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 …
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 …
Team Tennis Begins
The end of April traditionally means the start of the team tennis competitions. Thongsbridge young guns have been in action in all age groups. The 12U boys team of Oliver Vesely, Oscar Jessup, Robert Sandiford and Jacob Chadwick started strongly in their first match of the Aegon Team Tennis Premier Division, beating Virgin Active, Middleton 8:4. Robert Sandiford and Jacob …
Half term troopers!
The half term school holiday is traditionally a busy tennis tournament period for all age groups. The young stars of Thongsbridge Tennis Club have again been in action all over the country. The holiday proved to be a fruitful time for Robert Sandiford. Robert moved up to the 10U age group in April and has been working hard on his …
Stars on form
Two of Thongsbridge’s brightest stars were in action this weekend. Andrew Atkinson, as an unseeded player, faced a tough draw in 18U Sheffield Open boys tournament. Andrew continued his good form from the summer, knocking out number 4 seed Peter O’Donovan 6:1, 6:3 in the first round, beating Robert Leck 6:3,6:2 in round 2 and battling past number 1 seed …
Holly has VIP day at Wimbledon
On Saturday 29th June, Holly Horsfall travelled to Wimbledon for a VIP day, awarded for winning the doubles and runner-up in the singles in the Road to Wimbledon challenge 2012. Holly started the day being met by Dan Bloxham, Headcoach of the All England tennis club, and given a tour of the whole facility. This included the ladies changing rooms …
Netting Success On All Points Of The Compass
With the new season now underway, Thongsbridge juniors are travelling far and wide in search of high quality competition, and have made a promising start to the summer events. Chapel Allerton’s Easter tournament in Leeds produced 2 Thongsbridge champions, with Barney Fitzpatrick winning the under 12s, and Steph Carter the under 14s. Dominic Vesely came 7th in the under 9s. …
Barney Back On National Stage
Thongsbridge youngster, Barney Fitzpatrick, former under 9s National Champion, is still enjoying success as he moves through the age groups. Now competing in the under 10s, this talented youngster received an invitation to the national level Masters tournament, where he put on a dazzling display at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, coming 3rd overall Robert Sandiford, under 9s, has …
Title Tally On The Up
With the winter season well underway, the Thongsbridge youngsters are going from strength to strength, with an impressive array of results, and four titles claimed across the age groups over the last couple of weekends. Holly Horsfall and Andrew Atkinson, in action in under 16s Regional Tour events in Loughborough and Bolton respectively, were both in fine form, winning some …
It’s Snow Break for Thongsbridge Juniors
Whilst sporting fixtures all over the country have fallen victim to the wintery weather, Thongsbridge Juniors have continued to compete, from one end of the country to the other. Barney Fitzpatrick battled through the snow to Cambridge, where a run of excellent form took him to the final of a high grade under 10s national tournament. The final was to …
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