by Gillian Sanderson | Apr 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Despite a rather grey and windy day, it was great to see a full house at our Good Friday morning social session with all the courts in use plus others coming along just for a chat over coffee and a hot cross bun or two! Lovely to see so many people at the club.
by Gillian Sanderson | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Mixed results on Leigh & Westcliff Winter Tournament Finals Day for our club members. Bad luck to Dan & Tom who had to settle for runners up spot in the Mens Open Doubles after a hard fought two sets against their opponents. Freya & Wendy also finished as...
by Gillian Sanderson | Mar 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Having won Competition of the Year at county level for the Essex County Closed Championships, we’ve now received an LTA Excellence Award as well! What a fantastic achievement for the club the first year we’ve hosted the tournament! Thanks to all the...
by Gillian Sanderson | Mar 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
A big day planned including fun tennis challenges with Easter eggs up for grabs, raffles, cakes and sweet treats, bar and kitchen open, demo day with the latest Head rackets, clothing shoes and equipment available. From 11am until 1pm – there is something for...
by Gillian Sanderson | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Our Winter Handicap Finals Day took place on 7th March and as usual Steve’s handicapping resulted in some very close contests! The doubles finals all went to three sets with the mixed being decided on a sudden death deuce point at 5 games all in the third set!...
by Gillian Sanderson | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
A very enjoyable evening at the club for another of Bez’s multimedia quizzes. Six teams battled over ten rounds of questions, having to decide on the 10th question of each round whether to risk answering the “jeopardy” question to either double or...
by Gillian Sanderson | Feb 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
At our recent AGM, there were some important presentations and thank yous! After 15 years as our Club President, Bob Guthrie stood down and Club Captain Steve presented Bob with an engraved tankard. Bez Berry stood down as our Club Chairman after 10 years in the...
by Gillian Sanderson | Feb 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
What an achievement for our club! The first year of hosting the Essex County Closed Championships and we are awarded Competition of the Year 2025 within Essex! On top of that Official of the Year goes to our Club Captain Steve Wynn! There is also a Lifetime...
by Gillian Sanderson | Feb 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Some wins for club members at the recent Southend & District Winter Tournament Finals Day. Greg Huggett & Sue Sergeant beat Duncan Taylor & Sarah Jolley in a hard fought match to take the Mixed Over 45 Doubles title. Greg & Duncan then teamed up in the...
by Gillian Sanderson | Dec 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
What a busy month of December at the club with our Christmas Calendar of events! There was certainly something for everyone to enjoy, from craft workshops to cocktails, festive choir to junior party! And plenty of tennis being played too! Thanks to all our members who...