Try junior tennis at Dumfries Tennis Club
Junior Club nights for Tennis take place on Thursdays from 5pm-6:30pm, and are aimed at juniors who enjoy and can play a game (perhaps for ages of 10 upwards) and involve singles and doubles play. So get down to Nunholm and have a fun hit on Thursdays. All juniors welcome.
The sessions are supervised by qualified coach Daniel McKiddie. Cost is £1.50 per person. For details contact Daniel on 01387 256260.
SOPHIE ROBINSON of Dumfries Sports club has tasted great success in the north of England, plundering titles in Middlesborough and Newcastle over the last two weekends.
Sophie won the U14 title in Middlesborough over Easter without dropping a set and also was unbeaten in the Newcastle matchplay again without dropping a set.
On both fronts Sophie defeated girls a year older than herself and has now moved her rating up.
A regular in all the county teams, Sophie had been regularly playing the top juniors in Scotland with wins over all at certain times to replenish an ever-expanding trophy cabinet.
Tennis in Dumfriesshire is booming at present and kids from this region are making a good impression in tournaments afar. Alex Shearman of Lochmaben and Daniel McKiddie of Dumfries have also been playing regular county level tennis and there are numerous other emerging talents.
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Duncan Muir of Closeburn, a member of Dumfries Sports Club, has been selected to play for the South of Scotland county team at the forthcoming County Cup.
Duncan, a relative latecomer to tennis, has impressed with his development and attitude on court to make a rapid rise in the ranks.
Winner of the Dumfriesshire U14 title, Duncan has been playing competitions all over Scotland and the north of England with an ever rising success rate and was recently a finalist in the Chatsworth Easter tournament in Carlisle.
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Nunholm Squash Club is planning an Open Day on Saturday 23rd May to promote squash in Dumfries but also to support Squash 2016 which is a world wide initiative to get the game of squash included in the Olympics in 2016.
The aim for the day is to showcase exhibition matches between some of the club’s Scottish Masters Champions but also to give those who have not tried squash an opportunity to have a go.
Eye protection for junior players and rackets will be available along with some refreshments.
There will also be a chance for club players to take part in a mini team competition during the day. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking their turn for Scotland: Robin Ridley, Davy Rogan, Sue Strachan, Jimmy Wells, Ronnie Carter
In Dublin, Sue Strachan’s over 35’s team managed to come runners up to England in a very hard fought competition with 3-2 and 4-1 wins over Ireland and Wales respectively. England, however, just proved too strong and finished easy winners with Scotland coming out top in the “Celtic Nations Cup”.
Sue was delighted with the performance of her team and her individual performance. “I played the best tournament squash I have ever played particularly against Ireland’s Jenny Dillon in the deciding match of the tie with the score at 2-2.” Jenny had beaten Sue easily in their one previous encounter and so the form card suggested she would be victorious again. “The spirit in the Scottish team was great though and the others had battled too hard to get us into that position for me to fail them. I had a job to do for my team so I just went out and did it.”
Davie Davidson scores the 1st league 50 of the season
Playing Weirs on Saturday at Nunholm, APD Dumfries won their first league match of the season by a healthy 84 runs in National League Division 2.
The Dumfries side put up 217 batting first with the first league fifty being scored by opener Davie Davidson. His 58 and 41 from Geary at number 4 were the backbone of the innings and when Davidson was caught at 142, 12 overs and seven wickets were left.
Wickets then fell as the scoring rate rose with Dawson adding a useful 21. Those final overs contributed about six an over for the Doonhamers to reach 217 for 9 after 50 overs.
Despite losing Alexander to injury after bowling only three overs, Jim Patterson and then Geary put pressure on the Weirs batting. Each took a wicket to restrict the total to 19 off ten. Two more catches off Geary and one in left-armer Beveridge’s first over meant five wickets down for below fifty.
Spinners Beveridge and Goodin then gradually mopped up the innings. Skipper Beveridge finished with two wickets and Goodin four as the run chase ended well short on 133. Next Saturday Dumfries play away at SMRH. Read the rest of this entry »
The Tennis Open Day held last Sunday to invite people to come down and try the courts was a success, despite a chillier outlook than hoped, with as many as 20 new juniors having a hit at the club for the first time.
2009 Dumfries Tennis Club Open Day
A busy day was rounded off with 16 adults daring to enter the doubles competition organised to wrap up the day. Read the rest of this entry »
The Summer Squash Leagues start this month and the May squash leagues are available on the site and can be found here or by following the Quick Link at the top of the right hand column.
For the Summer Leagues the PAR (Point a Rally) scoring method is being introduced. It is to be a point a rally to 15 points per game.
Should the score reach 14-14 the receiver may request 1 or 3 points. Therefore the game can be won 15-14 or 17-16/15/14.
The Lockerbie team sponsored by D & C Lindsay Forestry clinched the John Henderson’s and Sons Dumfries and Galloway Division One league title last Thursday night in the closest finish seen in years.
With the Lockerbie outfit having to secure 12 points against a full strength Finite team to take the title everyone would have to play their A game on the night to take the title.
With Rab Grierson and Kenny Little up against Graeme Fraser and Jock Glendinning, things looked bleak for the home side as Rab and Graeme headed into a fifth game and Kenny was 8/2 down in the fourth against a determined looking Jock. Read the rest of this entry »
The Tennis Summer Leagues for May are now on the site here or can be found in the Quick Links at the top of the right hand site column.
The results for the April matches are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Sue plays for Scotland this weekend
Two play this coming weekend. Sue Strachan starts her matches in Dublin on Friday the 1st May in the Womens Over-35 category. Meanwhile Scotland’s number one, the redoubtable Davy Rogan, is in Nottingham on the same day to play in the Mens Over-70 internationals.
The following week Scottish Champion Jimmy Wells plays for the Scotland Over-45s in Edinburgh. Joining him in that team is Ronnie Carter from the Lockerbie Squash Club.
Also playing in Edinburgh that weekend is another Nunholm Scottish Champion, Robin Ridley, who is playing for the Scotland Over-50 team.
And Sue Strachan has yet a second tournament in Cardiff in a fortnight’s time for the Scottish Womens Over-45 team.
Good luck from the club in their matches.
Dumfries CC's Geary in action © CricketEurope
The first eleven side beat Ferguslie by 99 runs. The seconds won by a wider margin of 155.
At Nunholm Dumfries opted to bat first but suffered early setbacks against the Ferguslie SNCL opening attack. Davie Davidson and Geary had revived the innings with a fifty partnership when Davidson was out caught for 38. Stuart Corbett-Byers and Geary carried on with another fifty partnership until Geary was bowled for a valuable 42. Then Byers fell LBW for 33 at the same score. Read the rest of this entry »
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