News Archive
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The Jim Kitson Trophy, 6 October 2024.
Last Sunday sixteen players entered the annual Jim Kitson Trophy competition. Winners of the trophy were Marta Hensall and David Murfitt who defeated Daphne Lunnon and Zoe Westwood 6-1. Rick Lim and Sue Simpson were winners of the consolation round, defeating Gail Hogg and Jon Budd in a close final 4-3. Despite cloudy weather, everyone…
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Loveday trophy for the most improved player(s) of the year 2024.
Jamie Hogg presented joint winners Jess Willdigg and Grace Crossley with the Loveday Trophy for the most improved player(s) of the year in 2024. The Committee could not choose between the two players and, therefore, decided to make a joint award for the first time in its history.
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STC Championship Finals Day, 7th September 2024 report.
Stansted Tennis Club’s annual knockout tournament Finals Day was blessed with perfect weather on Saturday, September 7th, encouraging a strong turnout of spectators for the tennis and the barbecue. In the Ladies’ Singles Plate, Louise Chalk demonstrated her skill and determination as she beat Cathy Brenner 6-4, 6-2. Despite some long rallies, Louise’s assertive net…
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Final Ladies One Day Fun Tournament 2024
The year’s final Ladies One Day Fun Tournament was held on 16 August 2024.It was a lovely day of tennis, socialising and refreshments for 13 ladies (plus one lucky man!). Lisa King and Sandra Ayres won a hard-fought final against Daphne Lunnon and Dina McDonald 6-4. The consolation winners were Caroline Crossley and Harriet (Harry)…
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President’s Cup – Saturday 20 July 2024
Eight men and eight ladies played today (Saturday, 20 July) to compete for the President’s Cup. It was a brilliant day with the weather behaving for a change, and everyone brought refreshments to share. There was some very good play, with the finals eventually being won by Number 1 seeds Martyn Taplin (appropriately our current…
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“Thank you!” from Ollie’s mum and dad.
“Would you please pass our thanks to Stansted Tennis Club members who came along to the 24-Hour Tennis Marathon and supported/played/contributed. The total so far has exceeded our expectations and will really help with funding much-needed research for The British Heart Foundation, and donations are still coming in. Here are a few of our pictures from…
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Friendly Ladies-Only Tournament 18th June 2024
On Saturday, June 8th, 16 ladies got together at the courts to play a friendly ladies-only round-robin tournament and have lunch. After nearly six hours of play, the winners were Daphne Lunnon and Louise Chalk, who defeated Cathy Brenner and Chris Bailey 6-1. The consolation winners were Val Ashwood and Dina McDonald, who won 4-2…
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Boyd Plate Mixed Doubles Tournament. 19 May 2024
Stansted Tennis Club hosted the Boyd Plate Mixed tournament on 19th May 2024. We had a beautiful day of sunshine and saw some lovely tennis games played. Diane Brown and Rick Lim won the final against reigning champions Cathy Brenner and David Fletcher. Dina McDonald and Gerred Gilronan won the consolation final.
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Mix and Match Final Results 2023-2024 Season.
The results of the 2023/2024 Mix and Match season are now complete. Please see below for the final results. Many thanks to Rick for organising this once again for the whole season. Well done to all who took part. MIXED DOUBLES: Winners: Daphne Lunnon & James Thorpe beat Claire Murfitt & Ryan Ackerman 6-3, 6-4…
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Ladies One Day Fun Tournament 5 April 2024.
Despite the incredibly windy conditions, 16 lady players had a great day of tennis (and lovely food). Catherine Gibby and Chris Bailey won a very close match against Cathy Brenner and Carol Cook 6-5. The consolation winners were Caroline Crossley and Anthea Thomas, who defeated Val Ashwood and Gail Hogg 4-1.
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Ollie Toms Feb 2024 Remembrance Evening.
On the evening of Thursday, February 15th, 2024, members of the Stansted Tennis Club and their families gathered to honour the memory of their coach, Ollie Toms, who passed away on October 6th, 2023, at the age of 35. The event’s primary purpose was to give the youngsters coached by Ollie at Stansted Tennis Club…
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Quiz Night on FRIDAY, 22 MARCH.
We are holding a quiz night on FRIDAY 22 MARCH at 7.30 pm at St Johns Church Hall, Stansted CM23 8JP. Entry is £5 per person with a maximum of 6 to a table. Bring your own food and drink. Carol Cook will be the quiz master for the evening. If anyone has any raffle…
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2024 Annual General Meeting.
This is notice of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Stansted Tennis Club, which will be held on Thursday, 22 February 2024, at 8.00 pm in The Clubhouse, Cambridge Road, CM24 8BX. Please check your email for further information.
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Karaoke Evening
The evening of Wednesday 13th December saw about 50 members of Stansted T.C. get together at Stansted Day Centre for a Christmas Karaoke evening hosted by Jon and Ash. Welcome drink and mince pies were offered on arrival and the evening turned out to be full of fun with some members showing their hidden talents…
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St Marys Church, Stansted. Christmas Festivities.
Stansted Tennis Club is represented at St Mary’s church Stansted for all their forthcoming Xmas activities! Ginnette Basten did all the donkey work, with some help from Ash Huggonson, making superb rackets and ball decks!!
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Trophy Presentation.
The final thee trophies from the club championship, played back in September, were finally presented to the winners.Sandra Ayres and John Stone picked up the mixed doubles trophy, and Diane Brown and Daphne Lunnon collected the Ladies’ doubles trophy. Andy Constantinou was presented with the men’s plate medal. Congratulations to all the winners. They will…
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Essex Small Clubs Winter League 2023/24
The winter league has started! Featuring a mix of teams from towns and villages in the county, the league runs from November to April. Stansted Tennis Club have entered 5 doubles teams; 3 Ladies, one mixed and one men’s. You can find out how Stansted are doing by visiting this page https://www.stanstedtennisclub.co.uk/essex-small-clubs-winter-league-2023-24/
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You’re never too old!
In October 2023 one of our members, Sandra Ayres, travelled to Mallorca to compete in the ITF Individual tennis World Championship competition in the over 75s category. Sandra succeeded in getting through to the last 16 only to be beaten narrowly by Andree Teische from Germany 7-5, 7-5 an excellent achievement. Well done Sandra!
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The Essex Small Clubs Summer 2023 League final results and tables.
The summer 2023 league has now been completed. You can find all of the results for the Stansted teams that entered, and the final league positions, here Final Results. Well done to all the members who volunteered their time to play for the club. The Winter 2023/24 season will be starting soon, so keep a…
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2023 Club Championship Results – The Final Ones.
As you may remember, rain curtailed some of the matches on the Club Championship day in mid-September. These have now been completed and here are the results. Mixed doubles and Men’s singles plate results 2023 The Mixed doubles final was played on Sunday 24 September 2023, with Sandra Ayres and John Stone beating Daphne Lunnon…
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Richard Mott
The club have recently been told by Jan Hollis of the very sad news that Richard Mott died peacefully on the 17th October 2023, in the Nursing Home in Sidmouth that he went to after he had been in Exeter Hospital. Whilst he has not been recently active at the club, many of you will…
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The Ladies Doubles Club Championship final.
The Ladies Doubles Club Championship finals was resumed on 17 October 2023. Daphne Lunnon and Diane Brown were 4-3 up in the final set when the match resumed a month after it was started. It took just two games for Daphne and Diane to win the match defeating Carol Cook and Mel Smyth 6-4, 5-7,…
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Ollie Toms.
It is with great sadness that we let everyone know that Ollie Toms, club coach, has passed away. Ollie underwent an emergency heart related operation on Sunday 1st October. The initial information was that that the operation went well, however, we were informed that his situation had deteriorated. It is now with great sadness that…
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Kitson Trophy Match – Sunday 1st October 2023
The Kitson trophy was played for on Sunday with 16 participants. All the matches were extremely close. A great day was had by all. Here are the results:- MAIN KITSON TROPHY WINNERS: WINNERS: SUE ARMORGIE & MARK HARRIS SCORE: 6-3 RUNNERS UP: DINA MCDONALD & DAVID MURFITT CONSOLATION MATCH FINALS WINNERS: RYAN ACKERMAN & CATHERINE…
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2023 Club Championship Results (so far)
Finals’ Day for Stansted Tennis Club’s annual knockout tournament was played on Sunday 17 September 2023. Although we were glad not to play in the 32 degree heat of the previous Sunday, the weather a week later got the better of us, with play being abandoned half way through due to rain. Four events were…
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2023 Club Ladder Competition Results
The Club Championships were held on Sunday 17th September. Unfortunately they had to be postponed half way through the day due to rain. However the Loveday trophy for the most improved player or the year was handed out and so were the prizes for the winners of the various ladder categories for 2023. LOVEDAY TROPHY…
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Ladies ‘Only Fun’ Tournament 18th August 2023
The final Ladies Only Fun tournament of the year was played on the newly painted courts on 18 August. Sixteen ladies played in this one day tournament which is played in a round robin and then knockout stage. Winners were Debbie Lane and Carol Cook who beat Val Ashwood and Chris Bailey 6-1 in the…
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The President Wins the President’s Cup!
After Michael Wilde sadly had to pull out of the competition on Saturday 1 July, due to injury, Martyn Taplin (the Stansted Tennis Club president) stepped in. With his partner in the draw, Caroline Mott, they went on to win the annual Stansted Tennis Club tournament, beating Diane Brown and Adrian Olver 6-3, in a…
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Ladies Tournament 10th June 2023
Ten women braved the heat last Saturday in the latest one-day tournament at STC. The eventual winners were Cathy Brenner and Caroline Crossley who beat Diane Brown and Sue Simpson 3-6. Many thanks to Louise Chalk for organising such an enjoyable day.
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Pearce Trophy Doubles Tournament 21 May 2023
Stansted Tennis Club held its bi-annual mixed doubles Pearce trophy tournament at the end of May. The tournament saw a mix of new and legacy members with a wide-range of playing experience and featuring an impressive 34 year age range (31 yrs up to 75). The final was Wimbledon-worthy featuring two of our oldest members;…
