Clubmark League Table
Thorpe Wood are top of Clubmark League Table for Cambridgeshire.
Of the 9 clubs who have gained Clubmark accreditation in Cambs, Thorpe Wood are in first position in the latest league table published in December.
Thorpe Wood are also in 7th place out of 43 clubs across the 5 counties in the Eastern Region (Beds, Northants, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambs.)
For more information on the Clubmark Legaue tables go to www.lta.org.uk and click on ‘In your area’ then click on ‘Cambridgeshire’
Quiz Night
Tennis themed quiz night to be held at Thorpe Wood on Friday January 15th 2010
Entry fee £5 to include food. Start time 7.30pm.
Please sign up and pay at reception to reserve your place.
Club Championships
Open to all racquets members of Thorpe Wood Health and Racquets Club.
Ladies, Mens, Mixed, and Junior events.
More information to follow in January.
Box Leagues
Current Doubles Box Leagues are drawing to a conclusion.
After the end of December play-offs will take place as follows. The Winners and Runners-up of Ladies Doubles Box A and B will go through to semi-finals.
The Winners and Runners-up of Mixed Doubles Box A, B and C will go through to
Quarter-finals along with two lucky losers (the 2 best placed third place pairs determined by number of wins and then percentage of sets)
All pairs who qualify will be contacted at the beginning of January
with the draw for the knock-out stages. Good Luck to everyone.
New box leagues will start at the beginning of February.
If you would like to continue in the box leagues or any new players
who would like to join, please sign up at reception before January 10th 2010.
All playing standards are welcome.
Either enter with a partner or a partner can be found for you.
Peterborough and District Tennis Winter League
Thorpe Wood have entered a team in the second division of the Peterborough and District Winter League. After playing 7 matches (winning 5 and losing 2) Thorpe Wood are currently top of the table at the mid-season break. Matches resume on Sunday January 17th. The team have had some impressive victories this season, as the team has been made up of juniors, with an average age of 14 in some of the matches. Congratulations go to Richard Dodding, Saqib Farooq, Ben Fisher, Henry Fisher, Jessica Hurford, Chris Pepper, Lewis Tuck, and our one senior player James Tomlinson who has played twice.
Peterborough and District Summer League
Last summer two teams played in Division 1 The A team successfully defended their title and The B team managed to retain their place in Division 1 for the following season. If there are any players who would like to play for Esporta next summer would they please leave their details at reception or contact John Rudd. An extra team may be entered in Division 4 if enough interest is expressed and someone is willing to run the team.
Huntingdon and Peterborough Tennis League
Last season saw a successful set of results for all our teams
Thorpe Wood Mixed A – champions of Division 4
Thorpe Wood Mixed B - 3rd place in Division 5
Thorpe Wood Mens A - Champions of Division 1
Thorpe Wood Mens B - Champions of Division 3
Thorpe Wood Ladies A – Champions of Division 4
Thorpe Wood Ladies B – Runners-Up in Division 5
Thorpe Wood Ladies C – 4th place in Division 5
Entries for the new season will soon be upon us.
In view of the successful box leagues there may be the opportunity to enter
even more Thorpe Wood teams in the Leagues this coming season. If you are interested in playing or managing any of our Ladies, Mens or Mixed teams please register your interest at reception on the sheet for Hunts and Peterborough 2010 as soon as possible as entries need to be in early in the new year.
Cambs League
A Mens team entered the Winter League and are currently in Division 2, they have won 3 and drawn 1 match so far this season. They have 1 fixture still to play against Royston and should hopefully win promotion to Division 1 next winter.
Thorpe Wood have entered a Veterans team (Men 45+ Ladies 40+) into Division 4
League starts on January 30th and runs through February and March. Other teams in the division include Newmarket, Buckden, Histon, Papworth, Soham, Great Shelford and Gransdens. If anyone would be interested in playing please contact John Rudd as soon as possible.
Esporta Inter-Club Championships
19 Esporta clubs were represented at National finals held at The Chiswick Esporta Club on Saturday 12th December. Thorpe Wood played Dorset, Hampshire, Chiswick and Brighton in their Round Robin box winning 3 of the 4 matches to qualify for the quarter-finals where they lost narrowly to eventual finalists Surrey.
Noticeboard
In the New Year a new noticeboard will be erected near the courts, until this arrives
please continue to look at current noticeboard in the corridor adjacent to reception,
where all recent tennis news, events and results are displayed.
For further information contact
John Rudd Tel: 07710 284299 e-mail john.rudd@esporta.com
Louise Fisher Tel: 07966 497395 e-mail louise.fisher@live.com
