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9 January 2012
SCARBOROUGH PINDAR TENNIS CLUB AGM 27 JANUARY 2012
The 2012 SPTC AGM will be held at Scarborough Sports Centre, Filey Road on Friday 27 January 2012 starting at 7.30 pm.
All members welcome, agenda will include election of Officers and the new Junior Development Strategy, as well as other business including annual fees and membership.
Hope to see many of our you on the night, any motions/nominations please to Helen Reay, who will be sending an Agenda out soon to all Members. New/Prospective members always welcome!
PS, Winter Club Nights are now running again on Tuesdays at Pindar, 6.30pm start.
Happy New Year from the Management Team!
11 November 2011
LTA ALLPLAYTENNIS.COM
News from Club Coach Ben Atkinson about a new LTA initiative called All Play. the idea behind the site is that it allows members to find a place to play, find players of a suitable level to play with and track and share results. There is also a points system, linked to the amount of games played. Sounds like a great idea - plus, it's FREE to sign up.
It would be great to get all of our members signed up - we already have some people registered.
Find the link at http://www.lta.org.uk/allplaytennis/
10 November 2011
SPTC/ FILEY ROTARY CLUB UKEWERE APPEAL - USED TENNIS BALLS/RACQUETS
Ukewere is an island community of 350,000 people situated in the middle of Lake Victria in Tanzania. Filey Rotary Club are looking to collect used sports equipment to transport to the children there in February. The children have little or no facilities for sport and many have been abandoned or orphaned. Children's clothes would therefore also be greatly appreciated.
If you can help, bring your donation to Club Night at Pindar tennis Centre on 15, 22 or 29 November, or call Rachel Hartley on 07855549420. Our unwanted tennis gear could make a huge difference to these children.
Find more information on the appeal at http://changeacommunity.org/
9 November 2011
SCARBOROUGH TENNIS CLUB CHRISTMAS DINNER 2011
This has been arranged for 9 December 2011 at Cafe Fish in Scarborough Town Centre.
Places still available until 21 November - send all enquiries/menu requests to Rachel on 07855549420.
We'd be pleased to see you there!
22 September 2011
WINTER INDOOR CLUB NIGHTS START TUESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
SPTC indoor Club Nights are starting again on Tuesday 27th September.
Sessions run from 6-8pm at Pindar Indoor Tennis Centre.
The cost has been frozen this year at £ 3.50 for members and £5.00 for non-members. The Club subsidises these sessions and your support is much appreciated!
19 September 2011
CLUB TOURNAMENT 2011 RESULTS AND REPORT
- Mens' Singles: W Reay bt J Mellor 8 - 2
- Mens' Doubles: J Mellor/D Thompson bt B Edwards/R Amstell 8 - 6
- Womens' Singles: H Cross bt F Pollin 8 - 3
- Womens' Doubles: L Day/F Pollin bt H Cross/J Milburn 8 - 6
- Mixed Doubles: J Mellor/L Day bt B Edwards/H Cross 8 - 4
- Junior boys' Singles: J Marsden bt B Hartley 8 - 5
The Club held the 2011 Tournament finals at Wrench Green in Hackness. A winning combination of good tennis, barbecue, fine weather and the country setting (as well as an extremely interested herd of cattle!) made for a very enjoyable day for players and spectators alike.
The Juniors started the day, with James Marsden playing with great consistency, beating Ben Hartley 8 games to 5 to lift the trophy for the first time. In the mens' section, the younger William Reay was too strong for the veteran Jim Mellor, winning in style by 8 games to 2. The Mens' Doubles was a heavily contested match which looked like going either way at times, but Mellor and Dave Thompson were the eventual victors over Brian Edwards and Roger Amstell 8 - 6.
In the womens' section, Hazel Cross proved too strong a competitor for the much younger Fiona Pollin, but Pollin was successful with Doubles partner Lynn Day, beating Cross and Judy Milburn 8 - 6, having at one point trailed 5 - 2.
The Mixed event was won by Day and Mellor, convincingly beating Cross and Edwards by 8 games to 4.
16 August 2011
CLUB TOURNAMENT 2011 ANNOUNCEMENT!
The SPTC 2011 Tournament is coming soon - read on below for details of events, dates and entry.
Jim Mellor has agreed to take charge again this year and has adopted a different format: Each event will take place at Filey Road and will start at 6.00pm on the designated day - To take part you MUST be there and ready to play at 6.00pm. If not, unfortunately, your entry will be scratched. Plate competitions will be organised for following nights where there are enough players competing.
The tournament will then run for 2 weeks, with players organising their own matches for each subsequent round and results can be emailed/phoned through to Jim.
FINALS DAY will be on Saturday 3rd September, followed by an end of season barbeque at John and Helen Reay's house - all members welcome - always a fun event!
To enter, please email Jim on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it as soon as possible. If you need a partner for the Mixed or Doubles, let Jim know when you enter and he will try to arrange this for you.
JUNIORS - You are not forgotten! your event will be on Saturday 3rd September, look out for an email from Rachel in the next few days.
GOOD LUCK to all players! Select your event(s) below:
- Monday 22nd August: Womens' Singles and Mixed Doubles
- Tuesday 23rd August: Mens' Singles
- Wednesday 24th August: Womens' Doubles
- Thursday 25th August: Mens' Doubles
- Saturday 3rd September: Finals Day and BBQ
9 May 2011
Junior Coaching Announcement! Supervised sessions for Junior Members (10 to 16) with coach Adam Tildsley will begin on 20th May 4.30 to 6pm at Filey Road Courts. Spread the word and bring your friends!
Not a member yet? Don't miss out - Check membership information for details of how to get involved at SPTC.
28 April 2011
Please see club information page for full details of the Wimbledon ticket draw...
26 April 2011
Scarborough Pindar Tennis juniors Jamie Lee Thornton and Will Spencer both coached by head coach Ben Atkinson came out victorious at the Hull Easter Open in the U16 events.
Both faced stiff competition throughout the event, with Jamie Lee beating out Laura Hopton in the girls final 7-6, 6-3 and Will produced a solid display to dispatch reigning Yorkshire Champion James Palmer.
19 April 2011
IMPORTANT: Please check the Club Information page for changes and updates to Club nights, venue, match changes etc.
13 February 2011
AEGON Scarborough & District Junior League 2011
Information now available in the Coaching section under the Junior Competition tab. Also keep a look out for matchplay opportunities in March and April as a chance to warm up for the team competitions!http://scarboroughpindartennisclub.co.uk/coaching/junior-competition
Tennis For All - Saturdays 10.30-11.30am
Wheelchair Tennis, Learning Disability Tennis, Deaf Tennis. All abilities welcomed. Fun learning with experienced coaching team.
click for more details
10 September 2010
Yorkshire Triumph for Scarborough-Pindar Tennis Junior Will Spencer.
Will Spencer teamed up with York player Sean Evans to take the U16 boys Yorkshire County Closed title. Through the early rounds the pair cruised to victories over Paul and Johnathan Macaulay, Jake Graysonhon and David Woon, Jake Prime and Jack Barlow for the loss of only a few games. Their toughest contest came against Andrew Atkinson and Edward Lovatt, after dropping the opening set they fought back hard to take the final two sets holding their nerve in the champions tie-break completing the come back 13-11.
Other Scarborough-Pindar Tennis players competing in the County Championships where Lleyton Scott and Natasha Appleton-Power playing in the U8 boys and girls events, with Lleyton making right the way through to the later stages of the competition only losing out in an extremely close contest 10-9 to Tom Jacobs.
Jamie-Lee Thornton lost to the eventual winner in the girls U16 event falling in the semi final, and in the U18 boys events Alex Hornsby fell to Carlo Francesco in the round of 16.
A big congratulations to all the players who competed and played hard throughout the event!
27 August 2010
Double success for Scarborough-Pindar Tennis players Jamie-Lee Thornton and Lleyton Scott at the Hull Junior Open.
Jamie-Lee in the U16 girls event fought of competition from Ella Riddle and Samantha Wood on her way to the final only dropping 4 games in the process. In the final after a slow start trailing 2-4 Jamie-Lee took control of the match rounding off a good tournament taking the final 6-4,6-3.
Lleyton was competing in the U8 Boys (mini red) event competing against some of the best players across Yorkshire and surrounding Counties. The youngster started well and didn't look back taking victories in all of his 8 matches with his closest coming against Joel Woodward, but Lleyton fought hard winning 10-8.
Other Scarborough-Pindar players competing in the Hull Junior Open included Hottie Hodgson taking part in the U9 (mini orange) event and her first since breaking her wrist. John Ellison also took part in the U12 event which featured the Counties No.1 player and National quarter finalist Harry Simpson.
10 August 2010
Scarborough-Pindar Tennis Junior John Ellison last week won the U12 event at the Goole Open.
In the quater final after losing the first set 6-4, but fought back to take the second set 6-4. During a very close match tie break John came through 10-8 to defeat Bill Brown of Harrogate.In the semi finals he got off to a slow start going down 3-1 but again showed great fighting sprit to win the next 9 games to take a 6-3, 6-0 win over Thomas Bouchard.
In the title decider he was facing Jack Stead after once again making a slow start trailing 4-1. John fought back to take command and clinch the first set 6-4, the second set was nip and tuck but John finally came through 6-3 to take the win!
A big congratulations to John!