An important part of Sidford Tennis club is holding regular social events for its members and we are currently organising an events calendar to help populate everyone's diaries. Next key events are below:

Maintenance Day and Hedge Cutting- Tuesday 2nd September 10am onwards.

Next week on the above date we will be spending the day cutting the hedges and tidying up the other areas of the club ready for the next few months. We will also be spraying chemicals onto all the courts to treat any build-up of Moss.

This will commence from 10am onwards for most of the day and we are looking for a few volunteers to help primarily with transporting the green waste to the local recycling centre and assisting with bagging up the waste.

If you can spare any time, then please come down to the club from 10am onwards.

The normal social schedule will run on Tuesday with the social tennis and the walking tennis sessions in the morning and afternoon.

My thanks to the small and dedicated team of maintenance volunteers who are doing a lot of the jobs around the club. If you are interested in joining this group, then please contact Dave Munro-Higgs by e-mail: higgs648@btinternet.com

Grass Courts-Coburg Fields- Thursday Evenings in September 2025

For those that have experienced playing on the Grass Courts at Coburg Fields for the past three months I hope that it has been an enjoyable experience!

The booking has been extended slightly to include the next three Thursday evenings to then complete the Summer Season.

Thursday 4th September

Thursday 11th September

Thursday 18th September

Sessions to run from 5pm-7.30pm

Winter League Matches

Congratulations to all the players that took part in the Summer League Matches over the past few months, and we hope that everyone enjoyed the competitions… Well done to the Mixed A Team below who achieved promotion from their division this summer…

We have for the forthcoming Winter Season ahead entered a number of teams so thank you to everyone that has put their names forward for the competition ahead and the fixtures have now come out and will be distributed to everyone.

My thanks to Helen and Linda for all their assistance with the captaincy duties over the summer and to Will House and Daryl for taking on the Men’s Captaincy into the new season.

Sidford Box League- September 2025 Onwards

Many thanks to those who have registered to play in our Box League starting in September. We currently have around 12 names and ideally would like some more names to make the box(s) bigger. 

Sidford has a healthy social tennis scene which is at the core of the club and is to be both encouraged and protected.

The doubles box league is aimed to complement this by offering more competitive activities for those members wanting it. The league also forms part of the progression towards local league competitive tennis and is intended for those members who:

• Enjoy competitive play.
• Are looking to gain more match play experience. 
• Are looking to progress to join the teams.
• Enjoy playing with a range of different doubles partners.
• Team League players wishing to play more.

The league will be a doubles format and depending on the numbers will either be a single mixed doubles box or separate men’s & ladies doubles boxes. Daryl would appreciate your emailed thoughts and any preferences on this please.

It is also recognised that people have busy lives and so the intent is to run the league over a 12-week period. This would mean for example that in a box of six pairs, that 5 matches would be played over this period - one every two weeks. Hopefully this can be scheduled in by people ok.

Given that part of the purpose of the box league is to help prepare players for matches, it will follow the match teams league format with the best of 3 sets being played - 3rd set being a champions tie-break.

Please let daryl.bass@outlook.com know if you would like to join the box league by Friday 5th September 2025

Winter Triples Nights…. Dates to be confirmed for Winter Season

Many thanks to all those who supported both of our summer triples event on 24th Jul y and 28th August.

A good night was had by all with some canny tactical play, angled shots and impressive volleys all followed by a good social afterwards.

Eight teams competed in total and were divided into two groups of four - the Summer Fruits and the Summer Flowers. Dependent on their position in the box, each team then played the opposite team in the other group with the winners of each box then competing in the final.

The Raspberries won the Fruits box; the Dahlias won the Flowers box and they both played in the closely fought final together - with the Raspberries gaining the edge to become overall winners. Well done to Raspberries and Dahlias for reaching the final and well done to the Strawberries, Blackcurrants, Cherries, Sunflowers, Sweet Peas & Roses for pushing them all the way!

These two events are the curtain raiser for the Winter Triples league that we will be running again on Thursday nights in mid-late October.

Please let Daryl know (daryl.bass@outlook.com) if you would like a place in the Winter Triples League

Christmas Party- Save the Date…!!

Once again, we will be hosting our Christmas Party at the Water sports Hub in Sidmouth which this year will be on Friday 19th December 2025 from 7pm onwards.

All members and partners very welcome to attend on the night- please save the date into your diaries and more details to follow in the next few weeks