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October 2005

News for week ending Sunday October 30

The Boston and District Winter Tennis League is in to its third week and yet again fine conditions on a warm October morning provided the backdrop to some fine action.

In the Boston and District Winter League the Boston E team played against the Boston A team. Playing for Boston E team for the first time were Liz Hewitt and Andrea Jackson, who played alongside Rod Horne and Peter Elphick. The team went on to win losing only one set. The Boston A team comprised Jonathan Cheer, Asa Elkington, Michael Emery and Louis Warren.

Last week against Billinghay the Boston E team also won by this score line. On this occasion the team was Emma Tomlinson, Matthew Deane, Sarah Patton and Rod Horne. The A team of Callum Simmons, David Neal, Sripal Kumar and Louis Warren just lost out 3-5 to Pilgrim Health. The B team added three more points to their tally with a good win against Spilsby, opponents who usually prove tricky especially on their own territory. But the Boston team of Richard Cook, Mike Sweeney, Simon Walker and Michael Audus rose to the challenge to narrowly win 5-3.

Players have been making the most of the school break to compete in tournaments in the area. Several youngsters from Boston Tennis Club took part in the annual junior tournament held at Grimsby’s St James Tennis Club. Kathie Dawson was the winner of the girls under-12 event. At the semi-final stage Kathie beat fellow club player Elizabeth Hall. In the final she overcame a local player in three sets. Will Mason was the winner of the boys under-16 competition also beating a player from St James, Grimsby in three sets. He was also half of the duo that won the under-14 boys doubles alongside Lincoln’s Leo Madden. Lewis Fisher was the runner-up in the boys under-10 event and James Niedermeier finished in third place. Elizabeth Hall also finished in third place in the under-10 girls.

Andrea Jackson played in and won the Watchorn (Derbyshire) Open. Some good results for Andrea as she out played older players from both Derbyshire and Cheshire. Both Andrea and Ashleigh Frankish played in matchplay tournaments at Nottingham where both girls won some and lost some matches.

The ladies veterans’ second team gained the team’s first win of the season. Away to Spilsby the team of Annette Jakeman, Denise Priestley, Tricia Sweeney and Sandra White lost out only one set to win 7-1. This welcome result follows an earlier loss against Eastgate for the team of Annette Jakeman and Denise Priestley, Catherine Ellis and Helen Cook.

The veteran men had a convincing win against Ruston Marconi. The team on this occasion was Sev Smura, Peter Elphick, Colin Tuffs and Richard Tupper.

News for week ending Sunday October 23

In the Lincolnshire Veterans’ Tennis League the Boston men’s team played their third match of the season.

With one win and one losing draw in the league to date the men travelled in to the Wolds to the picturesque setting that is Tealby. After the first round all was level on sets and the total of games.

After the second round surprisingly nothing had altered for the team of John Gibson, Brian Pycock, Sev Smura and Richard Walker. With the score in sets still equal the total of games remaining the same for each team the result was a complete draw.

The veteran ladies managed a 6-2 result against Grantham. Appearing in her first match for Boston for the first time in a good number of years Sue Beesley played her part convincingly to take the team towards this good result. Tricia Sweeney in her first match for this team also put in a good performance alongside her partner Rachel Atkinson.

On the junior scene the youngsters had another two matches in the Lincolnshire Mini Tennis Leagues. The turn of the boys’ orange team — Billy Hodgkiss, Joe Woolley, Zach McDonnell-Woods, And Lewis Wyatt had a good win against Skegness in a league match and also against Tennis Buddies.

The sixteen counties event that is played at Corby over the winter months started last weekend.

It was the turn of the under-10s to begin the event that incorporates five age groups from under-10s, the youngest age group, up to under-18s. Lincolnshire find themselves this year in a division alongside Hertfordshire, Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire. Boston had two players in the team representing Lincolnshire — Emily Hawkesworth and Madeline Verdegaal. The girls overall finished in third place.

The Boston and District Winter League is in to its third week of play and yet again fine conditions on a warm October morning provided the backdrop to play.

In the Boston and District Winter League the Boston E team played against the Boston A team. Playing for Boston E team for the first time were Liz Hewitt and Andrea Jackson, who played alongside Rod Horne and Peter Elphick. The team went on to win losing only one set. The Boston A team comprised: Jonathan Cheer, Asa Elkington, Michael Emery and Louis Warren. Last week against Billinghay the Boston E team also won by this score line. On this occasion the team was Emma Tomlinson, Matthew Deane, Sarah Patton and Rod Horne. The opposition was Billinghay.

Last week the A team of Callum Simmons, David Neal, Sripal Kumar and Louis Warren just lost out 3-5 to Pilgrim Health.

The B team added three more points to their tally with a good win against Spilsby who proved tricky opposition especially on their own territory but the Boston team of Richard Cook, Mike Sweeney, Simon Waker and Michael Audus rose to the challenge to narrowly win 5-3.

News for week ending Sunday October 16

In the first week of the Winter League, Boston Tennis Club’s A team were away at Woodhall Spa.

And the fixture resulted in a 2-2 draw. Playing for Boston’s A team was Will Mason, a regular player last season, and recent additions to the team. He teamed up with Asa Elkington, Louis Warren and Nathan Cook. At 2-2 the games won were counted and Woodhall had the edge by 38 games to 33 games.

On Sunday morning Winter League action had Boston C team up against Rochford. Danielle Frankish, Helen Cook, Rachel Atkinson and Rachel Brooks held Rochford to a 2 all. However the countback on games was 42 to 38 in Rochford’s favour.

Boston D were the only Boston team to reap the full three points in the first match of the Winter League when Brian Pycock, Chris Cook, James Priestley and John Gibson had a 4-0 result against Horncastle The Boston B team lost out in their first match by 1½-2½ when the team of David Makins, Geoff Short, Mike Sweeney and Sev Smura failed to make an impression on Billinghay.

However, in a reversal of fortunes Boston B had the upper hand when the team met the Boston D team this week. Ray Frankish, Michael Sweeney, Simon Walker and Michael Audus lost only one set throughout the morning. Playing for Boston D team were Chris Cook, Brian Pycock, Matthew Gibson and James Priestley.

The men’s veteran team had a good win against Grantham. Playing for Boston were John Gibson, Colin Tuffs, Chris Cook and Peter Elphick. After the first round the result was balanced with one rubber won and one lost. In the second round both of Boston’s pairs had a win with Peter Elphick and Chris Cook playing well to beat Grantham’s first pair. This converted the result in to a 6-2 win for Boston.

Young Boston player Andrea Jackson had a successful tournament recently in the under 14 Ariel County Challenge. This particular tournament was held at Messingham, near Scunthorpe. Andrea, currently in her last year at under-12 level, played well to reach the final in this higher age group. Up against a higher rated opponent from Leicestershire the young Boston hopeful raised her game to win the final convincingly with the loss of only two games.

This follows a good summer for Andrea in which she reached the finals of the under-12s and under-14s events at the Jersey Open tournament. A stronger opponent outplayed Andrea in the final of the under-14s. And she narrowly lost 5-7, 5-7 in the under-12s final — but nevertheless it was a good achievement as runner-up.

The Lincolnshire Mini Tennis Leagues that got under way last week continued this weekend. There was only one Boston team in action and it was the turn of the boys’ green team. A strong side from Deeping was fielded and they had the edge on the Boston boys. The team of Jamie Adams, Kieran Evans, Henry Warren and Jeremy George-Jones had several three set matches but lost out overall to an on form Deeping team.

News for week ending Sunday October 9

The morning of Sunday October 9 saw the beginning of the Boston and District Winter Tennis League. And conditions were excellent.

Boston Tennis Club teams had a range of results in this the first round of fixtures in the Winter League Boston D was the only Boston team to reap the full three points in their first match when Brian Pycock, Chris Cook, James Priestley and John Gibson had a 4-0 result against Horncastle.

The Boston A team were away at Woodhall Spa and the fixture resulted in a 2-2 result. Playing for Boston’s A team was Will Mason, a regular player last season, along with recent additions Asa Elkington, Louis Warren and Nathan Cook. At 2-2 the games won were counted and Woodhall had the edge by 38 games to 33 games.

The Boston B team lost out 1½-2½ when the team of David Makins, Geoff Short, Mike Sweeney and Sev Smura failed to make an impression on Billinghay.

Boston C, comprising Rachel Atkinson, Rachel Brooks, Patricia Sweeney and Sushil Kumar lost out 3-1 to Louth.

The Lincolnshire Mini Tennis Leagues that got under way last week continued this weekend. There was only one Boston team in action and it was the turn of the boys’ green team. A strong side from Deeping was fielded and they had the edge on the Boston boys. The team of Jamie Adams, Kieran Evans, Henry Warren and Jeremy George-Jones had several three-set matches but lost out overall to an in-form Deeping team.

In Boston Tennis Club’s Summer Singles Day League, John Fisher is confirmed as the overall winner. The result went down to the final match of the season between John and Tim Moorhouse. A draw between the two of them was enough to give John 22 points on the leader board and a one-point advantage over Jeremy George-Jones on 21 points. Chris Mepham maintained his third place with 20 points.

Boston Tennis Club’s annual dinner dance will be held on Friday evening (October 14) when the teams that have won trophies in the Lincolnshire League will be acknowledged, and in particular the winners of the Snowflake Summer Doubles League will be presented with their trophies.

Peter Elphick was the clear winner for the men on 101 games with Steve Ridlington second with 93 games and Chris Cook in third place on 88 games. The ladies winner Liz Hewitt achieved a total of 100 games with Ros Keane in second place on 93 games and Rachel Brooks third placed with 92 games.