Road to Wimbledon 2010

Parents and Players,

Every year EA Tennis hosts the Road to Wimbledon event, which begins with a closed club tournament and the winner going through to the county finals. The winner of the county finals then goes through to a national tournament representing EA Tennis at the All England Club, Wimbledon.

Last year Michael Willgrass, of EA Tennis, won the county event to qualify for the finals at Wimbledon and described it as the best tennis experience of his life! See the video clip below to see if you can spot him!

Our club tournament will take part on the 6th June, it will cost £8 to enter and the times and venue will be confirmed when we know the number of entries.

If you would like to take part in our RTW club tournament the only criteria is you are an EA Tennis player and were born between 1996 - 2000. To enter please email me back with the competitors name and date of birth.

This event is open to all EA Tennis players of all abilities....it is a chance to compete in a fun tournament, the more the better!

If you have any questions please let me know.

Regards

Chris Evans

The orange team win at Easton

EA Quartet power to victory.

Mini Orange team of Cameron Whiting, Harvey Lake, Emily Cott and Ewan Marshall were victorious at Easton College today taking 1st place.

In the 1st round EA only lost one match to be placed first in their group and so secured a draw to play for top spot or runners up. The team to join them there were Bannatynes with Easton 1 and Easton 2 playing for the 3rd and 4th places.

Cameron came up against Ben Harding and showed great form to take the match in 2 straight sets, winning with a score line of 10 - 5 10 - 6 It was a great match with both boys playing some good tennis.

Harvey was facing their number 2 and took a while to get into the match and lost the 1st set 5 - 10 He then seemed to move up a gear and showed that he meant business going on to take the next two sets 10 -5 10 - 5

Emily played a superb match to take the score for the team up to 3 - 0 and all was looking really positive. The event was tough for the only EA girl today as most of her matches were against boys but she showed great character to hold her own.

Ewan was the youngest of the team today and really showed he was up to the job! There were moments where the youngster had to really dig deep to keep on top of the opposition but he did this well.

In the final round the ‘Fab Four’ won all of their matches to come away wearing gold medals and feeling very proud!

They were a credit to themselves and their club, not only from their standard of tennis but for their exemplary behaviour.

Final places: EA Tennis 1st Bannatyne’s 2nd Easton 1 3rd Easton2 4th Acle 5th Thorpe 6th

EA adult sessions are up and running

EA Tennis parents braving the elements!

Dispite this winter being one of the coldest and whitest in EA history, many parents and friends have dug out their tracksuits and joined our coaches for our new adult sessions.

Players ranging from complete beginners to seasoned club players have been enjoying these new sessions, many with different goals to achieve. Some are playing to shed a few pounds after their festive indulgences, some to improve their tactical and technical knowledge, but most just because they love the game.

If you are reading this and thinking you would like to be part of the action, please find details of our current sessions below:

• · Wymondham Tennis Club, Ketts Park – Thursdays 9:30 – 11am

• · Eaton Park, South Park Avenue – Tuesday 9:30 – 11am

The sessions are on a pay and play basis at a rate of £6.00 per session, there is no commitment, you can just turn up on the day and play.

Maddie takes the under 14 and 16 titles in Ipswich

Maddie Brooks proved the class act at the Ipswich Sports Centres Christmas Tournament by taking both the under 14 and 16 girls singles events.

Since September 2009 Maddie has stepped up her training programme, working with the Norfolk Tennis Academy, and this showed in a tournament where she dominated her opponents. In the 14s event she breezed through to the final, overpowering her opponents, only dropping 2 games on the way. In the final Maddie continued her fine form winning the first set 6-0, in the second set things got a little tighter but Mad held her nerve to come through 6-3.

Competing in the under 16 event, Maddie was potentially 3 years younger then the opposition and this showed with some tough matches, especially in the semi final where Maddie faced Sophia Papworth. Maddie took the first set 6-3 but was shaken in the second set losing it 6-4 and as they went into the deciding tie break Sophia played some of her best tennis to lead 6-2, only needing 10 to win, but here is where Maddie showed her fighting spirit and improved fitness to battle back to win the tie break 10-6 reeling off 8 points in a row!

In the final Maddie faced Charlotte Hillyard which was an opponent she had never beaten before so it was a good test to see how far she had come. Maddie has always been a big match player and once again this was proven with a comprehensive victory 6-0, 6-3.

Congratulations to Mad, a great week!