Two Top Awards For Thame Tennis Club

THAME Tennis Club has recently been presented with two significant awards by the Oxfordshire Lawn Tennis Association; OXFORDSHIRE TENNIS CLUB OF THE YEAR and Coach, Simon Langley has won the accolade of OXFORDSHIRE DEVELOPMENT COACH OF THE YEAR.

Club Chairman, Aidan Coles, said: “We are thrilled to receive such accolades, where we were up against the big city clubs in Oxford and these are in recognition of the tremendous strides forward that the club has made recently.
“The Oxfordshire Tennis Club of the Year award was based on our improving the facilities at the Club, with the new all-weather courts and court lighting, as well as having achieved the highly sought after LTA Mini Tennis accreditation status.
“In turn, Simon?s award of Oxfordshire Development Coach of the Year was based on that as a fully qualified and LTA licensed coach. He has not only developed a comprehensive and integrated coaching programme at the Club, he was instrumental in the Club both achieving the Mini Tennis accreditation and its inaugural success in the Oxfordshire county mini tennis competitions and has also set up a Mini Tennis programme at six local primary schools which involves nearly two hundred young players.”

MIXED RESULTS FOR THAME TENNIS LADIES

DESPITE the cancellation of some matches due to poor weather, Thame Tennis Club teams have completed some ties in the Aylesbury League.
In Division 3, the Ladies first team, captained by Dawn Munro have played 3 matches so far this year and have secured two wins. Away to Tring II, they won by 5 sets to 3 and in another away tie, took a resounding 7 sets to 1 win over Marsh Gibbon.
However, last weekend (Feb 4) their winning streak came to an end with a 3 sets to 5 loss at home to division frontrunners Halton II.
Team: D Munro, R Suter, S Thompson, A Gornall, C Carder, J McCloud, A Green. second team, playing in Division 5, have also been in action. Missing one of their usual players, Louise Wilkins, one of the clubs junior members stepped in and played very well, helping the team to secure a good victory of 6 sets to 2 at home to Cheddington.
Team: L Broadway, L Wilkins; A Green, R Knight (c).