6-3 to Appleby
Frodingham in a tight match. The team on this occasion was Sue Dring, Lyn
Capes, Denise Priestley, Kathie Dawson, Andrea Jackson and Annettte Jakeman.
From 2pm to 4pm every Wednesday and Friday afternoon from July 25 until
August 10, group tennis coaching will be taking place at Boston Tennis Club
as part of the Borough of Boston Sports Tour initiative. For club members the
cost is £1 and for non –members it is £2. There are also some attractive
deals on membership for participants and their families during these three
weeks. The sessions will take place indoors if it is wet.
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Round-up for week ending Sunday July 1
Boston Tennis Club members Lewis Fisher, James
Niedermeier, Elizabeth Hall and Emily Hawkesworth represented Lincolnshire at
under-12 age group last weekend. The boys played at Boston and finished
fourth out of six counties. The girls’ team
were at Derby and, although finishing sixth, they only narrowly missed
out on a higher placing on a count-back of sets that had been won.
Elsewhere over the weekend, the Lincolnshire Youth Games took place at
Grantham Meres Leisure Centre. In the tennis competition Boston finished in
third place with South Kesteven being the winners. The team representing the
Borough of Boston was Jessica Frankish, Elizabeth Tracey, Alice Tetther,
Jonathan Trevor, Henry Beesley and David Cheer. They had some close matches
despite having to contend with a strong wind and spells of rain as well as
the opposition.
Earlier in the Boston and District Mixed League, Boston Tennis Club first
team played their second team. It was a close fought match with the final
result a 5-4 in favour of the first team. Simon Bush and Ashleigh Frankish,
as first pair, won all three rubbers and the other two pairs of Tom Brooks and
Rachel Atkinson, Geoff Short and Ros Keane added one apiece. The second
team’s pairs were Mike Burnett and Sue Beesley, Will Mason and Sarah
Bennison, James Putrell and Kathie Dawson. There was an 8-1 win for Boston
mixed thirds in a match against Spilsby that was actually a much closer than
the scoreline suggested. The team was Andrew Cook, Helen Cook, Ray Frankish,
Tricia Sweeney, Mike Sweeney and Mary Smura.
Boston Tennis Club’s internal summer leagues are now in
full swing. The traditional Summer Doubles League sees Sharon Thorogood as
the current leading female on 31 games, with Lyn Brocklehurst on 30 games and
Frances Keane and Sue Rutherford on 28 games each.
In first, second and third places for the men are Peter Elphick, Jim Mackin
and Charles Tupper, while Raj Varma, Peter Waterfall and Richard
McDonnell-Woods are all equal on 32 games. In the premier division for this
round are Peter Elphick, Mike Sweeney, Richard Tupper and Jim Mackin.
For the first time this summer there is also a summer daytime doubles league.
Leading the points table are: Jenny McGarel, 33 games; Mike Sweeney, 32;
Peter Elphick, Richard Tupper and Tricia Sweeney all on 31..
In the Premier Division for the next set of matches are Jenny McGarel,
Richard Tupper, Rod Horne and Mike Sweeney.
In the Junior Singles League, Kathie Dawson, on nine points, is keeping in
touch with Carl Robinson the overall leader on 10 points, while Lewis Fisher
is third on six points and Joe Woolley on five points.
In the Summer Singles Day League Jeremy George-Jones forges ahead with 11
points from Richard Walker and Richard Tupper on seven points and Phil
Cosgriff on six points. This month Division One sees three of those players,
Jeremy George-Jones, Richard Walker, Phil Cosgriff now joined by Louis
Warren.
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