july 2014 highbury tennis club newsletter...highbury tennis club newsletter page 2 tournament 2014...

RECYCLING OLD

TENNIS BALLS

We have 4 ladies’ and 2 men’s teamscompeting in the Middlesex SlazengerLeague this summer. All teams are doingwell and to check the latest positionsplease visit our website where you canclick through to the live league rankingstables.

www.highburytennisclub.com/teams--results.html

The tournament on Sunday 15th June sawsome thrilling tennis. See Pages 2 & 3 for win-ners & results and a selection of great photostaken by Club Photographer Michael Proudfoot.

HIGHBURY TENNIS TOURNAMENT

WELCOME TO NEW CLUB MEMBERS

Please leave your old ballsat the hut. Islington has ar-ranged for the park keepersto co-ordinate the recyclingof old tennis balls whichgenerates money for charityand Highbury Fields.

To find out more about whathappens to recycled ballsvisit our website:

www.highburytennisclub.com/recycling-tennis-balls

Club members haveexperienced teethingproblems with GLL replacingAquaterra as Islington’ssports’ booking partner.

We are grateful to JanetBurgess, Deputy Leader ofIslington Council, for herefforts to resolve theseissues.

HIGHBURY

FIELDS REVAMPIslington Council has prom-ised extra floodlit courts andnew surfaces following suc-cess in its application to theMayor of London’s SportsFacilities Fund.

Work starts in the autumn.

GLL BOOKING

PROBLEMS

Welcome to new club members:-Faye Billingham (L1 Captain)Lisa Blair (L1)Kirsten Brenner (L1)Liz McVeigh (L2)Carmen Gutierrez (L3)

Tatum Lau (L3)Pedro Corvo (M1)Andrew Vincent (M2)Archy De Berker (M2)Claudio Bild (M2)Will Porter (M2)

The club encourages social and competitivetennis at Highbury Fields. We have six adultdoubles teams playing competitively as wellas many members playing regular socialtennis. All newcomers of all ages are wel-come. Please email us for information.

Email: highburytennis@gmail.com

www.highburytennisclub.com

MIDDLESEX SLAZENGER LEAGUES

Inside this issue:

Summer Tourna-

ment ..…….RESULTS2

……….…….PHOTOS 3

Screenworks Kitchen 4

Fancy a tennis camp? 4

L2 celebration 4

Tennis Club Wedding 4

HIGHBURY TENNIS CLUB

Highbury Tennis Club Newsletter

July 2014

ISSUE 5

TOURNAMENT

PHOTOS See P3

Congratulations to the 11 clubmembers who took part in thelatest round of the HighburyFields Singles Tennis Ladder,with some great results:Darren Turpin won Group 1,Andrew Vincent won Group4, Nigel Billen came 2nd in

Group 7, Poonam Lloyd-Williams came 3rd in Group10, an otherwise all male divi-sion.

Lots of club members play inthe mixed doubles & we hopeto publish those results in ournext newsletter.

The ladder is run by clubmember Nigel Billen alongwith the league’s Sally Kin-nes.

www.localtennisleagues.co

m/highburyfields

CLUB SUCCESS IN HIGHBURY FIELDS TENNIS LADDER

EXCITING NEW CAFÉ & MATCH CATERING

Our Ladies 3 team tried out the new café called Screen-works Kitchen for their post-match supper at the start ofJuly.

See Page 4 for details

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Tournament 2014 all Results

Men's Singles Women's Doubles Junior Singles, 12 & under

1 Darren T 1 Susan & Sian 1 Sammy W

2 Andrew V 2 Kate & Jane 2 Max D

3= Kurosh D 3= Poonam & Vicky Others taking part

3= David C M 3= Naureen & Nellie Ed M

5= Kenny T 5 Susannah & Melissa Emily M

5= Ferdi S 6 Barbara & Megg Joe H

7 Karus D 7 Mel & Roseanna Theo M

8 Paul K 8 Kalsang & Louise

Others taking part Others taking part Junior Singles, 9 & under

Daniel B Amber & Anne 1 Monty S

Hubert J Ana & Judith 2 William C

Julian F Caroline & Christina Others taking part

Ketish P Dee & Tatum Helena M

Paul B Jo & Kirsten Kayan J

Peter R Liz & Aline

Silas M Lynda & Sharon Junior Doubles

Simon M Yvonne & Di 1 Jack & Harry

2 Max & Ed

Family Doubles Mixed Doubles Others taking part

1 Scott & Jack 1 Kate & Scott Joe & Ronnie

2 Cristian & Sammy 2 Lois & Daniel Theo & Joe

3 Paul & Ben 3= Caroline & Kenny

4 Robert & Senna 3= Kalsang & Darren

Others taking part 5 Alison & Kurosh

Alex & Nancy 6 Nellie & Michael

Jane & Mia 7 Helen & Daniel

Ketish & Thomas 8 Amber & Fraser

Paul & Griffin Others taking part

Anne & Simon

Jo & Malcolm

Mel & Ray

Susannah & Ian

Vicky & Jens

"Others taking part" are listed in alphabetical order

Top places ranked, other entries shown alphabetically

Email: highburytennis@gmail.com

www.highburytennisclub.com

This year the tournament sup-ported local Charity The Big HouseTheatre Company and raised £154for them.

The Big House works with careleavers who are at risk of socialexclusion and uses theatre to givethem a voice.

(Registered Charity No. 1151106)

TOURNAMENT 2014—PHOTOS

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Kate & Scott, Mixed Dou-bles winners

Monty, winner, 9 & Unders

12 & UndersABOVE Sammy, winner,

BELOW Max, runner up

ABOVE Susan with the La-dies Doubles trophiesBELOW

Runners up Kate & Jane

BELOWCristian &

Sammy,Family Doubles

runners up

BELOW Wendy with Men’sSingles runner up Andrew

ABOVE Darren, winner Men’sSingles

ABOVE Jack & Harry, winners,Junior Doubles

RIGHT Mixed doublesrunner up, Lois (who

played with Daniel)

RIGHTJack & Scott,

Family Doubleswinners

Page 4

The Ladies 3 team havestarted using the new Screen-works Kitchen for post-matchsuppers. Owners Ian and Finnopened specially, agreeing themenu with them beforehand.

They had slowroast shoulderof lamb, riceand Greeksalad followedby a delicious

pavlova. Pasta was providedfor the vegetarians.

Charges are modest which isessential as we pay for ouropponents and the teambrought their own wine as thecafé is not yet licensed.

Ring Ian Marshall to arrange amatch supper or chat to L3Captain Caroline Griffiths.

Screen-worksKitchen isan idealvenue forcoffee andsnacksafterweekday training or play.

In August they plan to startopening on Saturdays forbrunch between 10.00am and3.00pm so give them a go.

SCREENWORKS KITCHEN—FANTASTIC NEW VENUE FOR FOOD, DRINK & MATCH SUPPERS

HIGHBURY TENNIS CLUB

Email: highburytennis@gmail.com

www.highburytennisclub.com

020 3176 6926

This spring Caroline Griffiths triedout a tennis holiday in Spain andhad a fantastic time.

This got us thinking. We couldorganise a trip for club members

and negotiate a discount if wehave enough takers.

If you’re interested, please emailthe club with “Tennis Camp” inthe subject line. Say if you wouldprefer to stay in the UK or goabroad.

March-April 2015 is good forEurope but we could go later inthe year in the UK.Let us know what you think.

Email:highburytennis@gmail.com

FANCY A TENNIS CAMP HOLIDAY?

Chef Finn & Manager Ian

Sarah Mulligan, who cap-tained the Ladies 2 teamfor several seasons,stepped down this summerto concentrate more onplaying than organis-ing.

The squad arranged acelebration to thank herfor all her hard work.

Our photo shows newcaptain, Susan Hahn,

(left) looking on while teammember Mel says thankson behalf of the squad.

L2 TEAM THANKS RETIRING CAPTAIN

Congratulations to Ana & Dee who got married on 21st June 2014