Today’s home match v Barnsley B has been conceded by Ridgeway due to the lack of available players. Holidays and others reasons mean only three of the players were available.

The League season kicked off on Saturday 23rd when Ridgeway men took on Moorgate C.  The match was played at Ridgeway after a late venue switch.  The result was a 4-5 defeat for Ridgeway.  Steve and Dave Bramall won two of their three rubbers, beating the second couple by 6-3, 6-4 and the third couple by 7-5, 6-1. They lost to the firsts on a tie break after sets of 6-7, 6-4.  Tim Robinson and John Firth beat the third Moorgate pair by 6-3, 6-1 but lost to the first by 2-6, 2-6 and to the seconds by 1-6, 2-6.  Danny Lidster and John Hallgarth lost to the first by 2-6, 3-6, to the seconds by 2-6, 1-6 but beat the thirds by 6-2, 6-2. Final match score was Rubbers 4-5, Sets 9-9 and games 76-81.

The Midweelk Mixed League should have kicked off on Tuesday with a home match to Barnsley but unfortunately we couldn’t get the ladies to form the team and, by the League rules, the match had to be conceded to Barnsley.

On Wednesday the Works League team played Moorgate B away and lost this match 4-0.  Danny Lidster played with Jarek Doroszko and they lost each of their rubbers by 9-5.  Ben Kay partnered Malcolm Harris and they lost their two rubbers by 9-0, 90. Final match score – Rubbers 0-4, Games 12-36.

The register for our Monday evening junior coaching session is now full.

Due to parking difficulties around Clifton Park at Rotherham, Saturday’s opening men’s league match v Moorgate C will be palyed at Ridgeway.  The calendar has been update but the match will still be recorded as a Moorgate home match.

The tennis court cleaning was completed on Tuesday evening.  After an early start at 7:00 a.m. the workers resumed where they had left off on the 15th March.  After a full day they left at 5:00 pm leaving us with sparkling clean courts.  The picture below gives you some idea of the dirt that came off the surface. The far end of the court is cleaned.

The cleaning of the courts will resume on Tuesday the 19th April and last until Wednesday.  The courts will be available in the evenings and play will be possible during the day albeit may be restricted to one court.

Coaching, both junior and adult, has been cancelled for Easter Monday as our coach Alister is not available.  Coaching will resume on Monday the 25th.

Just to let members know that Danny Lidster will not be at this session on Wednesday due to him having Covid.  However a session will go ahead and ben kay has contacted those in the Works League sqaud to come along from 6:00 pm  to have a practice.  Anybody else, intending to play in matches is welcome.

Today marks the 100th birthday of the tennis club.  100 years ago to day the first committee was formed to establish the club.. The courts weren’t completed until 2023.  Look on the History page for the full story.

From Monday the 11th to Thursday the 14th an activity camp for youngsters is being held at the Sports and Social Club, similar to one that was run a couple of years ago.  As part of this the youngsters will have access to the various facilities and do a wide range of activities, one of which will be have access to the tennis courts.  This will not interfere with members being able to access the courts during the day.  It is likely that they will use the top court and will try to do the activity on the courts when no one is there.  The organisers and helpers are all qualified, trained and vetted and have been asked to make sure members are not inconvenienced.  The camp will finish by the time the evening access to the courts is required for coaching, social tennis etc.