The first club night competition of the season at the Tennis Club is on Monday, the 2nd June with a draw for partner. Those wanting to take part should arrive no later than 6.30pm. There is a fee of £2 for adults and £1 for juniors and there is a prize on offer.
First Club Night Competition – Mon, 2nd June
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Busy Tennis Courts on 7/8 and 14/15 June
27 05 2008There are various tennis competitions scheduled for the weekends of the 7th and 14th of June. So court time will be at a premium and the Tennis Club apologises for any inconvenience to members. The details are:
- Sat 7 & Sun 8 June all day to 6pm – Finals of South of Scotland junior road to Wimbledon competition. (This is not an open competition).
- Sat 14 June all day to 6pm – Tennis Dumfries and Galloway Junior Closed Tournament.
- Sun 15 June all day to 6pm – Mens and ladies open doubles competition. Draw for partner.
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2008 Tennis Dumfries & Galloway Junior Championships
27 05 2008The Tennis Dumfries & Galloway Junior Championships are to be held on Saturday the 14 June. The closing date for entries is Tuesday the 10th June. The courts at Nunholm wil be used in conjunction with courts at the David Keswick Centre to provide at least 6 courts for the day.
The entry form can be downloaded here: [Acrobat/PDF Format]
TDG Junior Tournament Entry Form 2008
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Tennis Club Championships 2008
27 05 2008The closing dates for entry into the Dumfries Tennis Club Senior and Junior Championships are looming rapidly so please get your entries in on time. The ties are played over the course of the season with the finals day on Saturday 30th August. All standards are welcome with both open and handicap events in the various categories and entry is open to all Sports Club members.
The entry forms for both events can be downloaded here: [Acrobat/PDF Format]
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Top Placed Knights yield to Alexander
26 05 2008
APD Dumfries pulled of a dramatic win on Sunday against the National League Division 2 leaders Dunfermline Knights. In an enthralling game the opposition were restricted to 150 all out after Stuart Alexander blew away their top order with an opening spell which claimed 4 wickets. (This was the same time as the sightscreen was also blown over). Read the rest of this entry »
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Scottish Cup tennis on Sunday 1st June
26 05 2008Dumfries Men’s Tennis Team have been competing in the Dumfries & Galloway Scottish Cup qualifiers.
Dumfries defeated Dalbeattie by 6 to 3 to move into the final qualifying round to play Castle Douglas at Nunholm on 18th May. The Dumfries Team saw Mickey Breen and Chris Topping at No 1, Colin Dunbar and Lister McKiddie at No 2 with John Steele and Jack Copeland at No 3. Castle Douglas had Geoff Legg and Bruce Todd at No 1 with Colin Kennedy and Rab Peacock at No 2 and Neil Carmichael and Jeremy Culham at No 3.
The Dumfries Team had one of their best Scottish Cup performances in winning deservedly 5-1 to go into the National stage of the Scottish Cup.
Dumfries now play at home against Border rivals, Peebles in the first round of the main draw. The match takes place at 1 pm at Nunholm on Sunday, 1st June 2008 and spectators are most welcome.
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Nunholm Squash Masters in Home Internationals tussle
23 05 2008
2008 Scotland Masters
A sunny Edinburgh on Friday saw the start of the final Masters Squash Home Internationals of the season. The Nunholm Squash Club was once more represented with Sue Strachan playing again, this time for the Womens over 35s.
She started the team off in style with a 3-0 win over the Welsh number five and the team went on to record a 5-0 victory over Wales. Next was Ireland and another 5-0 result and another 3-0 win for Sue this time playing at number four. Read the rest of this entry »
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APD Dumfries win their 20/20 first round
21 05 2008APD Dumfries played Langholm in their first game in the new National 20/20 competition on Monday night. They played Langholm away in the Murgitroyd Borders 20/20 and won by 9 wickets chasing 67. Chris McCutcheon and Richard Rennie figured with 4 and 3 wickets respectively. Scott Beveridge thumped 43 not out for a comfortable win. The side now move on to the semi-final. The Borders winners will be one of 4 teams in the Scottish finals day in Glasgow and will receive a cash prize. Read the rest of this entry »
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Old Crocks give young guns a good running
21 05 2008The annual game between the past and present members of Dumfries Men’s Hockey Club was played last week at the town’s KGV Park.
The present team had a real age advantage with an average of only 25 while the Old Crocks averaged 41. Read the rest of this entry »
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Court side account of the final home internationals
20 05 2008Friday saw a sunny Edinburgh welcome the Men’s and womens over 35’s and the mens over 40’s squash teams from all the home nations. With me at number 5 I had to begin the campaign and did so with a 3-0 win over the Welsh number 5 – this extended to the team winning 5-0 over Wales. We then took on Ireland in the morning and repeated the 5-0 result. This left us neck and neck with the strength of England. Read the rest of this entry »
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The ‘first’ lacrosse match in Scotland
16 05 2008125 years ago today, on the 16th of May, 1883 a team of Canadians took on a team of Iroquois Indians at lacrosse at Nunholm. This, it seems, was the first lacrosse match played in Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
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APD Dumfries beat Weirs
12 05 2008APD Dumfries beat Weirs by 44 runs at Nunholm on Saturday to move to top equal in the National League Division 2. Man of the match was J Geary with 80 and 2 wickets. He figured in a match winning century opening stand with Chris Bellwood (33). [APD Dumfries 240, Weirs 196].
The seconds were washed out in Glasgow after a good team performance had amassed 230 for 8 against Clydesdale 2nds. Tony Weeks starred with 82 not out.
The Sunday XI, Garrison Nunholm, won their league game at Prestwick. [Nunholm 206 for 7, Prestwick 158]. Alan Davidson scored 55 and Tommy McBride got 47 not out and 3 for 10.
In the DG Under-13 League, Nunholm United beat Dumfries Dynamos by 8 wickets. The Dynamos scored 113 for 6 thanks to Dean Brotherston dominating with 70 not out. United batted well in response with 116 for 2, Aaron Seymour 61 not out, and Owen Thompson 29 not out.
Match reports are at www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk/news
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