On Sunday 14th September, the championships finals were hosted at Pensford Tennis Club.

 

As the weather was looking decidedly poor in the afternoon, the decision was made to start to play the adult finals from 9.30am, at the same time as the junior finals.

The Ladies’ singles and the Vets’ singles opened the day under a cloudy sky on courts 1 and 3, followed by the Men’s singles and Ladies’ doubles, and finally the Men’s doubles. At the same time, the Men’s consolation match used court 6, whilst the juniors used courts 4 & 5, and when the juniors had eventually finished their marathon matches, the Vets’ doubles were able to play too. It made for a busy day with plenty of matches to watch for the friends and family members who came to support the players and it was generally agreed that mixing the adult and junior finals by starting in the morning was a great success. There were some tight 3-set matches and many high quality, entertaining rallies. Congratulations to all the finalists!

Unfortunately, round 2pm, the rain arrived and further play had to be aborted, which left the Mixed doubles to be played at a later date.. watch this space for the result..

 

As always, the day couldn’t be a success without our wonderful volunteers who worked tirelessly at providing food and drinks, organising prizes, umpiring on the day, organising the juniors (thank you Ally) and especially Michael for organising it all. Thank you for all you do behind the scenes, we couldn’t do it without you!

Thank you also to Chris Nash, PTC member (ProStrung - www.prostrung.com) who provided the match balls!

 

This year, as last year, the junior winners received a Pensford t-shirt and medal each as their prizes and the runners-up were given a medal. The adult winners received vouchers from Sheen Sports, with the idea of potentially buying more Pensford kit, whilst the runners up each received some new balls to keep practising. Each pair of adults doubles winners also received a brand new cup, a new addition to the trophy trove to be displayed in their home.

 

The results of the day are as follows:

 

JUNIORS

 

Mixed under 9

Teo beat Arthur H

5-10, 10-6, 10-3

 

Mixed under 10

Thomas beat Teo

4-1, 4-2

 

Boys 12 & under

Ollie beat Thomas

6-4, 3-6, 11-9

 

Juniors 

Hugh B beat Arthur P

6-0, 6-4

 

Girls 14 & under

 Arabella beat Emilie

7-6, 6-2

 

ADULTS

                                                                                                                                

Men’s Singles Final                                            

Tristan Scurr beat Rags Martel 

6-3, 6-4                         

 

Ladies Singles 

Florence Davisseau beat Vicky Frazer  

2-6, 6-0, 6-1

 

Men’s Consolation Final                                                                             

John Bolam beat Callum Willcox 

6-3, 6-2                                             

 

Ladies Consolation Final 

Marianne Costigan beat Becky Pollard

6-0, 6-2

 

Men’s Doubles Final                                                                                                            

Chris Thompson & Shahin Yazdanbakhsh beat James Williams & Alejandro Puebla 

6-4, 6-3

 

Ladies Doubles

Vicky Frazer & Margo Urey beat Charlotte Gogstad & Marianne Costigan

6-4, 5-7, 6-3

 

Mixed Doubles Final 

Ulick Tarabanov & Vicky Frazer vs Alastair Hunter & Claire Ward

To be played

 

Mens Vets Singles

Shahin Yazdanbakhsh beat Toby Barton

6-0, 7-5

 

Mens Vets Doubles

Marcus Cullen & Paul Smitton beat Toby Barton & Ian Ball 

6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (10-6 tie break)