Margate Lawn Tennis Club recently held it's traditional 'Late' Christmas Meal.
A good attendance resulted in 26 'diners' having a wonderful day. Tennis was played in the sunshine until 1pm while Sandra slaved in the kitchen !! (George obviously has her well trained)
A fun Quiz was then held, overall winners were Pam & John Taylor with Lynn Giles & Chris Whittingham coming second. Lots of prizes for everyone involved though.
Special thanks must go out to Sandra Buckmaster for organizing and to all the people that kindly contributed the food. The banoffee pie was to die for !!! Another meal will be held over Easter,
more details to follow.
Club Nights - Free Floodlights
Please note that 'Club Nights' are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. These nights are open to all members to come along and play.
Also, floodlights will be FREE on Tuesday & Thursday evenings for all players participating in club play.
Keep Your Club Tidy
It may be Winter and cold and not the best weather for tennis but may we respectfully ask that all members try and keep the courts and surrounding area as tidy as possible.
Please can you use the bins provided or better still take home any rubbish you might have.
August Draw
The lucky winners are:
1st Scott Henniker
2nd Suzie Epps
3rd Jeff Cox
July Draw
The lucky winners are:
1st Anthony Epps
2nd Sandra Buckmaster
3rd John Taylor
Margate Tennis Club held it's annual Beer Festival on Saturday 18th June 2011.
This involved sensible behavior, moderate drinking and a very intellectual high brow afternoon.
Ok, that is a slight exageration, actually it's a massive exageration !!!!
As you can see from the video here it involved very childish games, excessive alcohol and lots of sillyness which everyone participated in and a very enjoyable afternoon was had by all.
Sunday 12th June 2011 saw the finals of the Veteran's Tournament and despite the weather doing it's best to ruin the day some very good tennis was played.
Full results detailed below and congratulations to all those who participated.
Men's Singles Bob Whitehead beat Mark Giles 6-4 5-7 6-3
Men's Doubles Mark Giles
& Steve Huckle beat Tony Morris & Mark Warden 7-6 6-3
Mixed Doubles Mark Giles & Lynn Giles beat George Buckmaster & Joc Cox 6-3 6-3
April Draw
The lucky winners are:
£46 Sandra Buckmaster
£31 John Taylor
£16 Gaynor Mayer
Great Success !!!
The American Tournament held on 2nd May 2011 was a great success with a large turnout. Thanks to all those who made it and we hope you had a great afternoon's tennis.
Look forward to seeing you all again at the next tournament, details to follow.
Men's VET's Narrowly Lose Play Off Shield
The Mens over 45 Vets won Division 3a of the Winter Kent League, gaining promotion to division 2.
This setup a play off for the division shield against the winners of
Division 3b, Sundridge Park.
The team on the day consisted of Bob Whitehead, Steve Huckle, Paul West and Dennis Flory.
The hard fought match included more than one tie break to leave the score at 2-2 but unfortunately Margate lost on countback by a single set.
Whinge Of The Week !
Mark Giles would like to respectfully point out the emotionally distressing fact that in three long continuous years of participating in the 100 Club he has never ever ever ever won a single solitary prize !
For all those that have won, and continue to win, congratulations :-)
March Draw
The lucky winners are:
£45 George Buckmaster
£30 Lynn Giles
£15 Susie Epps
January Draw
The lucky winners are:
£45 Chris Whittingham
£30 Linda Jermain
£15 Steve Huckle
February Draw
The lucky winners are:
£45 Sandra Buckmaster
£30 Ian Mileham
£15 Gaynor Mayer
