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JUNE ROUND-UP

29/6/2017

 
25th June 2017
I’m always quite relieved when June draws to a close, as it’s such a busy month in our tennis calendar. Not only that, it also marks the start of the summer holidays so time for a bit of a break and putting the feet up to watch Wimbledon. So what have we been up to in June?

On Friday 16th June we hosted an evening friendly match against Dalgety Bay. The weather was cool and cloudy, good conditions for playing tennis, and Kinghorn got off to a flying start and being well ahead after the initial 10 games. But a bit like the Scotland football team we couldn’t hang on to the lead and a strong finish by Dalgety Bay resulted in a win for them by 55 games to our 54. It was the closest match we’ve had with them, but how we grasped defeat from the jaws of victory I’m not quite sure. But thankfully winning wasn’t our priority – having fun, creating new and maintaining old friendships, and playing in a spirit of fairness and sportsmanship were much more important – all of which I think we excelled at. We finished the evening off with supper and refreshments in the clubhouse, which was a great way to end a great evening.

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On Saturday 17th June it was the juniors turn to compete, when we held our Junior Singles tournament. Seven juniors played in scorching hot conditions, watched by many more parents and members. As the thermometer went over 25 degrees we got the BBQ going and handed out iced lollies to keep everyone cool. There were lots of hard-hitting rallies in the round robin stage, with Louis Crickmar playing Ian McWhinnie, and Oliver Paton playing Connor Thow in the semi-finals. Louis and Connor won through and played a close final, with Louis running out 3-2 winner and taking the Junior Singles Champion’s title for 2017.
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On Saturday 24th June we participated in the Great British Tennis Weekend, an LTA initiative to introduce more people to playing tennis, and followed that up with our 90th birthday / family fun day celebrations. I’d be guessing at how many people we had attending over the course of the afternoon, but it was certainly the biggest crowd I think we’ve ever had at Kinghorn Tennis Club. There are too many people to thank in terms of supporting the event, but congratulations to Elliot Bennett for guessing the number of sweets in the jar (312 by the way!) and well done Julia Bennett for sharing the jar’s contents with everyone there. Congratulations also to Cameron Ives for winning the Tennis Wordsearch and to Alan and Calum Donaldson for winning the afternoon’s mini-red tournament.
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Also on the 24th, four of our younger junior members represented the Club at an inter-club mini-red tournament being held at Kirkcaldy Tennis Club – so congratulations and very well done to Harry Mason, Jack Small, Sarah Purcell and Ava Mooney for taking up the challenge and proudly representing Kinghorn Tennis Club. Club Coach Nicol managed to get to Kirkcaldy in time to see the prize-giving and saw how much the kids enjoyed the experience, so hopefully it will give them and others the confidence to go on and participate in more competitions in the future

And on Sunday 25th June we held the last of the coaching sessions before the summer break. The standard of play, from the youngest to the oldest, continues to improve week on week, as evidenced by the hard-hitting rallies in the Junior Singles competition and the steady improvement we have seen from the new adult members who only joined the club last year.  

Perhaps after reading this you will realise why I’m quite glad to have got through June – a very busy month indeed. But as the saying goes, there’s no rest for the wicked, as now our thoughts turn to the ESLTA Vets Leagues, which start at the beginning of August – “c’mon the ‘horn!” as the saying goes!
John Brennan - Club President
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JUNE 2017 NEWSLETTER

3/6/2017

 
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It’s June already and that has prompted me to remind everyone of our 90th birthday celebrations (that’s the Club’s 90th birthday, not any of the members!) on Saturday 24th June, from 2.00 – 5.00pm. We’ll be having a BBQ, stalls, fun-on-the-courts, as well as a big birthday cake to mark the event. So keep your fingers crossed for the weather and bring the family down to the courts for what will hopefully be a sunny and memorable afternoon.
But that’s not all we’re doing on the 24th. From 12.00 to 2.00pm we’ll be holding a ‘Try Tennis For Free’ session as part of the LTA’s Great British Tennis Weekend. This is open to all non-members of all ages and abilities; all they have to do is register online at www.clubspark.lta.org.uk.   So if you know anyone that would like to give it a try please let them know about the opportunity.

Our competitions calendar is extremely busy and on Saturday 20th May we played our hotly contested Open Doubles tournament. It hadn’t rained for 6 weeks before that and it certainly made up for it that day, when we played in some of the worst conditions I can remember on the tennis courts. Within half an hour all 12 players were truly soaked and it was only a good spread of cakes and lots of hot coffee that kept us going all afternoon. Ally and John, unbeaten in the round robin stage, were narrowly beaten by Ewen and Katie in the first semi-final, with Robert and Jodie overcoming Henry and Louise in the second semi-final. Despite some valiant play from Katie in the final, which at one stage looked as though it could go either way, Robert Adamson and Jodie Horsburgh ran out winners and took the Open Doubles Championship title for 2017 – a big well done to both of them!

Our Open Singles competition is a bit like the French Open at the moment – most of the first round matches played but still a long way to go. So please get in touch with your opposite number and get those matches played as soon as possible.

I said that I would write to you again once we had agreed dates for the remaining tournaments and I can confirm these as follows:
·         Junior + Senior Doubles – Saturday 9th September
·         Mixed Doubles – Sunday 8th October
·         Ladies Singles – still tbc
Please keep an eye on the noticeboard in the clubhouse for further details of all of these competitions, as well as the East of Scotland League fixtures for the Mens and Ladies Vets (we have not entered a team this year in the Summer Social League).

We have received very positive feedback from the Thursday evening trialling of the older juniors joining in with the senior social tennis and I’m pleased to say that the Committee have agreed to extend the current arrangement for the rest of the season. We also agreed to lay on a further adult coaching block after the summer holidays given the keen interest and positive response to the current block; places will be limited so again please keep an eye on the noticeboard in the clubhouse for further details.
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I’m also pleased to say that Jodie Horsburgh is starting her Level 1 Coaching Assistant course this month. This requires her to get some practical experience so if you see someone on-court helping Nicol with the Sunday afternoon coaching that’ll be Jodie.
Hope to see everyone on the 24th for the big birthday celebrations!
John Brennan - Club President
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