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Thursday August 07, 2008 |
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Each year Avenue LTC takes part in the
North Somerset League, playing fixtures home and away across this section of
the county (this area stretches to Minehead, Glastonbury/Wells, Nailsea and
Backwell). If you wish to play, sign up on the club
noticeboard now. We run 5 men's and 4 ladies' Summer League teams to cater to encourage wide club participation. If you would like to play for a team, please contact either the Men's or Ladies' Captain (see Committee link) .We also take part in Winter League in which teams play a ladies' doubles, a men's doubles and a mixed doubles to complete the fixture. Match fees are £2 adults and free for participating juniors. This is payable for all matches home and away and helps us cover the season's costs for balls and lights (where needed). Club subscriptions must be paid before you take part in League - this is a North Somerset League rule. For fixture lists, team sheets and league tables click on the relevant section below: League Results and Tables for Summer 2008 Contacts at other clubs (for rearranging fixtures, etc) Winter League Fixtures 2006/07 (last season) AVENUE TENNIS CLUB SUMMER LEAGUE 2008 RESULTS The Avenue had mixed results in the Men’s and Ladies Somerset League this year. The Men’s Avenue B & C team and the ladies A team were promoted but the Men’s A and D team were demoted together along with the Ladies B, C and D teams. NORTH SOMERSET TENNIS LEAGUE MENS 1 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS BRIDGWATER A 10 9 33 68 237 86 CLEVEDON A 10 9 30 64 185 82 WOODLAND A 10 6 23 49 44 61 VICTORIA A 10 2 18 37 -45 41 CLEVEDON B 10 2 9 21 -188 25 AVENUE A 10 2 7 15 -233 19 The men’s first team were badly depleted this year with lots of players coming to fill in for injuries and holidays. Craig Phillips and Rob Sweet battled well in a very strong league with Glen Pigden having almost a different partner for most game he played in. MENS 5 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS AVENUE B 10 7 24 51 35 65 CONGRESBURY A 10 6 20 46 -8 59 WELLS C 10 5 20 48 8 58 BRIDGWATER C 10 5 20 46 29 56 BACKWELL B 10 5 22 45 36 55 VICTORIA C 10 1 14 32 -100 35 The B team consisting of Simon Prior (Club Captain), Colin Christison, Richard Belfield, Colin Stead, Richard Mear and Brian Phillips did very well in stiff competition to win their league. MENS 6 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS AVENUE C 10 10 35 73 207 93 BRENT KNOLL A 10 7 26 56 111 71 CONGRESBURY B 10 5 24 56 59 67 WESTON C 9 4 17 38 -3 46 CHEDDAR B 10 1 11 27 -160 29 WINSCOMBE B 9 1 4 13 -214 15 Avenue Mens' C team won Division 6 of the North Somerset Tennis League in style by beating their closest rivals, Brent Knoll A team, 8-2 in the final game of the season. Both teams gained promotion with Avenue winning the league by a 22 point margin after maintaining an unbeaten record both home and away. Pictured after their final win are (l-r) Darren Lloyd, James Goodall, Jacques Macinnes and Neil Darby. MENS 8 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS WOODLAND C 10 9 29 63 170 81 WELLS D 10 8 24 56 32 72 WEDMORE C 10 5 23 53 77 63 BACKWELL C 10 4 19 40 -56 48 AVENUE D 10 2 15 34 -74 38 WRINGTON B 10 2 10 28 -149 32 The D team had a very inconsistent season and suffered from keeping the team pairs together. Ian Phillips (Team Captain), Barry Ramsden, Ian Parrish, Ian Keane, Richard Meare, Lee Fowler, together with promising youngsters Nick Arnold and Tom Stevens. MENS 10 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS LYMPSHAM C 8 7 27 55 175 69 CHEDDAR D 8 5 20 42 42 52 WESTON E 8 5 16 37 6 47 AVENUE E 8 3 12 29 -68 35 WINSCOMBE C 8 0 5 18 -155 18 The E team fielded a large number of players with Captain Jeremy Trathen pleased with the efforts of his players, Fred Riordan, Gordon Hunter (Chairman), John Nicholson, Heinz Shroeder, Dave Vennall (Scooby), Lee Fowler, Paul Impey, Len Cameron (Bar Manager) and promising youngsters Jack Tonkin and Tom Blake.
LADIES 2 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS VICTORIA A 10 10 26 59 109 79 AVENUE A 10 8 27 57 122 73 NAILSEA B 10 2 18 43 -40 47 WOODLAND A 9 4 17 36 -13 44 CHEDDAR B 9 3 17 36 -43 42 WEDMORE A 10 2 11 26 -135 30
The Ladies A team returned to the first division led by Captain Emily Rossiter who partnered young county player Nicole Priestman losing only 2 of 20 matches. Linda Matthews and Debbie Smith were the other successful pair, with Kelly Anne Vennell playing on occasion. LADIES 4 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS CLEVEDON B 10 9 34 71 229 89 BRIDGWATER C 10 9 33 69 198 87 CONGRESBURY A 10 5 19 44 -18 54 WEDMORE B 10 4 16 35 -59 43 AVENUE B 10 2 13 35 -120 39 WRINGTON B 10 1 5 11 -230 13 Avenue B ladies slipped out of division 4 represented by Wendy Price, Poo Jenkins, Jane Sanders, Issie Johnson, Kelly Anne Vennell and Ladies Captain Lyn O Dell. LADIES 5 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS WELLS B 10 8 33 68 160 84 AVENUE C 10 6 24 51 90 63 LYMPSHAM A 10 6 21 51 -8 63 WOODLAND B 10 5 21 47 22 57 WEDMORE C 10 3 11 30 -115 36 VICTORIA C 10 2 10 24 -149 28 Avenue C ladies were promoted, narrowly finishing ahead of Lympsham A. The team were represented by Emma, Wendy Price, Jane Sanders, Poo Jenkins, Pat Hunter, Lyn O Dell. LADIES 7 TEAM PLAYED WON RUBBERS SETS GAMES POINTS WESTON A 10 10 32 65 225 85 CLEVEDON C 10 7 29 60 168 74 BRENT KNOLL A 10 7 29 59 125 73 WINSCOMBE C 10 3 15 36 -92 42 VICTORIA D 9 1 7 17 -198 19 AVENUE D 9 1 4 15 -228 17 The D Team came up against some experienced A teams in this division and struggled. However the team fielded several new club players Julie Cameron (Club Membership Secretary), Jackie Whelaghan, Angela Marshfield along with experienced players Kay Rossiter and Shelley Bamsey. Mens and Ladies practice nights have recommenced at 6:30 on Mondays and Tuesdays respectively; all are welcome to attend.
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