Oaks & District Tennis Club

This is becoming a habit!!! Men's 2nd Team win again

Posted by Marcus Clarke on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 In : Mens

More success for the Men's 2nd Team following their match against Market Bosworth 3....

The team for this fixture was Marcus Clarke, Colin Cockayne, Alex Woolcock, Dave Woolcock, Steve Bloor & Dave Cockayne - just one change from the previous winning team with Adam not being available.

The 1st 3 matches went well and we were looking good with 2 matches being won and only loosing the one.

Then in the 2nd set of 3 matches the tales were turned by Market Bosworth with them winning 2-1. ...

New date for Ladies Charity Tournament

Posted by Pauline Graham on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 In : Ladies

Please note the date of the ladies charity tournament has had to change,

IT WILL NOW BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 18TH JUNE.

Ladies please register your interest with Christine Hallam as soon as possible. For gentlemen and non playing lady members of the club you are invited to lunch, Christine will be able to let you have the cost of playing in the tournament with lunch and lunch only. Please invite family and friends too.

Play will begin at 9.30 am sharp, each player will have a schedul...

Rain stops play for reunited ladies pairs

Posted by Pauline Graham on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 In : Ladies

The latest outing for Ladies 1st Team will have to be completed later in the season as rain and poor light prevented completion of the final three sets. This fixture saw two of last years pairings reunited for the first time this season.

Kerry's first game back after delivering 33 lambs was with her doubles partner from last year and the winter Veterans league, Janet. They started well with the score level at 1-1. They played some very long rallies and lots of very good driving shots but th...

Updates on the Tennis Leicestershire Website: 24 May 2010

Posted by Pauline Graham on Monday, May 24, 2010 In : LTA

New information on the Tennis Leicestershire website this week includes:

LTA Referee Course:
Details of forthcoming Basic and Accreditation training courses for LTA Referees are now available:

http://www.lta.org.uk/In-Your-Area/Leicestershire/news/May-2010/LTA-Referee-Courses---Winter-2010/

Professional Stringer Course

A professional Stringer course is to be held at The Park Squash Club, Nottingham on Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th May.

http://www.lta.org.uk/In-Your-Area/Leicestershire/n...

Results from the LVLTA 2009

Posted by Pauline Graham on Monday, May 24, 2010 In : Ladies

Three couples from Oaks took part in the 2009 Ladies Veterans Lawn Tennis Association Winter League. There results of the matches in each of the division can be found in the document below:

Division 7B : Kerry & Janet
Dividion 8A : PaulineG & Becca, PaulineH & Chris 2009W LVLTA 20th WINTER TOURNAMENT.pdf

This was the first time that any of us had taken part in this competition and we all found it to be a beneficial and enjoyable expereince.
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Ladies 2 take on David Lloyd 5 at home

Posted by Lesley Winter on Saturday, May 22, 2010 In : Ladies

Lesley and Catherine started off really well in their first set and were in the lead by 6 games to 1. Unfortunately the David Lloyd pair caught up and the set went to a tie break. The scoreline got to 6 all in the tie break but they just beat us in the end. Lesley and Catherine's other sets went to 9-3 and 9-4 to the opposition.

Pauline and Nikki’s scores were 9-3, 9-3 and 9-0 and Chris and Val’s scores were 9-2, 9-2 and 9-0.

"They were a strong team and we were expecting ...

Victory at last for Men's 2nd Team...

Posted by Marcus Clarke on Thursday, May 20, 2010 In : Mens

Congratulations to the members of the Men's 2nd Team who recorded their first win in over 3 years, defeating Hinckley 6-3 at home. (The ladies might even forgive you for 'stealing' our match night :-) )

Everything started well and Oaks were up 6-0 & 5-0 in two of the first sets but then Hinckley came back into these matches. In the end Oaks took 2 out of the first 3 sets.

In the 2nd round it was looking a bit closer with one of the matches going to a tie break which Hinckley won along with ...
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Late finish for Ladies 1st Team at Roundhills

Posted by Pauline Graham on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 In : Ladies

At last, a pleasantly warm evening for a game of tennis. This weeks our Ladies 1st Team were away at Roundhills in Leicester.
Helen and Pauline started well matching their opponents game for game and eventually earning a slight advantage at 6-4 only to see that slip away until they finally lost their first set 7-9. The second set followed a similar pattern with the Oaks pair gaining the advantage to lead 8-5 only to see the next two games go to their opponents making it 8-7. Determined no...

Wimbledon Ticket Draw

Posted by Pauline Graham on Thursday, May 13, 2010 In : Wimbledon Ballot

The club draw for Wimbledon Tickets took place in the club house on Friday 7th May. Congratulations to the lucky winners; Steve; Kerry; both Pauline's and Katie.

Thanks go to our Social Secretary, Chris, for providing the wine and nibbles to help the evening along and to raise some much needed funds for the club.

This year the club was very lucky to gain 5 pairs of tickets for the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Even better we had tickets for Centre Court for the Men's Final and Semi-Finals, Cou...
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League Match Season Starts

Posted by Pauline Graham on Sunday, May 9, 2010 In : Ladies

This last week saw the start of the 2010 Inter-club leagues.

On a very cold Monday 3rd May the brand new Ladies 2nd Team played their first match in the new 7A Division. This was a tough introduction to league tennis for the new players who lost to a strong Charnwood 7th, away at Charnwood - 0-9. As often seems to be the case there were a lot of deuces that we were unable to convert into games. The 2nd Team will face a return match at home on 16th June.

On Wednesday 5th the Ladies 1st Team to...
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