Dumfries defeated Dalbeattie 5 – 3 in the Regional Final to move into the National stage of the Scottish Cup. Dumfries now play at home against Braid, who are a top Edinburgh club with Dumfries and Galloway connections with members including Mickey and Kevin Breen hailing from Dumfries and Andy Moffat from Moffat.

The Dumfries team comprises Colin Dunbar, Chris Topping, Lister McKiddie, Daniel McKiddie, Graeme Cross and Colin MacGillivray. The match takes place at 1 pm at Nunholm on Sunday, 3rd June 2012 and spectators are most welcome.

There are 10 Senior and 9 Junior events (see entry forms for details of all events) with an entrants fee of £2.00 for each event. The last date for entries should be Friday 25th May, with the draw scheduled for Monday 27th May.

Entry forms are located on the main club tennis noticeboard, tennis pavilion noticeboard or can be downloaded below from the website.

(PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE AVAILABLE ON FINALS DAY PRIOR TO ENTERING THE CHAMPIONSHIP).

Tennis Club Championships 2012 Entry Form

Tennis Club Championships 2012 – Juniors Entry Form

Competition Age Group Conversion Chart 2012

Find out about the background to the tournament on the site here.

Dumfries Tennis Club is about to resurrect and host the tournament with two events scheduled for 2012, the Men’s Singles and Men’s doubles events. If successful it is the plan to add more events throughout the years.

To enter please download the attached entry form and complete as specified.

Border Cups Tournament entry form

Border Cups poster

Ladies: The missing result from the 1st May was an away win for Dumfries B who travelled to Moffat and beat Beechgrove 3-1. Only one match was played on the 9th May, Stewartry CSC beat Dumfries B 3-1 with the Dalbeattie v Beechgrove match being awarded to Dalbeattie as a walk over.

The current league tables can be viewed here 2012 Tennis D&G Summer Leagues

The men’s fixtures this week (16th) sees Stewartry CSC entertaining Dumfries C, Dumfries B travel to Dalbeattie and Dumfries A try to maintain the unbeaten run at home to Beechgrove.

In the ladies league Beechgrove are at home to Dumfries A with Dalbeattie travelling through to play Dumfries B. Stewartry CSC have a free week.

More local tennis news can be found at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis

Parents can choose which day or days they want their child to attend and how many, these will be run subject to demand.

(Minimum of 4 players are required to run the day & a max of 8 per group)

All days must be booked in advance to insure we have numbers.

To book please contact Michael on 07734 073397 or email tennis@dumfriessportsclub.co.uk. Alternatively you can collect a form from the tennis pavilion during coaching and hand it back to the coach.

The booking form, with more details, is available to download here

DUMFRIES TENNIS CLUB SUMMER CAMPS 2012 (Adobe/PDF format)

With that we are pleased to announce that Ben McKiddie’s design was the committee choice and will be used on our new shirts and forthcoming caps.

I would like to thank all individuals who entered the competition.

Regards
Michael Goldie

The club has invested in five newly refurbished Life Fitness machines for the gym. The three single station strength machines are part of the very popular Signature range. These machines have been designed with the user in mind and are used throughout Britain by the largest gyms. Added to this are two cardio machines which are completely powered by human movement and come packed with the latest technology to help the users perform to their maximum.

Have a look and more importantly make use of the improved facilities at the club.

Many thanks to those who worked and helped on these improvements for the Sports Club - Michael, Dougie, Keith, Chris and not forgetting the weight lifting team from the cricket section.

There is a chance for you to be up close and personal and play a key role in this exciting event. Stewards are required to line the route in Dumfries with approximate timings of the event 7.50 – 8.25am.

If you are interested in helping Dumfries host this fantastic event then please use the Council Leisure & Sport contact details here.

The 2011 champions Dumfries A, started their campaign on the 18th at home to Dalbeattie and secured a 3-1 win also, elsewhere Dumfries B travelled to Stewartry CSC and lost 4-0. The match between Beechgrove and Dumfries C was postponed.

Ladies: Like their male counterparts 2011 champions Dalbeattie started their campaign at home, where they secured a 4-0 victory over Stewartry CSC. Dumfries A entertained Dumfries B with the A team gaining a 4-0 win.

The men’s fixtures this week (25th) has Stewartry CSC entertaining Dumfries A and Beechgrove travel to Dalbeattie. Dumfries C against Dumfries B was played 2 weeks ago.

In the ladies league Beechgrove start their season at home to Stewartry CSC whilst Dumfries A entertain Dalbeattie. Dumfries B have a free week.

More local tennis news can be found on here on the site at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis