FINALS DAY
Way back near the beginning of September (Saturday the 9th) finals day dawned dry and cool. By the time play got underway it was warming up and soon became almost unbearably hot and humid. So huge congratulations to the contenders who put on such a marvelous display and survived! The supporters were in awe of your skills and exceptionally well entertained.
Adding to the enjoyment of the day was the new pizza oven supplying freshly cooked pizza. Demand was greater than supply. The traditional tea and cake were also very popular and over £100 was made for Club funds. Thanks to everyone who helped organise the day, played in the competition and those who supplied the refreshments on the day.
The results were:
- Men’s Cup Andy Mayo beat Will Luckwell 6-2 4-6 10-8
- Ladies Cup Freyja Gaylard beat Sarah Howes 6-1 6-2
- Men’s Doubles Cup Andy Mayo & Ross Nelson beat Ed Partridge & Will Luckwell 6-4 7-6
- Ladies Doubles Cup Biddy Nelson & Tara Hopwood beat Heather Stubbings & Penny Roach Hudson 6-4 6-2
- Mixed Tara Hopwood & Ross Nelson
- Men’s Plate Will Ham
- Men’s Doubles Plate Colin Whitell & Alan Bourne
- Mixed Doubles plate Nicky Bowler & Mike Butler
Two of the matches were not played due to the semi-finals not being completed in time. And two further matches were conceded due to injury.
Will Luckwell surprised us all and decided to go travelling in Australia. He left the day after Finals day. Mike Reynolds gave Will a set of photos taken on Finals day as a souvenir. There are photos of the day on the website if you’d like to see them. I still need to master how to get some onto the newsletter.
Will was assistant coach to Andy for seven years and Andy has praised him for his dedication and hard work on behalf of the Club and its members. He was a friend and mentor to many, so will very much be missed. But we wish him all the best in the future. His talents will carry him far.
TEAM NEWS
The LTA Summer 2023 Season has finished and the results have been finalised. The Sway teams finished as follows:
- Ladies 1st in Division 4
- Ladies over 60 5th in their Division
- Mixed 6th in Division 5
- Men’s 1 5th in Division 2
- Men’s 2 7th in Division 5
Congratulations to the Ladies team who will be promoted next summer.
The winter 2023 matches have now been arranged and the season started in October, so good luck to all our teams. We are entering a Ladies over 60 team in the Winter league for the first time.
With Will having departed for his trip to Australia the new Men’s 1 captain is Ross Nelson. By way of reminder the other team captains are:
- Ladies Caro St John
- Ladies over 60 Heather Stubbings
- Mixed Heather Stubbings
- Men’s 2 Pete Cutler
If you are interested in representing your Club do please get in contact with the team captain.
Have you noticed how nice the artificial grass courts are looking? They have been deep cleaned at a cost of over £900 and look like new.
Have you also noticed that the the floodlights can be temperamental? They switch off but not always back on? This is being investigated and a decision will be made what to do about the problem. When it’s made those of you who use the floodlights may be pleasantly surprised.
Sway Parish Council has published a plan to expand and upgrade the children’s playground. One contentious part of the plan is the siting of a zip wire next to court 4. There are ongoing discussions to find an acceptable solution for all the users of Jubilee Field.
VISITORS FEES
Members are welcome to have visitors come along and play tennis with them. The question has been raised of how the fee of £5 can be paid. Payment should be made directly to the club bank account.
Sort Code: 30-95-32 A/C No: 01294765
Please state VisitorFee in the reference.
The Members Handbook, which is available via the Club website, will also be updated to hold this information.
QUIZ NIGHT
Craig’s Quiz Night is set to take place tomorrow (28 October) in the Village Hall. This is always an enjoyable event and I’m sorry this is rather too late to be useful for anyone who might have considered coming.
SAFEGUARDING
There have been some additions to the Safeguarding Policies.Two attachments should have appeared here but because files transferred to the Clubspark site have proved particularly difficult to send this week I’m going to send them in a separate email.
Helen Bedford
Secretary