Martinborough Junior tennis

It has been a busy time for the Martinborough Tennis Club juniors.
The Tennis Holiday Programme held just before Christmas was a great success. Over the two days both young novice players and more experienced competitive plays took part in a host of different drill, activities and game play designed to improve their skills and test fitness.

The Martinborough Junior Tennis Open 2013 was on Saturday 21 December and it’s great to see this event back on the calendar and so well attended by 36 enthusiastic boys and girls from around the region competing in the different disciplines.

The novices played on the small courts (Hotshots) and produced some great rallies and competitive play.
On the grass courts the Advanced, Championship and College grades played their singles and doubles. There were lots of very close games and many of the finals were nail-bitingly close.

We hope to continue with this successful tournament and make it better and stronger every year.
The results are:
College Grade
Singles: 1st Scott Day
2nd George Cresswell
Doubles: 1st Harrison Bolt + Henry Phelps
2nd Scott Day + George Cresswell

Championship Grade
Singles Final: Shane Colton beat Lochie McNab 0-4/4-1/12-10
Plate: Angus Morris-Derby beatt Jack Lovell 1-4/4-1/10-4

Doubles Final: Ralph McLeod/Lochie McNab beat Shane Colton/Jack Lovell 4-5/4-1/12-10
Plate: Caleb Nunn/Lewis Houston beat Angus Morris-Derby/Ben Watt 2-4/4-0/10-4

Advanced Grade
Singles Final: Poppy Lambert beat Sam Hunter 7 – 4
Plate: Lewis Houston beat Brook Colton 7 – 4
Special Plate: Flynn Nicholson beat Cully Lockier 7 – 3

Doubles Final: Jack Wayman/Jonty Tomlinson beat Sam Hunter/ Samson Dell 7 – 1
Plate: Patrick + Flynn Nicholson beat William Day/Liam Quirke 7 – 6

Novice Grade 1st Eric Barch 6 wins
2nd Hamish Shaw 5 wins

Photo caption: Flynn and patrick Nicholson in action in the Advanced Grade Doubles.