Tennis in Surrey 2015

Crosshead 

2015 

The Aegon Surbiton 

Trophy Returns! 

Ross Hutchins talks about his 

memories of the tournament 

disability tennis p20 competition p22 profile p8 

Third Successive 

National Title 

Jan Reynolds wins Visually 

Impaired Championships 

County Cup 

Victory 

Surrey Ladies win Group 1 

title 

Player Profile: 

Joe Salisbury 

Surrey player wins ITF 

titles 

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contents 

16 

Inside this issue 

PLACES 

4 The Great British Tennis Weekend 

6 

PEOPLE 

6 A Day with Judy Murray 

8 Player Profile: Joe Salisbury 

10 Tennis Surrey welcomes a new President 

11 A Month in Life of Surrey Player: Emily Appleton 

PROGRAMMES 

12 Aegon Team Tennis. Team of the Year 2015 

13 HSBC Road to Wimbledon 2015 

14 You Said, We Did... 

15 Wigmore LTC talk of the “joy of taking on admin help” 

31 

COVER STORY 

16 The return of the Aegon Surbiton Trophy 

20 Third successive title for Surrey player, Jan Reynolds 

22 County Cup 2015 

PROMOTION 

25 Reed’s School win World Schools’ Tennis 

Championships 

26 Great Britain win gold with Surrey doubles pair 

27 Tennis Focus in Ashford helps drive mini tennis 

participation 

28 Brits battle it out in Foxhills final 

30 Surrey County Championships 2015 

32 Tennis Surrey Patron’s Association 

33 Surrey Junior Awards 2015 

RESULTS 

34 Select Listing of 2015’s Results 

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Letter from the editor 

The “come back” year 

2015 is maybe best summarised as a “come back” year. After several years 

of absence the Surbiton Trophy returned to the ATP calendar with gusto, 

proving a very popular addition to the grass court calendar for players and 

spectators alike. Our County Cup teams, Open and Junior also had a very 

successful year with the Surrey Ladies returning to Group 1 this year and 

claiming the title, and three Junior teams becoming national champions. 

Tennis across the county also continues to boom with the Lawn Tennis 

Association’s Great British Tennis Weekend being well supported as well 

as a plethora of other tennis competition and events taking place for 

those of all ages, stages and ability in the game. 

I hope that this year’s account of 2015 and some of the successes 

of our players and places to play inspires you to pick up that racket 

in 2016. 

Richard 

Richard Shepherd, Editor 

introduction 

Surrey County Lawn Tennis Association 

nominations for the Council for 2016 

The following have been nominated to serve on the 

Surrey Council for the ensuing year. The year of 

election to the Council is given in brackets. 

Officers Nominated 

President John Phillips (1977) 

Hon Treasurer Brian Havill (1990) 

Hon Secretary Roy Staniland (1996) 

David Cianfarani (1983) 

David Coyte (1997) 

Keith Glass (1986) 

Derek Howorth (1986) 

Joy Jackson (2011) 

Peter Lane (1974) 

David Lovejoy (2013) 

Chris Major (1998) 

Anne Pitt (2010) 

Carole Pullen (1992) 

Tony Scarlett (1966) 

Jean Sexton (1982) 

Justin Sherring (2010) 

Charlotte Stainer (2011) 

Alison Taylor (2013) 

Christine Wilding (1987) 


Tennis Surrey Team 

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The following are new nominations for 2016 

Louise McKerchar 

Richard Shepherd 


places 

Surrey Great British Tennis 

Weekend - 2015 

Tennis in Surrey interviewed three of the county’s places to play on how they 

got involved with the 2015 Great British Tennis Weekend (GBTW). We hope 

even more will be involved next year. 

Dorking Lawn Tennis 

and Squash Club, Surrey 

9 courts 

Sunday 14th June 

How did you prepare for the 

GBTW? 

We promoted our event in many 

ways. Many magazine adverts 

in months prior to event such 

as Families, which are free 

publications telling families 

what’s going on. Local parish 

magazines. Every local school 

had parent mail in two weeks 

preceding the event. This was 

combined with a demo mini 

tennis court being set up in the 

middle of St Martins Walk, a 

shopping centre. This attracted 

much attention. Leaflets were 

also given out then by members 

wearing green printed t shirts 

advertising the day. We spoke 

much of the Blue Peter Sports 

badge where if you take a photo 

of a friend trying a new sport you 

gain this badge. 

What did you do for the day? 

On the day we ran a specific U8 

session, for which there was a 

huge turnout. Up to a hundred 

children. Ball machine, fastest 

serve, a group of “hitters”, adults 

to play against anyone wishing to 

play. Three courts were dedicated 

to juniors with mini nets on these. 

Face painting run by a volunteer. 

Barbecue and ice creams. Tea, 

coffee and home-made cakes made 

by the members available all day. 

Voluntary donations were asked 

for to go towards our charity. The 

Bar was of course open and our 

Craft table was VERY popular! We 

also had two coaches and the rest 

was run by volunteers who were 

members. 

How did you encourage new 

players to the game? 

On the day offers included a 3 and 

9 month membership. One adult 

would allow all their children to 

join free. This was followed up 

with an induction session and 

tennis coaching groups offered 

specifically to them. Also events 

such as Wimbledon Day and an 

American Tournament for all 


places 

members timed to encourage 

participation. 65 adults and 65 

juniors joined. Well over 200 

people attended on the day. 

Why do you think the day was 

a success? 

We had two teams of “meet-er and 

greeters”. They wore the green 

t shirts and badges and would 

welcome anyone in. 

It was an amazing day which 

really brought all sections of the 

club together. Whether it was 

through lending a racket, baking 

a cake, dropping leaflets through 

doors or being prepared to hit 

against someone wanting to play 

we couldn’t have done it without 

such a team effort. Many of the 

older juniors helped to coach and 

those that had said they would 

give an hour of their time ended 

up staying for the day. It was a 

success because of the joint effort 

everyone gave and combined 

“family feel” the day had. 

Cranleigh LT&SC, 

Merton 

5 hard floodlit courts 

16th and 17th May 


GBTW? 

We printed 2000 leaflets - four 

primary schools and leaflet 

dropped, including posters 

around the local area, My Merton 

magazine, Facebook, Twitter, the 

GBTW website, regularly emailed 

the internal database and most 

importantly WORD OF MOUTH! 

We used the GBTW logo but also 

did our own flyers to add more 

details about the day. 


We ran Mini Tennis Red/Orange/ 

Green, Junior Tennis, Adult 

Beginners, Tennis Xpress, Cardio 

Tennis, Match Play, Family Time, 

Free Play. We also provided Face 

painting, Table Tennis, Swing Ball, 

BBQ, Prince were there to support 

the event, and a popular fastest 

serve competition. 

Coaches worked the event and 

we had them doing the sessions 

we feel they do best. We had older 

juniors to assist the coaches, bar 

staff, as well as volunteers to do 

face painting and the BBQ. Our 

volunteers did the meet, greet and 

played tennis with potential new 

members. Committee members 

sold memberships, all round it 

was a great team effort! 

How did you encourage new 

players to the game? 

We offered seven sessions half 

price (this was for all the sessions 

we currently have available). 

No joining fee on full adult 

membership. Tennis Xpress £35 

for seven sessions and they didn’t 

have to join, Ten Cardio Tennis 

Sessions for £50. Saving £20. 

What do you think made the 

weekend a success? 

GBTW website is great, the banner 

was really popular. Online sign up 

was good, very few people called, 

they all booked online. It was a 

great weekend for adults, children 

and the whole family. 

Epsom Lawn Tennis 

Club, Epsom and Ewell 

12 courts 

Saturday 25 April, 2015 


GBTW? 

We had a large banner outside the 

site, also advertised in the Epsom 

Guardian, through posters in 

Sainsburys, in the coffee shops at 

Epsom train station, and through 

three local primary schools 

newsletters. 


We ran free coaching with the 

Head Coach, playing tennis with 

the adult ‘social members’, other 

coaches practiced with other 

juniors. We had a BBQ going as well 

as cakes and tea on offer. We had 

two coaches on site (volunteering), 

and around ten club volunteers 

looking after guests and sorting out 

tennis for them. 

Why do you think the day was 

a success? 

The main banner outside the club 

worked very well as was highly 

visible from the road – the LTA 

website/social media was useful 

as well. The Epsom Open Day was 

a fantastic success, with the most 

ever attendees we have had at an 

Open Day and most sign ups. It was 

very refreshing to see a real mix of 

adults and juniors across a range of 

tennis experience and ability. 


people 

A Day with Judy Murray 

In June this year, Judy Murray 

invited female coaches from 

across Surrey to join her for a 

coach education day. The day 

offered a 10 & Under camp for girls 

across the county and the South 

East and included a school session 

for secondary aged players. Judy’s 

aim was to encourage female Level 

1, 2 or 3 coaches from clubs in 

Surrey to get on court with her and 

hopefully help to inspire the next 

generation of female players. 

Tennis in Surrey spoke to Kate 

Maurici, of Will to Win Sheen 

Common, about her experience of 

the day. 

“Judy has a knack of making you 

feel very relaxed and like you 

really deserve to be a tennis coach. 

I loved Judy’s first metaphor of 

the day that women are like 

snowflakes, drifting. If they 

meet something hard they can 

often melt and disappear but 

if they collect together with 

other snowflakes they become 

something strong and invincible. 

The day at Surbiton really felt 

like that. Judy calmly led a group 

of top County junior players 

through their paces in front of a 

group of female coaches keeping 

it fun, focussed and competitive. 

The smiles on the girls’ faces 

really showed that Judy’s methods 

work. Key messages for coaches 

came across very clearly like 


people 

‘don’t overburden the girls with 

verbal instructions’, ‘intelligent 

players will self-correct - ask them 

to come up with the solution’, 

and in terms of school’s tennis, 

‘give the children fun, achievable 

exercises’. I have since tried out 

her basic racket warm up with 

a school group with resounding 

success. Judy makes you re-think 

your coaching style. We all know 

our sessions need to be fun but 

I think that it’s easy quickly to 

revert to the standard coaching 

styles, which sometimes lack that 

relaxed element. I was reminded 

Judy calmly led a group of top 

County junior players through their paces 

in front of a group of female coaches 

keeping it fun, focussed and competitive. ” 

on the day, that even top players 

can learn and improve their 

technique while having a lot 

of fun. 

I believe that coaches, female 

and male, need to listen to 

what she is saying if we want to 

promote our sport to more girls. 

It’s not dumbing the coaching 

down for girls, but recognising 

that we can appeal to more girls 

and get more out of them by 

employing methods that the girls 

find exciting and enjoyable. I left 

feeling part of a really strong and 

successful team.” 


people 


people 

Joe Murphy 

Joe first played at his home club in Roehampton 

and was one of the top British Juniors in Europe at 

U12. He represented Great Britain until he was 14. 

Player Profile: 

Joe Salisbury 

Career so far 

When Joe turned 18 he decided 

to move to America and play 

college tennis at the University 

of Memphis where he built up 

his fitness and really improved 

his on court game. Joe reached 

a high NCAA ranking of No.3 in 

Doubles and No.56 in Singles. 

After a successful College career 

Joe graduated from Memphis in 

May 2014 and has since started 

playing on the Men’s Professional 

ATP Tour. 

In Joe’s first year of playing 

Professional Tournaments he 

went from having no ranking 

to becoming ranked 710 ATP in 

Singles and 298 ATP in Doubles 

defeating some top well known 

professionals such as Frederik 

Nielsen, the 2012 Wimbledon 

Grand Slam Doubles Champion, in 

straight sets out in Greece. 

Over the past summer Joe has 

been training hard at the Gosling 

Tennis Academy and recently 

joined Point To Prove (PTP) a 

Tennis Management Agency who 

aim to gain financial funding and 

vital support to help Joe travel on 

the professional tour more often. 

PTP also aid in increasing Joe’s 

exposure through social media 

platforms and sourcing equipment 

sponsorship where needed. Visit 

www.pointtoprove.com to view 

Joe’s Player Profile and how you 

can support Joe’s Tennis Career. 

Recent Successes 

Recent success has seen Joe 

travel to Sweden for two weeks in 

September where he had his career 

best two weeks on the professional 

tour. Joe won the Falun $15,000 

ITF Doubles Title with partner 

David O’Hare from Ireland, but 

unfortunately went out in the 1st 

round of the Singles Main Draw in 

three tight sets. 

The second week in Sweden 

saw all the hard work training 

throughout the summer really 

pay off. In the Danderyd $15,000 

ITF Joe not only won the Doubles 

Title for the second week in a row 

with partner David O’Hare, but 

also went on to win the Singles 

Title too completing the double. 

Unseeded Joe came through to 

beat the No.8 and No.3 seed to 

reach the final. In the final, Joe 

faced the previous week’s first 

round opponent again. However 

this time Joe fought through to 

win the final in three sets. 

After such a successful two 

weeks of singles and doubles Joe 

has now gained a new career high 

Singles Ranking of 559 ATP and 

Doubles Ranking of 263 ATP. 

Throughout his career Joe has 

won seven professional Doubles 

Titles and one Singles Title. Joe has 

been training at Gosling Tennis 

Academy in Welwyn Garden City 

since September last year coached 

by Tom Corrie and also Justin 

Sherring. 


people 

Tennis Surrey welcomes a 

new President – John Phillips 

Following in the footsteps of the 

County’s previous President, Tony 

Scarlett, was always going to be 

a challenge after Tony’s years of 

great service to Tennis Surrey. So 

we are delighted to announce the 

appointment of our new President, 

John Phillips, as someone who 

will be well able to do this. John’s 

appointment started from the 

1st October this year and we are 

delighted that Tony is going to 

remain on the Council. 

John will already be familiar 

to many of you as the County’s 

Competitions Secretary, a post from 

which John resigned last year whilst 

still remaining on the Council. 

His history with the Council goes 

back a long way, with John first 

being elected in 1977, having been 

nominated by Reigate LTC. 

John was at once appointed to 

the Competitions Committee, 

on which he has continued to 

serve ever since, becoming Hon. 

Competition’s Secretary in 1997. 

John oversaw the introduction of 

many new events, particularly in 

the senior age groups, as well as 

overseeing the Wilson Leagues 

being moved on-line following 

years of manual work. He has been 

responsible for running numerous 

events, both summer and winter, in 

particular the Men’s Open Singles 

which he has managed since 

summer 1978. 

John was appointed 

Examinations Officer in 1980 - 

where he was responsible for the 

Part 1 coaching course and exam – 

and in 1984 this role was increased 

to having responsibility for setting 

up and running the entire course.. 

John held this role until his 

resignation in 2000. He took over 

the role of County Tournament 

Organiser in the mid-eighties and 

held this role for 20 years. 

John’s main contribution 

has been to the County postal 

competitions. Whilst these events 

always attract entries from leading 

county and national players, John 

has always maintained that they 

are primarily for the benefit of 

ordinary club players who are 

members of Surrey registered clubs. 

Entry to these events is one of the 

benefits for clubs and other organisations 

registering with Surrey. As 

you will see from the above, no one 

could have worked harder for the 

County over the years. We hope 

that Surrey Clubs will welcome 

John as our new President and that 

over the course of his presidency 

many of you will get to meet him. 


A Month in life of Surrey Player 

Emily Appleton 

people 

Tennis in Surrey spoke earlier this year to Emily Appleton, one of the county’s 

rising tennis stars, and asked her and her family to recall one particularly 

note-worthy month both on and off court. 

The month of August this year had 

been a great month of fabulous 

matches and new experiences. The 

month started with an ITF Junior 

event in Portugal and some good 

training matches on the red clay 

against tough local opposition 

who train daily on ‘the dirt’. Still 

a long way to go on this surface, 

according to Emily, but she 

managed to win her way through 

a few rounds and add to her 

experience of the clay court game. 

This was followed by Emily’s 

first match in the Main Draw 

of a $10,000 Pro Series event in 

Chiswick, London. A tough first 

round draw saw her face Gabriela 

Van De Graaf, a 21 year old from 

the Netherlands, ranked 1100 in 

the WTA/ITF Women. Emily played 

a great match and came through 

victorious 6-4 7-6(2). In the second 

round she drew the number 1 seed, 

Katy Dunne, ranked 326 and from 

the UK. Once again Emily played 

a good match and whilst she lost 

2-6 2-6, she put on a good display 

of tennis and showed that she has 

huge potential in the game. 

The middle of August was taken 

up by the Nike Junior Nationals, 

which were once again held in 

Nottingham. Emily had a fabulous 

week and came away with both 

the 16U National Singles title and 

the 18U National Doubles title – 

an excellent performance with 

Emily managing to keep her focus 

whilst waiting for GCSE results on 

the semi final day, and likewise, 

keeping her focus on finals day 

knowing that she had secured 

herself 10 A*s! 

Following one day’s rest, Emily 

was back on the court preparing 

herself for a Main Draw Wild Card 

place in the $25,000 Pro event 

in Woking. The first round saw 

her play fellow Brit, Beth Askew, 

ranked 760 WTA. Emily played 

exceptionally well and secured 

a 6-4 6-4 win and a place in the 

second round. Once again this 

meant a match against the no 

1 seed, in this case 31 year old, 

Ana Vrljic, from Croatia (ranked 

238 WTA). Emily stepped up 

to the mark and put in a fine 

performance. She lost the first set 

and went 2-4 down in the second. 

However, she showed her inner 

strength to take the second set 7-5 

but was unable to overcome the 

experience of her opponent in 

the third. Nevertheless, another 

excellent performance and which 

sees her one step closer to securing 

a WTA ranking of her own! 


programmes 

Aegon Team Tennis 

Aegon Team Tennis Surrey was 

once again a huge success with 

582 teams taking part, who were 

from 94 clubs from around Surrey. 

Huge congratulations must go 

to all the clubs that won their 

respective divisions in the County 

Tier of the competition. 

A particular mention goes to 

Southwark Tennis Club 10U Team 

who won 46 out of 48 rubbers 

and put in some impressive 

performances to win Division 2H in 

the 10U Boys category. This resulted 

in them winning Aegon Team of 

the year Division 2 onwards at our 

Surrey Junior Awards. 

Aegon Team Tennis is a 

nationwide competition, and 

some of Surrey’s top teams will 

take part in the Premier Divisions. 

Sutton Tennis Academy’s 12U 

Boys Team made a great run to 

the final, winning their regional 

group and beating some very 

strong teams along the way. 

Although they lost out in the 

Grand Final to Northumberland 

on a shootout, their performance 

throughout the competition 

was exceptional and led to them 

winning Aegon Team of the year 

Premier and Division 1 at the 

Surrey Junior Awards. Wilton 

Tennis Club, a four court venue in 

South West London, were the No.2 

seeds and successfully navigated 

their way past strong competition 

to capture the National Title. 

Team Manager Terry Oakes: “I 

am so proud of a group of young 

ladies who displayed phenomenal 

skill, determination and, above all, 

team spirit. I should also like to 

commend all at Holcombe Brook 

for their graciousness and their 

part in what was a magnificent 

advert for the concept of Team 

Tennis.” 

As well as providing lots of 

matches for our players, we also 

encourage the competition to 

be played in good spirit so that 

players enjoy the experience and 

team environment that they are 

a part of. It was great to receive 

feedback from clubs about how 

they were made to feel welcome 

at matches by their opponents. 

Hopefully it will lead to these 

players and parents/organisers 

being involved in tennis much 

more. One club we felt were 

especially worthy of the Aegon 

Team Tennis Hospitality Club of 

the year award was Brightwell LTC. 

Many congratulations to them. 

We hope that Aegon Team 

Tennis Surrey can go from 

strength to strength in the years 

to come. 


programmes 

James Jordan 

HSBC Road to Wimbledon 2015 

Road to Wimbledon Club and 

County Stages 

This year saw a great number 

of entries from Surrey venues 

into the Road to Wimbledon 

Competition. Once the venue 

stage of the competition had 

been completed, we had over 150 

players taking part in our County 

Finals Stage, this took place over 

4 weekends at Sutton Tennis 

Academy and St George’s College 

in Weybridge, where Referee Mike 

Pinnegar once again did a fantastic 

job in running a great event. It was 

a busy few weeks, with some great 

tennis on display, but eventually 

we were left with two players, who 

won the Boys and Girls Events 

respectively. 

Road to Wimbledon Regional 

Finals, Surrey representatives: 

Carl-Jamie Bashiri and Leah 

Gonzales-Edwards 

Our County Stage Winners were 

in action at Wimbledon during 

August. Carl-Jamie was runner-up 

of the Boys Consolation and won 

the Boys Doubles. Leah also did 

fantastically as she reached the 

quarter finals of the Girls Main 

draw and was victorious in the 

girls doubles. Results can be found 

on the HSBC Road to Wimbledon 

website. 

Road to Wimbledon continues 

to be a flagship event in the Tennis 

Surrey calendar and we hope that 

in years to come it remains one 

of our most popular events, and 

provide those few lucky players 

with an opportunity to play at 

Wimbledon itself. 

A big thank you must go to all 

Surrey volunteers who supported 

the event throughout; it makes a 

big difference in adding value and 

prestige to the competition. 

Looking forward to what Road 

to Wimbledon 2016 brings! 


programmes 

You said, we did 

Let us know your thoughts on tennis in 

the county by email, Facebook or Twitter. 

Below are some of the comments and 

questions you’ve given us. 

Facebook.com/tennissurrey 

@SurreyLTA 

Email surrey@LTA.org.uk 

Venues wanted more 

promotion of their 

venues. 

We put together the 

‘Where to Play Tennis’ 

guide for distribution at 

major events. 

Players wanted to 

see the draws for the 

Surrey Knockout 

Competitions to see 

how the draw was 

progressing 

We now publish those 

draws online and 

update them on a 

weekly basis. 

You wanted to understand 

more about court surfaces 

and lighting . 

We organised a Court Surfaces 

and Lighting Venue Forum 

at which Lee West spoke and 

answered queries. We hope to 

run a second forum in Spring 

2016 for those venues that were 

unable to attend. 


programmes 

The joy of taking on admin help 

at Wigmore Lawn Tennis Club 

While I’m sure everyone would 

agree that it is marvellous to 

have a popular club with a 

thriving coaching programme 

and growing membership, 

success doesn’t come without its 

challenges! In all spheres of sport, 

it seems to be getting harder and 

harder to find volunteers to help 

run clubs, particularly on the 

administrative front. Having grown 

in membership from around 500 

to 800 within four years and now 

with a growing waiting list for 

new adult members (there is no 

limit on junior memberships), 

Wigmore decided that the time 

had finally come to invest in paying 

for administrative help to ease the 

admin burden on its volunteers. 

We advertised for part-time 

help through a specialist on-line 

agency and received a large 

number applications from good 

candidates, so there is definitely 

interest ‘out there’ in part-time 

admin work! We have taken on an 

Administration Manager for the 

club who works for us on a selfemployed, 

part-time basis. She has 

the flexibility to work from her 

home or at our club and chooses 

the hours and days that she works 

– advertising when she will be 

at the club to answer members’ 

queries or meet prospective 

members on our club website. 

This doesn’t mean that the 

committee are shirking from their 

work in running the club – quite 

the opposite; it gives us more time 

to focus on the bigger picture and 

the future direction of the club 

rather than get bogged down 

in the day to day nitty gritty of 

reminding members to pay their 

dues / be at the club to meet the 

gasman for meter readings etc 

(which is also hard when most of 

the committee are at work during 

the day). I know that many clubs 

rely solely on volunteers, but if your 

club is struggling to keep on top 

of the admin work, I recommend 

you pull in some outside help, it is 

certainly bringing joy to Wigmore’s 

management committee! 

Louise McKerchar, President 

Wigmore Ltc, Streatham 


Matthew Ebden 


cover story 

The return of 

the good life 

The Aegon Surbiton Trophy returns to the ATP 

calendar. Surrey Great, Ross Hutchins, and Fed Cup 

Coach Judy Murray, talk of their memories of the 

event over the years. 

Photos: Katrina Smith and Tom Smeeth 

Summer marked the return of The 

Aegon Surbiton Trophy to Surbiton 

Racket and Fitness Club. After 

an absence of eight years from 

the Tour, a host of international 

and top British players arrived in 

South West London to compete 

in the prestigious grass court 

event. The Surbiton Trophy has a 

long history of top players with 

previous competitors including 

Andy Roddick, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 

Martina Navratilova and Sue 

Barker to name just a few. The 2015 

field included British talent such as 

James Ward, Liam Broady and Dan 

Evans and in the Ladies’ draw Tara 

Moore and Naomi Broady joined 

an exciting international field. 

Club Director Roy Staniland, 

who was instrumental in the event 

returning to the players’ calendar, 

has vivid memories of some of 

the stars he’s previously seen 

competing for The Surbiton Trophy 

and said, “Roger Federer stands out 

as someone who you could see had 

a great future ahead of him but 

so do the likes of Kei Nishikori, Ivo 

Karlovic and even Andy Murray 

Vitalia Diatchenko 


all of whom have played on our 

grass courts.” 

The Club itself operates like 

many other tennis clubs in the 

local area but when hosting 

an international event plenty 

needed to be done so the players, 

the crowd and the members 

could enjoy the facilities. When 

asked about preparation, Roy 

explains: “we started planning 

months in advance with various 

governing bodies but thanks 

to the professionalism of our 

partners and dedication of our 

army of volunteers who were 

mostly members everything went 

without a hitch. The attention to 

detail meant we had to work with 

players, ball crews, spectators, 

caterers, local authority, residents 

and plenty more all in the space of 

a few hours.” 

British Fed Cup Captain, Judy 

Murray, who knows what it’s like 

to be in the Surbiton crowd as she 

watched her son Andy, recalls, 

“I remember Andy playing here 

as a teenager in the run up to 

Wimbledon. It was a wonderful 

experience to play in front of 

a packed crowd on grass and 

looking out today you’ll see lots 

of the stars of the future here.” 

I walk past the courts and remember 

battles I’ve had out there, I’ve got very fond 

memories of this event” 

Judy could have been looking at 

USA prospect Stefan Kozlov, Denis 

Kudla who is now close to the top 

50 in the world, eventual finalist 

Naomi Osaka who won The WTA 

Rising Stars event or winner Vitalia 

Diachenko who went on to play 

Serena Williams at the US Open. 

On the court there were great 

matches watched by capacity 

crowds but attracting over two 

thousand locals was the kids’ zone 

which is designed to attract the 

next generation of British stars. 

Organised by Surbiton Racket and 

Fitness Club, it was a huge success 

as busloads of school children had 

their serve timed, participated in 

lessons and watched the tennis 


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all for free. One person delighted 

with the activities is The Lawn 

Tennis Association Chief Executive, 

Michael Downey, who experienced 

the Aegon Surbiton Trophy for the 

first time. Commenting on the 

event, he said, “The numbers of 

kids who have played here is quite 

significant and it introduces them 

to our sport at a young age. I’m 

sure they’ll go home and pick up 

a racket after seeing the stars of 

the future playing and having a go 

themselves.” 

British hopes for the tournament 

took a huge blow when several 

of the bigger names suffered 

shock exits but we did see success, 

including domination in the 

doubles thanks to the Skupski 

brothers on the men’s side and 

Tara Moore and Nicola Slater on 

the ladies’. Many of the members 

were delighted to be able to get up 

close to the action, with players 

and spectators sharing the same 

restaurant and all of them were 

more than happy to stop and talk 

about life on the tour. 

British player Ross Hutchins 

reached the top of the doubles but 

since retiring has taken up the 

role of ATP Vice President of Player 

Relations which means he has to 

visit plenty of tournaments and 

speak with competitors about their 

experience. Ross gave a glowing 

report: “The players love playing 

here because the grass courts 

are real quality with a very true 

bounce. Surbiton is a very homely 

and unique place so it’s lovely 

to be back.” He then went on to 

reminisce about being a former 

competitor, adding: “I walk past 

the courts and remember battles 

I’ve had our there, I’ve got very 

fond memories of this event.” 

The finals weekend of the 2015 

Aegon Surbiton Trophy saw a 

thrilling men’s battle between 

Denis Kudla and Matthew Ebden, 

both of whom attacked and serve 

volleyed in a throwback to the 

grass court tennis of years gone 

by. It was Ebden who won 6-7, 6-4, 

7-6, including a last set come back 

from 5-2 down. On the ladies’ side, 

Vitalia Diatchenko proved too 

strong for Naomi Osaka with the 

youngster putting up a good fight 

in the first set but struggling with 

the pace in the second with the 

score finishing 7-6, 6-0. The doubles 

had a British feel about it as Ken 

and Neal Skupski beat Marcus 

Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner 6-3, 

6-4 but it wasn’t to be in the ladies 

as Tara Moore and Nicola Slater 

were defeated 7-6, 6-3 by Lyudmyla 

Kichenok and Xenia Knoll. 

Planning has already started for 

the 2016 Aegon Surbiton Trophy 

which promises to be bigger and 

better than ever before. If you 

didn’t manage to make it down to 

Surbiton Racket and Fitness Club 

this summer then next year you 

can be like some of the thousands 

who saw great grass court tennis 

in 2015. 

www.surbiton.org/ trophy 

Denis Kudla 


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Third successive title for 

Surrey player, Jan Reynolds 

Surrey Player, Jan Reynolds, wins at National Visually Impaired Tennis 

Championships after record entry. 

For the third year in a row 

Carshalton’s Jan Reynolds 

claimed the singles title at the 

National Visually Impaired Tennis 

Championships as the winners 

were decided in five singles events 

and three doubles events at the 

National Tennis Centre in London. 

After two years of the 

championships featuring one 

men’s singles draw and women’s 

singles draw for visually impaired 

players in the B2-B4 classifications, 

this year’s record entry resulted in 

three men’s singles draws. 

After successive women’s singles 


titles at the championships in 2013 

and 2014 Reynolds claimed the B4 

Women’s Singles title this year in 

style, winning three of her four 

round-robin matches 4-0, 4-0 and 

dropping her only three games 

in the event to runner-up Rosine 

Pybus after a 4-1, 4-2 win against 

the Darlington player. 

The championships also 

incorporated the first ever Tennis 

Foundation Blind and Visually 

Impaired Tennis Awards with 

many deserving nominees. The 

winners were decided by a panel 

put together from the Tennis 

Foundation and members of the 

GB Visually Impaired Advisory 

Group. Dave Donnelly was voted 

Male Personality of the Year, Dawn 

Fradgley won Female Personality 

of the Year, Leslie Snaith was 

voted Coach of the Year and the 

Volunteer of the Year Award was 

We are delighted to have had a 

record entry this year for the National 

Visually Impaired Tennis Championships 

and we had an exceptionally high level of 

tennis” 

won by Odette Battarel. 

“We are delighted to have 

had a record entry this year for 

the National Visually Impaired 

Tennis Championships and we 

had an exceptionally high level 

of tennis,” said David Hardman, 

the Tennis Foundation’s Disability 

Development Manager for London 

& South East. 

“Blind and visually impaired 

tennis shows how the sport can be 

adapted for absolutely anyone to 

play and enjoy. We’ve supported 

an increasing number of blind and 

visually impaired tennis sessions 

across the country this year and it’s 

great that so many people are now 

enjoying the game. I’m sure the 

National Championships will only 

inspire many more to take up the 

sport and we are extremely excited 

for the future of the sport.” 

Find out more on the Tennis 

Foundation website: www. 

tennisfoundation.org.uk 

@TennisFndation 

TennisFoundation1 


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County Cup 2015 - 

Bitter Sweet Surrey 

The sweet was encapsulated by the success of the Surrey ladies with their 

Group 1 title. Whilst the men were anything but bitter the narrow second 

place, also in Group 1, meant a bitter sweet taste was felt for 2015. 

Surrey Ladies – County 

Cup Champions 

Surrey Ladies enjoyed a fantastic 

week to win all of their fixtures 

and come out on top in Group 

1 with Melanie South recording 

11 wins out of 12. The team had 

their 49th title wrapped up with a 

match to spare and didn’t play the 

final rubber with Lancashire due to 

the bad weather. 

Team Captain Mandy Spicer 

said: “Having gained promotion in 

2014, the girls were on a mission 

to certainly stay in Group One. 

As the week progressed, the 

realisation we could actually 

win the Championships became 


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reality. “The girls are a credit to 

Surrey tennis on and off the court 

and I am proud to be their Team 

Captain.” She also described the 

girls as “a great team on and off 

the court” 

The victorious Surrey Team: 

Megan Rogers, Emily Appleton, 

Christa Gecheva, Laura Peterzan, 

Mel South, Mandy Spicer (Captain), 

Lana Rush, Jasmine Asghar, Emily 

Gibbens, Natasha Starling. 

Surrey Men – So close 

Team: Joe Salisbury, Adam 

Thornton-Brown, Chris Eaton, 

Adam Skalsky, Mark Whitehouse, 

David Fox, Tim Patient, James 

Lloyd, Max England, Danny 

Sapsford (Captain). 

Mixed emotions this 

year at Eastbourne 

Another creditable second placed 

finish, but frustration that it 

wasn’t a first. 

The overall standard of all the 

Under 18 Girls County 

Cup Champions 

The final day… 

“Going into Sunday we knew if 

we beat Kent we would win the 

division for the first time in nine 

years. The girls took this situation 

teams was noticeably weaker this 

year with our traditional rivals, 

Herts and Kent, three or four 

players short of full strength. And 

our match results reflected this. A 

6-3 victory vs Herts and a 5-1 victory 

vs defending champions Kent were 

as easy as the scores suggest. 

Add to that a 7-2 victory vs 

newly promoted Suffolk, and an 

8-1 victory vs Lancs, and the week 

was seemingly a stroll in the park. 

However, Derbyshire on Day two 

proved to be our downfall. It was 

a very tight match with many 

rubbers hinging on one or two 

key points. Playing an abbreviated 

scoring system of two sets and a 

Champions tiebreak due to the 

weather only further favoured 

the chance of an upset and so it 

proved. Surrey were 2-1 down at 

lunch, which was pulled back to 

3-3 at tea. 

The final round, in my opinion, 

gave Surrey a slight edge but it 

wasn’t to be as the Derby boys 

raised their games to emerge 

on incredibly well with wins from 

Gemma and Jodie in straight 

sets and Emily and Jas in three 

sets leaving us up 4-2 after the 

singles. The scene was set for the 

undefeated pairing of Emily and 

Jodie to bring the trophy home. 

victorious. The Derby team 

contained no real superstars, but 

as is the saying, the team were 

greater than the sum of all its 

individuals. 

They battled fantastically well, 

and collectively fought 100%, and 

in the end just about deserved 

their 5-4 victory. 

Sadly for Surrey, no other County 

were able to beat Derby although 

they did have two further very 

close 5-4 victories to contend with. 

But it was their week, where all 

the tight matches seemed to go in 

their favour. 

Once again, our team were 

a joy to work with. A mixture 

of experience and youth with 

all members playing their part. 

And so, even though Surrey won 

more rubbers, sets and games 

than Derby, it was the Derby men 

that lifted the trophy for the 

first time in their history. Many 

congratulations to them, but I’m 

certain it will be Surrey holding 

the trophy aloft next year… 

They dominated from the start 

and won comfortably in straight 

sets…..we did it…Tennis Surrey 

Girls were national champions!” 

Team: 

Emily Appleton, Jodie Burrage, 

Jasmine Asghar, Lily Ghodrati, 

Gemma Heath, Jodie Lawrence- 

Taylor, Darinka Tiboldi, Hannah 

Ferrett. 

Team Manager: Matt Thomas 

Coach: Lerissa Graham 

Under 12 Boys County 

Cup Champions 

The final match… 

“So, it went down to the doubles 

and after their performance at 

the regionals shootout the team 

all agreed it should be Harry and 

Raffa to face the daunting duo of 

Ellis and Derin in the decider. The 

match got off to a cagey start, 


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with little between the teams 

apart from a few nervy unforced 

errors and easy put-aways at the 

net, but then at 3-2 down in the 

first set the boys suddenly started 

to spot the angles and movements 

of their opponents at the net to 

hit some stunning winners down 

the line and pick up volleys from 

the floor that nobody thought 

possible and suddenly they started 

to believe…they could actually 

win this! After coming back from 

15-40 down in two games running 

the boys just seemed inspired at 

sudden death deuce and took the 

first set. With confidence running 

high, their play just got better and 

after a couple of stunning crowd 

pleasing points it was suddenly 

all over….they’d actually done it - 

County Cup Champions!” 

Team: 

Harry Hewing, Raffaello 

Papajcik, Jamie Forrest, Krisnaa 

Muhunthakumar. 

Team Manager: Matt Trevail 

Coach: Ben Cullen 

Under 14 Girls County 

Cup Champions 

The final day… 

“Surrey lead the match 3-1 over 

Middlesex going into the doubles 

on the final day. However, Surrey 

had now lost Gemma Heath to 

injury, meaning that three players 

weren’t eligible for the doubles due 

to injury- Jizel, Eloise and Gemma. 

Fortunately Freya Hampton-Evans 

showed her commitment to Surrey 

by traveling up early Saturday 

morning and giving Surrey the 

opportunity to field a full doubles 

team. Freya and Elisa would play 

two doubles and Alessandra and 

Kung would move up and play one 

doubles. 

Middlesex took the lead winning 

the first set in both doubles and 

then winning the number two 

doubles match, making the score 

Surrey 3-2 Middlesex. Kung and 

Alessandra were able to claw 

back and win the second set 

6-4 and take the match into a 

championship tiebreak. Kung and 

Alessandra had done fantastically 

well to take the match to a 

third set against a pairing with 

combined ratings that were three 

above them. They fought hard and 

were able to pull off the tiebreak 

of the championship winning 

10-5, and with that Surrey won the 

County Cup Championship.” 

Team: 

Gemma Heath, Jizel Matos- 

Sequeira Fernandes, Alessandra 

Ruggieri, Elisa Van Meeteren, 

Eloise Saraty, Kung Phimlee and 

Freya Hampson-Evans. 

Team Manager: Mark Holdstock 

Coach: Caroline Jordan 


In 2015 the Reed’s School, Cobham, 

tennis team won the World 

Schools’ Tennis Championships 

in Doha, Qatar for the third time, 

thereby giving England the honour 

of being the country to have won 

the title the most times in the 

history of the tournament. 

The competition comprises 

sixteen of the best teams from 

countries around the world such as 

Australia, South Africa, China and 

Brazil. Reed’s qualified for the event 

having won the British Nationals in 

2014. The young team (Jack Molloy, 

Barney Smith, Louis Newman, 

Damian Rodriguez and Ben Draper) 

wrapped up the final against 

Chinese Taipei by winning 14 

straight points in a row, to take the 

tie 4-2. They had previously topped 

their group, with convincing wins 

over Chile and Belgium, followed 

by a close 3-3 draw with Australia 

before facing Germany in the 

Quarters and Turkey in the Semi- 

Finals. Director of Tennis, Adrian 

Blackman, commented, “The 

boys fought hard all week; being 

crowned World Schools Champions 

means a lot to the team and the 

whole school. It’s the result of a 

huge amount of hard work and 

we’ll go back to school next week 

and carry on, with the Team Tennis 

Schools’ National Championships 

the next big set of fixtures in our 

tennis calendar”. Jack Molloy, 15, 

who played at Number 1 for Reed’s 

said, “The whole team have really 

enjoyed the week, playing at an 

incredible venue such as this. The 

chance to meet and make friends 

with players from all over the world 

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Reed’s School Win World 

Schools’ Tennis Championship 

has been great, but taking the title 

was really special”. Ben Haran, 

Head Coach at Reed’s, added, “I am 

absolutely delighted that Reed’s 

have won the 2015 World Schools’ 

Championships! Having won the 

title twice before, we knew we were 

strong contenders but couldn’t 

have imagined how tough the 

competition would be. The boys 

showed great resilience and team 

work and I couldn’t be more proud 

of them!” 

Tim Henman, a former tennis 

scholar at Reed’s School, sent his 

congratulations too, and UK No.1, 

Andy Murray, who had partnered 

Jack Molloy in the exhibition 

match at Reed’s, was obviously 

thrilled because he took time out 

to Retweet the news to his 2.9 

million followers! 


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Great Britain win gold in men’s 

doubles at World University 

Games with Surrey doubles pair 

Darren Walsh from Southern 

Methodist University in Texas, and 

Joe Salisbury from the University 

of Memphis, both Surrey players, 

helped Great Britain claim gold 

in the men’s doubles at the World 

University Games in South Korea, 

making it the most successful 

games ever for Great Britain’s 

tennis team. 

The Surrey pair defeated home 

favourites Hyeon Cheung and 

Ji Sung Nam from South Korea 

2-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the final to claim 

Britain’s first gold medal for ten 

years in the tennis competition. 

Funded and supported by the 

Tennis Foundation, a team of six 

players made the trip to Gwangju, 

South Korea to compete in the 

prestigious event which is this 

second largest multi-sport event 

after the Olympics with 10,000 

athletes taking part. 

Against the backdrop of a 

noisy South Korean crowd, the 

Brits recovered from a slow start 

in hot and humid conditions to 

win through, clinching a tight 

Championship tie-break 10-8 after 

some nerveless play at the net. 

“This has been one of the 

best experiences of my tennis 

career and probably my greatest 

achievement,” said a delighted 

Salisbury. “The team environment 

we created was very special and 

made the trip so much fun.” 

Having started their campaign 

by beating the top seeds from 

America, Martin Redlicki and 

Austin Rapp 6-1, 6-4, the Surrey 

players excelled all week against 

higher-ranked opposition with 

their opponents Cheung and Nam 

in the final having an ATP singles 

ranking of 79 and an ATP doubles 

ranking of 286. 

Darren Walsh added: “It’s been 

a great week. The spirit within 

the tennis team has been fantastic 

and I’ve really enjoyed watching 

and being supported by the wider 

British team from all sports. To 

win a gold (and silver in the mixed) 

is an amazing experience and 

something I will cherish for a long 

time.” 

Walsh enjoyed a doubly 

successful tournament after 

partnering Alex Walker from the 

University of Bath to silver in the 

mixed doubles. Walsh and Walker 

exceeded expectations to make 

the final defeating the number 

one seeds from Taiwain, Hsien-Yin 

Peng and Kai-Chen Chang in the 

semi-finals. 

However, despite their best 

efforts they couldn’t match the 

highly experienced and consistent 

Belarussian pairing of Lidziya 

Marosova and Andrei Vasilevski, 

going down 6-2, 6-3 in the final to 

take the silver medal. 

Alistair Higham, Team Manager 

and Universities Manager at the 

Tennis Foundation said: “The gold 

and silver medals are a result of 

professionalism, hard work and 

fantastic team spirit.” 


Tennis Focus Academy based 

in Fordbridge Park, Ashford in 

Spelthorne Borough competed 

against over 250 other venues 

nationwide to achieve the highest 

participation numbers in mini 

tennis. They were runners up in 

the UK and No.1 in England for 

participation numbers with over 

170 children new to the game 

attending at Fordbridge Park. As a 

prize they got to select ten children 

from their Academy to play at 

Queens on the 1st day of the Aegon 

Championships tournament 

with top player Mikhail Youzhny 

(Former No.8 in the world, Grand 

Slam semi finalist, with wins over 

most of the top players including 

Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic). 

They also received expert advice 

from doubles Grand Slam winner, 

Leander Paes. 

The Academy has also had 

success in Aegon Team Tennis 

with five of the teams winning 

their league. Spelthorne resident 

Oscar Weightman who plays in the 

men’s team reached 95 in Europe, 

No 6 in the UK in his first year in 

the 14 & Unders. Last year Oscar 

was part of the Great Britain 12 & 

team that won the European Team 

Championships. 

Team Spelthorne, which is 

coached by the Academy at 

Fordbridge Park, also gained two 

gold’s winning all the tennis events 

at the PG Surrey Youth Games. The 

second team also gained silver in 

the Mini Tennis event. 

Fordbridge Park has just 

been given the green light for 

an exciting project to install 

floodlights, a pavilion with a café 

and spectator area. The aim is 

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Tennis Focus Academy in 

Ashford helps drive mini tennis 

participation 

for the lights to be installed in 

2015 and the pavilion the end of 

January 2016. The project will also 

provide a programme of free and 

low cost tennis. Community Tennis 

Ltd will manage the site, and 

the coaching will be provided by 

Tennis Focus Academy. 

“Its great to see so many kids, 

adults and families attend our 

events this year. Being based 

at Fordbridge Park we aim to 

remove the barriers some people 

sometimes find and we hope to get 

as many kids and adults playing, 

regardless of age, disability and 

standard. It’s a great sport and 

we want to encourage as many in 

Spelthorne to give it a go if it’s just 

for fun or performance”. 

Steve Savage, 

Tennis Focus Academy Director 


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Brits battle it out in the 

Foxhills final 

The return of the Aegon GB Pro-Series to Foxhills Club & Resort in Ottershaw 

(foxhills.co.uk) in August 2015 saw British players reach both the Singles and 

Doubles finals. 

Winner of the US$25,000 event was 

Viktorija Golubic (SUI) who beat 

Brit Katy Dunne 6-4 6-4 on a sunny 

afternoon at the popular Surrey 

club, before Katy partnered Harriet 

Dart in the Doubles final, losing to 

Claudia Giovine (ITA) and Despina 

Papamichail (GRE) 6-2 6-1. 

Despite the rainy weather, the 

tournament – held for the sixth 

year at Foxhills – was a success, 

with players enjoying support 

from local tennis fans. Entry to the 

early rounds of the tournament 


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was provided complimentary for 

Foxhills Members and via advance 

registration, with a hospitality 

package available on Finals Day 

including lunch and afternoon 

tea in the Club’s two AA Rosette 

Manor Restaurant, plus ‘best seats’ 

courtside for the two matches and 

a Q&A with the finalists. 

Pippa Britton, Foxhills’ Head 

Tennis Professional, commented: 

“It was a tough week for the players 

with rain interruptions but the 

LTA team and players kept their 

good humour. Thankfully the sun 

shone on the finals and although 

it was a shame not to see the Brits 

claim a win, the standard of play 

was high throughout the week. 

I’m delighted we can host such a 

prestigious tournament and make 

this level of competition accessible 

for members and Surrey tennis 

fans to enjoy.” 


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Red Boys Main Draw 

Surrey County 

Championships 2015 

The 2015 Surrey Championships 

was once again a very successful 

event, but was again disrupted by 

the British weather. Many thanks 

to Sutton Tennis Academy for their 

generous assistance in making 

additional indoor courts available 

to us so we were able to play every 

event to a conclusion. 

The weather apart, we saw some 

fantastic tennis - the Boys 8U Final 

in particular, between Ronnie 

Hickling and Jesse Clarkson, was a 

thrilling match. Both boys showed 

great shot making skills, using 

spin and angles, with well thought 

out points. 

For the first time we ran 

a 14U Girls Doubles and a 

Women’s Open Doubles event. 

Congratulations to those players 

who got these events into the 

schedule and I hope we can 

persuade more players to enter 

next year. 

We again offered qualifying 

draws at all yellow ball age groups, 

18U Girls Winner Eloise Saraty 

which proved popular, and will 

continue to do so in future years 

as this allows players of all levels 

of experience to take part in ‘their’ 

County Championships. 

Also featured was the Quorn 

Family Tennis Cup Yellow Ball 

competition, which is an informal, 

fun family event. This was won by 

Andy and David Middleton from 

Purley Tennis Club, who went on 

to play in the Regional finals and 

qualify for the National Finals at 

the National Tennis Centre where 

they came seventh out of sixteen 

16U Boys Winner Dan Siddall 

pairs. Many congratulations to 

them both! 

Congratulations to all the 

players who took part. I hope 

they enjoyed the tournament as 

much as I did and I look forward 

to seeing them again next August. 

My thanks also go to Tim Pearce 

for his outstanding refereeing 

and scheduling, and to David 

Fuchs of Tennis Services UK for 

ensuring a smooth and successful 

tournament for all. 

Chris Risebro 


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9U Girls Winner Nora Khediri 

9U Boys Winner Mikey Forrest 

Men’s Winners Thom Lavis and Ryan Roelofse 

Honours 

Event Winner runner Up 

8U Boys Ronnie Hickling Jesse Clarkson 

8U Girls Sienna Calvert Hannah Klugman 

9U Boys Mikey Forrest Miguel Elizondo 

9U Girls Nora Khediri Giulia Lesa 

10U Boys Flynn Bolton Tom Dunlop 

10U Girls Nora Khediri Amelia Tye 

12U Boys Mukhtar Andu Krisnaa Muhunthakumar 

12U Girls Leah Gonzales-Edwards Lucy Webber 

14U Boys Harrison Brown Deji Thomas-Smith 

14U Girls MJ Changwereza Kung Phimlee 

16U Boys Dan Siddall Luiz Felipe Maia 

16U Girls MJ Changwereza Eloise Saraty 

18U Boys Ed Hubner Dan Siddall 

18U Girls Eloise Saraty Ciara Wilson-Smith 

Open Mens Ed Hubner James Waygood 

Open Womens Gemma Southwick Daisy Phillips 

Red Girls Winner Sienna Calvert 

12U Boys Doubles Winners David 

Middleton and Krisnaa Muhunthakumar 

12U Boys Doubles 

David Middleton/Krisnaa Muhunthakumar 

Jamie Forrest/George Shields 

14U Girls Doubles 

MJ Changwereza/Leah Gonzales-Edwards 

Abigail Gundogan/Claudia Khan 

16U Boys Doubles 

Christian Doel/Deji Thomas-Smith 

Harrison Brown/Michael Mhangami 

Open Mens Doubles 

Thom Laevis/Ryan Roelofse 

Freddie O’Brien/James Waygood 

Open Womens Doubles 

Lucy Charlton/Hannah Ferrett 

Kung Phimlee/Eloise Saraty 

Open Mixed Doubles 

Jake Southwick/Gemma Southwick 

Jack Wilson-Smith/Ciara Wilson-Smith 

Quorn Family Tennis Cup 

Andrew and David Middleton 

Jamie and William Forrest 

12U Boys Winner 

Mukhtar Andu 


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Tennis Surrey Patron’s 

Association 

The Surrey Patrons’ Association 

was founded in 1968. Initially there 

were twenty nine members and 

over the years this has increased 

to a full membership of nine 

hundred and ninety nine. The aim 

of the founders was to assist in 

supporting Junior Tennis in the 

County. The Association currently 

supports promising Junior 

players and assists coaches with 

advancing their qualifications. 

We sponsor the Surrey Junior 

Championships and have recently 

made grants to Clubs purchasing 

defibrillators. We also contribute to 

recognised charities where Clubs 

are sponsoring events on their 

behalf. Members of the Association 

are able to participate in a ballot 

for Wimbledon tickets and enjoy 

social functions. There follows a 

brief resumé of those for 2015. 

Tennis Surrey Patrons have had 

a very good year for social events, 

with an extremely well attended 

lunch at the RAF Club in Piccadilly 

in April and a full turnout for a 

tour of the All England Club in 

September. There is also a dinner 

to follow at the Burford Bridge 

Hotel in Dorking in December. 

The lunch at the RAF Club was 

attended by ninety two Patrons 

including, most especially, 

Rex Poland, a rear gunner on 

Lancasters during WW2. It was also 

Rex’s 90th birthday so we arranged 

a special birthday cake with a 

model Lancaster on the top of it. It 

was a privilege to have Rex there 

with us. During the lunch, Patrons 

were given a most interesting talk 

about Bomber Command by Group 

Captain Mike Neville of the RAF 

Benevolent Fund. When lunch was 

over, Group Captain Hill took many 

of the Patrons across the road into 

Green Park to visit the Bomber 

Command Memorial there. All in 

all it was a memorable occasion. 

It is the second time we 

have arranged a tour of the All 

England Club for Patrons. We also 

arranged one in April 2014 and 

were amazed when this event was 

“sold out” within a few days of it 

being announced. We therefore 

wondered whether we might 

successfully repeat this event this 

year - and again, the event was a 

complete “sell out”. The day started 

with coffee in the Wingfield 

Restaurant followed by a visit to 

the All England museum. This is 

a very inter-active experience that 

everyone found fascinating. We 

booked two tours of the Club (of 

forty people each) which set off at 

1pm and enabled Patrons to see 

parts of the All England that the 

general public normally never get 

to see. When the tours returned, a 

delicious cream tea was laid out in 

the Terrace Restaurant to round off 

the day. 

Further details are available from 

the Patrons’ Secretary, Peter Lane. 

Email pj.lane@ntlworld.com or 

telephone 01737 353541. 


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Southwark Boys 

Surrey Junior Awards 2015 

Tennis Surrey held its inaugural Junior Awards Ceremony on Saturday 

afternoon, 10 October 2015. 

Progress and Endeavour Awards 

for both girls and boys have 

traditionally been presented at 

the Surrey AGM at the beginning 

of December. The County decided 

to give these Awards a higher 

profile at a Ceremony dedicated 

to the celebration of junior tennis 

in Surrey, and took advantage of 

the opportunity to add some new 

categories. 

The Junior Awards Ceremony 

took place in the Champions Room 

at the All England Club where 

the winners and their guests were 

treated to a guided tour of the 

grounds by Dan Bloxham, the Head 

Coach at the Club, followed by 

presentation of the awards by the 

County’s President, John Phillips, 

and a traditional cream tea. 

The occasion was very well 

received by all who attended and 

looks to be a set fixture in the 

County calendar for future years. 

Ed Hubner 

Hannah Ferrett 

Surrey LTA Progress Cup for Boys 

Surrey Patrons’ Progress Cup for Girls 

Roger Webb Boys Cup for Endeavour 

Jean Thirlwall Girls Cup for Endeavour 

Aegon Team Tennis Hospitality Club of the Year 

Aegon Team of the Year Premier and Division 1 

Aegon Team of the Year Division 2 and below 

Junior Team of the Year - Joint winners 

Girls 18 & Under 

Girls 14 & Under 

Boys 12 & Under 

Coach of the Year – Development 

Coach of the Year – Performance 

Junior Tennis Volunteer 

Daniel Siddall 

MJ Changwereza 

Edward Hubner 

Hannah Ferrett 

Brightwell LTC 

Sutton JT Boys U12 team 

Southwark Green team 

County Cup winners 



Mark Siddall 

Chris Tucker 

Julia Godman 


esults 

SURREY COUNTY 

LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION 

LEAGUE and knockout RESULTS 2015 

Winter Junior Knockout 

Girls 10 Kate Mansfield 

(Cranleigh LTC) 

Boys 10 Robin Mcalpine 

(David Lloyd Cheam) 

Girls 12 Charlotte Endsleigh 

(Reigate LTC) 

Boys 12 David Middleton 

(Purley LTC) 

Girls 14 Daisy Stevens 

(Sutton Tennis Academy) 

Boys 14 Carl-Jamie Bashiri 

(Wilton LTC) 

Girls 16 Annie Phillips 

(Oxshott Village) 

Boys 16 Harry Neate 

(Bourne Club LTC) 

Winter Team Knockout 

Men’s Grade A Virgin 

Active 

Men’s Grade B David Lloyd 

Epsom 

Ladies Grade A 

Wilton 

Ladies Grade B Woodfield 

Grove 

Men’s O45 Roehampton 

Men’s O55 Purley 2 

Ladies O40 St George’s Hill 

Winter Individual 

Knockout Singles 

Men’s Open Simon 

Bramwell (Westside) 

Men’s O35 Simon Bramwell 

(Westside) 

Men’s O45 Andy Middleton 

(Purley 

Men’s O55 David Lyonette 

(Virgin Active 

Men’s O60 Barrie Gilbert 

(Purley) 

Ladies Singles Ellie Cross 

(Purley) 

Ladies O35 Katie Jonas 

(Westside) 


(Westside) 


(Westside) 

Ladies O60 Rosemary 

Wilson (Bourne) 

Winter Individual 

Knockout Doubles 

Men’s Open Chris Ryan/ 

Tim Robson (Purley) 

Men’s O45 Amir Syed/ 

Michael Francombe 

(Magdalen Park) 

Men’s O55 Neil Weaver/ 

Steve Allum (Dormansland) 

Ladies Open Anne Clark/ 

Karen Hazzard (Purley) 

Ladies O40 Anne Clark/ 

Hazel Middleton (Purley) 

Ladies O50 Jane Timmis/ 

Julia Blatchly (Byfleet) 

Ladies O60 Gillian 

Bostelmann/Denise Gwatkin 

(Wimbledon) 

Mixed Open Chris Ryan/ 

Louise Ryan (Purley) 

Mixed O45 Richard Argyle/ 

Hazel Middleton (Purley) 

Summer Junior 

Knockout 

Girls 10 Nina Blay (Virgin 

Active) 

Boys 10 Flynn Bolton 

(Tennis England Esher) 

Girls 12 Chelsea Usideme 

(Burgess Park) 

Boys 12 Grade A Zain Baig 

(Wilton 

Boys 12 Grade B Thomas 

Lander (Walton) 

Girls 14 Isabella Townsend 

(David Lloyd Raynes Park) 

Boys 14 Grade A Carl-Jamie 

Bashiri (Wilton LTC) 

Boys 14 Grade B Thomas 

Burnett (Leatherhead) 

Girls 16 Katie Dando 

(Roehampton) 

Boys 16 Grade A Otto 

Sterner (Wilton) 

Boys 16 Grade B James 

Sharp (Thames Ditton) 

Summer Team Knockout 

Men’s Grade A 

Putney 

Men’s Grade B Ham and 

Petersham 

Ladies Grade A Putney LTC 

Ladies Grade B 

Magdalen Park 

Summer Individual 

Knockout Singles 

Men’s Open Casey 

Lyonette (VA Surrey) 

Men’s O35 Joe Barnes (LA 

Fitness Ewell) 

Men’s O45 John Monckton 

(Byfleet) 


(Purley) 


(Purley) 

Ladies Open Ellie Cross 

(Purley) 

Ladies O35 Morvern Scott 

(Grafton) 

Ladies O40 Bim Newton 

(Roehampton) 

Ladies O50 Susie Reid 

(Roehampton) 

Ladies O60 Wendy 

Scalinger (Sheen) 

Summer Individual 

Knockout Doubles 

Men’s Grade A Chris Ryan/ 

Tim Robson (Purley) 

Men’s Grade B Joe Barnes/ 

Jeremy Barnes (LA Fitness 

Ewell) 

Men’s O45 Richard Argyle/ 

Peter Warnock (Purley) 

Men’s O55 Arthur Ankrah/ 

Peter Warnock (Purley) 

Ladies Grade A Anne 

Clark/Karen Hazzard 

(Purley) 

Ladies Grade B Mimi 

Davies/Heather Taylor 

(Redhill) 

Ladies Over 40 Nicola 

Cooper/Cheryl Piper (David 

Lloyd Raynes Park) 

Ladies Over 50 Celia 

Gregory/Sue Rosenberg (St 

George’s Hill) 

Ladies Over 60 Denise 

Gwatkin/Gerry Skeens 

(Wimbledon) 

Mixed Grade A Chris 

Ryan/Louise Ryan (Purley) 

Mixed Grade B Joe 

Reddick/ Mimi Davies 

(Redhill) 

Mixed Over 45 Peter 

Warnock/ Mandy Willis 

(Purley) 

Surrey Winter League 

2014-15 

Men’s Div 01 

Westside 1 

Sutton Tennis & Squash 1 

Roehampton 1 

Purley 1 

Wentworth 1 

Wimbledon 1 


Wilton 1 

Putney 1 

Dulwich 1 

Westside 2 

Magdalen Park 1 

Epsom 1 


Sutton Tennis & Squash 2 

Surbiton 1 

St George’s Hill 1 


Putney 2 

Byfleet 1 


Limpsfield 1 

Southfields 1 

Coombe Wood 1 

Westside 3 

Westside 4 

Tennis Focus Academy 1 


esults 

Ladies Div 01 

Virgin Active Surrey 1 

Wimbledon 1 


Surbiton 1 

Westside 1 

Westside 2 

Ladies Div 02 

Roehampton 1 

Putney 1 

Shirley Park 1 


Purley 1 

Byfleet 1 

Ladies Div 03 

Roehampton 1 

Putney 1 



Purley 1 

Byfleet 1 

Ladies Div 04 

Reigate 1 

Bourne 1 

Elstead 1 

Virgin Active 2 

Wimbledon 2 

Dulwich 1 

Ladies Midweek Div 01 

Westside 1 

Oxshott 1 


Sheen 1 

Horsley 1 

Banstead Downs 1 


Woking 1 

David Lloyd Raynes Park 1 

Elstead 1 


Purley 1 

Limpsfield 1 


Bourne 1 

Pit Farm 1 

Putney 1 

Oxshott 2 

Pensford 1 

Westside 2 


Epsom 1 

Reedham Park 1 

Old College 1 

Claygate 1 


Purley 2 

Ladies Over 50 Div 01 


Wimbledon 1 


Claygate 1 

Reigate 1 

Westside 1 


Byfleet 1 



Westside 2 

Coombe Wood 1 



Reigate Priory 1 

Claygate 2 


Walton 1 

Surrey Summer League 



Putney 1 

Sutton Tennis &Squash 2 

Sutton Tennis &Squash 1 

Westside 1 

Wentworth 1 

Purley 1 


Roehampton 1 

Westside 2 


Dulwich 1 


Wimbledon 1 



Limpsfield 1 

Woking A 

Putney 2 

Westside 3 

Westside 4 


Wilton 1 

Southfields 1 


Old College 1 

Dormansland 1 

Epsom 1 

Ladies Div 01 

Virgin Active Surrey 1 

Westside 1 

Wimbledon 1 


Putney 1 

Surbiton 1 

Ladies Div 02 

Roehampton 1 

Westside 2 

Wilton 1 


Byfleet 1 

Westside 3 

Ladies Div 03 

Purley 1 



VA Surrey 2 

Limpsfield 1 


Ladies Div 04 

Wigmore 1 

Wimbledon 2 

Byfleet 2 

DL Raynes Park 1 

Westside 4 

Reigate 1 

Mixed Div 01 

Westside 1 

Purley 1 

Westside 2 


Roehampton 1 


Mixed Div 02 

Sutton 1 

VA Surrey 1 




Purley 2 

Mixed Div 03 

Roehampton 2 

South Croydon 1 


Woodfield Grove 1 

Westside 3 

Old College 1 

Mixed Div 04 

Wilton 1 


Coombe Wood 1 


Grafton 1 

Purley 3 


Key Tennis Dates – 2016 

2016 Australian Open 

18 - 31 January 

2016 Aegon Team Tennis Season 

3 April - 26 June 

2016 French Open 

22 May - 5 June 

Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Men’s and Ladies International 

4 - 12 June 

Aegon Nottingham Open (WTA International) 

4 - 12 June 

Aegon Birmingham Classic and Aegon Championships 

13 - 19 June 

Aegon Eastbourne International 

18 - 25 June 

Aegon Nottingham Open (ATP) 

18 - 25 June 

2016 Wimbledon 

27 June - 10 July 

Aegon Summer County Cup (County Week) 

18 - 22 July 

Surrey County Championships 

21 - 28 August 

US Open 

29 August - 11 September 

WTA Finals - Singapore 

24 - 31 October 

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 

14 - 20 November

Tennis in Surrey 2015

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