Page 52 - Phonebox Magazine November 2010

Olney Tennis Club
New court build to take Olney into next phase
By the time you read this article the new 4th court should be well underway and is planned to be ready with top standard lights by mid December. This will allow the club to expand its Junior programme and allow more general play time. There will be a big opening ceremony in April once its summer paint coat has been applied.
New Coaching and support staff
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gavin Fowell as Assistant Coach. He will help with Junior and Adult sessions and is available for 1:1 coaching too. Richard Woods is our new Competitions Manager and will organise and run Adult and Junior events.
Summer Tournaments
The results were as follows:
Mens Singles: Gavin Fowell beat Mike Macdonnell (see photo). Ladies Singles: Gill Hogston beat Anne Foulkes (see photo). Mens Doubles: Simon Barter and Gavin Fowell beat Mike Macdonnell and Les Folds. Ladies Doubles: Anne Foulkes and Debbie King beat Eleanor Carter and Katie Bennett. Mixed Doubles: Eleanor Carter and Gavin Fowell beat Gill Hogston and Mike Macdonnell. Mixed Plated Doubles: Philip Ramos and Beryl Rook beat Max Lickfold and Kay Gibbs. U12 Boys: Daniel Cornwell beat Oliver Parker. U16 Boys: Matt Shacklock beat Daniel Cornwell. Boys Doubles: Charlie Macdonnell and Xavier Vale-Buisson beat Henry Clarke and Ben Cross.
Team results
The winter season has kicked off with some good wins:
Mixed B beat David Lloyd 6-2 (Chris Wright/Mike Macdonnell/Eleanor Carter/Anne Foulkes). Mixed D beat Mixed D 6-2 in local derby (Stewart Ayling/Ted Barnes/Jill Bradford/Michelle Oxtoby v Peter Beecroft/Jim Parker/Jo Bedward/Liz Brewster). U15A beat Stony Straford 6-0 (Daniel Cornwell/Xavier Vale-Buisson).
Breakthrough American Tournament success
Anne Bacon organised another great tournament with 24 players dressed in pink for charitable causes. Over £400 was raised and the winners were Catherine Spain and Steve Cornwell vs Andrew Barr and Liz Brewster. (See group photo).
The next tournament is on Sunday 14 November at 2pm – enter in the clubhouse.
Summer team successes
We collected our best ever number of trophies at the MKTL awards evening. (See photo of the proud captains and some of the players).
Junior Fast Tracker
Congratulations to Andrew Brewster who was the September Fast Tracker ace!
Club Dinner
Another popular event was held at the Bull in Olney with the tournaments cups given out and a representation of the LTA Coach of the month award made to Nigel Willard who was present with his wife as the club’s guests.
Coaching – Adults and Juniors – Sign up now!
Turn to tennis in by signing up for coaching this autumn. Nigel Willard, Olney’s Head Pro, offers a complete programme from three year old to adults. The young ones start at mini red, service box tennis, before moving into full court tennis. Yellow ball tennis starts at ten years of age.
Adults of any standard take note too - by taking a course each week you’ll soon be hooked by this fun and sociable sport that is good for fitness too. You can join the New to Tennis or the Rusty Racket groups and you’ll soon be hooked.
For more details go to www.olneytennis.net or call Nigel on 07946734377.
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From top: Summer league winner group, Mens Singles Finalists, Ladies Singles Finalists, Breakthrough group.