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Friday, 24 November 2006 |
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All those who know (or know of) legendary Wiltonian Russ Culverson will be pleased to hear that he has made headlines in his hometown of Orange, Australia by winning their 8 day games competition. Click the link in the email below to read all about it!
From: Russ
Sent: Monday, 20 November, 2006
11:51:38 AM
G'day Guys
Check out the link below to hear about my recent sporting achievements in a
local competition called the 8 day games. The games celebrated their 30th
anniversary this year and involve competing in a diverse range of sports such as
golf, athletics, swimming, lawn bowls, crocket, ten pin bowling, BMX bike
riding, rock climbing, go karting, bow hunting, canoeing, commando course and
clay pigeon shooting.
http://orange.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=
sport&subclass=other&story_id=532498&category=
Other&m=11&y=2006
Russ (King of Sport!)
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Thursday, 23 November 2006 |
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For those who do not know already, Wilton Tennis Club features in this month's ACE Tennis magazine.
Page 47, December 2006, Issue 116. Article reproduced below by kind permission of ACE Tennis magazine.
In this month’s match against a highly competitive south London club, it was Team ACE’s well-balanced pairings that kept the home side at bay
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The illustrious, if not always winning, Team ACE plays all sorts - from
teams representing the major racket brands to the masters of spin at
the House of Lords and Commons. But when it comes down to it, we often
have the most fun playing grassroots tennis clubs.
This month’s match was one such friendly but competitive encounter. We
took on Wilton Tennis Club in south Wimbledon. While the neighbouring
All England Club is the home of grass court tennis, Wilton boasts a
more modest four all-weather floodlit hard courts. Its competitive
tennis is all the more impressive for the small number of courts:
there are eight men’s teams, four ladies teams and a mixed team that
has just reached the last eight of the national nsight inter-club
competition.
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The ACE team comprised publisher Bridget Marrison, research assistant
Sarah Langford and two colleagues on loan from LTA departments who work
closely with ACE: George Donnelly from Events and Tournaments and Kevin
Coleman from Ratings.
The first of the evening’s matches were the men’s and ladies doubles. The ACE pairing of Kevin and George got off to a 5-0 flying start against Tim Barkey and Andy Vann. A mixture of power play from George and old-school guile from Kevin worked well against the good-cop bad-cop team of Tim and Andy, so well that they won the first set 6-2.
George and Kevin are both in training for marathons so when Tim and Andy stormed to a 5-2 lead in the second the ACEs took it in their stride, fighting back to clinch the second set 7-5.
The ladies doubles was also a close match, though Greta Musu and Jo Barkey of Wilton proved too strong for Bridget and Sarah. The new ACE pairing battled hard with Bridget holding her serve to love at 5-3 down but they made too many mistakes, allowing the solid home pairing to take the lead and finally win the match 6-4,6-4.
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The mixed matches saw George and Bridget pair up to face Greta and
Andy. Wilton attacked the net where they were very solid and difficult
to pass, which meant that Bridget’s usual baseline play wasn’t
effective: final score - 6-2,6-2 to Wilton. The second mixed match saw
the ACE debuting duo of Sarah and Kevin face married pairing Jo and
Tim. Sarah and Kevin proved too strong with Kevin playing some amazing
topspin lob winners. This time ACE secured the 6-2,6-2 win.
At two matches all, the fixture was determined an honourable draw. A
pleasing result in light of the tough competition, although a win would
have been great. To round off an enjoyable evening, Kay Crooks, the
Ladies Captain, laid on a superb supper.
Thanks to Kay, the Wilton players and Terry Oaks, the Club Secretary,
for organising and overseeing a fantastic evening of tennis.
ACE Coaching Editor, Heather Purchase, says:
"A perfect doubles pairing comprises two people whose styles complement
each other. On the night it would seem that ACE’s George and Kevin
gelled superbly. George’s power play kept the opposition on the back
foot as did Kevin’s guile and tenacity - particularly his use of the
topspin lob which had the Wilton players climbing the back netting. An
honourable draw on this occasion was a fair result."
Team ACE v Wilton LTC
Kevin Coleman & George Donnelly bt Tim Barkey & Andy Vann 6-2,7-5; Greta
Musu & Jo Barkey bt Bridget Marrison & Sarah Langford 6-4,6-4; Greta & Andy bt Bridget & George 6-2,6-2; Sarah & Kevin bt Jo & Tim 6-2,6-2
DECEMBER 2006 ACE TENNIS PAGE 47 Issue 116
http://www.acemag.co.uk
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Thursday, 23 November 2006 |
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Our 3rd annual 30 'Superteams' event was held on 18th November and was
enjoyed by 30 senior and junior members. Group stage results as
below:
1st: Maltesers: Greta Musu
(capt), Mark Winn, Joe Chadwick, George Kim, Jemima Walsh, Gretta Wood: 4 wins
2nd Wang Wei Li:
Jeanne Vermaak (capt), James Chadwick, James Reed, Mary Franck, Philip Ryland,
Sam East: 3 wins
3rd: Albert Hall: Kay Crooks
(capt), Jacinta Gunn, Warren Bull, Fernando Fernandez, Jason Luey, Jonathan
Kamskard Bennett: 2 wins
4th The Unknowns:
Kim Freebairn (capt), Chris Drew, Archie Holmes, Silvia Fernandez, Gerry Doyle,
James Smith: 1 win
5th Jam Jars: Andy Slough
(capt), Mihhail Jesmenov, Georgi Gechev, Ann Chadwick, Susie Campbell, James
Evans: 0 wins
The Maltesers then confirmed their marginal superiority by trimphing by
2-1 aginst Wang Wei Li in a closely fought play off final.
Photo shows the victorious Maltesers with their medals.
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Superteams Champions - The Maltesers - Mark Winn, Greta Musu, Jemima Walsh, Joe Chadwick, Gretta Wood and George Kim
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Thursday, 16 November 2006 |
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An excellent evening was had by all on 11th November with 48 taking part answering questions on Newspapers, Tennis, Sport, Australia, Beer, Death and Politics along with 'Green', 'Smallest' and 'Biggest' rounds.
Results:
1st Esperanza 176
2nd Captain Pugwash 169
3rd= No Pressure 145
Simon Says 145
5th Dhammit et Al 125
6th Bonus Point Dodgers 121
7th Wilton Wizards 118
8th All But One 116
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The winning team 'Esperanza' comprised of (from left):
Ann Chadwick, Andy Vann, Kathryn Vann, Kay Crooks,
Richard Nokes and James Chadwick.
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