Sunday Round Robin Competition
11 December 2011
We finished the tournament at Weston Creek, just in time before a ferocious storm hit and marooned four of the players for over an hour in the clubhouse. By 2pm, it literally was a creek with deep water covering parts of the car park. The photo shows Leonie Southwell, Col Lyons and Col Lyons outside the clubhouse but under cover. The photographer was Hilary Bridgen.
27 November 2011 Our tournament last weekend was played in windy but fine conditions. One player did not turn up (and unfortunately didn't let us know) which affected our balance of numbers so we had to run a changed format at short notice. Gail Jones very obligingly offered to pull out to give us even numbers. John Chaloner showed fine form in the blustery conditions to hit the winning post first with 27 games from Leonie Southwell displaying her usual consistent touch to be runner-up with 22 games. We also enjoyed the company of newcomer, Phil Ellis newly moved to Bungendore.
Our final tournament for the year will be on 11 December at a venue to be advised. We look forward to a strong roll-up
30 October 2011 In pleasant weather, though quite windy at times, we had an enjoyable tournament at Forrest Tennis Club. The roll-up was a bit disappointing but we enjoyed very good tennis and as usual some hard fought matches. We were pleased to have a couple of newcomers to our ranks in Hilary Bridgen and Warren Mueller. Hilary, recently arrived from South Australia was in very good form throughout and had a memorable day in her first tournament with us to be a joint winner with David Sprott, who managed to bribe the judges again in counting his scores. They tied with 23 games from the 8 game sets. David is hunting for a new cabinet to store all his frequent winnings.
11 September 2011 Cancelled due to lack of numbers.
14 August 2011 Because of two late withdrawals, we were restricted to only one division which created problems as there is no ready format for 14 players. Nevertheless, in great weather, we had an enjoyable day at Forrest Club, a most pleasant venue. Once again, May Howard took the honours with 27 games showing a clean pair of tennis heels to joint runners-up, David Sprott and Alfredo Verdejo both on 21 games. By an almost unanimous vote (only one against), it was agreed that May will start on minus 7 games in future tournaments until further notice.
17 July 2011 It was a pleasant change to have enough players to run two divisions for our July tournament, the first for a while. While we did not see much sun throughout the afternoon, conditions were good for tennis with little wind.
In the Green Division, Leonie Southwell again ran off with the major prize on 24 games despite a concerted effort by other regulars to dethrone her from her regular assault on the prizemoney. She is a consistent performer and clearly relishes the cut and thrust of our monthly tournaments, and the boost to her ranking points. Runner-up on 20 games was John Greenup who used his challenging left handed serve to confound a number of the ladies in particular. He will have to turn out more often so that they can try and get the ball back more often - but on the correct court!
In the Blue Division, Charlie Modrak on 20 games just snuck home in front of Vivienne Meagher on 19 games who we hadn't seen for quite some time. It was good to see her as well as a few other new and occasional starters. Well done to both of you
Our August tournament will likely be held in the morning as a majority of players expressed a preference for morning starts, even in winter. Please check the website and your emails for venue and time confirmation. We look forward again to a big roll-up
19 June 2011 Cancelled due to lack of numbers.
15 May 2011 In beautiful weather we had an enjoyable day at Lyneham. There was only one division but a closely contested contest for the big prizes. Leonie Southwell again bribed the stewards to cross the finishing line first with 24 games ahead of Ernie Young and Luciano Maucieri on 22 games, hotly pursued by several others.
20 March 2011 Despite the overcast day with the threat of rain 12 players turned up for what ended up being a pleasant morning's tennis. May Howard and Robert Pragt were the winners on the day.
There will not be a round robin tournament in April because of the Easter tournament, but we will be in action again on the 15 May at 9.30am, when we hope for a healthy entry.
20 February 2011 We had only the one division today in warm but good conditions for tennis at Lyneham. In a very close finish, Kay Giffin snuck home with 25 games by one game from Leonie Southwell, closely followed by May Howard and Zoltan Lukacs both on 23 games. We had a withdrawal and a no-show on the morning which is very unfortunate and frustrating and are indebted to Don Tucker and Margie Sellwood for coming to the rescue at short notice. May Howard was instrumental in getting hold of both these players, so many thanks to May also.
12 December 2010 There was a good roll-up of 18 players for our final tournament of the year, played in windy but warm conditions at Lyneham. John Chaloner led the field home in the first division with 23 games, followed by Leonie Southwell with 20 games. In the second division, Alfredo Verdejo had a narrow win on 21 games from Jocelyn Thompson and Robert Read, both on 20 games.
21 November 2010 Despite the beautiful Spring weather leading up to the tournament on 21 November and the venue on the southside of town there were insufficient entries to run the event. However players who turned up were able to have a social game and enjoy the excellent playing conditions.
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It
was rather warm and humid at times but good weather for
tennis for the most part. There was only the one
division. David Sprott carried of the spoils of
victory again on 29 games closely followed by Hilary Bridgen
on 26 games and May Howard on 25.
