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 …
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 …
Scottish Grade 2!
Dominic Vesely, together with Alex Tikhonov and Gabriella Lindley, competed at the beginning of June in the Scottish G2 National Tour held in Glasgow. Dominic carried his form and confidence from his recent wins to the Glasgow event. Whilst still in a younger age group than majority of the competitors, he qualified from the group stages to the main draw …
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 …
Junior Success
The Thongsbridge Tennis Club players dominated the 9U category in the North of England Championship last week. Gabriella Lindley and Dominic Vesely only dropped one set on their way to claim the title. Gabriella, having competed the week before in the Nottingham Junior Open National Tournament, proved to be rightly rated amongst the best 9U girls in the UK. Gabriella …
Weekend Success
Barney Fitzpatrick, the talented Thongsbridge youngster, is going from strength to strength. Barney achieved his most outstanding tournament win in his career this week. Having won the grade 3, 12U Winter Regional Tournament earlier this month, Barney qualified for the grade 2 Winter National Tour event in Hertfordshire. Being younger than most of the players, Barney had to go into …
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 …
Yorkshire LTA Awards
The Yorkshire LTA held its annual awards night on Monday 9th December at the Holiday Inn in Leeds. Thongsbridge Tennis Club was once again well represented. Six players and a coach proudly received awards and trophies presented by the 2012 Wimbledon Men’s Doubles Champion, Johnny Marray. Gabriella Lindley was awarded the 8U Girls Yorkshire Champion trophy and Dominic Vesely the …
Thongsbridge Juniors keep up the pace!
The last weekend in September saw the mini tennis closed club championship at the Thongsbridge Tennis Club. This year was no different to the previous years. Great entry of 47 boys and girls, all taking part in the various training programmes, competed in the 8U, 9U and 10U age groups. The youngest winner in the 8U category was Tommy Vale, …
Yorkshire Championships 2013
The John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds hosted the Yorkshire Closed Tennis Championship in the last week of August. Thongsbridge Tennis Club youngsters, competing in all age groups, traditionally perform well at the competition and this year was no different. The 8U age group was dominated by Thongsbridge players. Gabriella Lindley lifted the girls trophy, confidently winning all 7 …
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