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Junior T't etc The Junior Tournament will be held all this week 7th April to 12th. Next American Tournament is on Sun 20th April - sign up on the notice board. BBQ is on 12th July. Summer Ball is on 10th May Trevor Peppin, Suzanne Tinker have both recently passed away. Trevor, a long standing member, played until very recently for the club. His funeral is on Tuesday 11th March at 3.30 p.m. at Slough Crematorium, followed by a send off to him at Stoke Place, Stoke Green. Sue Tinker and her husband George (who died a year or two back) were members for many years and their sons Martin and Michael both also played, Martin going on to win our singles and play for the County Her funeral service will be held in St Marks Hospital Church at 1100 Monday 17/3/08 Family flowers only donations to Macmillan Cancer Support c/o Arnold Funeral Services, The Old Forge, Wethered Road. Marlow, SL7 3AH, 01628 898866 MLTC Hoodies Thames Valley Sports have agreed to sell French Navy Hooded Tops (Hoodies) for Maidenhead LTC with the “MLTC” motif on the front and optional printing (personalised) on the rear of the hoodie. The price of the tops is:- Junior (up to 11/12 yrs) - £17.00 Senior (XS and above) - £20.00 The above price includes printing of MLTC logo and FUTURES SQUAD (where required) on the left breast. Printing of single name on the back will be £5.00 each. If you would like to purchase a top, please contact Ramesh at: Thames Valley Sports 3 St Marks Crescent Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 5DA Tel. 01628 630356 Email: info@thamesvalleysports.co.uk Website: www.thamesvalleysports.co.uk Nigel Wendy Bruce-Jones, a long time member of the club, passed away on 1st Jan 2008. Wendy was a regular social player with her husband Doug until Doug's health and her fitness made that impossible. She was made a life member a few years back for her services to the club as assistant treasurer. This was in fact a job of membership secretary. She managed this without the help of a computer, recognising members at the club and handing out renewals notices and then shoe tags so as to save the club costs. Peter Herke who was treasurer at the time said that she made life much easier for him by having all the paperwork done with banking details and everything - all very neat and minimal further work for him. MEN DO WELL 12 Nov 2007 This week we put Wargrave to the sword with our 1sts, 3rds and 6ths beating their 1sts, 2nds and 3rds 4-0. The seconds recorded their third consecutive 1-3 defeat. The 5ths notched up their first win of the season with a resounding 2 game victory over Bracknell 5. This being the fourth of eight Maidenhead vs Bracknell matches this season - for the record we've won 3 of the 4 matches to date. The 4ths match was prematurely cancelled at the prospect of showery weather and slippery courts. 1sts: Nigel Mann, Alan Brown, Dan Cole, Gareth Jackson. Won 4-0 away to Wargrave 1. Overall, Div 1, P3 W3 Pts 8. 2nds: Paul Brill & Steve Hall, Rob Castignetti & Ross Crook. Lost 1-3 at home to Greenacre 1. Overall, Div 2, P3 L3 Pts 0. 3rds: Dave Reid & Ben Gauna, Craig Thomson & Lorne Edmunds. Won 4-0 at home to Wargrave 2. Overall, Div 3, P3 W2 L1 Pts 7. 4ths: Dave Scarbrough, Steve Billington, Chris Warren, George Hedley, Postponed away to Caversham Park 1. Overall, Div 3, P2 W1 L1 Pts 3. 5ths: Dick Trevor & John Adcock, Luke Beavan & Peter Tarvin. Won 2-2 at home to Bracknell 5. Overall, Div 5E, P3 W1 L2 Pts 3. 6ths: Mike New & Paul Ernest, Warren Roscoe & Roy Childs. Won 4-0 away to Wargrave 3. Overall, Div 5E, P3 W2 L1 Pts 5. ________________________________________________________________________ FINALS DAY 2007 All the photos can be found on www.snapfish.co.uk. Log in with email as mcag@lycos.co.uk and use the password 7mltc The photos can be edited and prints ordered. If you are quick they might be free. If you would like the originals email paulmessing@gmail.com and I can send them to you. More photos can be found on 360swift.com These photos are copyright of Mike Swift. Not easy to find but look at Galleries and it is there - you need the clubhouse door code though and I cannot display it publicly. Four months in the preparation and one day to finish it all. Maidenhead Tennis Club’s finals day last Sunday was the culmination of several rounds of knockout competition in 24 different groups of seniors and 20 juniors – over 40 matches were played on the day in brilliant, and blinding, sunlight. Richard Downs reclaimed his title of Men’s Champion again in an entertaining but ultimately one sided match against Geoff Egby. As usual, Egby put everything into his game and brought off some dazzling shots. However Downs’ power and precision meant that Egby was not given the opportunity to create many such shots and took only two games off the returning champion. The Ladies Singles was won by last year’s champion Claire Roberts but she had to struggle all the way against a calm but determined Sue Thomson who belies he ability with her ever cheerful smile. The second set went to a tie break and this seemed to be the style of Roberts’ next two matches which both went to three sets making it appear that Roberts spent all day on court. She and her partner Paul Brill seemed to have the mixed doubles in their pocket when she served a love game to lead Chris Gray and Sue Granville 5-3 in the final set. Gray then held his serve and Brill failed to serve out the match. In an exciting finish, Gray and Granville pulled back and overtook to 6-5 but failed to turn this immediately into victory but finally clinched it in the tie breaker. The match of the day was the men’s doubles when Nigel Mann, the club’s coach, showed his competitive side by retaining his title with Alan Brown against new finalists Richard May and Tim Paton. The match featured an exciting late comeback from 5-1 and match point down by May and Paton. They pulled back to 4-5 but then Mann served out to love including a fine ace. As usual Mike Bottomley complicated scheduling the tournament by appearing in four finals in the veterans’ section of which he won two. He reversed his defeat last year against Cedric Egby in the senior singles and took the men’s doubles with Chris Gray. Junior tennis is often dominated by precocious youngsters winning everything across all age groups and Maidenhead has some such youngsters. Unfortunately Rebecca Wyatt only featured in one finals which she won to the obvious delight of her partner Lauren Webb. The rest of the girls’ matches were dominated by the Young sisters, Shona, 14 and Lindsay 12. They faced each other in the under 18 singles which was won by the harder hitting Shona whose easy power is a delight to watch, and in the mixed doubles when Shona was partnered to victory by Anthony Jones. This was Jones’ last junior finals day – the end of another family dynasty at the junior level. Lindsay Young did get the satisfaction of a win against her elder sister in the girls’ under 15 doubles and she also took the under 12 singles against a brave Chloe Lant. The boys’ section has one of Britain’s top players for his age, George Hedley, who has been very busy and successful playing tournaments around the country. An unassuming lad with excellent range of shots and anticipation, he won one singles and two doubles titles on the day. The under 18 doubles was a well balanced affair with his partner Anthony Jones against Lorne Edmunds and Ben Gauna, peppered with both frustration and exhilaration. Edmunds and Gauna are also great rivals who are about evens in singles victories against each other, with the older Gauna winning their under 16 clash of the day. Edmunds had his glory day out of sight of the spectators as his under 18 singles against Anthony Jones was delayed until Monday to allow them some recovery time. In a hard fought match the younger Lorne (under 14 age group) beat Jones 7-5, 6-4 The day featured an official opening of the club’s new Mini-Tennis court which Mary Stanley, the junior representative, explained has allowed the club accreditation as a Mini Tennis Performance Club. Mini-Tennis is a scaled down version of the game and four small courts fits in the space of one full size court and allows young children an introduction to the game using softer balls and smaller racquets. The club has fought hard and long to provide this facility. Lee Granville and Seb Harris both appeared 3 times in the honours for mini tennis on the tennis club’s finals day. The results below don't look tidy as the web site cannot handle WORD tables. I'll try and tidy up when I have time! FINALS DAY WINNER first RUNNER-UP shown second 12&U BOYS SINGLES George Hedley Callum Turner 6-0 6-2 14&U BOYS SINGLES Lorne Edmunds Daniel Marioni 6-2 6-3 16&U BOYS SINGLES Ben Gauna Lorne Edmunds 6-4 6-4 18&U BOYS SINGLES Lorne Edmunds Anthony Jones 7-5 6-4 12&U BOYS DOUBLES G.Hedley/C.Pearce A.Filipov / T. Smith 6-2 6-2 15&U BOYS DOUBLES L.Edmunds/B.Gauna G.Hedley/ T. Wright 6-1 6-3 18&U BOYS DOUBLES G.Hedley/A.Jones L.Edmunds/B.Gauna 6-4 7-5 12&U GIRLS SINGLES Lindsay Young Chloe Lant 6-1 6-0 14&U GIRLS SINGLES Shona Young Florence Ingall 6-1 6-1 18&U GIRLS SINGLES S.Young L.Young 6-1 6-0 12&U GIRLS DOUBLES C.Fox/L.young E.Wright/A.Connor 6-1 6-0 15&U GIRLS DOUBLES C.Fox/L.Young V.King/S.Young 6-4 6-4 18&U GIRLS DOUBLES L.Webb/R.Wyatt V.King/S.Young 6-1 6-1 MIXED DOUBLES A.Jones/S.Young O.Hedley/L.Young 6-2 6-3 MINI TENNIS SINGLES RED Tom Crowfoot Dominic Haederle ORANGE Lee Granville Seb Harris GREEN Lewis Brown Seb Harris MINI TENNIS DOUBLES ORANGE Seb Harris Tom Swanson Lee Granville Will Lawrence GREEN Lewis Brown Seb Harris Will Fyffe Lee Granville JUNIORS OF THE YEAR Peter Edwards MOST IMPROVED PLAYERS Matty Crowfoot and Callum Turner SENIOR OPEN MATCHES WINNER is shown first RUNNER UP is shown second SCORE MEN’S SINGLES RICHARD DOWNS GEOFFREY EGBY 6-2, 6-0 LADIES’ SINGLES CLAIRE ROBERTS SUE THOMSON 7-5, 7-6 MEN’S DOUBLES NIGEL MANN ALAN BROWN RICHARD MAY TIM PATON 6-2, 6-4 LADIES’ DOUBLES GINA EGBY SUE THOMSON GWEN KING GILL PEPLOW 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 MIXED DOUBLES CHRIS GRAY SUE GRANVILLE PAUL BRILL CLAIRE ROBERTS 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 PARENT AND CHILD DOUBLES RICHARD & OLIVER HEDLEY CRAIG & OSCAR THOMSON 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 VETERANS MATCHES VETERAN MEN’S SINGLES GARETH JACKSON MIKE BOTTOMLEY 6-2, 6-3 VETERAN LADIES’ SINGLES GILL PEPLOW HAZEL PICKFORD 6-3, 6-3 SENIOR VETERAN MEN’S SINGLES MIKE BOTTOMLEY CEDRIC EGBY 6-2, 6-4 SENIOR VETERAN LADIES’ SINGLES Not contested VETERAN MEN’S DOUBLES MIKE BOTTOMLEY CHRIS GRAY DAVE SCARBROUGH JEFF SEARS 6-2, 6-4 VETERAN LADIES’ DOUBLES GWEN KING GILL PEPLOW CLAIRE ROBERTS ANNA CRESSWELL 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 VETERAN MIXED DOUBLES MIKE BOTTOMLEY SUE THOMSON NIGEL MANN HAZEL PICKFORD 7-6, 6-3 SENIOR VETERAN MEN’S DOUBLES BOB DUNCAN CEDRICK EGBY GRAHAM JONES MIKE BOTTOMLEY 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 SENIOR VETERAN LADIES’ DOUBLES GINA EGBY MARY COLEMAN LIZ SHERWOOD SMITH IRENE PARRIS 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 SENIOR VETERAN MIXED DOUBLES GRAHAM JONES ORAPIN DAWSON JAN PRICE ROY CHILDS 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 HANDICAP MATCHES MEN’S SINGLES H’CAP BEN GAUNA OLLIE HEDLEY 10-8, 6-1 LADIES’ SINGLES H’CAP VANESSA RUSSELL SHIRLEY COLLINS W/O MEN’S DOUBLES H’CAP G.HEDLEY O.HEDLEY R.HEDLEY J.PALLOT 7-9, 6-3, 6-0 LADIES’ DOUBLES H’CAP ANNA CRESSWELL IRENE PARRIS BRENDA ABEL JILL OSBOURNE 6-3, 6-3 MIXED DOUBLES H’CAP PETER MUNDAY NIKKI O’KANE RICHARD HEDLEY CLEM FOX 6-3, 7-5 TABLEAU MATCHES MEN’S SINGLES TABLEAU 2 OLLIE HEDLEY MITKO FILIPOV 6-4, 7-6 MEN’S SINGLES TABLEAU 3 JIM McGILL TOMMY O’KANE 6-2, 6-0 LADIES’ SINGLES TABLEAU 2 Not contested - - Food on Tuesday Club Nights Orapin Dawson and Suzette Richards are arranging for snacks to be available for members on Tuesday evenings - if it proves popular then maybe it will become permanent. Give it a whirl. Clay Conqueror Last weekend, 10 year old George Hedley played in the Pre Qualifying round of the 12 & under Clay Court Championships. In his first match, he faced Charles Hill from Warwickshire. He won an excellent first set and having had to wait for the court to be watered lost the second set by triumphed in the tie break. In the last qualifying round he faced Middlesex player Marc Huttman (8.1). They had played once previously, Huttman the winner that day. After two hours of deep hitting, long rallies on the testing clay, the players stood at 1 set each. Another championship tie break!!!. After 20 minutes, George found himself match point 10-9 down. The tense rally started with testing groundstrokes, until George found the perfect opportunity to hit a delicate drop shot which found Huttman falling on the clay in a desperate attempt to reach it!! Hedley never looked back winning the next two points and qualifying for the final qualification round to be held at Edgbaston this weekend. Well done and Good Luck George! Junior NJCL Teams start strongly The Junior NCL teams have started in fine form in the NJCL County leagues. 12 & U Boys Under 12 (George Hedley, Nathan Young, Tintin Smith and Callum Turner) have beaten Charters (5-1) and Esporta (5-1) and have Caversham B left to play. If they win this match, they will qualify for the final on Sunday 20th May. The Boys Under 14 team (Lorne Edmunds, George Hedley, Ben Ratcliff, Tintin Smith) have beaten Windsor and Bracknell and are facing the two toughest teams Latika and Caversham in the next few weeks. The Boys Under 18 team Anthony Jones, Ben Gauna, Tom Wright, Ollie Hedley and strengthened by the inclusion of Luke Carter have thashed Bracknell and Latika and look favourites to qualify for the National finakls for the 4th successive year. The newly formed Girls Under 12 (Chloe Lant, Abigail Conner, Elinor Wright and Sarah Weedon) have beaten Racqueteers and have a crunch match against Caversham to determine who will qualify for the National Finals. The 16&U Girls have experienced problems fielding a team and playing opposition due to exam and social pressures, but we are still hopeful that they will qualify for the National Finals. Death of Geoff Flower I trust you have heard the news about Geoff already, and that this news doesn’t come as a huge shock to you. Geoff died on Sunday of a dissecting aneurism which is very uncommon in someone so young. We’re planning to hold a service for Geoff at Slough Crematorium on Monday 2nd April at 1pm, followed by drinks at 39 Courthouse Road, Maidenhead. Please forward the news to people you feel would like to pay their respects to Geoff. Thank you to everyone who has got in touch and shown their support. Jo, Tom and Katie No flowers, if you feel you would like to make a donation: “British Heart Foundation” Directions to crematorium http://www.slough.gov.uk/services/1254.asp Directions to 39 Courthouse Rd : Courthouse Road runs at the top of All Saints Rd AGM Chairman's Presentation Maidenhead Lawn Tennis Club Move Update Outside Views of MLTC •Professionally run •Very good coaching programme •Long waiting list! •Many ‘free’activities •Our views sought by other clubs •Low fees Fees 2005 2006 M’head 121 124 BishamAb 295 (04)418 Bracknell 184 193 Caversham 220 231 Esporta 1000 1200 Greenacre 186 451 Wargrave 145 160 Windsor 205 300 Our View of Ourselves •Many members prepared to contribute to management of club •Good playing facilities •Bits of clubhouse could be refreshed •Generally good atmosphere •Good balance between team and social playing Threats •Bisham may poach our good juniors •May lose junior performance status •Members may leave for better facilities •Cannot rely on waiting list lasting forever •Surrounded by houses could prove risk to future floodlight playing LTA Blueprint •Main focus is on Coaches & Juniors •Support to clubs will be based on if we are: –International High PerfClubs (up to 10) –High PerfClubs (40 to 50) –County Accredited Clubs (about 175) •Little about Howthe LTA will do everything •LTA continue to favour Indoor Facilities Nearby Covered Facilities Possible New: Gary Drake Wargrave LTA at Wokingham Existing: High Wycombe Bisham Slough Windsor Caversham Esporta Bracknell Why Move -1? •Only 6 courts floodlit •Oaken Grove –vandalism; separate from club •Severe parking problems •Lots of hassle with planners Why Move -2? •Cannot meet future requirements: –Performance club (juniors) –Some members already use other indoor courts –Can’t expand at present site •Cannot help 300 waiting list juniors play tennis •LTA Blueprint -unable to meet LTA requirements for High PerfClubs or possibly County Accredited Clubs -Indoor courts •Maintain ability to attract top quality coaches Move Committee •Considering several possibilities •Nothing close to fruition •Need to maintain confidentiality •Standard process will be followed: –Move committee .Full Committee .EGM •EGM will be called ifwe find a suitable site George on TV Catch George Hedley on Sky Sports TV. George won 4 Sunday Telegraph Grand Prix events during 2006 and qualified for the Masters Event held at Center Parcs, Nottingham in October. This event and the other age groups were covered by Sky Sports and the footage is being shown on Sky Sports TV Friday 29th December and Sunday 31st December. This was a great achievement by George and he did really well at the event narrowly missing qualification from his group. He now moves up to the 12 & under age group and has already made an impressive start to that age group qualifying for the Ariel Indoor Series Finals being held in Southampton this weekend. GREAT BRITAIN V NETHERLANDS DAVIS CUP WORLD GROUP MATCH FRIDAY 6TH APRIL 2007 at BIRMINGHAM NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA Nigel Mann is organising a trip to the National Indoor Arena at Birmingham to watch the first days play in the Davis Cup Tie between Great Britain & Holland. Tickets prices will be dependent on numbers purchased (Group Booking – min number 10 people) Normal Cost £30 adults £15 children There is a LTA deal that for every adult, you get a childs ticket free. Please let Nigel Mann (07941 094274) know of your interest by Wednesday 22nd November 2006. AGM AGM is to be held on Tuesday 28th November in the clubhouse. Some of the committee have expressed a wish to stand down and nominations for various posts are welcome such as Treasurer, Social Players Representative, General Committee Member. Other committee members would welcome a bit of competition so if you want to become more involved in your club, please let it be known. There will be a notice on the notice board to this effect. Courts 7, 8 and 9 being relaid2nd Oct 2006 As of Monday 9th, Spadeoak will be working on site to rebuild the foundations of courts 7, 8 and 9 and to build a new Mini Tennis court alongside on the grassy area and this will be court 10 These courts may be out of action until early December and there will be disruption regarding car parking and access to courts etc. There will be less car parking available and the turning area will no longer be available. Maybe something can be arranged once the equipment is on site. If you have any concerns with regards to this project could members talk to Keith or Gerry Murray in the first place rather than approaching any of the contractors. Most of us have suffered disruption of building work in our own homes and this is no different and it will cause inconvenience but it will be managed so as to be minimised. In some cases the disruption may be more severe but this should be to avoid a longer lasting effect at a lower level . Finals Day There were no real surprises on Finals Day but there were some cracking matches and many new champions including the Ladies and Mens singles. Lisa Bailey success31st August 2006 Everyone's favourite Junior Lisa Bailey has scored straight A's at A level and is off to Durham to study Natural Sciences. Good Luck. Will be missed. More Junior Success31st July 2006 The girls u14 won their 2nd round match against Halton,Bucks on Sunday 3-1 and are through to the regional final (against Winchester or Caesarean). Floodlight failure23rd July 2006 Unfortunately mltc was unsuccessful with its appeal against the refusal of planning permission to install floodlights on courts 7, 8 9 and the planned mini tennis court. Under the aegis of Gerry Murray we put up a professional attempt to get the refusal overturned but ultimately the arbitration went against us. We are now planning to get the mini tennis court built as soon as possible and to get 7, 8 and 9 relaid. This could start in September and unfortunately there will be some major disruption but this will be controlled as best we can. We have two Champions23rd July 2006 Mike Bottomley and Nigel Mann both won their age groups (over 55 and 0ver 45) in last weekend's open championships at Harpenden. Mike beat both the second and first seeds to achieve this. Junior Success23rd July 2006 The Girls under 14 and the Boys under 18 teams have won their first rounds in the NJCL. See that fabulous match you missed7th July 2006 Nigel Mann has many matches recorded onto DVD so you can see that match that you desperately wanted to see. Contact Nigel for more details Maternity Leave Coach needed in September1st July 2006 Maidenhead Lawn Tennis Club Assistant Coach (Maternity Cover) Maidenhead LTC is looking for an enthusiastic tennis coach to join their coaching team to cover the current Assistant Coach who will be commencing maternity leave in September 2006 for a period of 6 months. Closing Date: 25th July 2006 More details Floodlight appeal27 June 2006 The club appealed against the decision not to allow floodlighting on the new mini court and courts 7, 8 and 9. The hearing was held at the town hall on 30th June. The inspector visited the site and we will be advised of his conclusion within 7 weeks of the close of the hearing MBE in our midst19 June 2006 Glyn Edwards (member of MLTC) was awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours this weekend. He was awarded the MBE for “For services to the Biotechnology Industry”. Glyn is Chief Executive of Antisoma Plc. Antisoma is a biotechnology company specialising in the development of anti-cancer drugs Nigel Boodles ticket "cheap"17 June 2006 Hi All We have had to cancel one of our events for work scheduled for the 20th June due to a low volume of acceptances and we are left with 18 x Legend enclosure tickets for the Boodle Challenge event held at Stoke Park. The tickets are fantastic and include car parking, three course lunch, allocated seating on the stadium court, afternoon tea and basically an afternoon of great tennis!!! We cannot return these tickets to the organisers and so are left with 18 x tickets bought for £130 each. If anyone is interested in buying some or one of the tickets from us please let me know as soon as possible. There is a chance that the tickets can be transferred to another day (Friday is sold out). The tournament runs from the 20-24th June. If you would like to know more information about the Boodles Challenge event please go to http://www.theboodles.com/flash/index.htm Please note that as the event is only next week we are willing to accept reasonable reductions to the price!! Look forward to hearing from you soon Kellie 01628 533743 07747110151 Davis Cup13 June 2006 Britain will be competing in the Davis Cup against Israel in Eastbourne on 21st 23rd July. Tom O'Kane is looking to organise a group discount and there is a notice on the notice board by the kitchen about prices etc. Let him know whether you are interested tom@okanes.plus.com NTL matches4th May 2006 If you want to see some exciting matches on a weekend, you could do worse to pop down to the club and watch our top teams playing in the National Tennis League. Check the ...Fixtures to see what matches are on. Here's a report from Orapin Dawson who came to watch on May 13th Yesterday there were two NCL matches, 2nd & 3rd teams. It was a great tennis to watch and both teams had good wins too. It was a pity there was no publicity encouraging members to watch. 2nd team fought hard and won--was great to watch. Hope you have some info from captains to put in to the Maidenhead Advertiser. For your Info in case you have not got them yet: NCL 1st team Away : Richard Downs (Capt.) Oliver, Nicky, Andrew Flynn against Winchester- champions last year lost 6-0 2nd team Home : Geoff Egby (Capt) , Alan Brown, Daniel Cole & Steve Woolland against Berkamstead Won 5-1 (not sure if it wasn't 4-2) 3rd team Home : Gareth Jackson (Capt). David Reid, Chris Jones & David Lewis against Bracknell won 4-2 ( need to check) DEREK WHITTAKER4th May 2006 Derek passed away peacefully at ‘Pendle’ in the early hours of Saturday 29th April. His cremation will take place on Wednesday 10th May at 10am – Slough Crematorium. This will be followed by a service, celebrating his life, at Littlewick Green Church starting at 12am. There will be drinks and snacks at ‘Pendle’ afterwards. MAIDENHEAD OPEN JUNIOR TENNIS 17 April 2006  With a record of over 350 entries including some of the country’s top players most of the local players found the competition very tough but a great learning experience.However GEORGE HEDLEY of the home club showed he can match the best with an impressive straight sets victory in the Boys 10U final of 6/1,6/2 over Dorset’s Joe Dodridge. Coach Nigel Mann has high hopes for George whose play is very mature for one so young. The only other Berkshire success was CHRIS DRAKEFORD-LEWIS from Sonning who demonstrated why he is ranked No.2 in the country at Boys 12U age-group with 5 straight set victories including the final over Ollie Batchelor of Surrey 6/3, 6/2. In the Girls events Buck’s LARESSA EASTERBROOK picked up 2 singles titles in convincing fashion whilst Hampshire’s NATALIE SAYER & brother NICHOLAS both won in their age groups. Prizes were presented by Maidenhead LTC’s Chairman DAVE SCARBOROUGH who congratulated the players & organisers on an excellent Tournament. Liz Moore and her helpers did a fantastic job on the catering, raising over £900 of profit which was shared equally between the club and Action Medical Research. As a junior who helped over three days Lisa Bailey also deserves a special mention. RESULTS BOYS SINGLES 10U-G.Hedley (Berkshire) beat J.Dodridge (Dorset) 6/1 6/2. 12U-C.Drakeford-Lewis (Berkshire) beat O.Batchelor (Surrey) 6/3 6/2. 14U-N.Sayer (Hants) beat S.Pugh (Bucks) 4/6,6/2,6/2. 16U-B.Calnan (Oxon) Walkover 18U-J.Jones (Surrey) beat B.Calnan (Oxon) 6/3,6/2. BOYS DOUBLES 14U-D.Charlton & N.Sayer beat N.Bradley-Watson & A.Moyes 6/0, 7/5. 18U-B.Calnan & R.Mariconda beat S.Huddart & R.Knight 3/6 6/0 6/3. GIRLS SINGLES 10U-N.Sayer (Hants) beat C.McKinnon (Surrey) 4/0, 4/1. 12U-E.Sharma (Middx) beat O.Nicholls (Norfolk) 6/3 6/3. 14U-L.Brown (Oxon) Walkover 16U-L.Easterbrook (Bucks) beat C.Gilham (Hants) 6/2 6/0. 18U-L.Easterbrook (Bucks) beat E.Brook (Norfolk) 6/2 6/0. GIRLS DOUBLES 14U-C.Ames & S.Seymour beat O.Nicholls & A.Partridge 6/1 6/4. Death of Fred Hilton 7 April 2006 Fred was a long time member of the club and retained his membership until the end. I remember him well and associate him with Sid and them, when playing together, boasting of a combined age of around 160. He was born in 1918. Fred’s funeral will take place at All Saints Church at 2pm on Thursday 20th April, 2006. Donations to Cancer Research U.K. c/o Berkshire Funeral Services, 67 St Marks Road, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 6DP Celebration of Life of Frances Hall 1 April 2006 There was a gathering to celebrate the life of Frances Hall at Maidenhead Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday April and the club house was full. Various members recounted their friendship with Frances who was universally liked by those who met her. Many members and other friends and family went with her bamboo coffin to see her buried near Petersfield in the South Downs in a woodland burial site. Frances requested no black dress, no long faces and no bought flowers and these wishes were respected. Her memory lives on with an always cheerful face and a lovely smile. Tennis Ladder 6 Mar 06 The groups have now been drawn and they are on the club notice board and matches need to be played by 16th April. American Thursdays24th Feb 2006 Look at the notice board in the clubhouse if you want to join in a regular (or occasional? Thursday afternoon American tournament - most names have put "Sometimes" against their names) A guaranteed core is probably necessary. Maidenhead Tennis Club Finals Day Juniors steal the limelight NOTE: 170 pictures are available - just click here They had been playing against each other in practice and in matches for over ten years and they were always close. Andrew Flynn won last years finals of Maidenhead Tennis  Club’s under 18 tournament. This was Chris Jones’ last chance of getting the trophy for himself. The match did not start as he would have liked as his first serve was a double fault and he lost the game. Whilst he broke back he nevertheless trailed all the way to lose the first set 3-6. Flynn, the taller of the two but slighter in build, appeared the aggressor with a powerful first serve but which increasingly failed to get in. He did not take full advantage of his height especially in his second serve by not striking the ball at full stretch and was fortunate that Jones did not attack the relatively weak second serve. What Flynn lacked in power on that serve he more than made up for in his ferocious ground strokes when he got a ball at the right height. Much of the time Jones was on his toes and retrieved amazingly well, wider and wider on both flanks using that beautiful one handed backhand to keep him in the game.Flynn took the first two games of the second set but Jones took the next two, passing through eight deuces to achieve this. The crowd started to swell in number as they sensed a great match. At 5-5 the crowd asked for a three setter. Jones answered them by serving a love game then forced through his advantage to win the set 7-5 to level the match. He started the next set winning his serve and broke Flynn’s serve in a rattling five deuce game. Flynn responded by breaking back then losing his own serve but his determination shone through – he leant into his ground strokes and powered them through Jones’ defences winning four consecutive games to lead 5-3. Jones was mixing his shots, trying drop shots but rarely to his benefit as the court was too slow and his opponent too quick. He tried looping shots, slowing the game down, which worked better as Flynn tended not to pulverise these. Their fitness was impressive: there were no heaving chests, no breaks to catch their breaths; there were no challenges of line calls, no double faults, there was just great tennis between two very competitive friends. Flynn broke serve twice to go 6-5 up and then Jones forced the tie break in some dazzling rallies. This was a game that deserved to stop at that point as an honourable draw but that could not be and Jones won the tie break and emerged the champion of an enthralling match. Maybe Flynn’s 90 minutes of hockey practice earlier that day made the difference. Or maybe not.  The men’s singles was also between two friends – Richard Downs, the current champion, and Jeremy Cross. This promised to be a fine powerful match and so it proved to be with end to end rallies with surprisingly few volleys of great speed and skill with games going with serve until 4-4, then against serve to 6-6. At this point Downs, who was serving at an estimated 120mph, held serve to take the first set. The second set was more one sided with Cross finding Downs’ serve difficult to control and taking only one game.At the other end of the scale, observed by but a few, was a game of great athleticism and style between cousins Victoria King and Florence Ingall in the 12 and under girls singles.  These girls chased and struck the ball beautifully in a match which parents had been forbidden to watch and who had to be advised of progress by text message. It was a wonderful marathon event which King eventually won 12-10 in the third set. It appears that they forgot that they should have played a tie break in the third set! These are two girls to be watched in the future (if they allow it) and they are proving it as they and Shona Young recently reached the Regional Finals of the National Junior Club League for under 12s.The final of a new competition for men over 55 was fought between two ex men’s singles champions of the club during the 1960’s, Dick Trevor and Cedric Egby They had pushed aside any young pretenders (anyone under 60) on their way to the final but in the end the younger Egby took the new crown. Apparently, they had never met before in a singles tournament. Not many matches went to three sets, the ladies doubles handicap being one of these with Sam Crowfoot and Rosie Clark suffering a 0-6 defeat in between winning sets of 6-2 and 6-3 against Michelle Leveridge and Nikki O’Kane.  Rebecca Wyatt, Jessica Bull and Lauren Webb took the bulk of the girls titles in interesting combinations. Wyatt took the u14 and u18 singles, the u15 doubles with Lauren Webb and the mixed doubles with Anthony Jones, whilst Jessica Bull took the u16 singles and the u18 doubles with Lauren Webb. They also collected a large number of the prizes that were generously donated by RE/Max, the new estate agency in Maidenhead.The ladies doubles was forecast by Gina Egby to be one sided as she and Sue Thomson were up against Megan Emmet and Gemma King, Emmett having had an England rating until recently. To Egby’s surprise she and Thomson took the first three games, breaking Emmett’s serve in the process. After that though, the game followed predictions and they took only one more game in that and the next set. Emmett also dropped only one game in her win in the ladies singles.  In the mixed doubles finals, Richard Downs and Gemma King took on James Weeks and Gina Egby. Weeks and Egby took the lead by winning the tie break in the first set, with some great net play by Egby. Downs' serve proved too much to handle, and they won the exciting second and third sets, breaking early in the final set and serving it out to win 6 - 2.Thirty seven finals had been squeezed into nine courts and eight hours of thrilling tennis watched by friends, families and enthusiasts. APOLOGIES FOR THE LAYOUT BELOW. WE HAVE NOT MASTERED TRANSFERRING TABLES ONTO THE WEB SITE OPEN MATCHES SCORES MEN’S SINGLES Winner Richard Downs 7-6, 6-1 Runner Up Jeremy Cross LADIES’ SINGLES Winner Megan Emmett 6-0, 6-1 Runner Up Sarah Breeden MEN’S DOUBLES Winner Richard Downs / Philip Downs 6-2, 6-3 Runner Up Richard May / Tim Paton LADIES’ DOUBLES Winner Megan Emmett / Gemma King 6-4, 6-1 Runner Up Regina Egby / Sue Thomson MIXED DOUBLES Winner Richard Downs / Gemma King 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 Runner Up James Weeks / Regina Egby PARENT AND CHILD DOUBLES Winner Richard Hedley/ Oliver Hedley 6-2, 6-1 Runner Up Richard Cawthorpe / James Cawthorpe VETERANS MATCHES VETERAN MEN’S SINGLES Winner Nigel Mann 6-2, 6-4 Runner Up Gareth Jackson VETERAN LADIES’ SINGLES Winner Gwen King 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Runner Up Regina Egby SENIOR VETERAN MEN’S SINGLES Winner Cedric Egby 6-4, 6-1 Runner up Dick Trevor VETERAN MEN’S DOUBLES Winner Mike Bottomley / Chris Gray 6-2, 6-7, 6-0 Runner Up Gareth Jackson / Trevor Peppin VETERAN LADIES’ DOUBLES Winner Gwen King / Gillian Peplow 6-4, 6-3 Runner Up Sue Topchik / Mary Coleman VETERAN MIXED DOUBLES Winner Mike Bottomley / Sue Thomson 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Runner Up Gareth Jackson / Gwen King SENIOR VETERAN MEN’S DOUBLES Winner Cedric Egby/ Dick Trevor 6-3, 6-3 Runner up John Adcock / Mike Davison SENIOR VETERAN LADIES’ DOUBLES Winner Jan Price / Irene Parris 6-4, 6-1 Runner Up Valerie McCabe / Diana Joys HANDICAP MATCHES MEN’S SINGLES H’CAP Winner Roger Campbell 7-5, 6-2 Runner Up Paul Ernest LADIES’ SINGLES H’CAP Winner Clementine Fox 6-2, 6-2 Runner Up Ann Chance MEN’S DOUBLES H’CAP Winner Roger Campbell/ Richard Cawthorpe 6-3, 6-2 Runner Up Richard Hedley/ John Pallot LADIES’ DOUBLES H’CAP Winner Sam Crowfoot / Rosie Clarke 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 Runner Up Michele Leveridge / Nikki O’Kane MIXED DOUBLES H’CAP Winner Richard Suiters / Vanessa Russell 8-6, 6-2 Runner Up Peter Child / Sue Gash TABLEAU MATCHES MEN’S SINGLES TABLEAU 2 Winner Charlie Coish 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 Runner Up Richard Cawthorpe MEN’S SINGLES TABLEAU 3 Winner Oliver Truswell 6-3, 6-1 Runner Up Warren Roscoe LADIES’ SINGLES TABLEAU 2 Winner Lisa Bailey 6-3, 6-4 Runner Up Suzette Richards JUNIORS Event Winner Runner up Score 18&U Boys Doubles Anthony Jones OliverTruswell LorneEdmunds Ben Gauna 7-6, 6-4 18&U Girls Doubles Lauren Webb Jessica Bull Lisa Bailey Jo Williams 6-2, 7-6 12&U Girls Doubles Shona Young Victoria King L Young Chloe Fox 6-3, 6-2 12&U Boys Singles Dominic Marioni Lorne Edmunds 6-3, 6-3 12&U Girls Singles Virginia King Florence Ingall 6-4, 6-7 12-10 14&U Girls Singles Rebecca Wyatt Shona Young 6-4, 6-0 14&U Boys Singles Ben Gauna Aran Deol 6-4, 6-0 18&U Girls Singles Rebecca Wyatt Lauren Webb 6-4, 7-6 18&U Boys Singles Chris Jones Andrew Flynn 3-6, 7-5 7-6 15&U Boys Doubles Alex Ernest Dominic Marioni Alex Trill David H-Hill 6-2, 7-6 15&U Girls Doubles Rebecca Wyatt Lauren Webb Issy Beni Nicole Zandi 6-1, 6-1 12&U Boys Doubles Lorne Edmunds Dominic Marioni George Hedley Connor Pearce 6-0, 6-3 16&U Girls Singles Jessica Bull Lauren Webb 3-6, 6-1 6-2 16&U Boys Singles Ben Gauna Alex Ernest 7-6, 6-4 18&U Mixed Doubles Anthony Jones Rebecca Wyatt Chris Jones Ben Mc Cabe 6-2, 6-1 Mini Tennis Green George Hedley James Breeden 7-6 Mini Tennis Orange Callum Turner Adam Moher 6-2 Anthony jones was awarded the Brenda Suiters Trophy for the outstanding Junior of the year Callum Turner and Lisa Bailey won awards for Most Improved Player If you want to play social tennis on a Saturday or Sunday, please look at the fixture list as there is a fair chance that there will be free courts. Assume that one match requires two courts for no more than 3 hours. Sunday matches start at 10:00 and Saturday matches start at 13:30 Tim Goldingham (21st Aug 05) Our oldest male player, Tim Goldingham, competed in the 75+ year-old Men's Doubles at this year's Veterans grasscourt Championship at Aorangi Park Wimbledon. After winning the first round he and partner Harry Schiller (not a member of MLTC) were defeated in the quarter-final by the Number One seeds Want to play for the Club? If you want to play in a team whether it be Veterans, Ladies, Mixed or Mens make sure the relevant team captain knows especially if you have improved. Look under Tennis for captains and under Fixtures. No one is out there scouting (though you may be noticed) so blow your own trumpet and ask to be considered. It would help if you can state your availability for specific matches from the outset. All the fixtures are there to be seen Paul Messing for Mixed or Jan Price for Ladies, Steve Billington for Mens, or Orapin Dawson for Vets Updating the web site It is quite a big task keeping a large web site up to date with the latest information so if you are interested in helping to keep it up to date either by taking responsibility for gathering the information and/or refreshing the information on the web site (very straightforward - training given)please contact Paul Messing on 01628 789567 or on PMessing@tiscali.co.uk |
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