Dumfries Tennis Club hosted the 2019 Dumfries and Galloway Junior Championships on Saturday 22nd June. There were 9 trophies up for grabs with 40 players taking to the courts.

The first two trophies of the day went to Dumfries Tennis Club as Eve Crombie edge a tight match 1-4, 4-0, 12-10 in the girls 14s against Isla Grieve from Annan Seaforth. In the 9s and under Orange ball event Autumn Hodgins won 3 out of 3  to claim the trophy with Grace Palmer (Beechgrove TC) coming second with Daisy Stevenson and Abigail Warren both from Dumfries taking 3rd and 4th.

D&G Junior Championship results

In the 8s and under mixed event we had 12 players from all over the region taking part with many competing for the first time. After the group stages we were left with Jack Wearing from Dumfries TC, Sam Donnelly from Dalbeattie TC, Archie Brown from Beechgrove TC and Eamon McFarlane from Stewartry CSC. Sam edged past Archie 10-3 in the first semi, whilst Jack completed a 10-4 win again Eamon who went on to win the 3rd place play off against Archie 10-6. In the final Sam went into the match eyeing a double after he had beaten Jack 11-9 in the group stages but this time Jack got some early points to settle him as he raced into a 5-2 lead which became 9-2 before completing the win 10-4 with both boys playing some great Red ball tennis.

In the 9s boys event it was as tight as can be, with 3 of the 5 boys completing 2 wins each with Logan McCluskey (Dumfries TC) edging into 2nd place by a mere point over Grant Kerr (Dumfries TC) with Dominik Czopek (Dumfries TC) coming 4th with Thomas McCleary coming 5th win no wins but taking 3 of his 4 matches to 3 tie-break matches. The winner on the day with 4 wins out of 4 was Ethan Leyman (Dumfries TC).

This left the afternoon to the yellow ball events with Eve Crombie completing the double as again she finished her 12s match again Rose Brown on a championship tie-break taking the match 4-2, 2-4, 12-10. Both girls played some great tennis in the hottest part of the day.

In the 10s and under boys event we had 3 players taking part with Harry Brown from Beechgrove TC taking the titles with 2 wins against Oliver Bryant (Dumfries TC) 4-1 and Clark Bryson (Dalbeattie TC) 4-0, with Oliver taking 2nd.

In the boys 16s event Adam Maxwell (Dalbeattie TC) continued on from last years success in the 14s event as he beat Fergus Cubbon (Dumfries TC) 4-2, 4-0 and Stewart Laye (Stewartry CSC) 4-0, 4-1 with Fergus taking 2nd with a 4-1, 5-3 win over Stewart.

In the 12s and 14s boys event it was an outstanding display from 11 yr old Daniel McKenna (Annan) as he dominated both events on the way to winning both events and only dropping 2 games in the process as he beat Fergus Reynolds-Lewis (Dumfries TC) in both finals 4-1, 4-0 and 4-0 & 4-0. Jacob Holden (Dumfries TC) came third in both events with Flynn Dalgliesh (Annan) winning both consolation events.

A tremendous days tennis with some great performances on the day.

8s & under Mixed – Jack Wearing – Dumfries,

9s & under boys – Ethan Leyman – Dumfries,

9s & under girls – Autumn Hodgins – Dumfries,

10s & under boys – Harry Brown – Beechgrove – Moffat,

12s & under boys – Daniel McKenna – Annan Seaforth,

12s & under girls – Eve Crombie – Dumfries,

14s & under boys – Daniel McKenna – Annan Seaforth,

14s & under girls – Eve Crombie – Dumfries,

16s & under boys – Adam Maxwell – Dalbeattie.

With three weeks left for the men’s league 1 it was ladies and the men’s league 2 which took centre stage.

Defending champions Stewartry CSC went into a double header this week knowing that victory against Annan and avoid defeat against Dalbeattie should be enough to claim their 4 title in a row. The match against Annan went as the league table suggested as Stewartry won the match 4-0 to set up the Dalbeattie match. With home advantage and sitting with 8 wins out of 8 Stewartry started as strong favourites for this match and that’s the way it went as the took the first 2 rubbers which pretty much secured the title as they went on to win the match 3-1 on the night. This leaves them 5 points clear of both Dumfries and Dalbeattie who go head to head on Wednesday to see who finishes runner up in the league.

In the men’s 2nd division last years relegated team Beechgrove entertained Kirkcudbright knowing that victory would secure a return to the top league at the first time of asking. Having only dropped one point this year they were favourites to win on home soil and that’s the way it went with a 4-0 victory to gin promotion.

Well done to both teams.

D&G Senior Doubles Leagues 2019

In the men’s division 1 table, only 1 point separates the top 4 teams with defending champions Dumfries A only top on rubbers won with Stewartry CSC on equal points with Dumfries B and Dalbeattie both on 9 points.

This week Dumfries C travel to Annan on Monday knowing that if they avoid defeat it puts them in a strong position to avoid relegation before the entertain Dumfries A on the Wednesday. Dumfries B host Stewartry CSC as Dalbeattie travel to Annan and Annan complete their 3rd home match in a week as they welcome Dumfries B on Sunday.

https://dumfriesandgallowaytennis.com/leagues/dg-league-champions-board/

Despite the mid-week forecast the 2nd round of the D&G Red2Yellow Tour went ahead in great conditions for tennis. We had 10 kids in the Red (8s & under) event and 8 in the Orange (9s & under) event. There were 13 kids from Dumfries Tennis Club and 1 each from Hamilton, Gretna, Castle Douglas, Annan and Carlisle.

In the red event we had some good matches from a young field with only three 8 year old kids taking part. In the semi-finals we had Adam Hunter from Dumfries, Erin McKenna (Annan), Eamon McFarlane (Castle Douglas) and Elona Kennedy from Hamilton. Adam just edge past Erin 10-5 to book his place in the final to meet Elona for the 2nd time as she beat Eamon 10-4. Eamon took the 3rd place as he completed a win over Erin 10-3. Being the youngest in the field certainly didn’t hold back young Adam as he and Elona played some nice rallies for the 2nd time as Adam had just edged a tight match in the round robins 10-9. This time he secured the gold medal with a 10-4 victory. All the kids played really well and a big mentioned to Bethany Mann who was competing in her first event and although no wins she played some great points and will take that into her next event.

In the Orange event we had an 8 player round robin with a very mixed set of results. On the day Cameron Hunter joined his brother in winning the Orange event with 6 wins out of 7. Dominik Czopek came 2nd with 4 wins out of 7 with Autumn Hodgins also winning 4 out of 7 to take third on points won. Lewis and Jack also won 4 games with a lesser points total with Ethan & Toby getting 3 wins out of their 7. Again another special mention to Oliver Bryant who was playing in his first event and like Bethany he played some great points but just fell short on getting a win.

Well done to all the kids today and thanks to Tessa and Rich for helping with the scoring and to Nichola, Rebecca and Magdalena for helping out in the kitchen, very much appreciated.

Well done to the Hunter boys…

Red Results

Orange Results

There are several local senior events on the horizon for D&G players.

First up is the D&G senior confined championships on the 1st and 2nd June. This event is open to players born in, staying in or a member of a club in D&G.

Saturday 1st is for both ladies and gents singles with both doubles on the Sunday. See link below for more details and how to enter.

D&G County Confined Tournament Poster 2019

Next up is the return of an old event dating back to 1948, The Riding of the Marches Cup to be held at Annan Seaforth on Saturday 22nd June. This event is draw for partners, see poster for more details.

Annan Seaforth

The following day is the ever popular Dan Maskell Tournament at Dalbeattie Tennis Club.

Dan Maskell – Dalbeattie

Then as your holidays are in full swing there is the Lions trophy at Dalbeattie Tennis Club. This event is draw on the day for partners.

Then after the South of Scotland Championship there is the BSW Timber Trophy which again is hosted by Dalbeattie Tennis Club. If nothing else it is keeping Keith busy!!

BSW – Dalbeattie

Let enjoy a summer of tennis

Annan Seaforth

Dan Maskell – Dalbeattie

BSW – Dalbeattie

Tennis Scotland have been working with various coaches and competition organisers to create a website designed to make it slightly easier for parents and kids to find local Grade 4, 5 & 6 competitions from under 8s to 18yrs old.

The link below takes you to the webpage which breaks the events down by ball colour and district.

Tennis Scotland Local Competition Finder

Dumfries Tennis club hosted the 3rd Dumfries Mini Open on Monday 6th May.

There were 33 kids taking part in the 4 events from all over the UK. Glasgow, Edinburgh, Prestwick, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Newcastle, Carlisle with 13 from Dumfries TC and 2 more local boys.

In the Reds mixed event there was a 1, 2 & 3 for Dumfries as Jack Wearing, Adam Hunter & Isaac Sharp claimed the top 3 places with Jack being undefeated in his 6 matches and 6 years old Adam Hunter only losing the 2 matches out of 6, both to Jack. Also a mention to Ruby Gordon who was playing in her first competition, no wins today but lots of good points to build on.

In the 10s event there were just the 2 local boys who were both stepping up from Orange court to play in the full court green ball event. Both boys played well against their older opponents with Brodie Little getting a couple of wins out of his 4 matches and Logan McCluskey played 3 without a win but just losing in the tie-break in one.

The final was played out with Doncaster’s Angus Jones against Newcastle’s Oliver Barlow. Neither boy had lost a game going into the final and it was Angus who started the stronger of the players and took an early lead but Oliver kept him game simple and eased his way back into the match before taking the match 5-3 to clinch the final. Innes Brockie came third by beating previous D&G Red2Yellow Tour winner Oliver Clark.

In the 2 Orange events Dumfries would take another 4 medals. In the boys event it was a 1, 2 & 3 again with Cameron Hunter, Grant Kerr and Ethan Leyman and in the Girls event Autumn Hodgins came 2nd behind Nikemi Olafare. Nikemi won all 5 of her matches with Autumn taking 3 out of 5.

Dumfries Mini Open Results

The D&G Doubles Leagues started in glorious sunshine with 4 of the away teams taking the points.

In the ladies leagues, Dalbeattie were the only team on the night to win at home as they negotiated a tricky start again Kirkcudbright before taking the match 4-0. Dumfries ladies had a similar result with a 4-0 win at Annan with thirteen years old Isla Grieve making her league debut.

In the gents league defending champions Dumfries A eased past newly promoted Annan Seaforth with a comfortable 4-0 win. Elsewhere both Stewartry clubs were leaving Dumfries with valuable wins as Dalbeattie beat Dumfries B 3-1 and Stewartry CSC recorded the same score against Dumfries C with 11 yrs old Fergus Reynolds-Lewis making his debut with  a win in his first match before losing his 2nd quite comfortably.

The league results and fixtures can be found using the link below. (previous link is now inactive)

D&G Doubles League – Results and Fixtures

This week sees the start of the mens 2nd division matches as Dumfries D entertain Beechgrove  with Kirkcudbright gents heading to Moffat to play Beechgrove B.

In the ladies leagues Beechgrove play Dumfries with Annan welcoming Kirkcudbright and Dalbeattie host Stewartry CSC. In the gents league Dumfries C entertain Annan, Dumfries A play their first home match against Dumfries B and Stewartry CSC welcome Dalbeattie.

The start of the 2019 summer doubles leagues see division 2 men’s champions Annan Seaforth entertain division 1 champions Dumfries A. Whilst relegated Beechgrove travel to Dumfries D in their opening match.

In the ladies league defending champions Stewartry CSC entertain Beechgrove ladies as we start the  2019 season with the most team in a decade.

D&G Summer Leagues Fixtures 2019

The last event of the 2018/19 D&G Red2Yellow Winter Tour was played in Spring like conditions at Dumfries Tennis Club.

We had 5 Dumfries players and Sam Donnelly from Dalbeattie TC taking part in the first outdoor Red ball event for 2019.

Both Dominik and Jack got to the last match without losing any matches although both were pushed all the way by Ethan Leyman 10-8 & 11-9, who was playing in his final Red ball match before moving up to orange on Monday. Adam Hunter got the better of both Sam and Caitlin Topping to secure 4th place with both Sam and Caitlin enjoying the first outing at the outdoor Red event.

This left the final match between Jack and Dominik to see who would secure the gold medal and the leaderboard trophy. The scores ebbed and flowed as the boys went toe to toe before Dominik consistent hitting  put pressure on Jack who started to hit a few long which gave Dominik the victory by 10-7 and lift the gold medal. However it was Jack who secured the trophy for the leaderboard with a 7 point margin at the top. Again great to see the kids playing well and enjoying the tennis.

D&G Red2Yellow Winter Tour – Red Leaderboard

Just as the parents thought it was time to relax, then comes along the Summer tour which kicks off on Saturday 6th April with a Red and Orange event on the outdoor courts at Dumfries. The closing date to enter is Monday 1st April at 10am.

Red2Yellow Tour Red & Orange event

The final round of the D&G Mini Red Tour was completed today with 5 boys and 5 girls playing in the event. We has 5 from Dumfries TC, Jack Wearing, Dominik Czopek, Adam Hunter, Lucy Scade, Caitlin Topping and Abigail Warren with Erin McKenna and Joseph Wylie from Annan TC, Erin Charnock from Chatsworth TC and Samuel Donnelly from Dalbeattie TC.

There were 2 boys and 3 girls still in with a chance of securing the leaderboard title but it was going to be tight.

D & G Mini Red Tour Leaderboard 2019

After a great number of round robin games it came down to 3 valuable matches. In the girls event Erin McKenna (Annan) last match against Caitlin Topping (Dumfries TC) proved to be decisive as Caitlin edge a tight match 10-8. This left the final girls match to decide who would take the gold and silver medal and confirm who would win the leaderboard event. The match started even as Erin Charnock (Chatsworth TC in Carlisle) who has won her previous 3 matches took on Lucy Scade (Dumfries TC) who had won 2 matches by 10-8 and lost 1 to Abigail Warren (Dumfries TC) 10-8. This went to the wire as both girls played some great tennis with the parents watching on. Erin had the first match point but Lucy held out and eventually went on to win 11-9 and with that results and the head to head win gave her the Gold medal and the Leaderboard title by a small margin of 20 points from Erin McKenna.

In the boys event the 2 favourites progressed to the last and final match with to set up then final shoot out to see who would be the 2019 leaderboard champions. Dominik Czopek (Dumfries TC) who recently won the Cumbrian Mini Red tour started the stronger against hitting partner Jack Wearing (Dumfries TC) and never looked back as his consistent play kept Jack chasing balls. Dominik went on to secure a 10-4 victory and with both the Gold medal and the 2019 Leaderboard giving Dumfries TC a double win in the boys and girls event.

D&G Mini Red Tour LH Results

Well done to all the kids with some very tight matches which on another day could have been so different.

Keep playing tennis.