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| Mens Hants League | The "A" team needed 4 rubbers to stay up lost 0-9 to a strong Winchester team with titles hopes. Tom Williams/Lee Mahony, Will Baillie/Rory Smith, Roger Witt/Matt O'Sullivan played. Strength in depth was a key factor although winning 2 matches, player unavailability meant 5-4 wins were not good enough. |
| Club Finals | Mens Singles: Chris Chapman beat Nigel Watts
6-7(5),6-1,6-4 Ladies Singles: Anna Cutler beat Georgia Sutton 6-3,6-4 Mens Doubles: Chris Chapman & Rory Smith beat Tim Gadenne & Simon White 6-2,6-2 Ladies Doubles: Sarah Cowell & Rachel Martin beat Judith Cutler & Anna Cutler 2-6,6-3,6-3 Mixed Doubles: Alex & Mark Nixon beat Anna Cutler & Geoff Naish 6-4,5-7,6-3 Ladies Doubles Bonus: Val Baillie & Luisa Butler beat Trina Smith & Virginia Rolfe 6-3,6-3 |
| Ladies Hants League | Anna Cutler/Lauren Cook won all 3, Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon 2 to clinch a 5-4 win over Riverside. Judith Cutler/Eila Barron also played. |
| Mens Hants League | Chris Rolfe/Geoff Naish won 3 and Tim Rolfe/Ben Carter 1 in a 4-5 loss to Denmead. Sam/Jack Kohnston also played |
| Ladies Hants League | Jacky Witt/Anna Cutler won 2 and Sarah Cowell/Rachel Martin 1 in a 3-6 loss at home to East Dorset. Lynne Greenwood/Judith Burns also played |
| Personal Milestone | Roger Witt (with Simon White) dropped 0 games in the 4 sets against Warsash in the Hampshire Mens 45 League. This feat was also achieved in the 2007 Sarum Summer League & 2002 Wiltshire Winter League matches. |
| Mens Hants League | Rory Smith/Roger Witt picked up Salisbury's solitary rubber against West Hants. Tim Gadenne/Matt O'Sullivan & Ben Spring/Fergus Littlejohn also played |
| Ladies Hants League | Karina Weedon/Jacky Witt & Anna Cutler/Lauren Cook both won 1 in the 2-7 loss to Hants Club. Rachel Martin/Sarah Cowell also played |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" won 5-4 at home to Ryde with 3 wins for Chris
Chapman/Will Baillie, and 1 a piece for Roger Witt/Matt O'Sullivan & Rory
Smith/Fergus Littlejohn. The "B" lost 2-7 away at Victoria Park with Chris/Tim Rolfe and Simon White/Ben Spring winning 1 each. Jack/Sam Johnston also played. |
| Ladies Hants League | The ladies went down 4-5 to Winchester with Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon & Anna Cutler/Rachel Martin winning 2 each. Judith Cutler/Sue Grimshaw also played. |
| Mens NCL | A visit to Branksome Park, Poole saw Will Baillie & Tim Gadenne lost their singles in 3 sets, while Rory Smith & Matt O'Sullivan lost in 2. The doubles were also lost. |
| Salisbury Open Tournament | Sidney Falconer the trophy home to Bournemouth
following a 6-4 6-0 win over Lewis Fletcher from Hungerford. Sidney beat Rory
Smith in the semi final, while Lewis had beaten Dan Tunstall, Devizes in the
other. Catherine Graham, Hungerford beat Salisbury's Karina Weedon 6-2 6-4 in
the ladies event. Salisbury's Fergus Littlejohn & Oxford's Beth Simmons won the respective plate events. |
| Mens NCL | Heron (from Newquay) left with only 1 set. Lee won his singles in 3 with Rory, Chris & Will in 2. Rory & Will and Chris & Roger won their doubles. |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" team lost 3-6 at Southbourne with Will
Baillie/Chris Chapman unlucky not to win all 3 of their matches, Tim Gadenne
& Roger Witt picked up 1 & Matt O'Sullivan/Rory Smith played. The "B" team beat Thornden 5-4 with Geoff Naish/Ben Spring & Fergus Littlejohn/Tim Rolfe collecting 2 wins and Simon White/Jack Johnson 1 |
| Mens NCL | A trip to Exeter saw a 2-4 defeat. Rory Smith & WIll Baillie won their singles bu Lee Mahony & Roger Witt lost. Lee/Rory & Roger/Will lost their doubles. |
| Salisbury Junior Tournament | The inaugural event was attended by players from all
over the country:Manchester, Swansea, Ivybridge, Nottingham, Tunbridge Wells.
Tim Rolfe was the only Salisbury players to win a title, in the 14&U he
beat Chris Clayton from Birstol 7-6, 6-2. The plate event went to William
Bannister (Bath) who beat Milo Brown (Salisbury). Josh Gook (Southampton) beat
Aaron Simkins 6-0, 6-4 to take the 16's with Christopher Lee (Andover) taking
the plate. The Boys 12&U had a 28 draw & Ryan Brough (Henley-on-Thames)
dropped only 2 games to reach the final where after a close fought first set he
overcame the left handed Luke Oakley (Birmingham) 7-5 6-1. The Girls 12&U saw 9 year old Mia Smith (Tunbridge Wells) leading 6-4 3-1 before Gabriella Taylor (Southampton) pulled a muscle & had to concede. In the plate Shaquyla Allenye (London) beat Kelsey Mosquera (Basingstoke). The 14&U final was the closest with Linnea Bengtsson (London) eventually overcoming Polly Harlow (Manchester) on a third set breaker 12-10 after sharing 6-2 sets. Marlo Boyd (Shaftesbury) received a walkover for the plate as Mia Smith was too tired to play another match. |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" team beat Victoria Avenue 5-4 with Roger Witt/Tim Gadenne winning 3 & Lee Mahony/Rory Smith 2. Francis Smith/Ben Spring also played. |
| Mens NCL | Lansdown visited & left with a Tie-Break win. Rory Smith & Will Baillie won their singles in 3 sets, & with Lee Mahony's opponent retiring it was looking good. Lee & Nigel Watts lost in 3 while Rory & Roger Witt lost in 2 to take the match to 3-3. All 3 tie-break deciders were lost. |
| Mens National Club League | The Men started their season with a 5-1 victory over Truro. Will Baillie & Rory Smith won their singles comfortably, whilst Tom Williams took a while to get going & Lee Mahony in 3 sets also won. Will partnered team captain Roger Witt to win their doubles but Lee & Rory lost theirs. Visit here to keep up to date |
| Pewsey Tournament | Tim Rolfe won both U14 & U16 singles, both in 3 sets. Ben Carter lost in the quarter finals. Theo Daniel & Jack Johnston also played in the 14's. In the Boys 12s Oliver Blandford & Ed Tomlin reached the semi finals. Sam Tomlin also played. In the Boys 10's Jordan Hicks, Oliver Blandford & Sam Littlejohn competed. Chantal White won the Girls 10&U in which Annabelle Blandford also played. Anna Rolfe played in the Girls 12's |
| Southampton League | The Ladies hopes of summer & winter successes in the top division came unstuck at Hants Club A. Jacky Witt/Kath More, Rachel Martin/Lauren Cook & Sarah Cowell/Anna Cutler lost 1-8 on the indoor carpet. Hants Ckub have 1 match to play. |
| Southampton League | The Ladies beat South Hants 6.5-2.5 with Jacky Witt/Kath More unbeaten. Lauren Cook/Rachel Martin dropped a set & Lynne Greenwood/Sue Grimshaw picked up the others. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "B" team finished with a 7.5-1.5 win over Lymington. Roger Witt/John Saunsbury & Ben Spring/Fergus Littlejohn won 6 sets each with Simon White/Manabu Kosaka 3 sets. Manabu's farewell match. |
| Floodlight League | The League was decided in the final match with the "Nutters" 4-2 win, Chris Rolfe, Sarah Cowell, Val Baillie & Rose Duckworth pipped "Practice Makes Perfect" to clinch the title. In the Cup both these teams were knocked out in the first round to leave "Jellybeans" (Geoff Naish, Simon White, Sandy Borchert & Susan Brown) facing "O2" (Iain Littlejohn, Jeremy Heron, Lesley Maynard & Virginia Rolfe) in the final. After drawing the first round Jellybeans leapt into a 3-1 lead going into the final round. O2 pulled 1 back & a nailbitting set saw them take the match to a tie-break decider. The crowd (a record 17!) saw Jellybeans claim the title 10-7. |
| County Cup U18 Boys | Following a late injury to one of the team, Francis Smith joined his brother Rory & the rest of the Wiltshire team at Redbridge, Essex. Wiltshire lost 3-6 on day 1 against Avon with Rory winning both his singles & doubles. They lost to Northumberland 2-7 on Day 2 but had a better day on Sunday beating Isle of Man 9-0 with both Rory & Francis winning their singles & doubles. The final day result meant that Wiltshire finished third remaining in Div 6A. |
| John Jeffery Junior Tournament | A cold, icy start to the week saw the completion of
both girls events. The Girls 12’s was a straightforward win for Miriam
Chapman-Rosenfeld however the Girls 14’s provided the best final of the
tournament. Georgina Pool took the first set on a tie-break having trailed for
most of the set. Lauren Hill then unleashed numerous forehand winners to take
the 2nd set to love. In the deciding tie-break Georgina changed her tactics and
was unlucky to lose 10-8. Burnham’s Craig Phillips comfortably won the
Boys 18’s against Ben Sherlock, losing only a handful of games in the
tournament. Rory Smith won his 3rd consecutive 16&U title showing his
continuing improvement by beating Joshua Gook. Francis Smith won the 14’s
against Chris Long, who was only 2 points away from losing his semi-final to
Tim Rolfe. 10 year old William Bissett won the 12’s in another good final
against Finn Connor with the outcome in doubt throughout the match. George
Nixon took the under 10 title beating Oliver Blandford, after a close semi
final with James Benson. The doubles finals were vastly different with Francis
Smith & Chris Long winning the 14’s easily whilst a 3 setter went down
to the wire with William Bissett & Daniel Bethell edging through 10-8
against William Jones & Michael Barry. Results: Boys 10&U; George Nixon (Salisbury) beat Oliver Blandford (Salisbury) 4-0 4-2 Plate Ayato Kosaka (Salisbury) Boys 12&U; William Bissett (Devizes) beat Finn Connor (Ramsbury) 6-4 6-7 10-6 Plate Ed Tomlin (Salisbury) beat James Benson (Downton) 6-3 6-1 Girls 12&U; Miriam Chapman-Rosenfeld (Winchester) beat Emily Bearne (Salisbury) 6-2 6-1 Plate Tilly Humphreys (Salisbury) beat Chantal White (Salisbury) 6-2 6-2 Boys 14&U; Francis Smith (Salisbury) beat Chris Long (Wootton Bassett) 6-1 6-3 Plate Oliver Dee-Shapland (Devizes) beat Jack Mynott (Salisbury) 6-1 6-3 Girls 14&U; Lauren Hill (West Hants) beat Georgina Pool (Bath) 6-7 6-0 10-8 Plate Charlotte Payne (Winchester) beat Chantal White (Salisbury) 6-1 6-1 Boys 16&U; Rory Smith (Salisbury) beat Joshua Gook (Hants Club) 6-0 6-3 Plate Luke Rivoire (Hale Gardens) beat Tim Rolfe (Salisbury) 7-5 6-3 Boys 18&U; Craig Phillips (Burnham on Sea) beat Ben Sherlock (Downton) 6-2 6-0 Plate Alex Coombes (Salisbury) beat Thomas Cummings (Victoria Park) 7-6 3-6 10-8 Boys 12&U Doubles William Bissett & Daniel Bethell (Devizes) beat Micheal Barry & William Jones (Riverside) 3-6 7-5 10-8 Boys 14&U Doubles Francis Smith (Salisbury) & Chris Long (Wootton Bassett) beat Tim Rolfe & Theo Daniel (Salisbury) 6-2 6-1 |
| Southampton League | The Ladies won their 23rd match in a row beating David Lloyd Southampton 5.5-3.5. Helen Brind/Karina Weedon & Jacky Witt/Kath More both won 4 sets while Sarah Cowell/Rachel Martin won 3. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "B" team hosted Thornden C & won 9-0. Rory Smith/Fergus Littlejohn, Roger Witt/Simon White & Geoff Naish/Ben Spring won all. |
| Southampton League | The Ladies won 6-3 at Swanmore. Karina Weedon/Helen Brind won 5 sets, Kath More/Lauren Cook 4 & Sarah Cowell/Anna Cutler 3 |
| Southampton League | The Mens "B" won their first match beating Compton & Shawford B 6.5-2.5. Roger Witt/Fergus Littlejohn won 6 sets, Chris & Tim Rolfe 5 & Theo Daniel/Manabu Kosaka 2 |
| Southampton League | The Ladies beat top of the table Winchester 7-2. Karina Weedon/Helen Brind & Jacky Witt/Kath More both won 3 with Lauren Cook/Sarah Cowell 1 |
| Southampton League | The Mens "A" team clinched the Div 3 title with a 7-2
win over Bassett C. Roger Witt/Andrew Featherstone won 6 sets, Will Baillie/Tim
Rolfe & Lee Mahony/Rory Smith 4 each The "B" team lost 1-8 at Downton with a weak team. Chris Rolfe/Ben Spring collected the 2 sets. Manabu Kosaka/John Saunsbury & Jack & Sma Johnson also played |
| Senior-Junior Tournament | The 13th Annual Tournament saw 30 players taking part in a round robin format. In the final knockout phase Graham Haine & George Nixon beat Rory Smith & Tilly Humphries in their semi final, while Lizzy Tomlin & Francis Smith beat Simon White & Laura Tomlin in the other. Graham partnered Francis to beat Lizzy & George 4-2 in the final. It was Francis' 2nd win in this event. |
| Individual | Lee Mahony received this years "Outstanding
Contribution to Wiltshire Tennis" at the recent Wiltshire AGM. Well done
Lee. Lauren Cook who plays for our Ladies team got Club Player of the Year. |
| Southampton League | With 21 players unavailable the "A" team travelled to Abbey & the "B" to somewhere near Warsash "C". Andrew Featherstone made his debut & won 6 sets with Roger Witt, Will Baillie/Fergus Littlejohn won 5 & Ben Spring/Manabu Kosaka 4 for a 7.5-1.5 win. The "B" team forced a draw with Chris&Tim Rolfe winning all 6 sets, Simon White/Jack Johnson (debut) 2 & Jeremy Heron/Theo Daniel 1. |
| Southampton League | Kingsgate visited and left with a set. Will Baillie/Rory Smith & Lee Mahony/Fergus Littlejohn won all 6 sets while Roger Witt/Manabu Kosaka won only 5 |
| Southampton League | The Ladies started their stay in Division 1 with a 7.5-1.5 win over Hampshire Club B. Karina Weedon/Helen Brind & Jacky Witt/Kath More won 6 sets each while Rachel Martin/Sarah Cowell won 3. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "A" drew with Warsash "B". Tim Gadenne/Rory
SMith won 5 sets, Roger Witt/Steve Durrans 4. Tim Rolfe/Manabu Kosaka also
played. The "B" visited David Lloyd, Southampton losing 2-7. Geoff Naish/Ben Spring & Iain & Fergus Littlejohn won 2 sets each. Simon White/Theo Daniel also played. |
| Girls Under 10 League | Congratulations to Chantal White, Anna Rolfe, Tilly Humphries, Jemima Grant & Hannah Trafford who made up the team that won the Wiltshire Girls U10 League |
| Southampton League | Totton who were promoted with the "A" team last year lost 2-7. Will Baillie/Rory Smith won 6 sets with Roger Witt/Mark Nixon & Ben Spring/Francis Smith 4 each. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "A" won their first Div 3 match. Wellow only got a set from Roger Witt/Nick Hingston. Tim Gadenne/Rory Smith dropped 4 games, Will Baillie/Fergus Littlejohn also won 3 rubbers. |
| Personal Milestone | Roger Witt dropped 0 games in the 4 sets against Wellow "A" in the Sarum Summer League Division One match to repeat the feat achieved in the 2002 Wiltshire Winter League Division One game against Devizes. |
| Vets Mixed Open | 7 pairs took part in a round robin with the top 2 playing off for the title. Chris Rolfe & Judith Cutler were 3rd, with Chris & Natasha Li beating Steve Skilton & Carol Dickie 6-4 in the final. |
| Parent & Child | 6 pairs took part with Graham & Sophia Haine beating Manabu & Mato Kosaka 4-1 in the final |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "A" team completed their fixtures against Winchester who became Champions by winning. Roger Witt/Tim Gadenne, Lee Mahony/Harry Williams, Ben Spring/Fergus Littlejohn played. |
| Ladies Hants Lge | A 6-3 victory over Avenue gave us the Div 1 title for the 4th time (the last in '99). Karina Weedon/Helen Brind, Kath More/June Keen & Jacky Witt/Sarah Cowell all won 2. Well done! |
| County Closed | The highlights of the week were Rory Smith winning the 16&U title, but lost in the 18&U. Sophia Haine lost in the 14&U final. |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "B"s final match against Wellow narrowly lost 4-5. Rory Smith/James Hammond won 3, Francis Smith/Ben Carter 1. Ben Spring/Simon White also played. |
| East Dorset Junior Tournament | Four Salisbury boys competed in this Grade 3 event which included an entry of over 100 competitors in the 16Us boys event. James Hammond reached the second round of the 18Us whilst Ben Spring narrowly missed out on reaching the last 16 of the 16Us losing a tiebreak third set. Francis Smith reached the last 16 of the 14Us losing to Jack Joyce of Victoria Avenue. Rory Smith reached the final of the 16Us event losing to Tom Gutteridge of West Hants 6-4, 6-4 in the final. Francis and Ben reached the quarter finals of the boys 16Us doubles and Rory, playing with Nick Brown (Victoria Park), lost in the semi-finals in a third set tiebreak in the 18Us doubles. |
| County Mens O35s | Playing at Eastbourne on the best weekend of the year, Roger Witt won 2 of his 6 doubles matches. Beat North of Scotland 3-2 (who were promoted!), lost 0-5 to Shropshire & 1-4 to Sussex |
| John Jeffery Junior Tournament | There was an all-Salisbury final in the 10&U
singles with George Nixon beating Sam Tomlin . Salisbury's Ed Tomlin won the
plate event. Salisbury's Tilly Humphries lost to Bethan Ashman in the girls
final. Another all-Salisbury final was in the other girls event at 14&U Georgia Sutton beat Flora Burns in a long 7-5 6-4 match. The Boys 12&U winner was Alex Ho (Wootton Bassett) who beat William Homer, losing his only game in 3 matches. Salisbury's Hugo Trafford won the plate event. The doubles saw Ike Isaacsen (Devizes) win with Alex. Salisbury's Francis Smith won the 14&U event but Salisbury's Hugo Trafford lost in the plate final. Francis playing with Sam Johnston won the doubles. In the 16&U Sebastian Bartlett (New Milton) beat Francis Smith in the final while Salisbury's James Hammond won the plate. Stephan Grainger (Compton) won the 18&U. |
| Mens County Cup | Playing in Group 6 at Edgbaston the team including Tom Williams, Harry Williams, Rory Smith, Chris Chapman, Lee Mahony lost 0-9 to Bedfordshire, 1-8 to North Wales, 3-6 to Gloucestershire, lost 0-9 to Avon & 1-8 to Somerset. |
| Ladies County Cup | Playing in Group 7 at East Molesey the team of Jacky Witt & Lucy Roze, Kath More & Lauren Cook, Sarah Cowell & Rachel Martin lost 2-4 to Gloucestershire, 1-8 to Bedfordshire, beat South of Scotland 5-1. They had Thursday off as Cumbria had not travelled & narrowly lost 4-5 to Isle of Man |
| Mens Hants Lge | Avenue came away with a 7-2 win (4 matches decided on the 3rd set tie-break). Roger Witt/Mark Bromley won 2 straight set matches. Lee Mahony/Tim Gadenne & Will Baillie/Harry Williams were unlucky not to win at least 1 each |
| Mens NCL B | Rory Smith & Fergus Littlejohn won their singles, Peter Thompson & Rory their doubles. In the shootout Rory & Fergus won their singles while Peter & Ben Spring lost theirs. |
| Club Finals | Mens Singles: Tim Gadenne beat Will Baillie 7-5
7-6 Ladies Singles: Anna Cutler beat Louise Hopkins 6-1 6-3 Mens Doubles: Will Baillie/Rory Smith beat Tim Gadenne/Simon White 6-1 6-2 Ladies Doubles: Anna/Judith Cutler beat Sarah Cowell/Rachel Martin 6-3 6-4 Mixed Doubles: Rory/Trina Smith beat Manabu/Naoko Kosaka 4-6 6-1 6-4 Bonus events: Mens: Fergus beat Iain Littlejohn, Ladies: Virginia Rolfe beat Susan Brown, Ladies Doubles: Virginia Rolfe/Trina Smith beat Ros Littlejohn/Tina Spring. Will Nicoll/Val Baillie received a walkover in the mixed, while Francis Smith/Fergus Littlejohn received a walkover as their oponents failed to turn up. |
| Mens NCL | A visit to Truro saw Roger Witt & Will Baillie lose their singles whilst Nigel Watts & Rory Smith won theirs. Roger & Nigel won their doubles, Will & Rory lost. The tie-break shootout was lost 1-2. |
| Road to Wimbledon County Finals | 3 Players from the Club were successful in reaching the final at Delta. A superb run of three wins saw Sophia Haine beat Katy Hancock of Swindon in an exciting final 4-1, 2-4 10-8 (tb) and means that Sophia will play at Wimbledon in August and will be the youngest player to represent Wiltshire at that event. Francis Smith won 2 matches on the Saturday, dropping only one game, but lost to Mikey Puttick of Albourne 8-10 in the semi final third set tiebreak. Georgia Sutton beat Evie Reynolds 4-0, 4-1 in the third and fourth place play off. All players who reached the final were given a free hours coaching and a Wiltshire top. |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "B" team suffered a 1-8 reverse on the grass of South Hants, although 4 matches were lost on the tie break 3rd set. Mark Nixon/Chris Rolfe won the 1. James Hammond, Ben Spring, Fergus Littlejohn & Simon White also played |
| Mens NCL | Top of the table clash with Coombe Dingle saw a tie-break shoot out decide the match. Mark Bromley & Roger Witt lost their singles whilst Nigel Watts & Will Baillie won theirs. The doubles was split with Roger & Will winning. Mark & Nigel lost their tie-break singles. |
| Ladies Hants Lge | Another 5-4 win, this time against East Dorset. Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon & June Keen/Kath More both won 2 while Rachel Martin/Lauren Cook won 1. |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "A" team travelled to Southbourne, playing on
porous acrylic they lost 3-6. Lee Mahony/Rory Smith, Will Baillie/Chris
Chapman, Roger Witt(in his 600th club match)/Harry Williams all won 1. The "B" at home to Avenue "B" also lost 3-6. Mark nixon/Chris Rolfe won 2 & Ben Spring/James Hammond 1. Simon White/Tim Rolfe also played |
| Pewsey Junior Tournament | The highlights of the week were Anna Rolfe winning the girls 10&U & Tim Rolfe/Ben Carter capturing the Boys 14&U doubles title. Chantal White was girls 10&U runner-up. Archie Walker lost in the 12&U semi finals. Theo Daniel lost in last 16, Ben Carter quarter finals & Tim Rolfe in the semi finals of the 14&U |
| Road To Wimbledon | The boys event saw Francis Smith beat Ed James 6-2 6-0. Sophia Haine won the girls through a walkover following a win over Anna Featherstone. They will travel to Swindon for the County Finals mid-June. |
| John Jeffery Mens Open | Salisbury produced the 4 quarter finalists: Lee Mahony (the winner), Chris Chapman (runner-up), Will Baillie & the player of the tournament, Rory Smith. Rory played 3 matches on the Saturday beating seeded Matt Mai in 3 sets & Dan Tunstall also in 3 sets. He faced his coach, Lee but went down 2 & 3. The other semi-final between Chris & Will produced the match of the tournament. it difficult wet conditions Chris won 7-5 7-6 with the result in doubt until the last point was won. The final score was 6-4 7-6 although Lee had led 4-1 in the first& 3-0 in the second Chris fought all the way. Chris found consolation in the doubles with Rory he beat James Hammond & Francis Smith. |
| Mens NCL | Travelling to Oxford again Tom Williams & Mark Bromley won both singles & doubles. Will Baillie (with man flu) & Roger Witt turned their doubles around (having lost their singles) to win in 3 |
| Ladies Hants Lge | The Ladies travelled to the Hampshire Club to secure a 2nd win. Helen Brind/Karina Weedon & Jacky Witt/Lauren Cook both won 2 with Sarah Cowell/Rachel Martin 1. |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "A"s first match was an 8-1 win over East Dorset. Lee Mahony/Tim Gadenne & Roger Witt/Harry Williams won 3 with Chris Chapman/Will Baillie 2 |
| Mens NCL | The match against Swindon was started later than normal due to rain, however a 4-2 win resulted. Tom Williams, lee Mahony & Will Baillie each won their singles leaving a doubles win from Tom & Mark Bromley on a 3rd set tie-break to decide the match. |
| Veterans Tournament | Boyd Brackstone, Bournemouth won the 45's for the 2nd time beating Martin Sharp, Wembley 6-2 6-4. The plate event was won by James Jeanes, Pitton. In the 55's Steve Skilton, Bristol, won for the 2nd time beating Mike Bottomley, Maidenhead, 4-6 6-4 10-6. Colin Selby, Lansdown won the plate. Salisbury's only success was the runner-up spot in the doubles with Bill Gillett partnering Martin Sharp. Trevor Rayner, Portsmouth, & Richard Lovell, Winchester were the winners. |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "B" team visited Totton but lost 2-7 Alex Vandeleur & Rory Smith, Ben Spring & James Hammond won 1 each. Simon White & Tim Douglas also played. |
| Ladies Hants Lge | The ladies beat Riverside 5-4 with Karina Weedon & Helen Brind comfortably winning 3, Kath More & June Keen won 2 - only losing 1 on a tie break. Jacky Witt & Jo Wells lost 1 on a tie break. |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "B" team travelled to Lyndhurst to win 7-2, although 3 were tie break 3rd sets. Roger Witt & Mark Nixon and Tim Gadenne & Simon White won 3 each. Chris Rolfe & Ben Spring won 1 |
| Mens NCL | Following a walkover last week, the men travelled to Oxford Sports. Tom Williams & Roger Witt won their singles & then Tom & Mark Bromley won their doubles. Roger & Nigel Watts had 2 match points but didn't take them to force the match into a tie-break decider. Tom won his singles 10-4 (having been 2-4 down), Mark & Nigel lost their doubles 7-10 but Roger won his 11-9 from match point down. |
| Junior Easter Tournaments | Cheltenham - Grade 3 Sophia Haine beat Judith Richards of Gloucester 6-1, 6-0, Patricia Vailmaa of Oxford 6-2 7-5 & won the final against Alice Snart of Avon 6-4, 6-2 to win the 10U Girls Event. Pewsey - Dreweatt Neate Chantal White competed in the Girls 10U round robin In the Boys 14U Theo Daniel and Ben Carter competed in the Qualifying Event with Ben going through to the main draw. Ben, Francis and Fergus all reached the semi-finals with Ben losing to Fergus, 6-2, 6-3 and Francis losing to Mikey Puttick of Ogbourne 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 in 2 1/2hours. Fergus (playing with an injured shoulder and with four strings broken on his racket!) lost to Mikey in the final 6-1, 6-4. Rory and Fergus both competed in the 16U main draw with Fergus losing in the semi-final to James Guthrie 6-4, 6-1. Rory went on to beat James Guthrie in the final 7-5, 6-4 - a match that lead to Rory and James Guthrie sharing the "Best Sportsmanship Award" for the Tournament. Fergus and Francis took the 14U Boys Double trophy beating Mikey Puttick and George Coward in a very tight three set final, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3. Francis and Chloe Moxham were the runners up in the 14U mixed doubles missing out on the winning place by 0.6% in a very tight and exciting round robin event. |
| Parent & Child | 9 pairs competed in a handicapped round robin format with the top 4 playing off. Rebecca & Archie Walker beat Jill & Matthew Coldwell while Mark & George Nixon beat Geoff & John Naish. The final saw Mark & George win. |
| Southampton League | The Ladies final match of the season saw the title captured 5-4 against Waterside. Kath & Alice More won 6 sets with Rachel Martin/Sue Grimshaw & Liz Robertson/Lynne Glover 2 each. |
| Winter Finals | Mens Handicap Singles: Will Baillie bt Ben Spring,
Plate Pete Arrigoni bt Ken Burns. Ladies Handicap Singles: Val Baillie bt Tina Spring Plate Jeanette English bt Tracey White Mens Doubles Swaps: Roger Witt/Geoff Naish bt Pete Arrigoni/Ben Spring. Plate Chris Rolfe/Ken Burns by Douglas Smith/Jeremy Burns Ladies Doubles Swaps: Judith Cutler/Sue Grimshaw bt Virginia Rolfe/Jill Coldwell Plate Lynne Glover/Jan Josiffe by Susan Brown/Lisa Harding Mixed Doubles Swaps: Chris Rolfe/Jill Coldwell bt Simon White/Trina Smith Plate Will Baillie/Sue Grimshaw bt Roger Witt/Val Baillie |
| Junior Club Rankings | Rory Smith & Sophia Haine won the end of season "masters" event. Rory beat Fergus Littlejohn in the final while, Sophia had beaten Flora Burns & Emily Bearne to win. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "B"s final match was conceded by Wellow B giving us top spot. |
| Southampton League | Top of the table clash saw the Ladies beat David Lloyd A 6.5-2.5. Janie Melhuish/Kath More, & Karina Weedon/Sarah Cowell won 5 each ,Sue Grimshaw/Rachel Martin 3. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "B" lost after 14 matches unbeaten but should be promoted with 1 match left. Debutant Mark Nixon with Jeremy Burns won 4 sets, Will Nicoll/Simon White 2. Ben Spring/Milo Brown also played. |
| John Jeffery Junior Tournament | 89 players contested. In the Boys 18&U Paul Hill, Victoria Avenue, beat Jack Glennane, Portsmouth Dome (last years winner) 6-4 6-2. Laurie Stimpson, Downton beat Ben Sherlock, Downton 3-6 7-6 10-8 in the plate. In the Boys 16&U Rory Smith, Salisbury beat Sam Hutt, Swindon 6-4 6-4 retaining his title. Ben Sherlock beat Tom Neave, David Lloyd, Ringwood 7-5 6-3 in the plate. The Boys 14&U saw Sam Hutt beat Macauley Neaves, Portsmouth Dome 6-1 6-0. Michael Rawat, also Portsmouth Dome beat Ed James, Salisbury 6-2 6-2 in the plate. Girls 14s Katie Beeson, Winchester beat Natalie Anderson, Bath 6-1 6-1. Octavia Stead,David Lloyd, Bristol beat Georgia Sutton, Downton 6-0 6-1 in the plate. The Boys 12&U winner was Macauley Neaves, Portsmouth Dome beating Josef Dodridge, West Hants 6-1 6-0. The Plate was won by Samuel Walrond, Victoria Avenue beating Sam Howe, Salisbury 2-6 6-2 10-6. In the Girls 12 Alice More, Salisbury beat Emily Bearne, Salisbury 6-1 6-0. Claire Stratton, Winchester beat Evie Reynolds, Swindon 6-1 6-3 in the plate. The Boys 10&U had Ross Gilbert, Trowbridge beating Sebastien Butler, Ramsbury 4-0 5-4(3) George Nixon, Salisbury beat James Benson, Downton 5-3 4-2 in the plate. The Girls 10&U was a Round Robin with Evie Reynolds, Swindon first, Ellie Gardner, Burnham on Sea second. The Boys 12 Doubles Freddie Hill & Kieron Bolitho beat Archie Nixon & Harry Glover 4-5 4-2 11-9 Boys 14 Doubles Sam Hutt & Mikey Puttick beat Chris Long & Francis Smith 6-1 6-4 Girls 14 Doubles Alice More & Flora Burns beat Georgia Sutton & Anna Featherstone 4-2 4-2 |
| Southampton League | Winchester B left with nothing from Kath More/Sue Grimshaw, Rachel Martin/Sarah Cowell & Judith & Anna Cutler |
| Southampton League | The Ladies travelled to Romsey to win 6.5-2.5. Jacky Witt/Sarah Cowell dropped only 2 games in their 6 sets, Kath & Alice More also won 6 & Judith Cutler/Sue Grimshaw won 1 for their 16th win. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "A" & "B" both beat Totton "A" & "B" 5-4. Will Baillie/Rory Smith & Alex Vandeleur/Roger Witt won 5 sets each at Totton, while at home Chris & Tim Rolfe won 5, Jeremy Heron/Simon White 4 & Will Nicoll/Jeremy Burns 1. It was the "A"s 22nd consecutive win & the "B"s 14th |
| Matchplays | The brothers Smith won both events - Francis beat Fergus Littlejohn in the 14&U while Rory beat James Hammond in the 16&U |
| Southampton League | Mens B won 6.5-2.5 at relegated Thornden. Roger WItt/Josh Stainer won 6 sets, Fergus & Iain Littlejohn 5 and John Saunsbury/Ben Spring 2 (although Johnn was ill and conceded 2) |
| Southampton Ladies | Karina Weedon/Sarah Cowell & Kath & Alice More won all sets, Liz Robertson/Sue Grimshaw won 2 against Littleton to win 7-2 |
| Matchplays | Francis Smith travelled to Chippenham to win the 14&U event whilst at home Ben Spring was runner-up in the 16&U |
| Senior-Junior Tournament | 16 players competed on a cold morning in a round robin with the top 4 playing off in the semi finals. Kath More & Ben Spring beat Simon White & Abby Burns, while Tim Gadenne & Flora Burns beat Jacky Witt & Alice More. Tim & Flora won the final on a tie-break to give them their first title in this event. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "A" team beat Portswood "A" 8.5-0.5. Will Baillie/Iain Littlejohn & Roger Witt/Steve Durrans both won 6 sets, Rory Smith/Nick Hingston 5 |
| Soutampton League | Mens "A" -Roger Witt/Geoff Naish, Steve Durrans/Jamie Wareham, Francis Smith/Will Baillie beat Bassett D 7-2 on the sand under the lights. |
| Southampton League | The ladies continued their winning streak with a 5.5-3.5 win over Swanmore B. Jacky Witt/Sarah Cowell & Melissa Grewar/Rachel Martin both won 5 sets, Judith Cutler/Sue Grimshaw 1 |
| Southampton League | The "B" team gave debuts to Ben Carter - with Roger Witt won 5 sets, & Jeremy Heron - with Josh Stainer won 2, John Saunsbury & the impressive Ben Spring also won 5 to beat Warsash D 6-3 |
| Southampton League | The "A" teams 19th straight win on a glorious morning was over Warsash C 8.5-.5. R Witt/J Wareham & R Smith/N.Hingston won 6 sets each with I.Littlejohn/S Durrans 5. |
| Wilts Mixed Final | Salisbury won their 23rd title beating Riverside 6-0. Lee Mahony/June Keen, Roger Witt/Karina Weedon & Will Baillie/Jacky Witt all won 2 rubbers. |
| Southampton Mens League | The B team started with a 5-4 win over Compton B with Chris Rolfe & Geoff Naish & Carl Shead & Ben Spring winning 5 sets each. Fergus Littlejohn & Will Nicoll alos played |
| Parent & Child Tournament | 15 pairs competed in 3 groups with the winners & best runner-up moving to the semi-finals. The handicapping was added to the total games won. Andrew & Matthew Coldwell faced Alex & George Nixon but lost 2-4. This was the same score when Dee & Josh Stainer played Tina & Ben Spring. Dee & Josh won the final 4-1 |
| Club Finals | Results: Mens Singles Nigel Watts bt Tim Gadenne 6-1
6-2. Ladies Singles Anna Cutler bt Jill Coldwell 6-2 6-0 Mens Doubles Lee Mahony/Rory Smith bt James & Mark Hammond 6-3 6-1 Ladies Doubles Anna & Judith Cutler bt Rachel Martin & Sarah Cowell 6-4 6-4 Mixed Doubles Tim Gadenne/Janie Melhuish bt Geoff & Miranda Naish 6-0 6-0 Boys 18 Rory Smith bt Francis Smith 6-1 6-3 Girls 18 Miranda Naish bt Abigail Burns 6-3 6-3 Boys 10 George Nixon bt Kieran Bolitho 4-2 4-2 Girls 10 Sophia Haine bt Emily Bearne 2-4 4-0 10-5 Mens Veterans Singles Bill Herlihy bt Chris Knight 6-0 6-1 Ladies Veterans Singles Sarah Cowell bt Mary-Ann Pelton 6-2 6-3 Mixed Veterans Doubles Chris Rolfe/Judith Cutler bt Bill & Ann Herlihy 6-3 6-3 Mens Bonus Jamie Wareham bt Ben Spring 6-1 6-0 Boys 10 Bonus Matthew Coldwell bt Thomas Coldwell 2-4 5-3 10-7 Boys 14 Bonus Tim Rolfe bt Theo Daniel 7-5 6-2 Girls 10 Bonus Georgia Smith bt Chantal White 4-2 4-1 Ladies Vets Singles Bonus Val Baillie bt Tracey White 6-2 6-1 |
| Junior NCL | A home match against Bodmin saw Rory Smith & Fergus Littlejohn win their singles with James Hammond losing his. Rory & Fergus did well in the doubles winning the first set but losing the second before losing the tie break decider after receiving a dodgy call on 7-7. In the shoot-out they narrowly lost 8-10 |
| County Closed | 15 juniors represented their Salisbury at the Wiltshire Closed Tournament. Chantal White, Keiran Bolitho, George Nixon & Archie Nixon competed in the event for the first time. In the Under 12s Tim Rolfe beat Sam Wild (Devizes) to reach the quarter final where he was beaten by the eventual winnder, Samm Butler. Francis Smith reached the final losing a very tight match, 1-6 6-4 (10-5). Rory Smith, Fergus Littlejohn & James Hammond all reached the quarterfinals of the Under 14s with Rory going on to win the final against Charlie Latham-Berry, 6-4 6-2 to retain his title. Ben Spring & Mark Hammond both reached the quarter finals of the Under 16s where Ben lost to Sam Toomer (Pewsey), the eventual winner, & Mark lost to Allen Midwinter the beaten finalist. Emily Bearne & Sophia Haine entered the Under 12s with Sophia reaching the final where she lost to Katy Hancock. Rory, playing with Lauren Prince (Wanborough) won the 14s mixed doubles beating Victoria Scipio (Devizes) & Charlie Latham-Berry (Lancs), 6-1 6-2. Francis Smith & Alice More reached the semi finals. Fergus Littlejohn, playing with Joseph Nabarro (Bath) won the Under14s boys doubles beating the No.1 seeds, Ben Langley &Charlie Latham-Berry, 7-5 6-3. |
| Road To Wimbledon | Rory Smith again represented Wiltshire, Lucy Roze for the girls unfortuntely picked up an injury. Rory failed to get thru to the main draw but fought his way to the plate semi-final |
| John Jeffery Junior Tournament | The Smith brothers collected 3 of the 5 singles titles.
Rory beat Nathan Church (Malmesbury) 6-2 6-0 in the 16&U & then beat
his brother, Francis 6-1 6-1 in the 14&U final - losing only 6 games in 4
matches. Francis took the 12&U title against Charlie Barrow (Farnham) 6-2
5-7 6-3. Nathan Church found consolation in winning the 18&U 6-3 6-0
against Ben Sherlock (Downton). In the Boys 10&U Finn Connor (Great Bedwyn)
dropped 1 game in 3 matches beating Hugo Trafford 4-0 4-0 in the final. The
solitary girls event at 12&U saw Anna Featherstone beat Flora Burns 6-2
7-6. The Boys 14&U doubles was won by Toby Jackson (Melksham) & George
Coward (Downton) 6-2 6-3 over Felix McKechnie & John Montgomery
(Wells). In the plate events Chris Isherwood (Chippenham) won the 10&U, Olivia Wilson 12&U girls, Chris Thomas (Farnham) 12&U boys, Charlie Barrow 14&U, Fergus Littlejohn 16&U and Kenneth Burns the 18&U. |
| Ladies County Cup | Lost to East of Scotland & Bedfordshire 2-7, beat Isle of Man 5-4, beat South of Scotland 9-0 beat Cumbria 5-4 to finish 5th. Jacky Witt, Kath More, Janie Melhuish, June Keen, Karen Last, Sarah Hoskins, Lucy Roze, Anna Cutler & Melissa Grewar were the players. |
| Mens County Cup | Tom Williams was part of the team who finished 4th |
| Junior NCL | The 14&U team reached the Regional Final by beating West Hants. Rory Smith won his singles, Fergus Littlejohn & James Hammond lost their singles on a 3rd set tie-break, Rory & James won the doubles and then clinched the tie with the doubles tie-break decider. Well done |
| Mens KO | After 9 years of appearing in the Wiltshire Mens Final a scratch team from Swindon won 5-4 in the semi final. Congrats to the seeding committee! Will Baillie/Eric Simpson won 2 & Lee Mahony/Roger Witt, Tom/Harry Willliams 1. |
| Mens Hants League | The final match was lost 2-7 on Avenue's grass courts. Lee Mahony/Tim Gadenne & Roger Witt/Will Baillie won 1 each. Rory Smith/Jamie Wareham also played |
| Junior NCL | The 14&U team went to Taunton & came back winners. Rory Smith & Fergus Littljohn recorded quick wins but James Hammond lost a long match. Rory/Fergus won the doubles on a tie break. They meet West Hants next. |
| Ladies Hants League | Recording their 4th win in their 5th & final match clinching the runners up spot, were Becky Poole/Lucy Roze (3), Karina Weedon/Sarah Hosking (3) Janie Melhuish's partner Jacky Witt pulled out thru illness after her first match so the result was only 6-3 over Riverside |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" hosted Ryde on a very hot day claiming their
2nd win 7-2, Lee Mahony/Tim Gadenne & Tom & Harry Williams both won 3,
Will Baillie/Roger Witt the other. The "B" team lost 1-8 with Tim Gadenne/Fergus Littlejohn the onlt winners. Trevor Sansom/Carl Shead, Geoff Naish/Chris Rolfe played |
| NCL Ladies | Becky Poole, Karina Weedon, June Keen & Karen Last, with Jacky Witt in doubles finished off their season with a 0-6 loss to the top team in the Division. |
| NCL Men | Tom Williams won his singles, Lee Mahony, Will Baillie & Eric Simpson lost to Division winners Uni of Bath. |
| Mens Hants League | With last minute withdrawals the depleted "B" team travelled to Andover losing 1-8. Chris Rolfe/Geoff Naish picked up the only rubber. Fergus Littlejohn/Ben Spring & Simon White/Tim Rolfe also played |
| Ladies Hants League | Another 6-3 home win, this time over Avenue, with all 3 pairs winning 2 - Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon, Kath More/Jenna Wareham & Melissa Grewar/Rachel Martin. |
| NCL Men | Esporta Royal Berkshire turned up with 3 players giving us 2 rubbers to start with, however Tom Williams, Lee Mahony & Nigel Watts could not win their singles, with Tom & Nigel going down in their doubles. |
| Ladies Hants League | A 6-3 home win over Hants Club - although they only sent 2 pairs. Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon 2, Kath More/Lucy Roze 1, Melissa Grewar/Jenna Wareham also played |
| Mens Hants League | Major unavailability cost both teams. The "A" in a narrow 4-5 loss to East Dorset, Lee Mahony/Nigel Watts (3) Roger Witt/Will Baillie (1). Trevor Sansom/Jamie Wareham played. The "B"s lost 3-6 to Lyndhurst with Alex Vandeleur/Mark Hammond getting all 3. James Hammond/Will Nicoll & Ben Spring/Ken Burns played |
| John Jeffery Open Tournament | Elliot Wood from Winchester no 2 seed convincingly took the title in its 5th year with a 6-0 set in each of his 4 matches. He beat a former winner Lee Mahony (3) in the semi and winner from 2004 Tom Williams (1) in the final after Tom went 3-2 up he won the next 10 games with consistent strokeplay and cool temperament. Tom beat Will Baillie (last years RU no 4 seed) 6-1 6-3 in his semi. The doubles final saw Tom team up with his younger brother Harry to take the title 6-2 6-4 against Fred Wells/Petr Prochazka. In the bonus event former Salisbury member Matt Stringer beat Somerset's Martin Case 6-2 6-3. |
| NCL Men | A rain affected day produced a draw against Lansdown |
| NCL Ladies | Indoors at Halton, Sarah Hoskins, Jacky Witt, Jenna Wareham & Melissa Grewar played |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" beat Bassett "A" 6-3 with RogerWitt/Eric Simpson 3, Will Baillie/Jamie Wareham 2 & James Bolzonello/Fabian Malignalli 1. The "B" travelled to Kingsgate losing 4-5 where their first & third pairs played round the wrong way. Players: Trevor Sansom/Chris Knight 1, Carl Shead/Ben Spring 2 & Francis Smith/Fergus Littlejohn 1 |
| Ladies Hants League | A visit to Hale Gardens saw a 1-8 loss, Jacky Witt/Zoe Chadderton winning the 1. Rachel Martin/Sue Grimshaw & Cilla Cunningham/Judy Burns also played. |
| NCL Ladies | A second 4-2 home win saw Karina Weedon, June Keen & Karen Last win their singles, & Karina/Karen their doubles. Jacky Witt & Melissa Grewar also played |
| NCL Men | A win at last - well a walkover from Coombe Dingle. |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" went down 4-5 to newly promoted Southbourne with Lee Mahony/Tim Gadenne winning 2 & Roger Witt /Zdenk Frydll & Will Baillie/James Bolzonello1 each. On Sunday the "B" started with a 6-3 victory over Wellow with RorySmith/Eric Simpson leading the way with 3, Roger Witt/Fergus Littlejohn got 2 & John Saunsbury/Carl Shead picking up 1. |
| Ladies Hants League | A 9-0 win over Winchester at home achieved by Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon, June Keen/Janie Melhuish, Melissa Grewar/Kath More. |
| NCL Ladies | Victory over Aylesbury 4-2 saw Karina Weedon, Kath More & Melissa Grewar win their singles with Karina & Jacky Witt the vital doubles rubber. |
| NCL Men | A trip to Gerrards Cross saw Tom Williams, Roger Witt, Will Baillie & debutant Rory Smith lose 0-6 |
| Pewsey Junior Tournament | The Pewsey Junior Open Tournament saw many junior members competing in wet & windy conditions. In the Girls 12&U event, Emily Bearne reached the semi-finals where she lost to Katy Hancock (Swindon). Tim Rolfe, Josh Stainer & Francis Smith competed in the Boys 12&U. Francis won a very close final 7-6, 7-6 against Mikey Puttick (Ramsbury). Tim Rolfe won the Plate event. Josh & Tim also competed in the Boys 14&U singles. Ben Carter, having not been able to enter the main draw, won the plate. Ben Carter & Josh Stainer and Franics Smith & Ed James entered the Boys 14&U doubles. Francis & Ed were beaten by the No.1 seeds, Joseph Nabarro & Patrick Shipp (Bath) in the final 6-3, 6-3. In the 14&U Mixed doubles Mikey Puttick & Emily Bearne, playing her first mixed doubles tournament, had an exciting win against Katy Hancock & Alex Ho but lost to Alice More & Francis Smith in the final. |
| NCL Men | The Mens first outing in Div 1 at Halton saw Lee Mahony & Roger Witt winning a set in their doubles in a 0-6 loss. Indoors at David Lloyd Bristol Will Baillie & Tom Williams won their singles in a 2-4 loss. |
| NCL Ladies | A home 0-6 reverse to St Georges Hill & a 1-5 loss away to Westside started the Ladies fight to stay up in South East Div 1.Janie Melhuish managed to win a set in the first match, while Karen Last & Karina Weedon won a doubles in London. |
| Mini Tennis Finals | The Wiltshire Winter Mini Green competition culminated in a close run tournament. Trowbridge, Swindon & Downton - divisional winners - & a team from the host club - Salisbury played in windy conditions with Downton winning the event by beating Salisbury in the final match. Swindon were 2nd by games difference over Salisbury. Sophia Haine, Alex Nixon, Matthew Coldwell & Josh Marshall played for Salisbury. |
| Parent & Child | 9 pairs contested this pre-season tournament. Val & Will Baillie beat Steve & Craig Loxton (Swindon) 5-4 in the final. Chris & Tim Rolfe were their victims in the semi final, while Graham & Sophia Haine lost to the Loxton's. |
| Winter Club Finals | The Winter Finals saw Roger Witt take 3 titles while
Carl Shead, Cilla Cunningham & Trina Smith took 2. Roger beat Francis Smith in the handicapped singles 9-7 6-0, Pat Butler & Carl Shead 7-6 6-3 with James Bulpitt in the Mens Swaps Doubles & with his wife in the Mixed Swaps over Iain Littlejohn & Cilla Cunningham. Cilla beat Susan Brown 6-1 6-3 in the Ladies handicapped singles, with Val Baillie beating Trina Smith in the plate event. The plate of the Mens saw Carl beat Jeremy Burns. Cilla's 2nd title was the Ladies Swaps Doubles with Virginia Rolfe 6-2 6-0 over Val Baillie & Luisa Butler. Trina took the Plate event in the Ladies with Jill Coldwell beating Susan Brown & Tina Spring, & the Mixed Plate with Carl Shead 6-1 7-6 over Jeremy Burns & Lesley Maynard. The junior finals saw Francis Smith beat Joshua Stainer 7-6 6-2 in the 12&U, & Anna Rolfe finishing top of the Girls 10&U round robin. Chantal White was 2nd, Georgia Smith 3rd. |
| Floodlight League | The 14th season of this popular social team doubles event finished with first wins for Jacky Witt & Simon White, Iain Littlejohn & Lesley Maynard notched their 2nd wins. In the Cup, showing the closeness of the league teams the 7th placed team of Chris Knight, Rachel Martin, Graham Haine & Trina Smith beat the 6th placed team of Will Baillie, Pete Arrigoni, Richard Brown & Tina Spring 4-2. |
| Junior Club Rankings Masters | The 4th year saw Rory Smith win for the 3rd time with Emily Bearne for the first. Players gain points through the year for matches played at the Club, wins, wins against higher rated players, older players, placing in tournaments. The top 8 are then invited for a playoff for prizes. Rory beat Fergus Littlejohn in the final, with Josh Stainer 3rd, Tim Rolfe 4th. Emily beat Flora Burns on a match tie-break, while Sophia Haine beat Abby Burns for 3rd place. |
| Southampton Ladies | Division 3 was tied up with a 7-2 win over Pirelli. Janie Melhuish/June Keeen& Kath More/Melissa Grewar won 6 sets with Jacky Witt/Alice More 2 |
| Southampton Men | The "A" team beat Downton 7.5-1.5 to remain unbeaten in winning Div 5. Ralph Holah/Rory Smith & Roger Witt/Steve Durrans won 6 sets, & Carl Shead/Francis Smith 3 |
| Southampton Ladies | The team of Jacky Witt/Zoe Chadderton, Rachel Martin/Sarah Cowell & Judith Cutler/Liz Robertson won on successive weekends agaisnt Compton 4-2 & Glebians 6.5-2.5 |
| John Jeffery Junior Tournament | The week long John Jeffery Junior Tournament saw 118
players compete between the showers. Boys - in the10&U Ryan Bates
(Portsmouth Dome) beat Finn Connor (Great Bedwyn) 4-5 4-2 10-7 in a close hard
fought match. From a 30 draw in the 12&U Salisbury's Francis Smith emerged
the winner beating Devizes' Chris Long 6-4 6-3. In the plate event Kier
Krishnamma-Hillier (Corsham) won through 7-5 4-6 10-6 against Oliver Pringle
(Portsmouth Dome). The 14&U event saw Salisbury's Rory Smith retain his
title against Thomas Reynolds (Epping) 6-3 1-6 10-6. Maxwell Gunning
(Portsmouth Dome) took the plate 5-7 6-1 10-5 against Downton's George Coward.
The 16&U title also went to Rory Smith, emphasising his improvement this
year, comfortably beating Ben Pringle (Portsmouth Dome) 6-1 6-1 in 45 minutes.
George Pugh (Southampton) beat John Foulkes (Portsmouth Dome) 6-2 6-3 to take
the plate. The 18&U saw friends from Portsmouth Dome compete the final.
Having knocked out the number 1 seed, Jack Glennane won 7-6 6-4 against Sam
Lunn. In the plate Joshua Barrett (Portsmouth Dome) beat George Pugh 7-6
6-3. Girls - an all Salisbury 10&U final saw Sophia Haine beat Emily Bearne 4-0 4-2. Katy Hancock (Swindon) strolled to an easy 6-1 6-0 win over Reegan Greenwood (Porsmouth Dome) in the 12&U final, in the plate Salisbury's Flora Burns lost a close match 5-7 6-7 to Elizabeth Hebbes (Portsmouth Dome). Boys Doubles. Mikey Puttick was double winner taking the 18&U title with James Keen against Nathan Benham & Joshua Barrett, and the 14&U with Sam Hut over Francis Smith & Fergus Littlejohn. Thank you to Trina Smith, Susan Brown, Tina Spring, Dee Stainer, Will Baillie, Ben Spring & Simon White for their help feeding the masses. |
| Southampton Men | The "B" team finished their season with their 5th straight win at Compton B, winning 5-4. Roger Witt/Ken Burns won 6, Will Baillie/Fergus Littlejohn 4 sets. Ben Spring/William Nicoll unlucky not to collect 1. |
| Southampton Ladies | Bassett B lost 0-9 to Janie Melhuish/Zoe Chadderton, Kath More/Rachel Martin & Sue Grimshaw/Judith Cutler. |
| Southampton Men | Totton/Eling lost both home & away to us clinching promotion for another year. The "A" at home won 5-4 with Tim Gadenne/Roger Witt winning 6 sets & Will Baillie/Ralph Holah 4. Pete Arrigoni(debut) & Iain Littlejohn also played. At Totton, John Saunsbury/Jon Crowley & Steve Durrans/Josh Stainer both won 5 sets with Carl Shead/Ben Spring 4. Well done all. |
| Southampton Ladies | Previously unbeaten David Lloyd A paid the price for only fielding 2 pairs when they lost 5-4 to Jacky Witt/Rachel Martin 1.5 rubbers, Judith & Anna Cutler 0.5 rubber & Sue Grimshaw/Sarah Cowell on a damp morning. It could have been worse as one of the opposition's pairs didn't turn up til 10.30 but Jacky Witt would not claim the rubber. |
| Southampton Men | Serious shuffling of players over the previous 2 days saw a relieved manager pick up 2 more wins. The "A" team travelled to Thornden C & having completed 2 rounds the rain took over & the match result taken. Lee Mahony/John Saunsbury & Roger Witt/Carl Shead won 4 sets each with Will Baillie/Ben Spring 3. They got back to the Club to see the "B" team pip David Lloyd C 5-4 with 6 sets from Tim Gadenne/Simon White, 3 from Geoff Naish/Josh Stainer & the vital 1 from Douglas Smith/Jeremy Burns (last minute replacement). |
| Senior-Junior Tournament | The11th Annual event saw 26 players competing on a cold day, in round robin groups. The semi finals saw Alice More/Trina Smith pipped by Francis Smith/Ken Burns (playing as a senior) and Fergus Littlejohn/Chris Rolfe beat Flora Burns/Simon White. The final saw some good doubles from both pairs with Chris Rolfe & Francis Smith clinching the title against Ken Burns & Fergus Littlejohn. |
| Sothampton Men | The "B" team beat Thornden D 6-3 Roger Witt/Fergus Littlejohn won 6 sets with Chris Rolfe/Ben Spring & Iain Littlejohn/Tim Rolfe 3 each |
| Ladies County Cup | Wiltshire ladies were relegated. Salisbury members Jacky Witt, Karen Last, Janie Melhuish, June Keen & Kath More played. |
| Mens County Cup | Wiltshire men gained promotion winning on all 3 days. Lee Mahony, Tom Williams & Neil Watts were the Salisbury players who contributed. |
| Southampton Men | The "A" team beat Winchester C 6-3 with Roger Witt/Rory Smith & Lee Mahony/Douglas Smith winning 5 sets each, & Will Baillie/Ben Spring 2 |
| Southampton Men | Swanmore B lost 3-6 the the "A" team. Both Will Baillie/Ralph Holah & Roger Witt/Rory Smith won all 6 sets. John Crowley/Ben Spring were unlucky not to collect a set. |
| Southampton Men | The "B" men beat Warsash C on a lovely morning 7-2, John Saunsbury/Iain Littlejohn were unbeaten, Roger Witt/Simon White dropped a set & William Nicoll/Fergus Littlejohn dropped 3 sets. |
| Southampton Ladies | Their 1st Div 3 match produced an 8-1 win over fellow promotees Lyndhurst. Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon were unbeaten, Janie Melhuish/Melissa Grewar & Sarah Cowell/Sue Grimshaw both dropped a set to the first pair. |
| Southampton Men | Following promotion to Div 5 the "A" team of Will Baillie/Ralph Holah, Roger Witt/Rory Smith both won 6 sets with Geoff Naish/Iain Littlejohn 3 to beat Warsash C 7.5-1.5 |
| Open Mixed Vets | 7 pairs played in a round-robin with Chris Rolfe & Judith Cutler unbeaten winning the title for the first time. Iain & Ros Littlejohn were runners-up. |
| Parent & Child | 20 pairs took part with the younger group being headed by Graham & Sophia Haine, with Phillipa & Emily Bearne 2nd. The older groups produced single game victories in 36 of the 45 matches. Jeanette English & Jacky Witt were unbeaten in their group & beat Chris & Tim Rolfe in their semi final. Kath & Alice More (who lost to Jeanette & Jacky in their group) beat Jeff & Will Baillie 14-12 on the tie-break to reeach the final, where they won on another tie-break. |
| Wilts Mens Final | The Men beat Ramsbury 5-2 to win their 4th title in a row. Club Champions Tim Gadenne & Roger Witt led with 3 wins, Lee Mahony & Ralph Holah, and Will Baillie & Pete James both won 1. This gave the Club their 6th "hat-trick" |
| Wilts Ladies Final | The Ladies beat Riverside 5-1 to take their 28th title. Jacky Witt & Karina Weedon, and June Keen & Janie Melhuish both won 2 with Kath More & Melissa Grewar 1. |
| Wilts Mixed Final | Without 2 of our first choice ladies, Lee Mahony & Jacky Witt and Tim Gadenne & Melissa Grewar won 2 and Roger Witt & Anna Cutler 1 to clinch the Mixed title (for the 22nd time in the competition's history) against Riverside. |
| Hants Mens "A" | Needing 3 rubbers to secure 2nd place in Div.1 the team, due to massive unavailability problems, fielded 3 debutants, Iain Littlejohn, Francis Smith (youngest "A" player) & Fergus Littlejohn, who gave their all, with Will Baillie, Tim Gadenne & Roger Witt (in his 100th Hants League match). Tim & Roger got a set. |
| Club Finals Weekend | To see who won what you can access the following pages: Open, Junior, Veterans |
| Avenue Mixed Open | A sunny bank holiday Monday saw Roger & Jacky Witt win Avenue's mixed title. They beat Avenue's Ian Udal & Pauline Mason 5-1 in the final. |
| County Ladies O35 Team | Salisbury provided 3 of the 4 players who gained promotion - June Keen, Janie Melhuish & Kath More. They beat North of Scotland 3-2, Suffolk 3-2 & Shropshire 3-1. |
| County Closed | Despite a late start on Monday & virtually no play on Wednesday due to rain, the tournament finished on time. Josh Stainer, Francis Smith, Russell Neave, Fergus Littlejohn, Daniel Watts, Ben Carter & Patrick Watts all competed in the Boys 12 event, with Francis, Fergus & Ben reaching the quarter finals. Fergus lost to the beaten finalist, P Shipp (Bath) whilst Ben played exceptionally well to take C Long (Devizes) to three sets losing 3-6, 6-4, 4-10. Francis reached the semi-final & lost to the 1st seed & eventual winner, C Latham-Berry (Lancs). Rory Smith, Tom Neave, Harry Chaplin & Ben Spring entered the Boys 14 event with Rory beating J Toomer (Pewsey), N Church (Bath), B Sherlock (Downton) to reach the final against A Midwinter (Malmesbury). A very competitive match lasting well over two hours saw Rory take the title 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Tom Williams won the Boys 18 event beating D Chaplin 7-6, 6-0 in the final. Josh Stainer & Ed James, Ben Spring & Toby Brown (Downton), Patrick & Daniel Watts, Francis Smith & Joshua Langley (Swindon) & Rory Smith & Fergus Littlejohn all took part in the 14 Boys Doubles with Francis & Josh having to play Rory & Fergus in Round 2 in a match that kept the crowd well entertained with Rory & Fergus winning 7-6, 5-7, 7-5 having been 5-2 down in the third! Rory & Fergus reached the final by beating B Langley (Swindon) & J Toomer (Pewsey) 6-2, 6-7 11-9 but lost to J Nabarro & P Shipp (Bath) 3-6, 4-6 in the final. The Girls 10 event saw an all Salisbury Final with Emily Bearne beating Sophia Haine in the final 6-0, 6-3 with both girls going on to win the doubles title beating E Reynolds & L Gilbert decisively 6-0, 6-0. Flora Burns, Alice More & Anna Featherstone entered the Girls 12 with Flora losing to the eventual winner, K Hancock (Swindon) in the semi final 1-6, 3-6, Alice lost 6-7 6-7 to G Sutton who had beaten Anna previously. Abi Burns competed in the Girls 14 event & then played with her sister, Flora in the Girls 14 Doubles. In the 14 Mixed, Francis Smith & Alice More met Rory Smith & Victoria Scipio (Devizes) in the semi-finals & a surprisingly friendly match saw Rory & Victoria reach the final where they beat L Price & B Langley (Swindon) 6-4 6-2 to take the title. |
| Ladies Hants Lge | A 7-2 win over Avenue by Karina Weedon/Melissa Grewar, Jacky Witt/Kath More & Judith & Anna Cutler should see them finish 2nd. |
| Mixed Open Doubles | Tim Gadenne & Janie Melhuish won from 8 pairs beating Fred West & Susie Saunders, the pair they lost in the group stage to. |
| Road To Wimbledon | Rory Smith enjoyed a great week playing at Wimbledon & on the Aorangi Park courts. He lost his 3 round robin matches to higher rated players & in the plate still met a higher rated player & lost. |
| Mens Open Doubles | From a small entry Lee Mahony & Paul Zielenieski won. |
| John Jeffery Junior Tournament | The 10&U girls event saw Salisbury's Emily Bearne lose a close match to Chloe Moxham (Devizes), while Archie Walker (Salisbury) won 4 matches including the final for the loss of only 8 games. Milo Brown (Salisbury) was 3rd. In the 12&U Francis Smith lost in the final to Martyn Hollinshead (Wareham) 4-6 2-6 with Craig Loxton winning the plate 6-1 6-2 over Salisbury's Archie Walker. The 14&U plate winner was Ben Spring who beat Jamie Coen 6-2 6-2. The main final saw Rory Smith beat George Pugh (Romsey) 1-6 7-5 6-4, although George valiently played on with a torn stomach muscle. 2 days earlier they played the 16&U final with Rory winning 6-2 6-4. Hale Harding (Downton) won the plate over John O'Brien 6-3 6-0. In the doubles Rory Smith & John O'Brien retained their title beating Joseph Nabarro (Malmesbury) & Jamie Coen on a 3rd set tie-break. |
| Ladies 40 KO | Travelling to Wimbledon (not the real place!) they lost 0-4. |
| County Men O35 Team | A strange weekend - a 1-4 loss to Berkshire (3 lost match tie-breaks), a 3-2 win over Cambridgeshire (who gained promotion) & a 2-3 loss to East of Scotland (who were relegated). Roger Witt won 1 singles & 2 doubles, with Rob Loosemore. |
| Wilts Men | Tom Williams played all week with ex-member Jack Notton at Hunstanton. The team finished 4th |
| Wilts Ladies | Lost 2-7 to Channel Islands, beat East of Scotland 7-2 but lost 4-5 to Cornwall. They won theri final 2 matches to finish 5th. Salisbury were represented by Diana O'Connell, June Keen, Karen Last, Jacky Witt, Becky Poole, Kath More & Gemma Casey. |
| Frome Open Ratings | Roger Witt won 2 matches against Will Brierly (Bath) & Scott Shellard (Trowbridge) before losing 3 & 2 to Pete Willcox (Tiverton, National Deaf Champion) in the semis. Willcox was runner-up. |
| Road To Wimbledon | Following the Club Final of this Tournament when Rory Smith beat his brother Francis, both were invited to Pewsey for the County Finals. Having won 2 matches each on the Saturday they both reached the semi finals. Rory won his 6-2 6-1 while Francis lost on a 3rd set tie-break against Charlie Grabe. In the Final Rory won 6-3 6-4 to earn a trip to Wimbledon in August. |
| Ladies Hants Lge | Jacky Witt & Karina Weedon won 3, Judith & Anna Cutler 2 and Melissa Grewar & Sarah Cowell 1 to beat Victoria Avenue 6-3 |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "B" team finished their campaign with a 4-5 loss to Lyndhurst which decided the Div 5b title. Pete James/Rory Smith won 3, Iani Littlejohn/Chris Rolfe 1 & Travis Speedie/Francis Smith were unlucky not to win 1 |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "B" team beat Warsash "C" 7-2 - Pete James & Rory Smith won 3, while Geoff Naish & Tom Compton and Chris Rolfe & Iain Littlejohn won 2 each |
| Mens Hants Lge | Both Mens teams lost - "A" 3-6 to Bassett, "B" 2-7 to Victoria Park. Roger Witt/Tim Gadenne won 2, Jaro Novak/Travis Speedie 1, Tom Compton/Rory Smith 0. Chris Rolfe/Leigh O'Brien and John Saunsbury/Alan James won 1 each, with Iain Littlejohn/Josh Stainer the other pair. |
| Ladies Hants Lge | A very hot day saw a very long match end with the deciding rubber going to Riverside 5-4. Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon & Kath More/June Keen won 2. Melissa Grewar/Jenna Wareham also played |
| Ladies NCL | The ladies visited Bath Uni for their last match but lost 0-6, finishing 6th in the division. Becky Poole, Karen Last, Jacky Witt & Jenna Wareham played. |
| Mens NCL | A walkover in their final match gave the "A" team 2nd place while the "B" team fought a tie-break shootout win over Riverside in the County Div. Paul Zieleniewski, Will Baillie, Pete James & Alex Vandeleur took part. |
| Mens NCL | Neil Watts, Tom Williams & Lee Mahony won their singles against Downend & Fishponds with Nigel Watts losing. Neil & Tom and Nigel with Roger Witt both won in 3 sets from a set down to clinch the match 5-1. |
| Ladies NCL | A rain affected match saw the singles 2-2 & the rest of the match scrapped. Becky Poole, Karina Weedon, Janie Melhuish & Jacky Witt played. |
| Mens Hants Lge | The "B" team travelled to Lee On Solent where again the final rubber on a tie-break decided the match in our favour 5-4. Tom Compton/Leigh O'Brien & Iain Littlejohn/Rory Smith both won 2 with William Nicoll/Fergus Littlejohn the decider. |
| Mens Hants Lge | 6 tie break deciders in the match saw the "A" team win 5-4 (having been 2-4 down going into the last round. Lee Mahony/Tim Gadenne & Tom Williams/Roger Witt both won 2 & Will Baillie/Peter James the vital last rubber (on a tie break!) |
| Ladies Hants Lge | A visit to Bassett saw Jacky Witt/Karina Weedon win 3, June Keen/Diana O'Connell 2 & Zoe Chadderton/Melissa Grewar 1 to win 6-3 |
| Pewsey Tournament | Milo Brown was runner-up in the Boys 10&U event from 15 players whilst Emily Bearne was 3rd in the girls 10&U. |
| Eastleigh Tournament | Four junior members competed in the Eastleigh Junior Grand Prix Event over Half Term. Due to an exceptionally large entry and poor weather conditions, many of the matches had to be reduced to short sets. Fergus Littlejohn and Joshua Stainer both lost in the opening round in the U12s with Fergus losing a very competitive match against Daniel Brown, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Francis Smith, having won a very hard fought match at 9.15pm after 2 1/4 hours play on the Wednesday evening agasint Joe Boswell from Brighton 0-4, 4-2, 5-4 (9-7), lost his fourth round match in the U12s to Daniel West 4-0, 4-0. Rory Smith reached the quarter final of the U14s losing to Tom Gill of Dorset 5-4, 4-0 having beaten Jamie Armstrong a 7.2 from London in the previous round. The highlight of the week was Fergus and Francis winning the U12 doubles event by winning a rain delayed final in which they had to move courts three times. They beat Ewan Brownlie and Matthew Johstone 6-4, 6-3 winning a trophy and prize money! |
| Open Tournament | The John Jeffery Open tournament saw 4 home players knocked out by the winner Richard Broadhead from Edgbaston, Birmingham. Rory Smith, Tim Gadenne, Lee Mahony and Will Baillie in the final succumbed to Richard's steady game of defense and attack. Will had beaten Paul Bartram, Peter Thompson and number 2 seed Matthew Mai on his way to the final. The plate event was won by Mark Himmens from Portsmouth. The doubles final was a walkover to Matt Mai/Mark Himmens after withdrawal by Lee Mahony. |
| Ladies NCL | A 4-2 win over Lansdown for Becky Poole, Karen Last, Karina Weedon & Jacky Witt |
| Mens NCL | A trip to sunny Cwmbran saw Tom Williams, Lee Mahony, Roger Witt & Nigel Watts win 6-0 |
| Mens NCL | A disappointing loss to Coombe Dingle 1-5. Nigel Watts won his singles,& Tom Williams went to 3 sets in his singles & doubles with Roger Witt. |
| Mens Hants League | The "B" won 9-0, Will Baillie & Chris Knight, Ton Compton & Leigh O'Brien, Iain Littlejohn & James Odell were the team. The "A" team travelled to Ryde and won 5-4. Lee Mahony & Tim Gadenne were unbeaten, Roger Witt & Eric Simpson won 2 and Will Baillie & Paul Zieleniewski (you're dropped!) tried very hard. |
| Veterans Open Tournament | In the Mens 45 event Bill Herlihy (Salisbury) beat Boyd Brackstone (Bournemouth) 6-3 6-2. The Mens 55 final finished at 6-5 to Steve Skilton (Bristol) when Dietmar Viehofer (Southampton) conceded the match. Steve Berry reached semi finals |
| Ladies National Club League | Travelling to play indoors at Ivybridge, Karen Last & Karina Weedon both won their singles & doubles to give us 1 4-2 win. Becky Poole & Gemma Casey lost their matches. |
| Mens National Club League | Stow Park, Newport lost 2-4 to Neil Watts, Tom Williams, Roger Witt & Nigel Watts. Tom lost his singles & Roger & Nigel their doubles. |
| Ladies National Club League | Visiting West Hants were Becky Poole, Karen Chapman, Karina Weedon & Janie Melhuish who lost their singles, Becky & Karen, and Janie & Jacky Witt who lost their doubles. |
| Pewsey Junior Tournament | A successful week for our players. In theU12s Francis Smith, Fergus Littlejohn & Josh Stainer all reached the semi-finals. Francis beat George Coward 6-2 6-0 & Fergus beat Josh 6-2 6-1. Fergus beat Francis in the final 6-2 6-3 for his 1st title. Patrick Watts also competed but lost to Francis in the 2nd round 6-3 7-5 & Russell Neave lost to Fergus 6-0 6-0. In the U14s (Section 10.1-9.1) Tom Neave won by beating David Bray in the final 6-4 6-4. He also beat Ed James in the 1st round of the main draw but lost to Fergus 7-5 6-3. Ed James, Tom Neave, John O'Brien, Ben Spring, Rory Smith, Fergus Littlejohn & Francis Smith were in the main draw. Rory beat Joseph Nabarrro, Fergus & Orlando Lloyd 6-0 6-1 to reach the final. Ben & John lost in the first round, Francis lost in the second to James Gutherie but that was the first (& only match he played). Rory lost to Ben Sherlock in the final 1-6 7-5 TB 8-10 although having already played the U16 final when he damaged a ligament showed great courage to carry on. In the 16U 9.2-9.1 section Ben Spring, James Leatherbarrow, Tom Neave, Will Stanger & Ken Burns entered. Will, James & Ken reached the semi finals with Ken going through to the final beating George Cooper 6-3 6-3. None of them won their 1st round matches in the main draw. Rory beat Henry Marlow 6-1 6-0 & David Lloyd 6-4 6-4 & Mikael Kiviniemi in the final 6-4 0-6 TB 10-8. Francis & Fergus won the U12 doubles beating Marlow & Coward 7-5 6-3. Josh & Patrick Watts lost in the semis to Marlow & Coward. Rory & Ben Sherlock got through to the final of U14 doubles but had to withdraw due to Rory's injury. Marlow & Stanger won the 1st round of their U18s doubles against Platel & Brown 6-2 6-2. Abby Burns won a three way round robin in the U14s but then lost to Victoria Scipio 6-1 6-2 in the semi final. In the Girls 9&U Sophia Haine was 2nd & Emily Bearne 3rd. Thanks to Trina Smith for this comprehensive report. |
| Mens National Club League | The Men travelled to Sodbury's astro courts. First off (as last year) was captain Roger Witt, but this time he won. Lee Mahony & Tom Williams won theirs in 3 sets while Neil Watts won in 2. Neil & Lee and Tom & Roger won their doubles in 2. Att.13 |
| Ladies National Club League | The Ladies hosted Cardiff Castle, who only brought 3 players. Becki Poole & Janie Melhuish lost their singles but Karina Weedon won hers. Becki & Jacky Witt lost the doubles 2-6 6-7 which took the match score to 3-3 and with only needing 1 of the tie-breaks to win the match. Karina went down 10-8 and Janie 10-6. Att.5 |
| Junior Club Rankings Masters Event | The end of year event saw the top Ranked players by matches played within the Club produce some dominant play from both boys and girls winners. Rory Smith dropped only 3 games in 4 sets while Katy Hancock dropped only 1 game. Both received £20 and the runners-up - James Hammond and Miranda Naish £10. |
| Parent & Child | 12 pairs competed with Chris & Tim Rolfe, heading Group A playing Kath & Alice More, runners-up Group B, in the first semi final - which they won 4-3. Val & Will Baillie (playing left handed due to his injury) finished 2nd in Group A and beat Ros & Fergus Littlejohn who topped Group A 4-2. In the final the Rolfes pipped the Baillies 4-2. Other winners were for "Shot of the Day" - adult Ros Littlejohn for a running forehand winner, and junior Sophia Haine for an exquisite drop shot. "Nicest Players" were junior James Duckworth and adult Jill Coldwell. |
| Floodlight Cup | Geoff Naish, Pete Arrigoni, Lesley Maynard & Chris Daniels won the cup 4-2 against Jacky Witt, Leigh O'Brien, Jeremy Burns and Susan Brown. They had previously knocked out the dominant league winners so it was felt a fair result! (Hope my wife doesn't read this) |
| John Jeffery Junior Age Group Tournament | The week long event produced good tennis in all age groups. Samm Butler (Ramsbury) took the 10&U title for the loss of only 2 games in his 3 matches. He beat Mikey Puttick (Ramsbury) in the final. Milo Brown won the plate event beating Archie Walker (Salisbury). Puttick did well to reach the semis of the 12&U where he lost to Fergus Littlejohn (Salisbury). Francis Smith (Salisbury) was the other losing semi finalist when outplayed by Martyn Hollinshead (Wareham). Martyn took the title 6-2 6-2. In the plate Daniel Watts (Salisbury) beat Craig Loxton (Swindon). Rory Smith (Salisbury) lost only 8 games in 4 matches beating Oliver Williams (Ferndown) in the final of the 14&U. Gwilym Flint-Roberts (Godalming) won the plate in his first tournament, beating Matthew Watts (Salisbury). The 16&U final produced the closest final with Thomas Hutchby (Bristol) winning 6-2 2-6 6-2 against Jolyon Winter (Blandford). Rory Smith won the plate. In the 18&U Rob James (Oswestry) beat Paul Hill (Bournemouth) 6-3 6-1. The only girls event was at 18&U with Rachel Popham (Pewsey) beating Chloe Bates (Wimborne) 6-2 6-1. The boys 14&U doubles was won by Oliver Williams & George Pugh (Romsey) 7-5 7-5 against Rory Smith & Fergus Littlejohn. |
| Scottish Vets Winner | Paul Zieleniewski won the Over 50 Singles in the Scottish National Vets Championships, his first ITF title. He beat last years winner. |
| Floodlight League | The 13th season of this popular competition saw first wins for Chris Rolfe, Iain Littlejohn and Val Baillie. It was Judith Cutler's 2nd title. Their team lost only 2 of their 14 matches. 69 players took part. |
| John Jeffery Matchplay Winners | The usual winter series of matchplays was spiced up this time by offering prizemoney. In the 8.1 section Oliver Williams took top position with Rory Smith second. Fergus Littlejohn topped the 9.1 section and David Hill runner-up. Tom Neave was first in the 9.2 section and Josh Stainer second. Winners received £30 and runners-up £20. |
| Southampton League | Champions part 2. The "A" team Roger, Rory, Will, Jon, Tom & Leigh completed their 6th win to be crowned Champions beating Abbey "B" 6.5-2.5. 14 players took part - 8 adults & 6 juniors. |
| Southampton League | Champions - Alan James & Fergus Littlejohn. Chris Rolfe & Josh Stainer and Phil Sutherland & Tim Rolfe beat BTC 8.5-0.5 to clinch the title. Thanks go to the 16 players involved in the 5 matches. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "B" team beat Warsash E 6.5-2.2. Alan James & Matt Stringer won all 6 sets, Iain Littlejohn & Ben Spring 3 and Tim Douglas & Fergus Littlejohn 4. This win should see us promoted. Well played. |
| Total Tennis | The inaugural event worked well with everyone playing 6 shorts sets of singles/doubles. Kath More, Douglas Smith, Judith Cutler and Pat Butler won the event. |
| Senior-Junior Tournament | Our 10th Annual Senior-Junior Tournament saw 15 seniors and 12 juniors contest in 3 round robin groups. Seniors Stewart Carter, Richard Brown, Phil Hall and Jacky Witt and juniors Alice More, Alex Carter, Joshua Stainer and Rory Smith reached the semi final stage. Both were 4-1 wins for Richard and Alex over Stewart and Alice, and Jacky and Rory over Phil and Josh. With partners swapped for the final Jacky and Alex beat Richard and Rory 4-0. Jacky's win followed being runner up last year and back in 1995 in the inaugural event. |
| Southampton League | Both "A" & "B" played Totton/Eling. Tim & Lee were unbeaten, Roger & Pete James lost 1 set and Tom Compton & Leigh O'Brien won a set to record a 6-3 away victory. The "B" team at home squeezed home 5.5-3.5 with all 3 Watts boys playing. Alan James with Matt dropped a set, Phil Sutherland with Daniel and Iain Littlejohn with Patrick both won 3 of 6 sets. |
| Individual | June Keen won the Senior Player of the Year presented at the Wiltshire AGM. |
| Southampton League | Glebians visited and left with 1 set. Diana and Zoe, Bridget and Helen, Sue G and Liz R were the team |
| Southampton League | Both Mens teams played with the "A" winning 7.5-1.5 against Wellow "B". Alan Butterfield & Pete James won all 3, Will Baillie & Rory Smith won 2.5 and Tom Compton & Leigh O'Brien won 2. At Warsash the team of Geoff Naish & Josh Stainer, Alastair Allen & Fergus Littlejohn and Iain Littlejohn & Ben Spring only dropped 1 set between them. |
| County Cup Men | Prestwick in Scotland saw the men win 6-3. Lee Mahony, Tom Williams, Kyle Braithwaite and Tim Gadenne played. Day 2 saw another 6-3 win but lost Sunday 5-4 |
| County Cup Ladies | In Tipton, the Ladies lost 2-7 to Staffordshire. June Keen winning her singles, & doubles with Kath More. Other Salisbury players involved were Becki Poole, Karina Weedon, Karen Last & Jacky Witt. Day 2 saw another 2-7 loss, to North Wales. Day 3 Lincolnshire were beaten 5-2 (latest news) for Wilts to stay up. |
| Southampton League | The Mens "B" debut in this League was a close 5.5-3.5 win over Southampton Junior "B". Iain & Fergus Littlejohn won 5 sets with Alan James & Ben Spring, Jeremy Burns & Josh Stainer both winning 3 sets. |
| Southampton League | Abbey B were restricted to just 4 sets against the ladies. Jacky Witt & Kath More, and Helen Brind & Diana O'Connell between them only dropped 3 games in 12 sets, Julia Johnson-Fergusson and Trina Smith drew 2 and lost 1 of their matches. |
| Southampton League | Littleton B managed just 1 set, against Will Baillie & Jon Crowley (who won their other 5), with Salisbury's other pairs Tim Gadenne & Paul Hill, Roger Witt & Leigh O'Brien each unbeaten. |
| Southampton League | The Ladies travelled to David Lloyd B where the wind was strong. The opposition were missing a player, but Jacky and Zoe, and Helen and Bridget won their 2 matches dropping only 3 games in 8 sets. Judith and Sue won 1 and halved 1 of their matches. |
| Junior Awards | The end of season presentation took place with Paul Hill and Joshua Stainer both collecting 4 awards. The John Jeffery Estate Agent Junior Squad prize money was given out to the winners and runners-up in each of the 10 squads, with Paul and Joshua both winning their squad. Ken Burns, Sam Beer, Abby Burns, Freddie Hacking, Nick Mundy, Francis Smith, Fergus Littlejohn and Russell Neave topped their respective squads. The summer Club Tournament trophies were also handed out where Paul picked up the U14 and U18 boys singles, and Josh runner-up in the Boys U10. The award for the Most Improved Player, presented by Club Secretary Roger Witt, went to Paul Hill at U18 level, Ben Spring U14 and Josh Stainer U10. They all showed great commitment and improvement in their game in the previous 12 months. The Players Player of the Year trophy went to Joshua Stainer. The final 2 awards for the junior players who gained the most Club Ratings points went to James Hammond and Catriona Coen. The MC managed to sneak an adult award in to the proceedings for Trina Smith, who had topped the Ladies in the Club Ratings race for points.(Chris Rolfe won the Mens) |
| Southampton League | Tim Gadenne and Tom Compton, Roger Witt and Matt Stringer won all 6 sets with Alan James and Matt Harmer 5 to bear Warsash D 8.5-0.5 in their first match of the season. |
| Wilts Vets Doubles | Alastair Allen and David Booth won the over 55s title. |
| Southampton League | Following Promotion from Div 6 the Ladies visited Lyndhurst and won 5-4. Zoe and Diana and Jacky and Sue all won 5 sets. |
| Wilts Ladies KO | The Ladies beat Riverside 5-4 to take their 27th title and complete the 5th hat trick of the Wilts KO events for the Club. Kath More and Diana O'Connell won 3, Jacky Witt and Janie Melhuish, and Zoe Chadderton and Bridget Hamilton both won 1. |
| Wilts Mens KO | The Men beat Ramsbury 6-3 to win their 13th title. Lee and Tim, and Will and Roger both won 3. Paul Zieleniewski and Peter James almost beat Ramsbury first pair - losing on a match tie-break. |
| Vets Mixed Open Tournament | 10 pairs competed the summer seasons final event. After the round robin stage, Paul Donovan and Judith Cutler played Paul Leggatt and Jane Green of West Hants going down 4-6 and Bill and Ann Herlihy beat Barry and Liz Austin of Andover 6-2. The final was a close game with the Herlihy's taking it on a tie-break. |
| Parent and Child | The unveiling of the new blue coloured hard courts saw 13 pairs play in 2 round robin groups. Kath and Alice More beat Richard and Milo Brown 4-1 in their semi, and Trina and Francis Smith beat Graham and Sophia Haine by the same score. A full set was played for the final with Trina and Francis pipping Kath and Alice 6-4. |
| Wilts Mens KO | Salisbury reached the final with a 6-3 victory over Riverside, Lee & Tim and Will & Roger both won 3. Tom Compton & John Saunsbury also played. |
| Wilts Ladies KO | Salisbury reached the final with a 6-3 victory over Ramsbury, Jacky and Kath and Zoe and Diana both won 3. Lesley Maynard and Alice Ketterer also played. |
| Wilts Mixed KO | The club's 21st Wiltshire Mixed title was won on Sunday at Purton. Lee Mahony and Kath More were unbeaten. Tim Gadenne and Jacky Witt won 2 and Roger Witt and Sue Grimshaw 1. 2 matches were not completed due to winning the match & the rain. (Roger & Sue claim they would have won their first match but the balls were flat!) |
| Mini Tennis Masters | Having played through the summer in a series of monthly events, Milo Brown retained his title he won in March 2004. The next series will run October to February with Finals in March 05 |
| Club Finals Weekend | To see who won what you can access the following pages: Open, Junior, Veterans |
| Ladies Hants Lge | Played Hampshire Club in a top of the table clash to determine the league winners. In a rain affected match we lost 2-4 to finish second. Well done. |
| County Closed | Salisbury boys came away with 3 age group titles - Francis Smith at 10&U, Rory Smith at 12&U and Tom Williams at 18&U. John Crowley won the U16 plate event. |
| County Mens O35 Team | Nigel Watts and Roger Witt made their debut in a team that finished 2nd, gaining promotion. They beat Bedfordshire and Norfolk, but came up against Devon who had 2 of the top 3 over 35's in the country playing for them. |
| Ladies Hants Lge | Beat Hale Gardens 6-3 to stay in Div 1. |
| County Ladies O35 Team | Kath More, Diana O'Connell, June Keen and Janie Melhuish were 4 of the 5 players who gained promotion at Eastbourne in Div 6. Durham, Avon, Isle of Man and Cumbria were all beaten. |
| Road to Wimbledon - Finals | Harry Williams was unlucky to face the no.1 seed, losing 4-6 5-7 having won his 2 box matches. |
| Mixed Open Doubles | Roger Witt & Karina Weedon retained their title winning all 7 round robin matches, the semi 6-2 and the final 6-0. Lee Mahony and Jacky Witt lost at the semi final stage. It was Witt's 6th title and Karina's 3rd. |
| Mens Hants Lge | A home 6-3 win over Bassett B saw the "A" team take the Div 2 title. Captain Roger Witt and Tim Gadenne won 3, whilst debuts for Paul Zieleniewski and Aaln Butterfield yielded 2, the 3rd debut by Rory Smith (youngest ever to play in the "A" team) with Will Baillie won the other. |
| Mens Hants Lge | A treble from Lee Mahony and Roger Witt, and 2 from Will Baillie and Dicken Chaplin saw the "A" team return to Div1 after 1 season. Mike Moffatt (the oldest player to play "A" tennis) and Alex Vandeleur also played. |
| John Jeffery Junior Age Group Tournament | The seeding committee were delighted when all the singles finals comprised the numbers 1 and 2 seeds, apart from the 18&U Boys where the number 2 seed withdrew through injury. The Boys 10&U saw Francis Smith (Salisbury) play some mature tennis to reach the final where he beat Patrick Watts (Salisbury) 5-3 4-2. In the 12&U Rory Smith (Salisbury) comfortably beat James Hammond (Salisbury) 6-0 6-2, with his forehand dominating the match. James had earlier beaten Rory's brother, Francis, in what turned out to be the longest match of the week 6-7 6-4 6-3. In the 14&U event Paul Hill (Bournemouth) played with his usual cool, unflustered approach to beat Rory Smith (Salisbury) 6-4 6-1 after having been 0-3 behind to the player 2 years his junior. Jolyon Winter (Blandford) took the 16&U on a walkover when Steve Utton (New Milton) injured his shoulder. Jolyon also won the 18&U by beating Adam Shepherd-Jones (Salisbury) 6-4 6-2. The Girls 12&U winner was Victoria Scipio (Devizes) with Natasha Misbah (Kenya) the runner-up. Victoria was also 2nd in the 14&U where Frances Paterson (Reading) won 6-3 6-1. Frances also took the 16&U crown beating Catriona Coen (Salisbury) comprehensively 6-0 6-0. The only doubles event was the Boys 14&U where a shock semi-final result saw Francis Smith and Jamie Coen (Salisbury) knock out the number 1 seeds on a 3rd set match tie-break. In the final they faced Rory Smith and John O'Brien which went to the wire with the Smith/O'Brien combination's experience saw them collect the title on another tie-break decider. |
| Ladies Hants League Team | With promotion assured from Div 2, the Ladies lost their final match, having moved from Div 5 to Div 1 with 32 wins from 34 matches. Well done. |
| Ladies 40's KO | Following last years successful run, we started in the quarter finals with and away trip to East Glos. Janie and Kath and Diana and Zoe lost by 1 set having drawn 2-2. |
| Wilts County Ladies Team | The team which includes Jacky Witt, Karina Weedon, Kath More, June Keen, and Becky Poole beat Somerset 5-4, lost to Avon 2-7, Northants 4-5, North Wales 2-7 and Bedfordshire 1-8 on the final day. |
| Wilts County Mens Team | The team which included Tom Williams remained in their Division |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" team travelled to already promoted Ryde and won 7-2. Lee and Tim, Roger and Tomas won all theirs but Will and Dicken lost 2 on tie-break deciders. |
| Road to Wimbledon | Harry Williams won the County Finals in this event so will be off to Wimbledon in August - we wish him luck. Rory Smith finished 4th. Georgia Sutton played in the Girls event.. |
| Girls 11&U Playoff | Georgia Sutton, Anna Featherstone and Flora Burns lost to a strong Oxford Sports side. |
| Ladies NCL | Congratulations to the Ladies who won 4-2 at Chesham Bois to clinch the National Division 2 title and will play Div 1 next year. Karen and Karina won their singles and then with Bucky and Jacky won both doubles. |
| Mens NCL | Their final match saw a 1-5 defeat to the Division winners - Longchamps from Guernsey. We should be 3rd. |
| Ladies Hants League | A dramatic tie-break decider won by Zoe Chadderton and Bridget Hamilton gave the ladies a 5-4 win over Kingsley. June Keen and Kath more and Jacky Witt and Diana O'Connell won 2 each. |
| Mens Hants League | The "B" team strengthened by Tim Gadenne and Roger Witt won 6-3 against Kingsgate. |
| Men NCL | Played on 2 courts an early start benefited Lee and Tom who won their singles. Our 3rd and 4th singles were identical scores with Roger losing but Nigel winning. Lee and Nigel clinched the match on their doubles win. |
| Individual | Tom Williams received more prizemoney at Eastleigh where he won the Under18 title. |
| Individual | The John Jeffery Salisbury Open Tournament The Salisbury Open title changed hands for the 3rd year running in both the Mens and Ladies events. In the Mens semi finals Tom Williams (Salisbury) beat Eric Simpson (Salisbury) 6-1 6-3 and Lee Mahony (Salisbury) beat Gary Minns (London) 6-3 6-3. The final was affected by rain and Tom and Lee were forced to come off after Tom took the first set 6-2 with some powerful serving and heavy groundstrokes. After the break Lee found his feet and both players held serve until the 10th game when last years winner, Lee lost his serve to his former pupil, Tom, to go down 6-4. The Ladies final saw 2 players from Eastleigh meet, with Becky Burns running out 6-3 6-2 over teenager Eleanor Linsell with a more consistent game. Match of the weekend was a first round clash between Stuart Martin and Ed Goodacre which took 3 hours and 10 minutes to complete. Ed who suffered cramp in both leg and hand won out 6-4 6-7 7-5. |
| Individual | In the 10&U at Victoria Avenue Francis Smith's fine run of title collecting ended in the quarter final. Having won 5 box matches, he went down 5-7. In the 14's Ben Spring won his first match. |
| Mens Hants League | The "B" team fielding 3 players under 14 lost to Andover. |
| Ladies NCL | Kings from Bristol turned up with half a team, but Becky and Karen both had to go to 3 sets to win their singles and so did Karina and Jacky in the doubles to give them their 3rd straight win. |
| Mens NCL | Tom, Lee, Roger and Tim received a lesson from unbeaten East Glos, who had their strongest team out. Tom and Roger got a set in their doubles. |
| Ladies Hants League | A comfortable win 7-2 over Riverside. Becky, Karen, June, Kath, Jacky and Diana were the players. |
| Mens Hants League | The "A" team - Lee, Tim, Roger, Nigel, Will and Dicken beat Winchester "A" comfortably but the "B" team lost 2-7 to Hale Gardens with Geoff Naish and Paul Zieleniewski winning our 2. |
| Individual | Rory Smith and Harry Chaplin played in th Wilts 13&U team in Sunderland. |
| Mens NCL | A trip to Oxford saw a 4-2 win with Tom Williams, Lee Mahony and Nigel Watts winning their singles. A captains performance by Roger Witt saw him drop both singles and with Tom the doubles rubber. Drop him! |
| Ladies NCL | A comfortable win over Victoria Avenue 6-0. Becky Poole, Karen Last, Karina Weedon and captain Jacky Witt were the team |
| Individual | Held over the May Bank Holiday the John Jeffery over 45's singles title went to our Paul Zieleniewski. It was Paul's his first ever Open singles event and he played with great tenacity and consistency to win it. In his semi final against last years winner, Boyd Brackstone from Bournemouth, Paul saved 4 match points and recovered from 2-5 down in the 3rd set to win 4-6 6-2 7-5. In the other semi final Peter Thompson beat Maidenhead's Mike Bottomley convincingly 6-3 6-0. The final score was 6-2 6-4. In the over 55's event Salisbury's Alastair Allen had to retire when 2-0 up with a pulled hamstring. Martin Eyre from Taunton therefore won by default. |
| Ladies Hants League | A wrong turn led to a 4-5 loss as Victoria Avenue claimed the first match. |
| Ladies NCL | Travelling to Guernsey, the ladies won 4-2. Karina Weedon, June Keen and Kath More won their singles and Karen Chapman and Karina their doubles.June and Kath were a set and 4-1 up in their doubles but lost. |
| Mens NCL | The men had a walkover against Caversham B |
| Individual | Pewsey Tournament. In the Mini Green Boys U9 Milo Brown came 2nd in his box but lost 5-3 in the semis. The Boys 10&U saw Francis Smith win all his box matches. Joshua Stainer won 3 matches but not quite enough to go thru as best runner up. Francis played Freddie Marlow in the semi winning 4-1 2-4 10 -3. In the final Sam Hutt, Swindon, who had only lost 1 game went down 4-2 4-2 to give Francis yet another 10&U title. In the U12s Fergus Littlejohn made a very promising start but lost to John O'Brien in the 4th round 7-5 6-3. John then lost to Patrick Shipp 6-1 6-1 in the quarter final. Francis lost to Jonathan Guthrie 7-5 6-1 also in the 4th round. His brother Rory lived up to his top seed ranking beating Chris Long 6-3 6-4, Patrick Shipp 6-0 6-4 and then Henry Marlow 1-6 6-2 10-6 in the final. In the U14s Rory beat James Guthrie 3-6 6- 3 6-1, Ben Sherlock 6-3 6-2 but lost to William Hanson 6-0 6-2. Ben Spring lost in 2nd round to Tom Wood. Ed James and Ben lost to Tom Wood and William Hanson 6-0 6-0 in the U14s doubles. Georgia Sutton beat Katie Marfleet 6-1 6-0 in the U12s girls and then lost the final to Rachana Patel 6-1 6-2. In the U12s boys doubles John O'Brien and Francis Smith were the losing finalists 0-6 0-6 to Patrick Shipp and Joseph Nabarro. Kenneth Burns and James Leatherbarrow lost in the first round of the Boys 18 doubles 7-6 6-0 to Ed Mortimer and Max Harrison. Rory Smith and Jonnie Crowley lost in the semi final to Jack Darvell and Robert Gutherie 6-2 6-1. Kenneth Burns and Jonnie Crowley competed in the Boys U16s singles - Ken lost his first match and Jonnie beat James Leatherbarrow 6-2 6-1 but lost to Nick Brown 6-0 6-2. |
| Individual | Hale Gardens Junior Tournament. In the U10s Francis Smith won all 3 box matches and in the semi final he beat Christopher White from Dorset, who had a lot of home support, 6-4 6-4. The Final was against Andy Case from Dorset who was the only other player to win all his box matches. Francis won 6 -3 6-2 and with it the inaugural Rumsey Cup. In the U12s our boys both lost in the quarter finals. Rory Smith lost to Jack Joyce 6-2 6-2 and Harry Chaplin to Nick Sawyer (the eventually winner) 6-0 6-0. In the U16s Dicken Chaplin beat Chris Brown of Dorset 6-2 6-2, Craig Veal of Hants in the semi 7-6 6-4 and lost to Jack Hartman 6-3 6-2. In the U18s Dicken beat Peter Fletcher of Dorset 6-1 6-0 and then lost to Jack Hartman 7-5 6-4, the eventual winner, in the quarters. In the doubles he played with Martin Baker in the U18s. They beat the Cole brothers (Chris and Matthew) 6-4 6-3, Hartman and Robbie O'Brien (both of Dorset) in the semis 6-3 7-5 and Lloyd Bruce Burgess and Craig Veal 6-3 6-2 in the final. |
| Mini Tennis Team | Qualified for County Finals at Ramsbury, winning 5 and drawing 1 match. |
| Parent and Child | This tournament was a pre-season warm up for 14 pairs on Sunday. Each match was handicapped and after the initial round-robin, 8 pairs qualified for the quarter finals. In the top half of the draw, Richard and Milo Brown lost 2-4 to Iain and Fergus Littlejohn while Trina & Rory Smith faced a match point against Phillipa & Ben Carter before winning on a tie break. The Smiths overcame the Littlejohns to reach the final. The other half of the draw saw a clash of older children with Val & Will Baillie beating Jeanette English and Jacky Witt 7-5 on the tie break. The other Smith family pairing of Douglas & Francis won 4-1 against Chris and Tim Rolfe, and then 4-2 against the Baillies to face the other half of the family in the final. Douglas and Francis won the final 4-1. All finalists received a prize. |
| "No Ratings" Tournament | Matches were first to 9 games in this new event, with the U14 prize of £25 going to Charlie Grabe (Swindon) by beating Paul Hill 9-5. Hale Harding (Downton) won the plate 9-0 against Ben Spring. In the U12s James Hammond beat David Hill 9-3 to take the money. Joshua Stainer won the plate 9-8 against Charles Turpin. |
| Mini Tennis Masters | Milo Brown won the inaugural trophy beating Josh Stainer 5-4 (7-3) in the final. The playback final saw William Bearne beat Sophia Haine 5-4 (9-7). All players received prizes. |
| Junior Club Rankings Masters | The 2nd annual event saw the top points scorers competing for £67.50 in prize money. Rory Smith beat Chris Wood 9-4 and Catriona Coen beat Miranda Naish 9-5 to take the top prizes. The losing semi-finalists were John O'Brien, Tom Neave, Abby and Flora Burns. The new season starts April 1st when points are scored for playing, winning, beating older or higher rated players and then from July for players higher ranked. |
| Southampton League Ladies | June Keen + Jacky Witt, Helen Brind + Janie Melhuish all won 3 and Ann Herlihy and Trina Smith drew 2 to end the season as League Winners. |
| Floodlight League Cup | The Horrible Hooligans - Jacky Witt, Pete Arrigoni, Paul Donovan and Richard Brown beat the Indescribables (Will Baillie, Henry Hammond, Ken Burns, Susan Brown) 5-1. The winners received the Annual Cup and 2 bottles of wine while the losers got 1 bottle each. |
| Winter Finals Day | 11 finals were played. In the 10&U Francis Smith beat Daniel Watts 6-1 6-3 and the plate saw Ben Carter and Theo Daniel play a superb match with Ben winning 6-2 6-3. Rory Smith took the 12&U and 14&U beating Harry Chaplin 6-1 6-0 and Ken Burns 6-3 6-1. The 14&U plate s |