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Welcome to Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club. A photo from our Centenary in June 2005.
Garland Cup Friday 8th to Sunday 10th January 2010 A Garland Cup that should be remembered. The first brothers to contest the final. Nobody under 30 handicap got through to the quarter finals and some of the biggest handicap differences ever played on the final day. Well done to Lloyd Pettiford who beat his brother Owen 6/4 in the final. Lloyd is relatively new to the game with a handicap of 34 and hopefully for other's sake his handicap will sink lower. He certainly knew that Owen's weak point is his backhand and was rather unmerciful (but quite rightly) in playing to it. The results of the final rounds are viewable from this pdf file Final rounds results Steve Watson can consider himself the unluckiest player of the tournament losing at 4-4 40-40 chase 2 yards which Owen Pettitford lobbed and unbelievably bounced into the dedans, no doubt that the ball was bouncier due to the cold weather. Lloyd Pettifordhad a tight game against Nick Mills in the quarter finals, narrowly winning 5/4 and Jon Lambdon had his chances in the semi-finals. I trust that the club's ex-doctor and scribe (and his assistant) will construct a witty and erudite summary of the rest of the tournament.
Inter Club Tournament Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2009 Sponsored by H.L.Barnes & Sons, Stratford upon Avon. An enjoyable event for all apart from the organiser who went out in the group rounds! At least because of this people got a Sunday lunch - he then had time to go shopping for food! The following clubs were involved in the tournament, thanks to all of you - especially those who had to travel some distance. Bristol & Bath Leamington Hatfield Jesmond Dene (Singles winner in 2008) Manchester MCC Moreton Morrell (Doubles winners in 2008) Newmarket Oratory Winner of the 2009 singles event: Tom Lewis (representing Bristol and Bath) Winners of the 2009 doubles event: Leamington 1 (Ian Steele and Andy Dixon) Winning club team trophy: Moreton Morrell I (Martin Trees, Johnnie Cook and John Lambdon)
MMTCC Junior News Thanks to support from their parents and Jo Iddles and Tim Messer , the juniors at Moreton are going from strength to strength. There is a now a "junior news" page on this website (see the menu to the left of this page) and the junior newsletters (two of them so far) are available online.

The 2009/2010 Season Welcome to the new season! The new season is now well under way. It is very pleasing to see that the number of court bookings has increased significantly over the past month. See "events" for the tournaments and matches scheduled between September 2009 and June 2010. See "assorted news" for commentary on recent competitions and matches. The September version of the Court Circular is viewable online, just select September 2009 Court Circular (Editor: Richard Seymour Mead, to whom all congratulations and complaints should be addressed) The online booking system (provided by the T&RA) is working well and both Tom and Nick have been instrumental in bringing about improvements to it.
*Select here to view a guide to using the Moreton Morrell Online Booking System (system provided by the Tennis and Rackets Association)* Select here to see a demo of the new T&RA Online Booking System for Moreton Morrell
MMTCC Pro-Am 8-10th May 2009 Tickets still available - please contact Martin Rogers or Tom Granville Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club is delighted to host the top players in the world again so soon after the magnificent tournament held at the Club four years ago to mark our centenary in 2005. This year’s Pro Am would not have been possible without the incredibly generous personal sponsorship of Jonny Cook. His mantra as ever is ‘it’s all about enjoyment- let us indulge ourselves in a wonderful weekend of world class tennis!’ Thanks also to our other sponsors – MK Funding Ltd (Howard Shipstone), Cleenol Group Ltd (Richard Greaves), Regent Reprographics Ltd (Jane and Ian Sloan), Moorend Construction Services (Tim Messer) and Andrew Hamilton. The Committee would like to express their thanks to all those who have made this excellent event possible. Tom Granville has masterminded the weekend and has received staunch support from the Tournament Chairman Alex Reynolds and the committee of Martin Rogers, David Bryant, George K, Paul Wilson-Gunn , Keyvan Farmanfarmai and Andrew Hamilton.

*The Best Selling () Real Tennis Cartoon Book - ever!** A book of cartoons and commentary collected from around the world by Richard Seymour Mead showing the Lighter side of Five Centuries of Tennis. ()According to Richard Seymour Mead. All proceeds from the sale of this book go to the MMTCC Centenary fund. Click on image to see more*

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