Charlotte Represents Yorkshire

Last weekend saw Charlotte Margetson of Thongsbridge Tennis Club represent the Yorkshire U12 girls team. They were playing in division 1 of the 12 Counties tournament and played against teams from Hertfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire. The team consisted of Jessica Dawson, Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Charlotte and Millie Skelton. Charlotte played 3 matches, winning 2 out of 3 and helping the Yorkshire …

Charlotte Stars at The Wirral

This week Charlotte Margetson took part in a grade 3, under 12 tennis event at The Wirral Tennis Club. Charlotte drew the number 3 seed in her first round but came out on top with a strong 6-2, 6-2 win. Her next match was in the quarter-finals. Again, Charlotte played some intense tennis against the left hander and won with …

February Half-Term Tennis

Last week saw the annual Thongsbridge Junior Open, sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care. Approximately 250 children entered the event from all over the country, and over 50 of these were Thongsbridge’s own players. 26 of these entered the U8 Mini Red event, where Louis Hull and Zak Lloyd both narrowly missed out on making the final. The U9 Mini …

Winter Regional Tours

This weekend Charlotte Margetson played in a U12 Winter Regional Tour U12 at Wirral Tennis Centre. Charlotte’s first match was against Melanie Griffiths, a 7.1. Unfortunately, Charlotte lost her first game 5-7, 1-6, despite playing really well and hitting a lot of winners in the first set. Charlotte began to get a bit tired in the second set, resulting in …

Junior Presentation Evening

Last weekend Thongsbridge Tennis Club held its annual Junior Presentation Awards Evening. This evening recognises the success of the junior’s throughout the coaching program. Below are the awards that were received on Saturday; Mini Club Championships Mini Red Winner – Tommy Vale Mini Red Runner-Up – Zack Lloyd Mini Orange Winner – Dominic Vesely Mini Orange Runner-Up – Gabriella Lindley …

Spring Bank Round-Up

The Summer tennis season is in a full swing and the Thongsbridge juniors have been busy collecting valuable wins and trophies in the half term holiday. The Thongsbridge Tennis Club juniors have been at Go Outdoors Junior Open in Doncaster in force. Seven boys and a girl competed in the main draw in 9U event. The boys event was won …

Thongsbridge Junior Open 2014

The Thongsbridge Tennis Club hosted its annual grade 3 Junior Open Tournament in the first week of March. Despite the tournament taking place outside the school holidays in most regions, the entry was once again high, and over 530 matches were played by the final Sunday. The Thongsbridge Tennis Club has the largest junior training programme in the region. All …

Charlotte and Dominic hit the finals!

Charlotte Margetson had her first Green tournament win in the grade 4 Winter County Tour at Wrexham last week. As no.1 seed she had a bye in the 1st round, had a relatively easy semi-final but had to fight hard in the final against Amy Humphries. Her opponent hit hard and consistently and Charlotte did well to stay calm after …

End of year success!

Thongsbridge boys hit form just before the Christmas break in the latest round of Grade 3 Winter Regional Tours in the 12U age group. Barney Fitzpatrick dominated the tournament in Bolton, beating Ellison Sales, Danny Urey and Ali Hassan, dropping only 6 games on his way to the final where he faced old foe George Gallins from Ilkley Tennis Club. …