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NEW PLANS FOR WEBSITE We have new plans for the website. The new controller is Jeff Cryer and he will be looking to keep the web site up to date, easy to use, useful and interesting. Paul Messing is initially helping in the changeover. One of the first things is to get more people involved. As it is Nigel Mann and the coaches add bits of news and Junior related stuff as well as info on courses etc. Mary Coleman keeps the fixtures list up to date, Mike New updates the minutes of various committee meetings. Is there something you would like to look after? Photos? Ladies? Blog site? Social events? Items for sale? Let jcryer@tiscali.co.uk know and we can make plans. MLTC HOSTS INAUGURAL OPEN VETERANS TOURNAMENT On September 26-28, MLTC will host an Open Veterans Tennis tournament. As we host a junior tournament over Easter, it was thought that we could do the same for veterans. The tournament has been sanctioned by the LTA, and will be a Grade 4 tournament. There will be singles and doubles events, in the O-45, O-55 and O-65 categories for men, and O-40, O-50 and O-60 categories for ladies. An entry form is currently available at the http://www.vetstennisgb.org/ website, and also at our own website http://www.mltc.co.uk/ so please feel free to enter if you so desire. As the tournament is being advertised on the vetstennisgb website, we would hope to attract some of the top UK players to play, and would ask that you come along to both support our local entrants, and to watch some very competitive tennis. Catering and bar facilities will be available throughout the tournament. Based on the number of entrants, the courts at 79 All Saints will likely be unavailable to general members during the duration of the tournament, and the committee asks for your understanding regarding this. For more details click here to go to the tournament website. Maidenhead LTC Boys under 12's Champions of South-East England Maidenhead LTC boys U12's team participated in the nationwide team tennis tournament for juniors run by the LTA - 'National Junior Club League' (NJCL), which runs from March to September.
Throughout March and April the Maidenhead Under 12 team played other Berkshire and Oxfordshire clubs, winning all their matches to finish top of Division 1. They then advanced to the Regional knockout stage - the UK being divided into four regions. On reaching the quarter final, the team had to travel to Hackney, playing in extremely difficult conditions. The boys remained focused and positive and came away with a 5-1 result in their favour. The semi-final of the knock-out stage saw them drawn at home to play Bromley. Unfortunately, the forecast of heavy rainfall proved to be accurate, and after twenty minutes, the match had to be re-located to High Wycombe's indoor tennis centre. The squad of George Hedley, Tintin Smith, Connor Pearce and Callum Turner fought hard against solid opposition, and after all matches had been played, the score stood at 3 matches all. At this point, the tennis equivalent of a penalty shoot-out occurred; with each team selecting a doubles pair to play a ten-point championship tie-break. Maidenheads George Hedley and Tintin Smith were calm and composed, and produced some awesome tennis under such pressure to take the tie-break 10-6. The final of the regional knock-out took place on 20th July at Halton RAF High Performance Centre in Buckinghamshire. The squad was George Hedley, Tintin Smith, Callum Turner and Nathan Shaw. George and Tintin overcame strong opposition playing the number one and two for Bucks, winning their singles, whilst Callum and Nathan showed great teamwork and fine tennis to seal a victory in their doubles match. This put Maidenhead 3-0 up at the half-way stage. The two remaining singles were lost in closely fought matches, but victory was sealed when George and Tintin came away with a 6-2, 6-2 victory in their doubles match. This resulted in the Maidenhead team being the South-East England Champions. Maidenhead boys under 12's will represent the South-East of England in National Final play-offs between the last four remaining clubs in the country. This will take place in September. The Maidenhead Under 12 boys have all worked extremely hard and thoroughly deserve this great achievement. They have to thank their coach Nigel Mann who works tirelessly with the boys and has been to support them in all of their matches. They also appreciate the Maidenhead Club members and committee who have supported the team. Good luck to the team in the National Finals ! Catherine Hedley and Judith Turner x |
