Team and club news

Taking on the bowls club - posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Roughly 15 members of Kintbury Tennis Club took up the challenge from Kintbury Bowls Club to give bowls a try on the first Wednesday after the new courts opened.
In fact, more tennis players turned up than bopwlers, meaning the planned competitive format of the evening was dispensed with, and everyone played for the fun of it. Rumour has it that certain of our members were natural bowls players, and didn't look out of place on the green (largely due to the fact that some of us are getting on a bit).
That said, not one of the tennis players was wearing the regulation combination of white tops and grey trousers, so it was very easy to spot who was who.

Nonetheless, notwithstanding the sartorial inelegance, there were plenty of good bowls played by the tennis players, and a very close finish to at least one of the games. Photographic evidence tends to suggest that some of the bowls delivered by our members were somewhat airborne at times (no names mentioned), but it seems that everyone enjoyed their game and that was all that really mattered.
Now we need to take the bowlers on at tennis..... or perhaps not.


APRIL 25th GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW COURTS
About 150 people turned up to our open day, and it was especially nice to see lots of new faces, and new people looking to join us. We had one court full of juniors all day, receiving coaching and help from two coaches. Greg stepped in at the last minute when we thought Phil wouldn't be able to make it (Icelandic volcano), but he actually did make it! Others also helped with coaching.
The courts were fully occupied all day, mainly in sunshine, though by the end of the day it was drizzling slightly. It didn't seem to dampen anyone's enthusiasm though and all in all it was a thoroughly good day.
Jim Crockatt made us a nice new notice board which also went up on the day, so check out any new notices on the board as well as online.

Great night out - posted Sunday, August 9th 2009

Kintbury Tennis Club held a summer party on August 7th, with live music and hog roast. It was great to have the majority of the club together at this one event, with representatives from every level, from juniors to seniors, from beginners to match players. There were also plenty of non-members there to enjoy a great social event.... Here is what one of our members said "I just wanted to thank you all for an excellent evening. The food, company and weather was wonderful and my 3 smalls and I had a top time. I am just sorry that we couldn't stay longer and really get into the swing of things! An interesting comment came from a young chap who had looked at possibly joining the Hungerford Tennis club, but found it a little 'stuffy and cliquey', he said he felt very comfortable with all last Friday and that is a great reflection on you all at the club."......... Thanks to Roxy Voorspuy, Rob King, and Nick Burn for organising the event.

Well done ladies - posted Aug 4, 2009

They have done it again - posted July 16, 2009

Even with games left to play the Mixed A have won the NDLTA Div 1 title for the 9th year in a row.
Congratulations go to the main squad of Rob King + Janine Fisher, Paul Hommersham + Hannah Parker, Paul Morgan + Kelly Edwards (all pictured) and Phil Howell, Dave Howitt, Roxy Voosrspuy, and Liz Swallow who fitted in when needed.

Another great event - posted June, 2009

The Kintbury 5 mile race was another great occasion. More than 200 adults took part in the main race, and 30 or so juniors in the kiddies race. Overall winner was Tim Traynor of White Horse Harriers who completed the course in 26 minutes 15 seconds.

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