Friday Tennis Club Nights are back. Starting 21st May.
These will be run from May to late August and are open to any senior male members who have the ability to play doubles matches. You can come along at 6.30pm and play 2 or 3 competitive sets with other players.
The South of Scotland Tennis Championships 2010 take place from Sunday 25th July to Sunday 1st August at Moffat.
Events range from the Mens and Ladies Open singles to the Boys and Girls U10 singles. There are both open and handicap events.
ENTRIES CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY 7th JULY 2010. Dumfries Tennis Club are hoping for a good contingent from the club to enter.
Full details and the entry form are available to download here – 2010 SOS TENNIS CLUB ENTRY FORM
Two local Dumfries and Galloway finals take place this weekend at Nunholm.
On Saturday Dumfries men are playing against Dalbeattie at 1pm.
On Sunday Dumfries ladies are also playing against Dalbeattie at 2pm.
Spectators are more than welcome. The format comprises doubles – 3 pairs in each team
APD Dumfries have a League and Cup weekend at Nunholm with their first home National League Division 2 game against Renfrew this Saturday followed by their Scottish Cup first round match against Division 1 side Poloc on Sunday, also at home,
JMS Nunholm travel to Whitehaugh on Saturday in Western Union Division 2 and Site Electrical Dumfries travel to Gatehouse on Sunday for a local friendly.
Dumfries Juniors go West: Two of the Dumfries juniors figured for West sides last the week with Chris McBride captaining the West District Under-12s against Clydesdale and retiring on 31 including 2 sixes. Niall Alexander played two games for the Western Academy Junior side and bowled well opening the attack with 9 overs 1 for 19 against a very experienced XL Club side.
Russell Johnston drives his way to 32 (C) Ferguslie CC
APD Dumfries started their National League Division 2 campaign with a 73 run win away at Ferguslie. Captain Stuart Corbett-Byers led from the front top scoring with 55 in the Dumfries total of 169 and Josh Geary took three wickets to help dismiss Ferguslie for 96.
Dumfries were put in to bat and Ferguslie succeeded in taking two early wickets to have the visitors 2 down for 34. Then opener Russell Johnston and Josh Geary set about restoring the innings taking the score up to eighty when Johnston was bowled for 32. Geary followed rapidly caught for 25 and the innings required rebuilding once more.
Stuart Corbett-Byers launches another 6 (C) Ferguslie CC
Skipper Corbett-Byers at number five provided the crucial batting of the innings. With a series of partners he pushed up the total as more wickets fell and his late innings sixes lifted Dumfries spirits.
The innings closed on 169 when he was the last out for 55, caught on the boundary going for yet another six. The Dumfries side then provided the team performance which was required to defend such a total. Read the rest of this entry »
The Summer Squash Leagues for May are available on the site and can be found here or by following the Quick Link in the right hand column.
The Tennis Leagues for May are now on the site here or can be found in the Quick Links in the right hand site column.
The results for the April matches are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Last weekend saw the culmination of Dumfries Squash Club’s successful season with the Club Finals and annual awards evening at the Club.
Jim Thorburn Handicap winner Davy Rogerson with Squash Club Chairman Keith Gristwood
In the team events, sponsored by John Henderson & Sons, the convincing winners of Division 2 were Dumfries Cricket Club, led by their captain Chris McCutcheon, who will now be promoted to Division 1. Division 2 runners-up were Cisco Systems. The winners of Division 1 were So Below who were pushed all the way by runners-up Bard Vet.
The Jim Thorburn Handicap competition is Dumfries Squash Club’s most popular tournament and attracted over 50 entries as its handicap system provides everyone with a chance to win the competition. After five rounds of prior games, the final was a close contest with Davy Rogerson emerging as the winner of the Jim Thorburn Handicap trophy defeating Iain Anderson 2-0 despite his handicap of 18 points. Iain, however, had his chances to win the second set and but for a few loose shots could have taken the final to a third set.
The Ladies Club Championship was played in a round-robin format this year due to a lack of entries with Alice Thompson securing runner-up and Sue Strachan retaining her title as Ladies Champion for another year. Read the rest of this entry »
Dumfries Squash Club has had a very successful season on the Scottish Squash Masters circuit. The club’s Chairman, Keith Gristwood, announced “we are extremely proud that our club in such a small town continues to push well above its weight nationally in that six of our members have been selected to play for Scotland at the forthcoming Masters Home Internationals series which commenced last weekend. It is a major achievement which every member of Dumfries Squash Club should be proud of”. He continued “as such Dumfries Squash Club is probably the best squash club in Scotland”.
L to R - Ronnie Carter (Lockerbie), Davy Rogan, Faith Sinclair, Sue Strachan, Abbie Robertson, Jimmy Wells
Sue Strachan has been selected to play for both the Over 35s and Over 40s Ladies and will be playing in Cardiff and Nottingham while Faith Sinclair was selected for the Over 50s Ladies and will be playing in Dublin.
In the men’s Masters tournaments competitors gain ranking points and at the end of the 8-tournament season the top four players gain automatic selection to their respective age-group teams along with the selection of two wildcard players, typically the players occupying 5th and 6th in the national rankings.
This year, Davy Rogan and Abbie Robertson have once again been selected for the Over 70s team and will play in Dublin while Jimmy Wells was selected for the Over 45s team playing in Nottingham. Keith Gristwood was initially selected as first reserve for the Over 50s team but had a late call-up into the team also playing in Dublin.
Lockerbie’s Ronnie Carter was also selected for the Over 45s team as was Russell Hunter, an ex-Lockerbie player now residing in Tyneside.
Any squash players interested in being a part of the success of the club can call in at Dumfries Sports Club at Nunholm or visit the website: http://www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk for further information.
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
It was a runs-fest at Nunholm on Saturday as JMS Nunholm claimed the bulk of the points in a winning draw in their Western Union Division 2 opener against Bothwell. Vice skipper Davie Davidson led the way with 95 not out. The side totalled 323 for 4 but were unable to make the necessary breakthroughs for a win as Bothwell fought back with 232 for 3 after 50 overs.
Vice-skipper Davie Davidson on his way to 95 not out
Sue Strachan was the Dumfries Squash Club’s representative at the Masters Home Internationals competition held in Cardiff at the weekend. She played number 2 for the Scotland Women’s O35 team and played her part in a 5-0 defeat of Ireland. Scotland ended up third behind England and narrowly behind Wales. More details from Scottish Squash here.
The Tennis Dumfries and Galloway Leagues for 2010 start this week, on Wednesday, for both Mens and Ladies teams. More details here.
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