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Interclub Tournament 7,8 November

this will be added to shortly
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
x        The winner accepting the trophy from Andrew  Hamilton                                                                               y




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.

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.

Ogilby Cup (Doubles) September 26-27 2009

Waiting for results
Last of last season ....>>>>
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
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.


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/bookingsYou 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.

Payment now possible via Internet - February 2009
You may now pay your bills direct to MMTCC. Details are printed on your account statement.

New door lock - February 2009
Note that the very old door lock has been replaced. Identical operation to before.

 

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