Over the weekend of 28th March, our Boys 18 and Girls 18 team both became Surrey champions for the third consecutive year. The teams of Christa Gecheva, Michaela Knespl, Razzak Elbekri and Chris Maguire defeated Ham and Petersham and Roehampton respectively for a total loss of seven games in the four matches.
Surrey Champions For A Third Time! Razzak, Chris, Michaela and Christa
A Frosty Morning Is No Match For Our 6th Team!
It was December 7th 2008, a cold and frosty morning, the courts were iced over meaning vital matches could not be played, it looked like certain disaster. BUT there were 2 men that couldn't be deterred - 6th team Captain Dave Tallis and his trusty minion Richard Embry. They racked their brains together for several seconds when Embry came up with a brain wave - arming himself with only a KETTLE and a BIN BAG he set about defrosting the courts single-handedly, soon inspired others would follow, as can be seen (thanks to Richmond's captain for the photos).
Embry leads the charge, bin bag in hand
Terry joins the de-icers, can't think why Greta may have been laughing
Mr.Oakes on a mission
Embry bin bag experimenting
Scientifically testing the court
Embry's Patent de-icer
Embry's Patent de-icer
Clearing the lines
Clearing the lines
Graham and Richard on court
Graham Bradley back from his first mission
Graham with saucepan in hand, radiating the joy of the moment!
Mark and Mary have come up with a brilliant idea to raise money for Red Nose Day. They will be running a tournament during Team Practice on Tuesday 10th March. The cost will be £5 and all the money raised will go to the charity.
We thought rather than having to wear a red nose we decided that instead whoever enters must wear one red item of clothing.
If you would like to enter let me know ASAP as it will given to the first 16 to reply.
Wilton was blessed with excellent weather for its 26th annual open junior tournament. Over 300 matches were played outdoors in mid February at the host club as well as at Cranleigh and Westside. The standard of play was uniformly high as befits a Grade 3 event but particularly impressive were the younger age groups. 13 Wilton juniors took part and for the first time ever two Wilton players contested a final- the Girls 18's between Michaela Knespl and Lisa Losseva. Michaela won two events as did the individual star of the tournament- Max England who won the Boys 18 and 16 events-winning 10 matches for a total loss of 20 games! Lauren Horsford won the Arek Szrajbman trophy for the best achievement by a Merton player while her sister Olivia was runner up in the first-ever Wilton Red Mini Tennis event.
Finals Results:
8 Mixed: 1-Luca Battista, 2-Olivia Horsford
12 B: Freddie McGeehan bt Oscar Janglin 6-2 6-1
12 G: Lauren Horsford bt Uma Koshi 6-3, 6-3
14 B: Samm Butler bt Brooks Allen 6-3, 6-1
14 G: Elspeth Griffiths bt Lily Miyazaki w/o
16 B: Max England bt Ben Blackwell 6-0 6-1
16 G: Michaela Knespl bt Lily Miyazaki w/o
18 B: Max England bt Jorge Wilton 6-1 6-0
18 G: Michaela Knespl bt Lisa Losseva 6-2 6-4
BD: Kane Percy and Isaac Stoute bt Samm Butler and Alexander Jhun 4-6 6-3 6-3
GD: Nicola Joyce and Vanessa Moro bt Lauren Bishop and Elaine Whittaker 7-6(3) 6-2
Photos of the Wilton Junior Tournament February 2009 below.
Please Note: Hi-Res versions of these photos for printing can be found by clicking here
Monday evenings from 7.30 pm are now available for individual bookings and for coaching. You are invited to book a court (either at 7.30 pm or 8. 45 pm).Initially this will be on a weekly basis. Dependant on demand it may be possible for regular bookings to be accepted
Teams who have a match the following weekend will be given priority use of one court provided that the captain has booked a court at least one week in advance.
We hope that these arrangements will result in a greater use of the courts.
