Tournament Winners - 2022

Spring Hurlingham Rob Nicholson & Terry Williams

Rosebowl Sharon Box & Wendy Ball

Ladies Singles Sue Brown

Men’s Singles Andy Troop

Cecil Heard Matt Bosustow & Ann Mason

Autumn Hurlingham – Ladies - Joan Coney, Carolyn Scarf and Ann Mason

Autumn Hurlingham - Men’s - Gary Bickle

Ladies Floodlight Doubles Wendy Ball & Sarah Grey

Men’s Floodlight Doubles   David Brown & Nathan Jukes

Sunday 11 September 2022 - Supporting Jay's Aim Charity 5Km Run

Autumn Hurlingham with 70th Birthday Celebrations - Ann Mason, Rose Sullivan and Joan Coney

Bude A Men’s team 2022 Season Report:

For much of the season 2022 proved to be very difficult for the men’s first team in the Cornish Premier League.

With a relatively strong three players consisting of Andrew Troop, Gary Bickle (Captain) and Matt Bosustow the team struggled in various matches for a 4th player.

Two matches away from home resulted in only fielding one pair and away matches in general were a struggle though big thanks goes to club legend Roy Stubbs (now based in Truro) who committed to the other 4 away matches playing and giving his all.

Relegation after the first half of the season looked inevitable with only 15 points out of a possible 60 accomplished.

The second half of the season however proved to be more successful.

A 6-4 win at home to Penzance was the team’s first win of the season and this was soon backed up by a 10-0 win at home to Newquay which included coach Craig Viner in the team.

Hard fought losses followed including a 7-4 loss away to Newquay and an 8-3 loss at home to St Agnes A.

With the end of the season in sight and just two matches remaining 16 points were needed to stay up. Could it be done?

Luckily a new member sprung on the horizon – Jeremy Skelton. St Agnes B travelled to Bude with just one pair and Jeremy partnered Andrew to win in straight sets. This was backed up by Gary and Matt winning their match in straight sets resulting in a 10-0 victory.

With one match still remaining 6 points were now needed to stay in the Premier division.

After many weeks to arrange Redruth finally turned up to Bude in mid October with the whole fixture played under lights. The team again consisting of Andrew, Jeremy, Gary and Matt won the fixture 9-2 resulting in relegation survival and a 5th placed finish.

Thanks also goes to B team Captain Peter Simon who stood in for a match when needed.

Here’s to the 2023 campaign being even better and hopefully less nail biting.

By Matt Bosustow

2022 Mens B Team: 

The Men’s B team, after a “diving into a concrete wall head first” injury and with a couple of what we don’t like to admit are “age-related” injuries, fielded an ever-rotating team. The team should be pleased with the experience gained and renewed confidence can be taken from this.

At the start of the season the ever-strong Newquay D team beat us 10-0 at home. At the end of the season they only narrowly beat us in Newquay, where the result could easily have gone in our favour. The B’s managed a mid-table finish despite having to give away 10 points for a match we couldn’t put a team together for.

With the growing nucleus of a regular team and some players returning from treatment/recuperation the outlook for next season is good.

By Pete Simon

2022 - Summer League report by Anj Wilkinson Ladies A Team captain:

In 2019, Bude Ladies A Team won the Cornwall League, and we secured a promotion into the Premier Division, this was obviously a fantastic achievement for the Team and Bude Tennis Club. This happened prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, and subsequently no league matches were able to be played during 2020 & 2021 due to the pandemic. Leaving us perhaps a little rusty going back into playing league again.

Our entry to the Premier Division commenced in 2022, and it was once again an exciting time to be playing competitive league tennis, for all Ladies League Teams A, B & C.

The Bude Ladies A Team core team were myself Andrea Wilkinson-Roper (Captain), Lynda Hill, Ann Mason & Sue Brown.

League tennis had just got under way, with 3x matches played when I broke my wrist, this meant I was out of action for 3 and half months. Not being able to play with the Team was frustrating, however all the Ladies of Bude Tennis Club were supportive as so many ladies helped to fill in with matches and were willing to give up their time to play and travel long distances for away matches.

Bude Ladies A Team would like to say a massive Thank you to Sharon, Terry, Debbie, Rachel, Joan, Sarah, Wendy, and Clare for all the matches you have supported the Team with, and I would like to say a big Thank you, to Lynda, Ann & Sue for their dedication to these league matches too. (A further Great Big Thank you to Sue from everyone at the club for organising the Ladies Coaching Evenings, Tennis Social Events, and Club Competitions and a Big Thank you to Pete for organising the Club Competitions too).

Being in the Premier Division was undeniably tougher for Bude Ladies A Team as the standard of play of some of the other teams in the county was high, however Bude Ladies A Team gave it their best shot, overall, it was a great learning experience to play tennis at this level. Despite being relegated, Bude Ladies A Team had a great 8-4 win against Falmouth at home, and in some of our other matches were scoring at least 4 points, the Team’s strengths were evident, and this is something for us to build upon.

We felt Bude Ladies A Team should have come second to last with an award of 10 points for our final home match as Redruth conceded however 6 points were awarded resulting in the A Team finishing joint last with Falmouth.

Bude Ladies B Team and Bude Ladies C Team have done remarkably well in their league matches too, finishing just below mid table, which is a great achievement.

There are so many great ladies’ players at Bude Tennis Club and the club is going from strength to strength, this is something to look forward to with the upcoming Ladies Summer Doubles League in 2023, where we can all keep improving and hopefully secure a league win again in all Teams.

2022 - Ladies B Team:

 The Ladies B Team had a successful year in the 2022 Summer League.  We finished the season in 4th place but were only a few points adrift from a few of the teams above us and it ended up being very close.  We finished the ten matches with 60 points meaning we had a very respectable average score.  We will now look forward to the 2023 season being able to remain in the same division and with more experience playing matches for next year.  Special thanks should be given to the ladies who played for the team when needed whilst not being named team members.

 By Debbie Bradbury

2022 - Ladies C Team: 

 The Ladies C Team had a mixed season in the 2022 Cornwall Summer League. We won some games outright and lost others and were happy to end up in fourth place. It was a good experience for all the team, some who were new to the Summer League and some returning after a few years break during covid. All the teams we played were friendly and welcoming and we are looking forward to next season. 

By Carolyn Scarff

Tournament Winners 2021

Winter Mixed Doubles Rob Nicholson & Sue Brown

Ladies Floodlight Doubles Sarah Grey & Sue Brown

Men’s Floodlight Doubles Pete Simon & Nigel Tripp

Winter Mixed Doubles 2021 - Winners Rob Nicholson and Sue Brown, runners up Gordon Cordeiro and Sharon Box