Dumfries Sports Club

The Men’s draw for the second stage of the 2011 Scottish Inter-Club Challenge Cup, otherwise known as the Scottish Cup, sees Dumfries heading to Thorn Park Tennis Club in Bearsden (Glasgow). Dumfries qualified for the second stage after defeating local rivals Dalbeattie 6-3 in the D&G qualifier.

The winners of this tie could face current champions Giffnock in the next round if they can overcome Edinburgh side Thistle.

In the Ladies draw local hopes rest with Dalbeattie who are at home to winners of the Scottish Cup eighteen times and last year’s runners-up, Dunfermline.

Both ties are scheduled to be played on 28th May.

The full draw can be viewed by following the LTA link. Scottish-Cup-Draw-Throws-Up-Some-Interesting-Ties

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:

2011 April Tennis League Results (Adobe/PDF format)

The Tennis Dumfries & Galloway 2011 Men’s and Ladies Doubles leagues season commences on Wednesday 27th April.

The clubs agreed at the Tuesday 19th meeting to change the format for this season. Therefore the matches are now set-up for each player to play 3 matches per night, one match with each of his teammates. All matches will be the first to 8 games and if 7-7 is reached then a first to 7 points tie-break, with 2 points clear will be played.

This year sees Dumfries entering 3 Men’s teams and 2 Ladies teams, Dalbeattie with 1 Men’s team and 2 Ladies, Stewartry CSC (Castle Douglas) and Beechgrove (Moffat) both entering 1 Men’s and 1 Ladies team each.

The first fixtures of the season sees the Men’s defending Champions Dalbeattie play host to Dumfries B with Dumfries A at home to Beechgrove whilst Dumfries C start their season with a trip to Castle Douglas.

In the Ladies league defending champions Dalbeattie A travel to Dumfries B, Dalbeattie B entertain Stewartry CSC and Dumfries A travel up to Moffat to face Beechgrove.

More local tennis news, results and rules can be found at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis

The Tennis Leagues for April are now on the site here or can be found in the Quick Links in the right hand site column.

The results for the March matches are as follows:

2011 March Tennis League Results (Adobe/PDF format)

The Tennis Section is delighted to be able to offer to members (for purchase at face value) tickets for the Wimbledon Championships commencing Monday 20 June 2011 and concluding Sunday 3 July 2011. The tickets are sold in pairs. This year we have received an excellent ticket allocation which is an increase on previous years as follows:

1. 4 x tickets for Saturday 25 June 2011 – court one (£58 each)
2. 4 x tickets for Monday 27 June 2011 – centre court (£78 each)
3. 4 x tickets for Tuesday 28 June 2011 – court 2 (£36 each)

The allocation of the tickets will be decided by ballot and there are two conditions of entry into the ballot:-

1. Must be members of Dumfries Sports Club.
2. Must be members of British Tennis –

British Tennis membership is available from www.lta.org.uk/membership. It is free to join.

Those wishing to take part in the ballot must let Lister McKiddie know by Monday 18th April 2011 and the ballot will take place shortly thereafter.

All those interested in applying for tickets should either e-mail lister.mckiddie@walker-sharpe.co.uk or text him on 07921825712.

Tennis Committee

The Tennis Leagues for March are now on the site here or can be found in the Quick Links in the right hand site column.

The results for the February matches are as follows:

2011 February Tennis League Results (Adobe/PDF format)

Dumfries Tennis Club’s AGM will take place on Thursday 24th February at 7.15 pm sharp within the Farries suite of the Sports Club.

The club are looking for new faces to join the committee and would welcome as many Members as possible to be in attendance whether to help run the Tennis Section or just air your views.

Therefore if you have some spare time or fundraising ideas then come along and help us make a difference to your club.