Mens Division Three
Venue: Wantage
Date: Saturday, 26 Sep 2009
Results from: Wantage C
Home team: Wantage C
1st pair: Paul Bryan Chris Gray
2nd pair: Richard Saunders Gavin Gibbons
Away team: Banbury B
1st pair: Phil Davis Sam Catchpole
2nd pair: Jake Addison Tom Spijkers
Wantage C 1st pair vs. Banbury B 1st pair 3 - 6, 3 - 6
Wantage C 1st pair vs. Banbury B 2nd pair 6 - 4, 6 - 2
Wantage C 2nd pair vs. Banbury B 1st pair 7 - 5, 6 - 2
Wantage C 2nd pair vs. Banbury B 2nd pair 6 - 3, 6 - 4
Wantage C beat Banbury B by 6 to 2 sets and 43 to 32 games
Wantage Tennis club entered 4 teams into this summer’s NJCL, the results are as follows.
Girls U14: Played 3 Won 1 Lost 2 with 2 walkovers. They finished 3rd in the League. 4 girls played in total.
Boys U14: Played 4 Won 1 lost 3, Finished 2nd. 5 boys played.
Boys U16: Played 4 Won 1 Lost 3 with 1 walkover. Finished 5th. 3 boys played.
Boys U18: Played 2 Won 1 Lost 1, Finished 2nd. 2 boys played.
Overall this year’s competition was well run as I had the very welcome support of various parents who ran the teams and organised the fixtures. The results were not as I had hoped but it seemed that the opposition had played some higher rated children than we were able to.
The children enjoyed the experience of competition and are looking forward to 2009, where, I hope to enter more teams especially in the girl’s leagues.
The ladies clearly had an outstanding season, taking the top two positions in the league, and the C team gaining promotion.
The mens teams had a good season with all teams finishing in the top halves of their divisions and the C team getting promoted. The B team recorded their best position in recent seasons. There were no promotions or titles for the mixed teams, but it is good to see that we retain two teams in Division 1.
We are affiliated to the Oxfordshire LTA and have each week 2 club nights in summer and 2 club mornings throughout the year. We play in various leagues in Oxfordshire and have 4 mens, 3 ladies and 3 mixed teams plus the Newbury League and Friendlies in summer and 4 mens and 3 ladies plus 4 Floodlit leagues (on other courts) and the Oxon Ladies Mid-Week League in winter. We also arrange a limited club night at the Abingdon Indoor Tennis Centre twice a month throughout the winter. We are keen to have new members so if you want to meet people and play some tennis come along to a club session to find out more.
