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 …
Junior Prize Night
Last Saturday Thongsbridge Tennis Club was full to the rafters for the annual Junior Awards Night celebrating the achievements of its junior players. The club has a fantastic team of coaches who coach nearly 400 junior players in all age groups every week. Children start as young as 3 years old playing mini red tennis, progressing through the orange, green …
Great victories!
The last few weeks saw two of Thongsbridge’s 12U futures players record their maiden tournament victories. Paul Dean, after coming second last year, won the Longley 12U tournament. Paul came to Thongsbridge from Huddersfield Tennis Club two years ago. He joined the 12U futures squad and his hard work in training has finally paid off. Paul showed fine form throughout …
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 …
Holly improves her world junior ranking
The Thongsbridge Tennis Club youngster played in two tournaments in the capital city Colombo – reaching the last eight in each event. The quarter-finals are the furthest Holly has progressed in any International Tennis Federation event and, as a result, she has risen 554 places up the world junior rankings to 885. Holly’s hard work and training over the last …
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, …
Junior Committee Quiz Winner
This year Richard Smith has put his thinking cap on and come up with the highest number of correct predicted answers to our sporting quiz. He predicted 10 winners from sporting events and competitors who were in action this year. Richard has kindly donated half of his winnings to Make a Wish Foundation. Well done Richard!
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 …
Thongsbridge Tennis Club star Holly Horsfall gets junior world ranking
THONGSBRIDGE tennis star Holly Horsfall has broken through to earn a junior world ranking. It’s an impressive step for the 15-year-old from Hepworth and follows a series of strong performances in International Tennis Federation events this year. Now, the Holmfirth High student has seven more ITF events on her calendar, two in Montenegro this month, two in the Republic of …
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. …