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Interclub Tournament 7,8 November
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Moreton Shield
October 15,16,17 2009
An
excellent competition with an exciting set of semi-finals and final -
Jonathan Lambdon winnning in the end against Matthew Fattorini - both
played extremely well. Special K's protege, Andrew Hamilton, nearly
succeeded in the semi-finals aganist Lambdon junior. He stayed till 3-3
but then could not keep up giving away 30-owe 40.
It was good seeing Nick Jury mark one of the semi-finals and our thanks
to him and Tom annd Jo for marking over the weekend.
Runner-up Matthew
 The winner
accepting the trophy from Andrew Hamilton
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MMTCC
Awards
Dinner
October 9 2009 (or for some, Oct 9 & 10)
20
or so attended. In a nutshell, a great time was had by all, (with the
exception, perhaps, of Laurel). George K produced an excellent menu,
Special K (not
quite the same shape as the adverts) collected quite a few of the
cups/plates and the red wine flowed - not all of it in the right
place. The winners were presented with their awards by Sir Andrew
Hamilton. The losers went home resolving to do better this year.
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Category
C
20-29 October
2-4 2009
20-24 Sub Category
Final: Andrew Petrie beat Ashley Prior 6/0, 6/1
Semi-Final A : Ashley Prior beat Paul Wilson-Gunn 6/4,6/2
Semi-Final B: Andrew Petrie beat Chris Herbert 5/6,6/5,6/3
Andrew Petrie had a fortunate escape, looking to be a certain loser at
one point to Chris Herbert in the semi-finals. However, he stuck there
, won 6/3 in the third set and went on to win the final against Ashley
rather convincingly.
25-29 Sub Category
Final: Matthew Alden beat Andrew Hamilton 6/2, 6/4
Semi-Final A : Andrew Hamilton beat Paul Frost 4/6,6/3,6/0
Semi-Final B: Matthew Alden beat Chris Swan 6/2,2/6,6/4
Andrew Hamilton used all his energy winning his semi-final against
Christopher Swan. Faced in the final with someone perhaps a fraction
over half his
age he uncharacteristically succumbed. Matthew's handicap was improving
visibly during the tournament and, from the way he played on the
Sunday, is set to go lower.
Thank you to Tom Granville and Jo Iddles for marking over the weekend.
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Ogilby Cup
(Doubles) September 26-27 2009
Waiting for results |
Last of last season
....>>>>
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Barbecue Doubles
and Midsummer Barbecue Sunday 7th June
Just a quick note (hopefully someone will write something much better
and send it to me) to say the weekend was very enjoyable despite the
winners of the BBQ Doubles tournament allegedly needing a handicap
review!
The BBQ itself on Sunday was amazingly dry. The numbers were down on
last year but nonetheless very successful.
Thanks to George Kand sous-chef Matt for the delicious food; Flo and
Lute (or is it Loot? given the amount of money taken) for the bar and
Pimms; Keyvan for the beer; De Prophet for general help; Tim M for the
raffle; Tom for organising the tournament and marking and Nick for
marking. Jill Slora amongst other things organised the Bouncy Castle
and then we decided to cancel it because of the weather. Who organised
the music? - several people said it made the event. I hope I haven't
offended anyone by missing them off the list - please let me know if I
have.
Oh, and congratulations to Sir Andrew Hamilton and Keyvan Farmanfarmai
for winning the doubles tournament (The Bryant Plate). I hope not to
see their name on it again next year after the committee have reviewed
their doubles handicaps.
DB
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Pro-Am Tournament - 7th to 9th May 2009
Our esteamed editor of the
newsletter is (I think) composing an article about the Pro-Am weekend.
Until that is ready, this will have to suffice.
It was a delight to be
able to host the world professionals again. The standard of play was
enthralling and yet they all seem so modest.
The tournament could not
have been considered in the first place without the generosity of Jonny
Cook.
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.
And many
thanks to Tom Granville for arranging the play and players.
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T&RA Real Tennis
Online Booking System - (updated 9th June 2009)
Some of you will know that the T&RA have
been
building
an online booking system for Real Tennis for the clubs to use.
We have been using it for several weeks - Tom Nick and I have been
keeping the bookings up to date and you have been able to see the court
bookings but not book on-line yourself.
For those of you who have an RTO id and password you can now
access the system and even book online. The url is http://www.realtennisonline.com/bookings. You will be
required to enter your Real
Tennis Online (RTO) userid
and
password.
RTO is the online system which is used to maintain player's handicaps
and
various forums.
Currently we have only enabled on-line booking for Singles and Doubles
courts - if you want to book a lesson or be part of group coaching (or
anything that involves a professional being on court) you will still
need to contact the professionals firectly. This is a simple guide
to using the system.
For those of you who don't want to do any of this (you probably
won't be reading this either) you can continue as before and contact
the professionals to book a court or lesson.
If you have problems signing on or don't have an RTO userid/password
please
contact Tom Granville (e-mail : pro@mmtcc.co.uk).
If you have any questions about the booking system please don't
hesitate
to contact David Bryant (e-mail address is in the 2008-2009 handbook)..
If you find any problems then please let David know by e-mail.
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Payment
now
possible via Internet -
February 2009
You may now pay your bills direct to MMTCC. Details
are printed on your account statement.
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New door lock - February 2009
Note that the very old door lock has been replaced.
Identical operation to before.
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