Morpeth Tennis Club

End of Season Social Evening - Friday 18th October - The social and presentation evening, marking the end of the summer playing season, honoured much-loved member Bill Dunn, who passed away recently.  Each of the winners of the events in the club championships received their trophies, some of which are now on display in the trophy cabinet in the clubhouse.  We also highlighted the contributions of the team captains of the 14 teams that we put out.  A big thanks to Ian Robinson, who provided the music for the evening, putting in a marathon stint singing along accompanied by his trusty acoustic guitar.  For further details, see this news item.

Finals Weekend - The nine finals of the 2024 Club Championships were played on the weekend of 14th and 15th September.  The weather was compliant this time, although a bit windy on the Saturday.  Despite that, a good level of tennis was seen throughout and a healthy crowd came to watch the action on both days.  See a summary of match results here and full details of finals weekend in this news item.

Club Projects - For details of our latest projects to convert are current energy-hungry floodlights to efficient LEDs, and to install an automated gate system for court entry, see the Development Plan page.

President's Day - Sunday 25th August - 1pm saw the kick-off of the President's Day social doubles tournament.  First, though, we remembered much loved fellow member, Bill Dunn, who sadly passed away very recently.  A minute's applause was a fitting tribute to such an ebullient and warm-hearted friend of the club.  After photos were taken, the tournament got underway, in very blustery conditions.  24 players filled all the courts, with partners swapping every 15 minutes.  For full details, see this news item.

Ladies Over-60s Team win all matches and are promoted - It was a remarkable season for the team, with no opposition team getting more than two sets in any of their matches.  So, promotion, and a return to the top league, was a formality.  For full details, see this news item.

Men's Over-60s Second Team are promoted - Success breeds success, they say, and this proved the case as the men's over-60s second team took inspiration from the first team and secured promotion with a victory in the title decider.  See this news item for full details.

Men's Over-60s First Team are champions again - They always say that it's harder staying at the top than getting to the top, but the men's over-60s 1st team belied this mantra by completing a clean sweep of victories today at home to Beverley Park (see news item), thereby retaining the title of champions that they won with a similar set of results last year.  Well done chaps!

CARDIO TENNIS IS BACK! - sessions take place every Thursday 6-7pm book here.

COACHING UPDATE: Sign up now for: Adult Tennis Xpress (Wednesday 10:30-11:30am), junior group Saturday 9-11 and Wednesday 5-6pm coaching courses.

Congratulations to Morpeth 2 Winter League team!  In the final of their section of the league (knockout 5), they visited Cullercoats 2 in the final, and came away with a 5 sets to 3 (45 games to 37) victory to become the champions.  Well done Jill, Eleanor, Colin and captain Jake, and also to all the other players who turned up for the team this season.  Trophy presentation was held at the Northumberland Club on Sunday 24th March.

Eric Winton Trophy - Saturday 27th April: The second running of the annual Eric Winton Tropy doubles competition took place in blazing sunshine on the afternoon of 27th April.  Ten randomly drawn pairs slugged it out in mini-matches of 24 points with three-point service rotation.  Fun was the order of the day, followed by gentle debrief in the clubhouse afterwards.  For details see this news item.

Defibrillator: If anyone collapses at the club, there is a defibrillator just inside the entrance of the clubhouse.  See here for details.

Article in Northumberland Gazette: In October 2023, the club had a newspaper article published which mentions the improvements we made to our facilities and also covers the summer league championships that three of our teams won during the season.  For details see this news item.

EVENT CALENDAR: check out our Events page for upcoming events and reports on previous events.

Locking Up Courts - There have been a number of occasions recently where the gates to the courts, particularly the top courts, have been left open.  Can everyone make a special effort to ensure that if you are the last person to leave either the top courts or bottom courts, you lock the main gate and check that any other gates are locked.  For the top courts this means checking that the combination lock is in place and showing a random combination and that the gate with the handle next to the hockey pitch is locked.  Thanks.

NEW adult & junior Club Leisurewear launched!