The date was the 22nd May 2013, that was the last time that Dumfries A lost a match in the D&G Men’s doubles league and back then it was against Stewartry CSC. Almost 5 years on and it happened again but this time it was Stewartry neighbours Dalbeattie who stopped the run. On an extremely difficult night for tennis where high winds and rain showers played there part, Dalbeattie Tennis Club and Beechgrove Tennis Club were the guests at Dumfries against Dumfries A and C. Dumfries A v Dalbeattie was a top of the table clash and in the other match Dumfries C v Beechgrove was a relegation battle. All four teams found the conditions extremely challenging and on paper Dumfries C were slight favourites against Beechgrove who have played all their matches away from Moffat this year as their courts are re-laid. Dumfries C took the first 2 rubbers as they managed the conditions better before Beechgrove found their rhythm. Dumfries took the first set in each of the 2nd round matches before Beechgrove secured the next set in each match, this took the result down to two match tie-breaks which in that wind could go anyway. However Dumfries C kept their nerve to secure both match tie-breaks and the match 4-0.

On the other 2 courts the first 2 matches were shared as both teams took a rubbers each with match tie-breaks. Dumfries A’s record was on the line and the match was going to the wire as Graeme Cross & Richie Cunningham took the first set 6-1 before Darren Cassidy and Paul Boardman levelled by taking the 2nd set 7-6 to take the rubber into the match tie-break. In the other match Oscar Alberigo and Stevie White took the first set 7-6 against Lister McKiddie and Chris Topping before completing the win by taking the second set 6-4. This brought the match down to the championship tie-break which went to the wire before Dalbeattie took it and the match 10-8 to secure a valuable win which takes them to the top of the league with one match remaining. Dalbeattie sit on 14 points after 9 matches with Dumfries A on 12 points after 7 matches. Dumfries A still remain favourites with their next match away to Stewartry CSC before a double header against bottom of the table Beechgrove.

D&G Mens Doubles Leagues Results

Cumbria’s Jake Irving continues with his fine form as he wins his 2nd Red2Yellow Tour Orange event.

Logan, Cameron, Jake, Oliver McK, Brodie, Hanna, Oliver C & Thomas.

A field of 8 players battled it out on a damp cool day in Dumfries. We had 5 local kids, 2 from Edinburgh and Carlisle’s Jake.

We started with 2 round robin groups with Jake & Brodie Little coming through the B group and Oliver Clark (Edinburgh) and Cameron Hunter coming through group A. In the semi finals Jake edge past Cameron 8-6, 7-5 and Oliver won a marathon against Brodie 2-7, 7-2, 7-3 to join Jake in the final. Brodie secure 3rd place with a 7-3, 7-3 victory over Cameron before Jake edged another tight final as he took the gold medal with a 7-5, 8-6 over Oliver.

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In the consolation event Hanna Augustynska (Edinburgh) beat Logan McCluskey 8-6, 5-7, 7-5 in the final with Oliver McKnight beating Thomas McCleary 7-3, 8-6 to claim 3rd place play-off in the consolation.

D&G Red2Yellow Tour Orange Event June results

The next Orange event is scheduled for 28th July.

Dumfries and Galloway’s only representative in the 2018 Scottish Cup was Dumfries Men’s Tennis Team, who recently competed in the third round of the National Men’s Scottish Cup.   They played David Lloyd Aberdeen which is a very strong team, having won the Scottish Cup twice in the last four years.  The Dumfries Team comprised Lister McKiddie and Chris Topping, Les Harkness and Richie Cunningham and Graeme Cross and Lewis Gilmour.  On the day, Aberdeen proved too strong winning 5 – 1.  The pace of play was not what the Dumfries Team was used to and it took a set to get used to the pace and the second sets as a whole were closer.  The Dumfries Team however battled hard to the end of each match.   The Dumfries Team will now focus on the Dumfries and Galloway League with the benefit of this experience.  They are aiming to win the league for the eighth year in a row.

Richie, Les, Chris, Lister, Graeme & Lewis

Dumfries Tennis Club would be delighted to hear from anyone interested in playing tennis and welcomes players of all ages and abilities. Coaching is available from qualified coaches.  For more information go onto the Dumfries Tennis Club website – https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/DumfriesTennisClub or email them at dumfriestennisclub@gmail.com

Welcome back to some old friends! Dumfries Tennis Club played host to the D&G Senior Tennis Championships with a couple of old D&G players returning for the event. In the singles we played through a mixture of weather as the showers came and went during the matches. The first 6 matches went the way of the ratings, with Stephen White (Dalbeattie TC) bt Steven McCracken (Dumfries TC) 6-1,6-3 and Kyle Singh (Dumfries TC) bt Darren Cassidy (Dalbeattie TC) 6-3, 7-5. In the quarter finals defending champion Colin Dunbar (Chatsworth TC) edge past Stephen White 6-3, 6-4, Brian Litster (Penrith TC) bt Chad Lawson (Lochmaben TC) 6-1, 6-1, Lewis Gilmour (Dumfries TC) bt Ian Barr (Dumfries TC) 6-1, 6-3 and Richie Cunningham bt Kyle Singh in a marathon match 6-1, 2-6, 10-6. In the semi’s Lewis won a tight match against Richie 7-6, 7-5 and Colin held off Brian 6-4, 6-2. In the final both players looked well jaded but Colin used all his experience to capture his 8th title in 10 years as he completed the win 6-1, 6-1. In the consolation final Steven bt Darren 6-4, 6-2.

Colin Dunbar

Fraser & Brian

In the doubles on Sunday we had several tight matches in the 2 round robin groups with Brian and Fraser Patterson (Peebles TC) winning both qualifying matches against Lister McKiddie (Dumfries TC) and Chad 6-3, 6-2 and Graeme Cross & Michael Goldie (Both Dumfries TC) 6-1, 5-7 10-4. In the other group Stephen and Paul Boardman (Dalbeattie TC) edge past Colin & Lewis 7-6, 6-3 and Richie & Kyle 4-6, 6-2, 10-7.

The final saw 2 former Dalbeattie teams players and 2013 winners Brian and Fraser take on old team mates Stephen and Paul who were looking for their first D&G Doubles title. Brian who was chasing his 3rd title as he won back in 2016 with Richie Cunningham started well as he and partner Fraser took the first set 6-4 only to be pinned back as Stephen and Paul took the 2nd 6-1 and force a tie-break decider  which went the way of Brian and Fraser as they held on to take it 10-7.

Dumfries Tennis Club hosted it’s 2nd Mini Tennis open on Friday the 1st June. There were 45 entries with kids from Edinburgh, Lincoln, Doncaster and Carlisle joining the local kids in 4 events.

There were 17 kids entered into the Red ball event which covers 8 years and under. After the 4 round robin groups were finished we had 5 Dumfries kids playing in the quarter finals. Logan McCluskey and Lewis Hutchings edged past fellow Dumfries duo Grant Kerr 10-6 & Cameron Hunter 10-9. In the all girls clash Hanna Augustynska (Edinburgh) bt D&G Red Tour champion Autumn Hodgins (Dumfries) 10-1. In the last quarter final Carlisle’s Jake Irving edge past Rex Castillo (Carlisle) 10-3. Logan bt Lewis 10-1 in the 1st semi with Jake bt Hanna 10-8 in the second. In the final Jake took the early advantage as he raced into a 6-0 lead before a brief fight back by Logan but Jake kept his nerve to win 10-4. In the consolation final Doncaster’s Finlay Jones edged a tight match against Annan’s Thomas McCleary 10-9.

In the orange events we had 16 in the mixed and 4 in the girls event. Ellie Wright (Annan) completed 3 wins to take the girls event with Autumn Hodgins taking 2nd. In the mixed event only 3 local kids made it into the quarter finals . In the first semi Harrison McElnea (Lincoln) bt Edinburgh’s Oliver Clark 10-4. In the 2nd semi and a repeat of the Red final, we had the same outcome as Jake from Carlisle bt Logan 10-5. In a tight final Jake completed his double as he won 10-7 against Harrison. In the Consolation final Moffat’s Harry Brown won a marathon against Lewis Hutchings (Dumfries) 14-12.

In the green event which is 10s and under, Annan’s Daniel McKenna bt Moffat’s Ben Rogerson 4-1, 4-0 in the final with Eve Crombie (Dumfries) taking 3rd place with a 4-2, 4-2 victory over hitting partner Erin McCluskey. In the consolation event Euan Sharp (Dumfries) edge past Devon Jones (Annan) 4-2, 4-1 before losing to Jacob Holden (Dumfries) 4-1, 2-4, 10-7 in the final.

The D&G Doubles leagues start week 6 fixtures this week. Defending men’s champions Dumfries A have a 100% record having won all 4 matches. Dalbeattie sit 1 point behind. In the men’s division 2 league Kirkcudbright sit top after 3 wins and 1 draw with Annan 2nd.

D&G Doubles Leagues 2018 Results & Fixtures

In the ladies league Dumfries sit top with 2 wins and 2 draws with defending champions Stewartry 1 point behind.

Another glorious sunny day as Dumfries Tennis Club hosted the 2nd 12s event for the Red2Yellow Tour.

With a late withdrawal we only had 2 boys and 2 girls so a mixed event was played with 3 local kids and Julia Janowska from Edinburgh taking part. Both Julia and Fergus won their first 2 matches before completing the competition against each other.

The players broke each other serves in the first 2 matches but then Julia’s power game came to the fore. The pair traded shot after shot but as Fergus started to drop the ball short Julia kept the power going as she hit the baseline with regular accuracy to complete her 3rd win with a 4-1, 4-1 victory. In the other match Flynn and Isla played some great rallies as Isla started to find her shot length but Flynn kept his cool on the heat to complete the win 4-1, 4-2. Unfortunately the 14s event scheduled for the 13th was cancelled due to not having any entries.

Red2Yellow 12s Results

DALBEATTIE LAWN TENNIS CLUB

OPEN COMPETITIONS  –          2018

Dan Maskell Trophy             Sunday 24^th June – Mixed Doubles enter with partner – Fee £10 per couple

 Lions Cup                             Sunday 22^nd July – Mixed Doubles draw for partner – Fee  £4

 BSW Cup                              Sunday 5^th August – Mixed Doubles draw for partner – Fee £4

 If you are interested in entering any of these competitions

Contact either :-

Phil Roberts 07891182666 or Keith Thom 07821526388

No later than the Friday before the date of the competition.

Cameron, Logan, Thomas & Jake – 8s

Jake, Cameron, Angus & Oliver – 9s

Red2Yellow Tour – Reds & Orange Players

What a glorious day (6th) for the 2nd Red and Orange events for the D&G Red2Yellow tour. There were 20 kids signed up with some playing in both events. So 15 entries in the red event and 11 in the orange took to the sun kissed courts in Dumfries aiming to do as well as they could as they chased for a medal and tried to gain points for the leaderboard title.

The Orange event consisted of 2 round robin groups with the top 2 in each going through to the semi finals with the rest of the players competing for a play-off position. After some excellent tight group matches the semi finals lined up with local boy Cameron Hunter (Dumfries), who was playing in his first orange event, taking on Angus Jones from Doncaster. However despite some good rallies and lots of running in the baking sunshine Angus kept control of the game and completed the win 10-6. In the other semi Carlisle’s Jake Irving who is currently top of the leaderboard took on Oliver Clark from Edinburgh to see who would face Angus in the final. Again another great semi which on this occasion went Oliver’s way as he edge out Jake 10-7. In the 3rd and 4th play-off Jake seem to run out of steam as Cameron kept on going to claim 3rd place with a 10-1 victory. In the final both boys again play some great tennis in the heat with Angus holding on for a 10-6 victory to claim the gold medal. This leaves Jake still sitting top of the leaderboard with Oliver closing the gap to just 6 points. The next scheduled Orange event is the 17th June.

In the red event we had 15 kids playing in 3 round robin groups and we welcomed back 3 girls from the 2018 red tour as Grace Palmer, Eilidh Topping and red tour winner Autumn took to the court against the boys with all 3 gaining good wins on the day. The quarter finals saw Jake beating fellow Carlisle player Rex Castillo 10-1, Thomas McCleary (Annan) bt Jack Wearing (Dumfries) 10-5, Cameron Hunter beat Brodie Little (Annan) 10-9 and Logan McCluskey (Dumfries) edged a tight one against Doncaster’s Finlay Jones 10-8. In the semi’s Jake beat Thomas 10-1 with Logan edging past club mate Cameron 10-5. Cameron completed his second 3rd place finish of the day as he edge out Thomas 10-5. In the final Logan started strongly and gained an early lead but Jake kept going and completed the win 10-5 to take the gold. This leaves Jake top of both leagues with Brodie 13 points behind. The next red event is at Annan Tennis Club on 27th May.

D&G Red2Yellow Tour Results