Framlingham

Hi Bloggers .

 

Fram was blessed with very good weather throughout the week , and Sproughton had a large contingent of players involved . In the vets section Joan Hassell reached some semi-finals , John Tallent reached the vets singles semi-final , and Colin Stephenson reached two finals inc the vets singles , but unfortunately lost in both . Joan's daughter Julia , a former player won the mixed handicap doubles  .

Our juniors were well represented , George Brobbin won a round of the boys singles and therefore wins points , Alistair Gravett-Curl and his brother Patrick both lost in the first round , but played well . Patrick then had a very hard draw in the plate event , doing well to win some games against his more experienced opponent . Alistair won his first round match in the plate , and then was defeated in the 2nd round . All the boys also played in the doubles events .

We hope to have a good contingent enter the Suffolk closed later on in the month at Ipswich Sports Club .

 

John

Adult matches mid season report

Hi Sproughton .

 

It has been an interesting season so far - firstly our ladies started badly losing their first 3 matches , but have now won the last 3 to be in with a chance of staying up in div 1 - no mean feat as poor Christine Nugent has been unable to play due to injury the whole season .

Mens 1 has struggled badly in the top division winning 1 and losing 4 , looking forward to going down and being competitive in div 2 next season !

Mens 2 has also struggled due to long term injuries to many players , anyone out there who wants to play good standard tennis in div 3 get in contact fast ! The team have not won yet .

The mixed teams have been the highlight so far , the 1st mixed have played 4 and won 4 in div 1 , but this Friday have a crunch match with 3 subs in for regulars , the mixed 2 in div 5 have almost secured promotion , winning 5 and only losing 1 so far .

Anyone wishing to play - please contact us or turn up at club nights 7pm Mon or Weds .

 

John 

Junior tournaments

Hi Sproughton tennis fans .

 

The junior tournies have been held and the roll of honour is here : The Premier league for the 11-16 year olds singles , have a new champion , the winner being James Kerrison , dethroning last year's champ to 2nd Patrick Gravett-Curl , in 3rd place was George Brobbin , - Girls champ was again Eileen Brobbin with a strong performance from Lucy Sheppard improving to 2nd , and Francine Hodgson receiving the bronze .

 

The youngsters had their own tournie , - Ben Williamson winning the junior singles with 25 pts , and followed by runner-up Ben Danskin with 22 pts , up one place from last season was Frankie Davey winning the bronze .

The girls tournament was won by Hannah Danskin completeing a good day for the Danskin's ! runner up was Abbigail Rew and 3rd Abigail Thomas , well done to all those who took part - there were many players who were only playing in their first year .

 

Junior afternoons continue to be well supported , and the times are 3.50pm on Thurs for the 5-11 year olds and 4.50pm for the 11-16 year old's .

 

John Tallent

Club tournaments

Hi All .

 

The club tournaments have had a surge of matches played since the league matches have finished , and some interesting results - in the main singles , no 2 seed Chris Prior was knocked out in three sets by Brian Samuel , who played extremely well , he will now play Nicky Lapworth in the semi-final who K O'd Matthew Chappell . In the other half , Steve Williams won the match of the tournie so far beating Adrian Goff two sets to one after losing the first set , this match was played in a heavy downpour , I know because I was playing at the same time ! The players were soaked at the end , but some good tennis was played even though the conditions were awful . Steve will now play John Tallent in the other semi-final .

 

In the handicap , more matches have been played , with Adam Chappell beating John Tallent in two straight sets to reach the final and set up an encounter with either Richard Oakes or Ben Hart , which should be a very interesting match .

 

 

Summer season matches

Hi All .

 

The summer season's matches have all been completed now , and a successful season it was for the club . Pride of place must go to the ladies who have finished as runners-up in the top division , closely followed by the mixed 1st team , who stayed up by finishing 3rd in the top division also , a great achievement just to stay up . The mens team won 7 and lost 1 regaining their status in the top flight for next year , whilst the mens 2 followed them up with a win loss record of 6-2 gaining promotion to div 2 , the only disappointment was the mixed 2nd team who won 2 and lost 6 of their matches . Good weather was a feature of the summer fixtures , roll on the winter-league and the floodlit .

 

Reminder to all players - please play your'e singles matches for the tournament - thanks .

 

Juniors start again Thurs week - Sept 11th - any interested parties please phone me on 01473 402307 - thanks .

Summer league matches

The summer league fixtures are 80% completed now , but lots of issues remain , although we know that the mens 1st team have won promotion back to the top division , with a win loss recors of  5-1 , the mixed 1st team have a job on their hands to keep their place in the top division , at the moment we have had 3 wins and 3 losses , one more win would secure our place in the elite , but it depends on other results .

 

The ladies have also won 3 lost 3 in the top division , and have done so well , but again really need an extra win from the two remaining games . The mens two team have done well and won 4 lost 2 in div 3 , and the mixed 2nd's have won 2 in div 4 but lost 5 .

 

One of the plus points from the summer matches has been the emergence of Ben Hart ( age 16 ) into the mens 2 side , - with the experience gained from last years mens 3 experiment , he has improved and is regularly winning at least a set each match .

 

Anyone seeking membership or just want to know more about the club , please contact : John on Ips 402307 .

 

 

 

 

Junior singles tournament

This summers singles tournament was held last Friday for the juniors ( 11+under ) held in good weather for tennis .

 

The winner of the boys section was George Brobbin who convincingly won the league , second was Toby Lister-Draper and third was Aiden Cockerill , the girls winner was Millie Walne who did very well in her first year . Special mention to surely a future winner - young Lewis Oakes who competed very well , and is destined for great things .

 

The final league table :

                          Pl     W    D    L   Pts

George Brobbin    7       7     0    0    40

Toby Lister-Draper 7      6     0    1    31

Aiden Cockerill     7       4     1    2    28

Hadley Sharman  7        4     1    2    22

Cameron Risbridger7     3     0    4    19 

Millie Walne         7      1      0    6    11

Lewis Oakes        7      1      0    6    10 

Fleur Walne         7      1      0    6      7

 

Well done to everyone who competed .