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Summer Holiday Offer
Stoke Poges Tennis Club is making a special offer for the six-week school summer holiday period. For £25 per family you can play as much as you like (subject to court availability).
For more information, please ring 01753 642873 or email tennis@stokepoges.net.
Open Day – Family Fun Afternoon – Saturday, July 12
Stoke Poges Lawn Tennis Club is holding an Open Day, called a ‘Family Fun Afternoon’ on Saturday, July 12 between 2.30 and 4.30 pm at the Bells Hill tennis courts.
The objective is for adults and children to try out tennis and to discover how much they enjoy it.
- Equipment will be provided
- Try out family doubles
- Hit against a ball machine
- Mini tennis for younger children – use of soft balls and smaller nets
- Off-court information and snacks available
Give tennis a try!!
Village Fete
The club had a stall at the Stoke Poges Village Fete. A highlight of our participation was the 'Guess the number of tennis balls' competition. The correct answer was 178. Out of 150 entries the winner was our own Club Captain, Tony McCougherty, with 177! £20 was also donated to fete funds.
Information about the club and, in particular, about the Family Fun Afternoon and School Summer Holiday Offer (see separate entries) was distributed to members of the public. Children (and adults) also had the opportunity to try out their tennis skills against a wall.
Club Juniors Gain Further Recognition
Congratulations to Niamh McCaugherty and Robert Bagge who attended trials recently and, as a result of good performances, have been selected to represent South Bucks in the County Youth Games.
Finella and Phil Excel in Doubles Tournament
On Monday May 26, Finella Daywan and Phil Clark represented Stoke Poges LTC in the Halton Tennis Club Derek Bone Memorial Open Mixed Doubles Tournament, sponsored by the Kado gift shop and the Kings Farm Shop, Wendover, who provided the prizes.
Due to the awful weather conditions, the tournament was played indoors in a knockout format. There were over 25 pairs entered from a variety of clubs including Wendover, Halton, High Wycombe and Iver Heath. The competition was very stiff with many county players participating. Finella and Phil did extremely well winning their first 2 matches against tough opposition. This put them into the quarter finals where they were narrowly beaten 6-3. It just goes to show that a relatively small club can indeed compete alongside much larger clubs.
Stars of the Future
Congratulations to the following junior members who are excelling in their age groups.
James McCord regularly represents Buckinghamshire in the 12 and Under age group and was selected for the recent inter-county competition at Corby.
Grace Whittam was runner-up in the Oxfordshire LTA 11 and Under competition at Blewbury Tennis Club.
Harley Dyer was runner-up in the Buckinghamshire LTA Mini-Tennis Boys Orange Grand Prix at Beaconsfield Tennis Club.
Niamh McCaugherty was runner-up in the Buckinghamshire LTA Mini-Tennis Girls Orange Grand Prix at Beaconsfield Tennis Club.
Angus Whittam was runner-up in the Berkshire LTA Mini-Tennis Boys Red competition at Windsor Tennis Club.
Community Award
Stoke Poges Parish Council has awarded the Jubilee Cup to the Tennis Club. This is in recognition of the Club's success in recent years in encouraging the development of junior tennis in the village.
Pictured at the awards ceremony are the Club Chairman, David Claydon, Junior Organiser Harvey Whittam, tennis coaches David Chandler and Bryan McCord, and club members Anne Milne and Terry Stock.