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News and NoticesNovember 2011Amanda Foxton receives LTA's Meritorious Service Award Amanda's outstanding contribution to the club and to Wiltshire tennis over the last 30 years has been recognised by this accolade. The Committee is sure that all who have benefitted from her endless efforts will agree it is richly deserved. Here she is receiving the award from Wilts LTA President Sir Geoffrey Owen at the Wilts LTA AGM on 30th November:
To put it in context, it should be understood that these awards are very rare (ie half a dozen a year across the country). To see the full citation see here. October 2011Guthrie & Darvell to compete at Roehampton Our local Save the Children representative, Jenny Brisker has this message for us: "A BIG thank you to those who supported Save
the Children at the Doubles Tournament in September, your support is invaluable.
GOOD LUCK to Jack and Robert when they compete at The National Tennis
Centre, Roehampton on Saturday, 29th October. Sunday 16th October - Club Mixed Doubles Tournament in aid of
A good turnout of ten pairs took part in a tightly fought competition, with Matthew Popham and Cathy Temple Brown coming out on top, beating Derrick Day and Mary Guthrie in the final.
The Plate was won by Clare Bamforth and ex-chairman Mike Cox. £132 was raised for the NAS charity. September 2011Sunday September 25th - Ladies and Mens Annual Doubles Tournament Lovely sunshine broke through to make for a very enjoyable day. 7 mens
pairs and sadly just 3 ladies pairs competed for the cups making a contribution
of £130 to Matthew and Lorraine Popham provided a great lunch of pate, bread, cheese,
salad and their always popular chocolate brownies. Sunday Sept 4th - The Parent and Child tournament -
and Annual Prizegiving for Junior events Prizegiving followed for the other Junior competitions: Most Improved players - August 2011Aug 28th to 31st Wiltshire Junior County Closed Tournament Once again Pewsey TC were honoured to host this prestigious event, which as ever provided some excellent tennis. Those who watched would agree the standard was very high, and sadly Pewsey missed out on any major wins - but Jess Archer gave us something to shout about by winning the Plate competition for the Girls 16 and under. Local successes included Will Bissett from Devizes and Mikey Puttick from Aldbourne, both now attending Bath Academy. The event was given extra prestige by the attendance on finals day by
some Top Brass from the LTA: For Pewsey, Amanda Foxton ran things with her usual aplomb, and had organised
an army of Volunteers to man the Shop and provide catering. Amanda
Foxton, Pewsey TC President, with (l) Sir Geoffrey Owen, Wiltshire LTA
President and (r) Peter Bretherton, National LTA President
More pictures are in the Photo Gallery Wilts LTA Press Release available here. Winners and Runners up here. July 2011Lauren Cook helps Wiltshire Ladies Gain Promotion Lauren played in the Aegon Ladies summer County Cup 16-19 July at Bowden
Tennis Club, Altrincham, Cheshire The Bob Harris Awards The Club decided to honour the memory of its former Club president, Bob
Harris, by creating a series of coaching awards to support talented junior
players as well as funding group coaching for Mini Red team. Chairman,
Colin Gratton said that Pewsey Tennis Club had a long tradition of encouraging
its junior players to improve, compete and enjoy their tennis and that
Bob Harris was a great supporter of the juniors. These awards are a great
tribute to his loyal service to the Club and I know he would be very pleased
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At the December committee meeting, Amanda Foxton was appointed Club President in succession to Bob Harris, who we sadly lost in October.
You are invited to:
Boxing Day Tennis (Mince Pies & Coffee provided!) at 10.30 (weather permitting) and to
the Bob Harris Quiz Night on Sat Jan 15th at 7.30pm. Dave Major would appreciate any help with the catering.
Details of both on the 'Events' page.
Matchplay Saturday 13th November - 4 courts in use.
Please be aware that the tennis club is hosting a matchplay
this weekend, and 4 courts will be in use from 12:30, for 3 hours. Sorry
for any inconvenience caused.
Jon Gregory LTA Club Coach
Please lock the doors!
There have been reports recently of theft from the clubhouse and of unwelcome
people gaining access for purposes of smoking and generally hanging out.
Please be reminded to lock the doors if you are playing on the back courts
and no-one else is around and to ensure doors are all locked on last person
leaving.
(Also please do not tamper with the thermostat.)
Don't Park by the Football Club!
A member recently got caught out when he parked in the Football Club's curtilage, and found he had been locked in. You have been warned!
Bob HarrisWe are very sad to report the death of the club's President, Bob Harris. He suffered a heart attack on Wednesday 20th October and passed away suddenly. Chairman Colin Gratton said: "He was such an inspiration to some young players, including our coaches Martin and Jon and was a loyal servant of the Club." There will be a small Family cremation at Salisbury followed by a memorial service at St John's Church, Pewsey on Friday 29th October at 2pm. Click here to read an article that appeared in the Gazette & Herald on 19th January 2006 following his being presented with the LTA's Meritorious Service Award. |
Coming up: Tuesday 26th October: Juniors Doubles
Tournament
Anyone between 11-18 can join in. Cost £2. partners arranged on
the day.
Contact Amanda Foxton on peter.foxton@virgin.net or 01672 563406
Note that this will occupy some of the courts that day (probably three or four)
Also note that Jon Gregory and Amanda Foxton are organising
LTA Winter Junior Competitions using courts on
29th Oct, 30th Oct, 13th Nov, 20th Nov and 27th Nov. See Juniors
page for details.
Saturday 6th November: Swindon & District Tennis League Presentation Evening See Events
16th September - Mens & Ladies Doubles Tournaments
in aid of 
and Charlie's Charity
The men's competition attracted a good field of (mostly very late) entries, and it was good to see a mixture of Senior and Junior players. Continuing an unbeaten run of three years the winners were Martin Wright and Jon Gregory, seen here receiving the cup from Jennifer Brisker, the local Save the Children representative and a keen PTC member:
The ladies' competition was rather less well attended -
just two pairs competed, and they completed their event (played over 3
sets) before Jennifer arrived! Luckily Judith Deck was there to snap the
finalists:
The winners were Patti Mann and Elaine King (same as last year), but big thanks are due to Sally Brown and Marijke Craig for at least making them play for it!
We must raise the profile of this event next year, and perhaps give more thought to the date chosen.
5th September - Parent and Child Tournament
The dreadful weather on Sunday morning relented by lunchtime to allow
this very enjoyable event to proceed.
In the 16U category Jeremy Barker (13) and his father Charlie
won the cup after a final against Tom and Rob Lindeman.
In the younger group, 10U, Callum Macgregor and dad Ninian
repeated their triumph of last year. Runners up were David and Isaac Whitehead
It was also the occasion for the presentation of trophies to the winners and runners up of the Club Junior Tournaments held in August:
| Winners | Runners Up | Picture where available | |
| Boys 10U | Callum Macgregor | Isaac Whitehead | |
| Boys 12U | James Birkett | James Wood | |
| Boys R2W 14U | Liam Pollock | William Blakeney | |
| Boys R2W 16U | Christian Blair | Alex Archer | |
| Boys 21U | Matthew Darvell | Mikael Kiviniemi | |
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| Girls 16U | Jessica Archer | Melissa Curnick | |
| Girls 21U | Lauren Cook | Maddie Allen | |
| Girls Doubles | Lauren Cook / Charlotte Devine | Beccy Tipping / Maddie Allen |
In addition, three special prizes: Most improved player (Boys): Sam Birkett (absent) and:
Most improved Player (Girls) |
Player of the Year (won most tournaments) |
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The Juniors were very busy in August with a week of Holiday Coaching, an Activities Week organised by Martin Wright and the Club Junior Tournaments run by Amanda Foxton. All went very well and the club raised some welcome funds.
At the end of the month the Club hosted the Wiltshire Junior Closed Tournament, which saw the best young players in the county battling it out on our courts. Anyone watching was treated to some very high class play in the final stages.
25th July: A 'Social' with Tennis
A good number turned out for a delicious summer barbecue courtesy of Matthew Popham and a 'roll-up' tournament organised beautifully as ever by Amanda Foxton. Antonia Clements won the Ladies' tournament and Matt Darvell the Men's. Pictures available here
20th-23rd July: AEGON Summer County Cup
Lauren Cook is representing Wiltshire at the AEGON Summer
County Cup in Cheltenham, starting 20th July.
You can read about it and follow her progress on the LTA
website. In their group are Bedfordshire, Durham & Cleveland and
the Isle of Man. We wish her and all the team the best of luck.
April 14th to 18th: The Michael Fowler Architects Pewsey Junior Tennis Tournament
This was considered a great success with a large turnout,
excellent organisation and good weather. To cap it all, our own David
Bayley (with a very nasty hand blister) won the Boys under 18 title in
2 straight sets - well done David.
A quote from our Chairman:
"Thankyous can seem trite sometimes but I really applaud Jon and
Amanda on a very successful week and I also know that support via Rachel
Popham/Lauren Cook as well as the superb catering team, Carol Parsons/Jane
Dixon has made this tournament memorable -well done and a warm thankyou
to all involved." - Colin Gratton
Attention all British Tennis Members
ATP World Tour Finals BTM Priority Ticket offer! Click
here for full details
Wimbledon for £5!
The AELTC and the LTA have teamed up to offer all Child/Junior (17 and under) British Tennis Members the chance to visit the Championships for just £5 after 5pm during week 2 (from Monday 28th June) subject to availability.
If you are a Junior British Tennis Member and want to benefit from this offer all you have to do is present your Junior BTM card at the turnstiles at Gate 3.* If you have only recently signed up to BTM, please present the confirmation email you received when you signed up which will have your BTM number on it.
*Please note this is subject to availability and you will need to join the queue and follow the signs and the stewards’ directions. All children under 12 must be accompanied by a responsible adult (who will not be eligible for the discounted price). Please don't forget you will need your Junior BTM card/confirmation email to benefit from this offer.
Sunday 11th April was the opening day of the new season. There was an excellent turnout (40-50 players) for the 'Roll Up' tournament. Jon Gregory won the most games among the men, and Mary Guthrie among the ladies. The winning Junior was Guy Dixon with William Blakeney runner up, having won the same number of games but conceding more.
Opening day Roll-Up Tournament
...and even more people (another 50) arrived to attend the draw for the club's allocation of 24 pairs of Wimbledon tickets. There is to be no inquiry into how it came about that the Club Chairman, also MC at the ballot, happened to be the first name drawn!
At the March committee meeting, Bev Birkett was welcomed as the Club's new Treasurer. She will take over from Rob Lindeman at the end of April. At the same meeting Neville Burrell was appointed Vice Chairman.
The idea of a storage box with a lock for keeping balls in was put 'on hold' because the situation seemed to have improved, with fewer balls mysteriously disappearing. Perhaps the very airing of the subject at the AGM had done some good?
24th February was the AGM. Highlights were:
A full report/minutes will appear here in due course.
Wiltshire Ladies Vets tournaments are taking place in March Click here for details
Any Parent/Child combinations who would like to compete nationally should look at www.familychampionships.org.uk
Jan 16th was the Bob Harris Presentation and Quiz Evening. £360 was raised for club funds
The award winners were:
| Most Improved Player - Jon Veale | Slippery Slope - Mens E Team |
Winners of the Quiz |
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Also on that evening the Club was pleased to present a cheque for £300 to the Save the Children Fund, being the money raised by the Ladies' and Mens' Autumn Doubles Tournaments organised by Jack Darvell and Matthew Popham (pictured with Jenny Brisker of Save The Children)
New Sponsors for Pewsey Junior Open Tournament in 2010
We
are delighted to say that the tournament is now sponsored by Michael
Fowler Architects.
Its full name is now The Michael Fowler Architects Pewsey
Junior Open Tournament.
Mike has been a long time supporter of the club, and indeed designed our
much admired pavilion.
For details of the tournament and how to enter see Events
Wiltshire Ladies clinch Promotion at AEGON Winter County Cup
...and our very own Lauren Cook played a starring part in the victory Click here for full report
Changes:
The Committee are sorry to say that Rob Lindeman is standing down from his positions as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer, and there is now a vacancy for each of those. Also Jon Veale is leaving after several successful years as Coach and we wish him well in his new career in the family business.
Jon is replaced from 1st January by Jon Gregory, a long time member and one of the stars of the triumphant mens A team. He has all our best wishes, and we hope he will enjoy his time not only supporting Martin but also making his own contributions to the club.
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