2022 -
4th June:
The Mens team have had a solid start to the Dorset Summer League - Division 5 winning their first 2 matches convincingly. On Saturday the men battled it out against a strong Sandleheath side and came out on top with a winning draw on sets won.
The result leaves us top of the division halfway through the seasons with 3 matches left to play.
26th March:
The ladies team secured a win in their final match of the season at home against Sway. Playing in warm sunshine the result was 6-2. Well played to Heather, Rita, Georgia and Jo.
6th February:
Last Saturday Shillingstone Ladies Team played a home fixture against Hale Gardens in Division 2 of the Dorset Women's League. The second pair had particularly close games, playing a championship tie break set against both Hale Garden's first and second pair. The overall result was a win to Shillingstone, 3 rubbers to 1. Well played, Kathy, Sharon, Heather and Jo.
Last Sunday, on a beautiful sunny afternoon the Shillingstone Mixed Doubles Team played an away fixture in the Dorset League against Southbourne 3. Against strong opposition, the final result was 3 rubbers to 1 rubber in Southbourne's favour.
This Saturday, the mixed team hosted East Christchurch at home this time in windy conditions with the rain just holding off. It was a very close match ending equal in sets won with Shillingstone winning overall by a majority of just 3 games, 33 games to 30. Well played Team.
Sat 29th Jan:
A strong win this weekend for the Mens team in the Dorset Winter League, taking all the points for a 4-0 win to put us back to the top of the division with two matches left to play.
Jack and Dave won 6-3 3-6 10-5, then 6-1 6-3
Dan and Dean won 6-1 6-2 and 6-3 6-4
Well done all!
2021 -
Sun 12th December:
Sunday saw a strong win for Shillingstone against Swanage 3 in the Dorset Mixed Doubles Winter League.
The final result was 8 sets to 1, with Mike and Kathy losing just 3 games in the 4 sets they played.
Well played Mike, Kathy, Matthew and Jo.
Sat 5th December:
Another match and another tough win on Saturday for the Mens team in the dorset winter league vs Donhead.
Dave and Jack prevailed 7-5, 6-7, 10-6 against the away team's first pair before winning 6-2 6-0 in the second match.
Dean and Dan had an equally tough match vs pair 1, winning 2-6, 6-3, 12-10 then beating the 2nd pair 6-3, 6-3.
Well done all!