Latest Results, Read All About it....

 Dear Members these are the latest results from Matches played lately:

1) Men's Open Doubles

Charles Rickens & Carl Rickens bt Roger Trythall & Gavin Smith 6-1, 6-3

Craig Ray & Pat Josephson bt Bruno Zolezzi & Nicolo Pudel (walkover)

Mark Humble & Roger Perry bt Richard Bacon & Ivor Kaye 6-4, 6-2

So the Quarter-Final line up is as follows:

Eric & Stuart v Craig & Pat

Russel & Ron v Mark & Roger P

Gus & Geoff v Charles & Carl

Shiraz & Tobie bt James & Ted 6-4, 6-1

2) Men's Open Singles

Geoff Cohen bt Mike Scher 6-1, 6-1

Charles Rickens bt Craig Ray in 3 sets

There are still three First Round matches to play:

Shiraz Cerfontein v Carl Rickens

Mark Humble v Dave Darlington (to be played tomorrow)

Nicolo Pudel v Tobie Mynhardt (but Nicolo is now away until 27th March so presumably will need to give a walkover to Tobie)

3) Ladies' Singles

Anita Prendergast bt Vanessa September (walkover)

So the Semi-Final line up is as follows:

Glynis Gillott v Anita Prendergast

Suzanne Grant v Carol Coetzee, to be played on Sunday.

4) Ladies' Doubles

Cheryl Anderson & Ingrid Aronson bt Vanessa September & Marianne Wicht (walkover)

5) Veterans' Men's Doubles

There is one First Round match still to play:

Fred Strebel & Soren Elvin-Jensen  v Nick Fredman & Charl Dreyer

6) Veterans' Men's Singles

There is one Quarter-Final match still to play:

Fred Strebel v Dave Darlington

7) Mixed Doubles

Richard Bacon & Glynis Gillott bt Mark Humble & Suzanne Grant 6-0, 6-1

There is one First Round match still to play:

Nick Fredman & Marianne Wicht v Fred Strebel & Helena?

Club Champs

Match play at the Club is gaining momentum.
The most curious match so far was between Gus Darel, Charls and Ben, and the wind.
The wind was howling but the combatants battled it out in a 3 setter that saw eventual victory to Charls and Ben for the next stage in the Men's Vet's Doubles.

There are some exciting matches coming up. Come down to the courts and support great tennis.

These are the results so far:

1) Men's Open Doubles:

First Round: James and Ted beat Nick and Charl ..... 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.

Quarter Final: Shiraz and Tobie beat James and Ted.....6-4, 6-1.


First Round matches still to play:

Craig and Pat v Bruno and Nicolo
Mark and Roger P v Richard and Ivor (scheduled for Tuesday)
Charls and Carl v Roger T and Ivor.

2) Mixed Doubles

Gus and Nadine beat Charls and Vanessa  6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
Roger T and Ingrid beat Roger P and Marie,  7-6, 2-6, 6-3.

First Round matches still to play:
Fred and Helena? v Nick and Marianne
Richard and Glynis v Mark and Suzanne ( scheduled for Fri)

3) Ladies Doubles

No matches played but we only have 4 pairs so no rush.

4) Ladies Singles

Again not many entries so no rush, Vanessa will play Anita when she is back from her trip next week.

5) Veterans' Men's Doubles

Mark and Roger P beat John and Neville, 6-2, 6-1.
Charls and Ben beat Gus and Darel, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

First Round matches still to play:

Fred and Soren v Nick and Charl
Pat and Roy v Hilton and Mike.

6)  Men's Open Singles:

Preliminary Round:

Craig beat Bruno  6-0, 6-2
Nicolo beat Tako  6-4, 6-2

Richard beat Gavin  6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Gus beat Ivor  7-5, 6-1

First Round  matches still to play:

Eric v James
Geoff v Mike
Shiraz v Carl
Craig v Charls
Mark v Dave
Nicolo v Tobie

7) Veterans' Men's Singles

First Round:

 Roger T beat Roger P (walkover)
Charls bt Roy 6-0, 6-3.

First Round matches still to play:

Mike v Ben

Second Round:

Roger T bt Pat  6-3, 6-2
Gus bt Mark  6-2, 6-2.

Quarter Final matches still to play:

Fred v Dave
Charl v winner of Mike v Ben.

Weather

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Championships and General News

The draws and seeds are listed on the notice board.
There will be a flurry of matches this week.
Time is of the essence!
This Sunday Clifton members are invited to join in at the Glen for a mixed in Social morning.

There is a beer float in the fridge. Weekly players who wish to refresh themselves, please put R10 in the white 'honesty box' in the changeroom.

Thanks and Good Luck

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Club Championships are upon us again. Clues are: full courts, extra lessons at the Glen and gaurded responses between members.

Yours truly opened the competition today with a 2 and a half hour match with James Wilson, Teddy Webber against Charl Dreyer and Nick Fredman.
Teddy and James took the first set 6-3 but Charl and Nick came back solidly to take the Tie Break 7-2 on the second set. The third set decider reached 4 all, but
I have to admit that the match was won on unforced errors from our side.

We wish Ted and James good luck against Tobie and Shiraz!

Watch to Club Notice board and email for the full draw schedule.

Social Tennis Protocol

Social Tennis on Sunday and Wednesday has been very busy lately. At times we have had 5 courts running.
Welcome to all the Swallows and also Luigi who has returned after a break which I believe included a trans Siberian Train Journey from Moscow to Beijing!

The Committee would like to remind members that the blackboard system exists to help promote fair and transparent order of play.
This system is not perfect and relies on members to ensure that sequence of play is fair.

The basic rules are:
First come, first serve.
Preference is given to those who have been sitting out.
Names should be added to empty blocks in sequence, if there are two or more blocks running,the first block should be filled and played first.
Common sense and courtesy should prevail.

The committee has had various proposals to try and improve the blackboard system.
At the last committee meeting a proposal from Mare, which included a board and tokens was discussed. The shortcomings of the present system were discussed as well as the proposed system and the Committee concluded that the present system works well enough.

The Committee acknowledges that the present system can be abused if players wish to promote an arranged set by skipping blocks or ignoring waiting players. In the abscence of a Committee member being present, the system relies on self regulation and we draw attention to the basic premise of Social Tennis, which is to mix in and play with all members.

The La Perla Round Robin

The La Perla Floating cup was contested on Sunday the 29th.
It was a brilliant day with little wind.
24 members enrolled and were allocated into the 2 teams: Protons and Electrons.
After playing 4 matches and collecting points, the 4 with the highest points:
Gus=24
Mark=22
Nick=21
Roy=21
drew partners for the Final.
Roy and Nick played Gus and Mark for 4 games and then the electrons: Mark and Roy swapped over.
The final scores were: Gus =6, Mark=4, Roy=4, Nick =2 making Gus the overall winner of this years La Perla Cup.
The Club would like to thank all those who organised the event, Mark and particularly to Susan who ran it so well.