Owen played in the City of Manchester Open on 23rd May. He played 2 qualifying matches, winning them both comfortably in 2 sets. Owen went on to play Luca Knowles in the quarter final and came through in 2 sets 7-2 7-3. His semi final opponent was the number 1 seed Cameron Cowan, this match went to 3 sets with Owen winning 7-3 1-7 …
Holly Falls at Final Hurdle
Holly Horsfall recently competed in the Nike Junior International at Nottingham. After losing out in the singles, she entered the doubles with partner Elise van Heuvelen from Great Britain. The pair was seeded no.2 in the draw. In their first round they received a bye, and so their first match was against the number 5 seeds, Alexandra Hunter from GB …
Mini Green Domination
Thongsbridge Mini Green A team consisting of Alex Tikhonov, Gabriella Lindley, Ben Parkin and Pieter Aben dominated the Aegon Mini Green team tennis event at Nuffield Hull. Thongsbridge took all 6 games against Hallamshire, The Tennis Academy and Doncaster winning all 4 singles and 2 doubles matches against each team . Their biggest challenge was versus the High Performance Centre …
Mini Orange Team Tennis!
On Saturday 25th April the Thongsbridge U9 Mini Orange A and B teams travelled to Hull for team tennis. Thongsbridge A team consisted of Owen Lodge, Esa Butt, Cadence Simpson and Thomas Vale, and the B team was Rory Bryant, Joshua Fowler, Jack Fickling and Kallum Reid. Mini tennis coach, Georgina Jackson took all 8 players in the new Mini …
Top Easter for Gabriella
Gabriella has had a very busy Easter this year after having only just moved up to the 10 and under on the 1st April. Gabriella won the Waverley Highland Junior open girls 10 and under, her first grade 3 win on green ball. She beat the no 1 seed in the final 4-1 4-0 Gabriella took the runner-up trophy in …
Owen Plays Big at First Grade 2
Last weekend saw Owen Lodge compete in his first grade 2 event in Bolton. Owen began in qualifying where he won 2 of his 3 matches in 2 sets and was unlucky to lose his 3rd in a tight 3 set match. Despite the loss, Owen still qualified for the main draw in the event. Owen’s first match was against …
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 …
Barney Takes Bolton by Storm!
Last weekend, Barney Fitzpatrick competed in an U14 Grade 3 event, in Bolton. First he played Cameron Ashley-Jones and took the match convincingly, 6-3 6-0. In the 1st set Barney found his opponent quite tricky to play against because of his hard hitting, but in the second set he settled into his game, and was able to read Cameron easily. …
ITF Success
Holly Horsfall took part in her highest-ranked tournament so far last week. Holly competed in a Women’s ITF $10,000 tournament in Sunderland and beat two opponents in qualifying to reach the last 32 in the main draw. She then played Sviatlana Pirazhenka, the No7 seed ranked 374 in the world from Belarus. And, after a stunning first set in which …