It was Bring a Buddy week at Totally Tennis last week where junior development players were invited to ask siblings and friends to join in their session.
Head coach James McIntosh said, “It was great to see some of our squad players bring along their friends or siblings to join in with their session, especially those that hasn’t played tennis before. We look forward to doing another Bring a Buddy week next term.”
Look out for the Bring A Buddy week next term 😉
Head coach James McIntosh announced he was running the 2020 London Marathon for Pancreatic Cancer UK in memory of his late father
Performance player and assistant coach Harry Feast got to the semi-final stage of the South West Winter County Tour held at the indoor centre
Head coach James McIntosh delivered a free coaching session at Chineham Shopping centre in conjunction with The Hampshire Court’s Let’s Get Active campaign
Performance player and coach Liam Hignett played in the LTA British Tour event in Stirling, Scotland
First TT Tour event of 2020 – The Australian Open
Junior performance player Hayden Cummings won the 12 & under Boys title at the East Winter County Tour held at Cantley Park in Berkshire
Junior performance player Hayden Cummings won the 12 & under Boys title at the East Winter County Tour held at Cantley Park in Berkshire.
In the quarter final Cummings beat Aarush Garde 4-0, 4-0, Harry Caulton in the semis 4-2, 4-1 and James Parnwell 4-3(6), 4-0 in the final to win teh event.
Cummings was runner-up in the South East Winter County Tour 14 & under Boys singles played at the Guildford Tennis Academy. In the quarter finals he beat Haydn Wydenbach 4-0, 4-0 followed by Lev Surkov in the semis 4-2, 4-0 but lost a three set battle in the final against Sebastian Goodbody 2-4, 4-0, 10-3 to finish as runner-up.
Congratulations Hayden 😉
It was another TT Tour win for junior squad player Tobi Adeniran at last weekend’s Australian Open event.
In the group stages Adeniran won Box 1 after winning all his five matches, he beat Lewis Gambrill 10-6, Dylan Mills 10-4, Vihaan Juvadi 10-3, Maximus Perez-Lockley 10-2 and Thomas Hartley 10-1. Mills won four matches and finished as was runner-up, he defeated Gambrill 10-8, Juvadi 10-7, Perez-Lockley 10-2 and Hartley 10-1.
Gabriella Dyer and Carter Grout were joint winners of Box 2 with each of them winning four matches. Dyer beat Shriham Chakraborty 10-7, Freddie Stokes 10-5, Shauna Rana 10-7 and Grout 10-3. Grout scored 10-9 wins against Shrayan Subash, Chakraborty and defeated Rana 10-8.
In the semi finals Adeniran beat Grout 10-3 and Dyer defeated Mills 10-7. The final saw Adeniran beat Dyer 10-4 to claim his first TT Tour victory of 2020.
Coach Loic Armstrong who ran the event said, “Another fantastic turnout and a great display from all the players to start the year. This month the players were much more competent with their scoring and serving from side to side. It was great to see that they communicated together really well and played fairly.” he added, “As well as the quality of their tennis, their confidence is growing each month. Thanks to everyone who came and see you next month!”
Head coach James McIntosh held a free hour long fitness and tennis techniques session at the Chineham Shopping centre as part of the Let’s Get Active Basingstoke family-friendly day organised by Hampshire Court.
Alongside the tennis session participants were offered a multi-sport session with Stow Sports as well as zumba, high intensity interval training, cardio-conditioning transform live and a family bootcamp held by Hampshire Court instructors.
McIntosh said of the event, “Thank you to Jaco from Hampshire Court for organising the event and inviting Totally Tennis to be involved. Encouraging people to get active with a range of different activities is always a great idea.”
Totally Tennis run adult and junior sessions for members and non-members at Hampshire Court based in Chineham – see the latest schedule below and visit our website for more information www.totallytennis.co.uk/team-sports
Totally Tennis performance player Harry Feast competed in the South West Winter County Tour – Totally Tennis Basingstoke – Men’s Open held last weekend at the indoor centre.
The Men’s singles tournament, which was held by fellow performance player and coach Liam Hignett, was won by Sebastien Muller from Oxford who defeated Edward Mcintyre in the final 4-2, 4-1. Feast beat Terry Gillman in the first round 4-0, 4-0 and Tomasz Wojtak in the quarters 4-2, 4-1 but was then knocked out in the semis in a three set battle by Mcintyre 4-3(3), 2-4, [10-5].
The tournament is part of the series of South West Winter County Tour events for adults and juniors held by Hignett at Totally Tennis. The next event is the 16 & under Boys and Girls singles this coming weekend (26th January).
The TT Tour is back for 2020 giving all Totally Tennis squad players the opportunity to play in regular competitions held at the indoor centre. Tournaments will be held throughout the year and the top eight players from each squad will be invited back for the Grand Finals in November for a chance to finish as the club’s champion in each age group!
The tournament dates for the first months of the year have been released with the first events scheduled for next weekend (Saturday 25th/Sunday 26th January). Players are invited to compete in the different tournaments based on ball colour and squads – RED (Pirates, Indians, Red Squad), ORANGE (Dodgers and Orange Squad), GREEN (Giants and Green Squad) and YELLOW (A,B,C and Performance Squads).
The TT Tour is a competition programme for Totally Tennis junior players with several tournaments held throughout the year. See the schedule below for full list of date of competitions for Red & Orange and Green & Yellow players. An up-to-date leaderboard will show each player’s rankings in each group. Points are awarded to the winner, runner-up and third/fourth place players for each event as well as additional points for entering.
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Date |
Squads |
Ball Colour |
Time |
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Saturday 25th January |
Pirates, Indians & Red Dodgers & Orange |
Red & Orange |
1pm – 3pm |
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Sunday 26th January |
Giants & Green A,B,C & Performance |
Green & Yellow |
1pm – 3pm |
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Saturday 22nd February |
Pirates, Indians & Red Dodgers & Orange |
Red & Orange |
1pm – 3pm |
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Sunday 23rd February |
Giants & Green A,B,C & Performance |
Green & Yellow |
1pm – 3pm |
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Saturday 26th March |
Pirates, Indians & Red Dodgers & Orange |
Red & Orange |
1pm – 3pm |
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Sunday 27th March |
Giants & Green A,B,C & Performance |
Green & Yellow |
1pm – 3pm |
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Saturday 25th April |
Pirates, Indians & Red Dodgers & Orange |
Red & Orange |
1pm – 3pm |
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Sunday 26th April |
Giants & Green A,B,C & Performance |
Green & Yellow |
1pm – 3pm |
PLAYERS MUST BOOK IN BEFORE THE EVENT. There must be a minimum of 4 players per age group for each tournament to be played. Each event costs £6.50 per player. All players interested in participating can book in reception or call the office on 01256 358816.
Read more about the TT Tour in previous posts HERE
